Kristofer Straub
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| Kristofer Straub | |
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| Born | January 17, 1979 Los Angeles, California |
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| Residence | Dallas, TX |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Kris Straub |
| Education | UCLA Alumni, Computer Science |
| Occupation | Cartoonist and Graphic designer |
| Known for | Creator of Starslip Crisis |
| Website http://www.starslip.com |
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Kristofer Straub is the creator of webcomics Checkerboard Nightmare, Starslip Crisis, Time Friends, Origin Story and co-founder of webcomics collectives Blank Label Comics and later Halfpixel. He also co-developed "Blamimation" animations for Scott Kurtz' comic strip PvP, and is the voice of Brent Sienna therein.
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In December 2006, Straub was named co-writer and co-producer on PvP: The Series, a series of animated shorts featuring the PvP characters.
Also in 2006 Straub launched the Halfpixel site, as a location for a variety of creative projects. The Time Friends series has proved popular with fans, with many making their own strips which are displayed on the site via a "creative framework" named Web You.0.
On Feb. 22, 2007, episode of Kurtz's PVP Livecast podcast, Straub announced his plans to relocate from Los Angeles to Dallas, Texas, to join Kurtz as office and creative partners. [1]
In a recent Daily Affirmation, a joint podcast between him and Scott Kurtz, Straub mentions being an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church. [2]
[edit] Halfpixel.com
In 2007, to coincide with his move to Dallas, Straub repurposed the Halfpixel site to serve as a hub for his and Kurtz's joint creative projects. Halfpixel later expanded to include webcartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett of the comics Evil Inc. and Sheldon, respectively.
The four published How To Make Webcomics through Image Comics in the first quarter of 2008. The book covers a variety of topics of interest for beginning and intermediate webcartoonists.[3]
