Loston Wallace

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Loston Wallace is a free-lance comic book illustrator, and comic-licensing illustrator, who is based in North Carolina. He was born in 1970

1 Introduction
2 Biography
3 Licensing work
4 Comic Book works
5 Comic Strips
6 Role Playing Games
7 Other Feaured Work
8 Coverage
9 External Links
10 References

[edit] Introduction

Loston Wallace was born in Virginia, U.S.A. in 1970.

[edit] Biography

Loston Wallace attended the JOE KUBERT SCHOOL OF CARTOONING AND GRAPHIC ART from 1994-1996. In 1996, Loston married Carolyn Waterson, who had also attended the Kubert School.

Loston began his freelance art career in 1996, providing interior illustration for role playing games such as Pinnacle Entertainment's DEADLANDS RPG and FASA Corporation's BATTLETECH and MECHWARRIOR games. He worked as a freelance illustrator for roleplaying games for five years, working on games like SHADOWRUN, West End's STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES and GURPS OLD WEST.

In 1998, Loston began freelancing for DC Comics Licensing Department, illustrating BATMAN ANIMATED and SUPERMAN ANIMATED children's books, based on the television animated series. In 2001 Loston pencilled a 40-page CAVEWOMAN one-shot comic for Basement Comics that was written by James Robert Smith and inked by Kim DeMulder.

In 2000, www.lostonwallace.com debuted, featuring galleries of Loston's artworks from his career as an illustrator.

Loston was invited by Jim Keefe to guest penciller a Sunday strip for King Feature's famous comic strip FLASH GORDON in 2002. This strip followed the last Al Williamson FLASH GORDON strip, that ran the previous week. Loston then penciled several stories in the ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK Comic series, working on stories written by Richard Howell and janet hetherington. Loston's pencils matched up with veteran comic inkers like Bob Wiacek and Bom McLeod.

Loston continud to produce licensing artwork with DC Comics, working on such books as BATMAN: DEEP FREEZE, SUPERMAN: STOP THE PRESSES!, and contributing artwork to the Catwoman retrospective, CATWOMAN: THE LIFE & TIMES OF A FELINE FATALE. In 2005 he illustrated the storybook, SUPERMAN RETURNS: THANK YOU, SUPERMAN!, an official SUPERMAN RETURNS movie tie-in book being produced by DC Comics and Meredith Books. He also contributed pencils to two KRYPTO, THE SUPER DOG books based on the popular Cartoon Network television series.

Meredith Books hired Loston to illustrate the official SPIDER-MAN 3 SOUND BOOK in 2006, which was a tie-in storybook/toy product based on the SPIDER-MAN 3 feature film. Andrew Park provided colors on this particular project.

In 2007 Loston illustrated a STEP INTO READING book for DC Comics and Golden Books called DC SUPER FRIENDS: FLYING HIGH (to be released in 2008). Loston teamed up with colorist Andrew Park again to illustrate another storybook for DC Comics and Meredith books called BATMAN: RACE AGAINST CRIME. This book to be released alongside the release of the highly anticipated DARK KNIGHT film.

Currently, Loston is pencilling a comic called LORNA, RELIC WRANGLER, a one-shot comic written by Micah Harris that is to be published by Image Comics.

[edit] Licensing work

-DC SUPER FRIENDS: FLYING HIGH (Stepping Into Reading) -BATMAN: RACE AGAINST CRIME (children's storybook) DC Comics/Meredith Books -SPIDER-MAN 3 SOUND BOOK (official movie tie-in book) Marvel Entertainment/Sony/Meredith Books-SUPERMAN RETURNS: THANK YOU, SUPERMAN! (official movie tie-in book) DC Comics/Meredith Books -BATMAN: DEEP FREEZE (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/ Landoll -BATMAN: GUARDIAN OF JUSTICE (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Landoll -BATMAN: CRIME SOLVER (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Landoll -BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Landoll -SUPERMAN: STOP THE PRESSES! (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Landoll -SUPERMAN: ON THE LOOSE (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Landoll -CATWOMAN: LIFE & TIMES OF A FELINE FATALE (character retrospective book) Chronicle Books -SUPERMAN 400 PAGE SPECIAL (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Landoll -DC ULTIMATE COLOR/ACTIVITY BOOK (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Landoll -KRYPTO THE SUPER DOG: TEST PILOT PUPPY (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Scholastic Corporation -KRYPTO THE SUPER DOG: DOG STARS ON PATROL (children's story & activity book) DC Comics/Scholastic Corporation

[edit] Comic Book works

- Basement Comics' CAVEWOMAN: KLYDE & MERIEM (one-shot) - various issues of Claypool Comics ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK - LORNA, RELIC WRANGLER from Image Comics

[edit] Comic Strips

FLASH GORDON (Sunday newspaper comic strip) King Features (2002)

[edit] Role Playing Games

-DEADLANDS: THE WEIRD WEST RPG (rule book) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: THE WEIRD WEST RPG (2nd EDITION (rulebook) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: MARSHAL'S SCREENS (Gamemaster's screens & adventure book) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: THE QUICK & THE DEAD (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: DIMESTORE NOVEL: PERDITION'S DAUGHTER (adventure book) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: BOOK O' THE DEAD (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: SMITH & ROBARDS (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: HUCKSTERS & HEXES (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: RASCALS, VARMITS & CRITTERS (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: GHOST DANCERS (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: FIRE & BRIMSTONE (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: FIST FULL O' GHOSTROCK (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: LAWDOGS (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: THE GREAT MAZE BOX SET Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: RIVER O' BLOOD BOX SET Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: CITY O' GLOOM (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: TWISTED TALES (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: THE GREAT RAIL WARS (miniature strategy game) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: THE POKER DECK (novelty) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: LOST ANGELS (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment

-DEADLANDS: HELL ON EARTH RPG (rule book) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: HELL ON EARTH RADIATIONS SCREENS (Gamemaster's screens & adventure book) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: HELL ON EARTH WASTED WEST (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: HELL ON EARTH ROAD TO HELL (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: HELL ON EARTH HELL & HIGH WATER (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment -DEADLANDS: HELL ON EARTH BRAINBURNERS (supplement) Pinnacle Entertainment

-STAR WARS: INSTANT ADVENTURES (supplement) West End Games -INDIANA JONES & THE SKY PIRATES (supplement) West End Games

-ROLEMASTER: CHANGLING COMPANION (supplement) Iron Crown Entertainment

-SHADOWRUN: RIGGER 2 SOURCEBOOK (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH: EXPLORER CORPS (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH: FREE WORLDS LEAGUE (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH: SHATTERED SPHERE (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH: THE DRAGON ROARS (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH FIELD MANUAL: LYRAN ALLIANCE (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH FIELD MANUAL: COMSTAR (supplement) FASA Corporation -MECHWARRIOR RPG (3rd Edition) (rule book) (supplement) FASA Corporation -MECHWARROR: GUIDE TO SOLARIS (supplement) FASA Corporation -MECHWARRIOR: NORTHWIND HIGHLANDERS (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH FIELD MANUAL: FEDERATED SUNS (supplement) FASA Corporation -BATTLETECH FIELD MANUAL: CAPALLAN CONFEDERATION (supplement) FASA Corporation -CRUCIBLE: PRINCIPATE FACTIONS BOOK (supplementnt) FASA Corporation

-ALL FLESH MUST BE EATEN: FIST FULL O' ZOMBIES (supplement) Eden Studios

[edit] Other Feaured Work

Loston Wallace provided illustrations for WEIRD NEW JERSEY Magazine, and for the Barnes & Noble book series WEIRD U.S. volumes: WEIRD NEW JERSEY, WEIRD U.S., WEIRD TEXAS, WEIRD FLORIDA, and WEIRD [[ MARYLAND]]. Loston's depiction of the mythical creature, the JERSEY DEVIL has appeared on an episode of WEIRD U.S. on the HISTORY CHANNEL network.

[edit] Coverage

He is featured in the Comic Book Data base: ^[1], and ^[2]

His work is also showcased on the Joe Kubert School "Kubertsworld" website gallery: ^[3]

A listing of his role-playing game work can be found at pen-paper.net. ^[4]

www.art4comics.com has gallerys showcasing his preliminary art ^[5]

He has been a featured guest at GenCon, Dragon-Con, Heroes Con, and Charlotte Con.

He was interviewed at the Legions of Gotham Website ^[6]

He has been interviewed by the Comic Book Bin website about his unreleased comic book Strange Passages: ^[7]

He has been interviewed on toonzone.net http://news.toonzone.net/btan/btan65-p02.php

His comic CAVEWOMAN: KLYDE & MERIEM was reviewed by comics continuum ^[8]

He was mentioned by Kim DeMulder in this DAREDEVIL interview on www.manwithoutfear.com ^[9]

He is mentioned in the Basement Comics Wiki page: [[1]]

He is a featured artists on ComicArtLinks.com ^[10]

He is regular contributor to the Penciljack forums since 2001.

[edit] External Links

http://www.lostonwallace.com

[edit] References

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