Visionary Comics Studio
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Visionary Comics Studio is a fledgling Comics Studio which launched in 2006.
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[edit] Overview
Based in San Diego, California and Annapolis, Maryland, the studio is known as the world's first, dedicated teaching studio for new comic talent. It operates as a packaging studio, working with new talent to develop properties and concepts into actual projects, then works to place those projects at established publishers.
Visionary provides direction, editorial services, art review and supplementary creative services. Once a project is complete, the studio then also works to negotiate publishing and licensing deals on the properties and once set, provides marketing and publicity services for those same projects.
[edit] History
Visionary Comics Studio was launched in 2006 by comic professional C. Edward Sellner and Charlie Hall. The studio was created to be the world's first teaching studio, actively recruiting aspiring creators wishing to break into comics. The studio began a successful recruitment drive and quickly grew to over 40 members, representing over a dozen projects.
The Studio published a convention exclusive preview for summer conventions in 2006 featuring some of the more developed properties, which included titles like Headlocked, Offspring, SoulStar and Savage World.
In fall of 2006 the studio had several short stories published by Markosia Comics and debuts their first full length comic special in October, a one-shot launching Headlocked as a series.
[edit] The Visionary Universe
Visionary also has a line of studio owned books in development which are under the imprint of the 'Visionary Universe'. The Visionary Universe is the shared fictional setting of the intellectual properties owned by Visionary Comics Studio, being developed for comics, prose and other media.
The Visionary Universe, primarily created by architect C. Edward Sellner, is a comprehensive line of intellectual properties of fictional nature, all of which are set within the same, structured, outlined framework, setting, or...universe.
[edit] Studio Staff
- Creative Director: C. Edward Sellner
- Senior Consulting Editor: Brian Augustyn
- Business Manager: Charlie Hall
- Managing Editor: Ben Chafe
- Art Director: Lou Manna
- Web Master: Sean Routt
- Production: Dave Lanphear
[edit] Creators / Studio Members
- Azim Akberali, Artist
- Ale Aragon, Artist
- Jason Arthur, Writer / Letterer
- Jose Aviles, Artist
- Stuart Bales, Writer / Artist
- Nektarios Chrissos, Writer
- Alex Femnias, Artist
- Hernan Furlino, Artist
- Nathan Furman, Artist
- Tham Kok Kheong, Artist
- Michael Kingston, Writer
- Brian Koscienski, Writer
- Kirk Kugel, Artist
- A. David Lewis, Writer
- Lou Manna, Artist
- Georgios Martzoukos, Artist
- Chris McCay, Writer
- Chris Pisano, Writer
- Vinnie Tartamella, Writer / Artist
- Colton Worley, Artist
