Tom Scioli

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Tom Scioli
Born Thomas Scioli
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
 Gødland
Official website

Thomas Scioli is an American comic book artist and writer best known for working in a style similar to Jack Kirby.

Biography

Scioli's epic sci-fi/fantasy series The Myth of 8-Opus won a 1999 Xeric Grant[1] and attracted mild industry attention, earning him a small part illustrating the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comic Magazine miniseries (2001) and ultimately higher-profile projects at Image Comics: the miniseries Freedom Force (2005)[2] and the ongoing super-sci-fi-opera epic Gødland (with writer Joe Casey).[3] Scioli has stated that Gødland is "the best thing out there right now" and that he can imagine staying with the book for the rest of his career.

Scioli has attracted some criticism for the similarity between his art and Jack Kirby's, but he is comfortable with his style:

“ I'm working in the Kirby tradition ... No one else's art does for me what Kirby's does. Everything else looks limp and flat by comparison. He found a new way of doing things. I want to follow his lead. I think he found a way of drawing that is the optimal way of drawing for sci-fi comic book epic storytelling. ... It doesn't need to be correct or accurate, just cool-looking.[4] ”

Scioli plans to collaborate with cartoonist Scott Mills for a new book called Zombie Kamikaze.[2][5][6]

Scioli was raised in Philadelphia and resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

Awards

  • 2008: Nominated for "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award, for Gødland Celestial Edition Book One[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Xerix Awards 1999
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Force Behind Freedom Force, Silver Age Soapbox, Comics Bulletin, December 1, 2004
  3. ↑ CR Sunday Interview: Thomas Scioli, The Comics Reporter, June 8, 2008
  4. ↑ Talking With Tom Scioli, Newsarama, September 1, 2005
  5. ↑ Scott Mills: Q&A, Comics Bulletin, February 23, 2004
  6. ↑ 13 Questions - Scott Mills, Sequential Tart, July 2004
  7. ↑ 2008 Eisner Nominations Most Diverse Yet

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