Christopher Hastings

This article is about the artist. For the chef, see Chris Hastings. For the Olympian, see Chris Hastings (ski jumper).

Christopher Hastings (born June 21, 1983) is a comic artist and creator best known for The Adventures of Dr. McNinja.

Early life

Hastings attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, and it was while there in 2004 that he created the character of Dr. McNinja.[1] He is from Cumberland, Maryland, a fictional version of which is the main setting of The Adventures of Dr. McNinja.[2]

Career

In 2007 Dr. McNinja won the Web Cartoonist's Choice Award for Outstanding Superhero.[3] Creating Dr. McNinja is Chris' full-time job, and he spends about 40 hours every week on it. The comic itself is free on the web, and he makes money by selling books and T-shirts from the site.[4] He spends one day per week writing the script, then four days drawing one page each day. He estimates that each page takes 3–4 hours to draw.[5]

In March 2011, Hastings announced that he had been hired by Marvel Comics to be the writer for Deadpool: Fear Itself.[6]

In July 2013, Marvel Comics announced that Hastings would be writing a miniseries titled "Longshot Saves The Marvel Universe" with art by Jacopo Camagni.[7]

Beginning on January 28th, 2015, Hastings replaced Ryan North as writer for the Adventure Time comic book series. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Silver, Curtis. "GeekDad Interview: Dr. McNinja I Presume?". Wired Magazine June 17, 2009. Retrieved on October 28, 2011
  2. ↑ Sims, Chris (August 15, 2012). "Christopher Hastings on 'The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: Timefist' [Interview]". Comics Alliance. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Outstanding Superhero/Action Comic". ryanestrada.com. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
  4. ↑ Wortham, Jenna. "Behind the Memes: Chris Hastings, Creator of Dr. McNinja". Wired Magazine April 21, 2008. Retrieved on October 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Marshall, Rick. "Interview: Chris Hastings on ‘The Adventures of Dr. McNinja’". ComicMix June 4, 2008. Retrieved on October 28, 2011
  6. ↑ Arrant, Chris. "Fear Itself: Deadpool". Marvel Comics. March 17, 2011. Retrieved on October 28, 2011
  7. ↑ Comic Book Resources "". CBR July 26, 2013.Retrieved on July 28, 2013
  8. ↑ http://comicbook.com/2015/01/22/exclusive-boom-studios-preview-adventure-time-36-from-chris-hast/