Gary Gianni

Gary Gianni (born 1954 in Chicago) is an American comic book artist and illustrator.

In 1976 he completed his studies at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He then worked for the newspapers Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times as an illustrator as well as for the Network Television News as a court artist. His drawings appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines, paperbacks, comics and children's books.

His first book illustrations were found in 1988 in editions of Melville's Moby Dick and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson for First Comics in the Classic Illustrated. In 1990 he recorded with the adaptations of stories by O. Henry The Tales of O. Henry and Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea his first comics. Soon followed adventures of Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil and he created MonsterMen for Dark Horse Comics. The comic series MonsterMen was later renamed Corpus monster.

In 1997 he received along with Archie Goodwin the Eisner Award for the Short Story Heroes in Batman: Black and White by DC Comics. Since the illustration of stories by Robert E. Howard for the publisher Wandering Star Gary Gianni is one of the well-known fantasy illustrators. One and a half years Gianni worked on the 200 drawings and 7 oil paintings to illustrate the adventures of pensive hero Solomon Kane in the Puritan era. The book was published in 1998. The cover picture won the Gary Spectrum 's Silver Award. In 1999 he recorded a cover picture and a story for Tom Strong, ABC comics. In 2001 he illustrated a further work of Howard for Wandering Star: Bran Mak Morn: The Last King. Twelve ( another source: eight) color plates and more than 45 pencil and ink drawings complement Howard's stories to a long extinct people and their tragic war king. He also began drawing to Conan. Between March 2004 and March 2012, he collaborated with Mark Schultz on Prince Valiant.