| Dan Panosian | |
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 Dan Panosian atLucca Comics & Games 2018 | |
| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) Cleveland,Ohio, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer,Penciller,Inker |
Dan Panosian (born 1969) is an Americancomic book artist, with extensive credits as both apenciller and aninker and has additional credits as an advertising and storyboard artist.
Dan Panosian was born inCleveland,Ohio, to artistic parents.[1] He is ofArmenian descent.[2]
At age 14, Panosian sent an art submission toMarvel Comics, which was responded to with encouragement by the Submissions Editor, Len Kaminski. Years later he showcased his work at the New York Comic Convention, where comic book artistsNeal Adams andWalt Simonson took notice. Adams offered him a position at his ad agency Continuity Graphics and Simonson called his editor,Ralph Macchio, at Marvel Comics. Panosian was soon working for both companies. Upon entering the Marvel offices for the first time, he was greeted by Kaminski, who had remembered corresponding with Panosian seven years earlier. On his office wall was a "thank you" illustration sent from the 14-year-old Dan Panosian.[3]
After working on back-up features forCaptain America,Batman,Spider-Man andThor, Panosian's work caught the eye of the artistic teams working on theX-Men line of comic books where he became a regular inker.[3]
When Marvel's top artistic talents left to formImage Comics, he was asked to join them and began illustrating comics that often sold around a million copies each month.[4]
Panosian has also done work forDark Horse Comics,Boom! Studios, andDynamite Entertainment. He also illustrates a series of graphic novels forLe Lombard calledJohn Tiffany.[5]
Being a descendant of survivors from theArmenian genocide, Panosian also contributed to a graphic novel about the genocide calledOperation Nemesis: A Story of Genocide & Revenge.[2]
Panosian founded Dan Panosian, Inc., through which he began doing advertising work.[6]
He was soon also working with movie and commercial studios providing design and storyboard artwork. Panosian also branched out into book and magazine illustration, apparel lines, and toy design work.[6]
He was the lead designer on aDreamWorks video game about animals that embody the spirit of Kung-Fu. Shortly after, Dan was doing the lead design work for the video game seriesDuke Nukem.[7][8]
Panosian illustrated one ofByron Preiss's first CD-ROM comic books,The Suit.
He made the fake comic book covers seen in the 2017 filmLogan, as Marvel Comics did not allow actual comic book issues to be used.[9]
Panosian, his wife and their son live inLos Angeles.[10]
Panosian received an Best-of-Show Addy Award for his work on the DSL ad campaign: Jack Flash. In 2011, Panosian was the Keynote Speaker for the 2011Inkwell Awards Awards Ceremony atHeroesCon.[11][12]
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