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artist and publisher.

Biography

Dunn was born in

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, and grew up in Taiwan, Klaw, Rick
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''San Antonio Current'' (Feb 28, 2019).

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, and

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, where he graduated from

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. It was in Taiwan that he was first exposed to Japanese

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. In

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he co-founded

Antarctic Press Antarctic Press is a San Antonio-based comic book publishing company which publishes "Amerimanga" style comic books. The company also produces "how-to" and "you can" comics, instructing on areas of comic book creation and craft. Beginning in 1 ...

, an American comic book company specializing in manga-style (

Amerimanga An original English-language manga or OEL manga is a comic book or graphic novel drawn in the style of manga and originally published in English. The term "international manga", as used by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encompasses al ...

) titles. His most notable creations for Antarctic are the comic book series ''

Ninja High School ''Ninja High School'' (also known as ''NHS'') is a comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Ben Dunn, and published by Antarctic Press (at one point being published by Eternity Comics). On occasion other artists and writers have con ...

'' and ''

Warrior Nun Areala Warrior Nun Areala is a manga-style American comic book character created by Ben Dunn and published by Antarctic Press, first appearing in ''Ninja High School'' #37 in March 1993 as Shanna Masters. The story later revolves around 'Sister' Sha ...

''. In

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, Dunn sold his portion of Antarctic Press to start his own development company,

Sentai Studios Sentai Studios is an American postproduction studio of Sentai Filmworks located in Houston, Texas owned by AMC Networks. It was founded as Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, the in-house studio of ADV Films. It was renamed ADV Studios in 2005; and then ...

. After a couple of years he closed Sentai and returned to Antarctic. Dunn was one of the primary artists involved in the short-lived ''

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'' project. He also worked as an animator for the science-fiction film ''

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.'' In 2016,

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began creating, editing and writing faith-based visual novels and comic books, starting with the book series ''God's Silver Soldiers'', also known as ''Silver Soldiers: The Comic'' and followed by ''Tales of Nazareth: The Boyhood of Jesus''. The comic books, under the imprint of Truthmonger Comics Group Publishing, have achieved acclaim for their action-oriented innovation in illustrations by Dunn, as well as their storylines, and they have been covered in the media by TV channels, newspapers, and faith-based, nationally syndicated radio. In 2019, Dunn created the Coalition of Independent Comic Publishers.

Personal life

Dunn lives in the

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with his wife and two children.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: * 1986–2007, 2017-? ''

'' (

Eternity Comics Eternity Comics was a California-based comic book publisher active from 1986 to 1994, first as an independent publisher, then as an imprint of Malibu Comics. Eternity published creator-owned comics of an offbeat, independent flavor, as well as so ...

) :* 2017 (#176) (self-published?) :* 2017-? (2017 series, #177-?) (

) :* 2016?-2017? '' Ninja High School Textbook'' (self-published?) * 1987 ''

Dynamo Joe ''Dynamo Joe'' was a comic book series published by First Comics from 1986–1988. Created, plotted and drawn by Doug Rice, it was scripted first by John Ostrander then by Phil Foglio. Ben Dunn sometimes filled in for Rice on the art. The series ...

'' (

First Comics First Comics was an American comic book publisher that was active from 1983 to 1991, known for titles like ''American Flagg!'', ''Grimjack'', ''Nexus'', ''Badger'', ''Dreadstar'', and ''Jon Sable''. Along with competitors like Pacific Comics and ...

)—fill-in art * 1987–1988 '' Swords of Texas'' (

Eclipse Comics Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market. It was ...

) * 1989 ''

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'' (2017 release at Hen House via Pintrest) * 1989–1990 ''Mighty Tiny'' (Antarctic) * Unknown Year "Tiger-X" *1990 - "Tiger-X: The Adventure Continues!" (

) * 1989–1991 ''

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'' (Eternity) * 1994–2005 ''

'' (Antarctic) * 1997 ''

Robotech ''Robotech'' is a science fiction franchise that began with an 85-episode anime television series produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production and first released in the United States in 1985. The show was adapted from t ...

'' (Antarctic) * 1998-2016? ''

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'' :* 1988 series :* 2016-? (2016 series) (Hen House via Pintrest) * 2002 ''

'' (

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

) * 2003 ''The Agents'' (

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) * 2004 ''How to Draw Manga'' (Antarctic) * 2004–2005 ''Heaven Sent'' (Antarctic) * 2011 ''How to Draw Steampunk'' (Antarctic) * 2016-? ''Stellar Losers'' (Patreon Secret Site via Pintrest) * 2016-? ''Silver Cross'' (Patreon Secret Site via Pintrest) * 2017-03-17 ''Game of Geeks'' (self-published via Patreon) * 2017 ''God's Silver Soldiers'' (aka ''Silver Soldiers: The Comic'') (Nordskog Publishing)—backup stories: ''Tales of Nazareth: The Boyhood of Jesus''

References

External links

Antarctic Press website
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Ben Dunn interview part 1

Ben Dunn interview part 2

Interview with Ben Dunn on the Department of Nerdly Affairs Podcast
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