Brian Stelfreeze is an American

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artist. Stelfreeze is a painter, penciller, inker and colorist and has worked for nearly every major American comic book publisher. He is one of the original members of Atlanta's

Gaijin Studios Gaijin Studios was a group of American comic book artists formed in Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of the longest-running collectives of freelance comic book artists in the United States, in continuous operation for nineteen years, from 1991 to 2010 ...

Career

Stelfreeze began his career as the artist of the sci-fi miniseries '' CyCops'' in the mid-1980s. While Stelfreeze has been known throughout his career primarily as a cover artist, painting more than fifty cover illustrations for

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' ''Shadow of the Bat'', he's also produced a significant amount of sequential work, most notably of late with the miniseries ''

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'' for

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 ...

and ''

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'' for

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wilds ...

imprint. Currently, Stelfreeze acts as art director for 12 Gauge Comics and occasionally has provided artwork for their series '' The Ride'', and its prequel, '' Gun Candy''. His latest work can be seen on the

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-written

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feature in

' ''

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''. Stelfreeze is the artist on the 2016 revival of Marvel's ''

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'' with writer

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. In 2020 Stelfreeze launched ''Thomas River'', a spy series with a 40-page first issue. He created the art for the series, and co-wrote the series with Doug Wagner. The first issue was crowdfunded through

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, surpassed its funding stretch goal of $30,000, and was published by 12 Gauge Comics.

Awards

* 2014

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* 2017 Glyph Comics Award for "Best Artist" (for ''

'')"2017 Glyph Award Winners Announced,"
''Previews World'' (May 22, 2017).

References

External links

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12 Gauge Comics Official Site

Brian Stelfreeze's Marvel Portfolio
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