Corey Sutherland Lewis (also known as Rey or The Rey) is an American comic book creator. He is primarily known as the creator of '' Sharknife'', published by Oni Press. Other works include '' PENG'' for Oni, and providing back-up comic strips for the '' Darkstalkers'' and '' Street Fighter'' comics for UDON. Rey also had a brief stint as the artist and writer of the '' Rival Schools'' comic book. He participated with a short story in '' Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Stories'' comic published by Dark Horse Comics. He created a series of self-published zines that were later published by

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as the anthology
Sun Bakery
'. Rey recently starte
Coastalvania
where he sells books and other merchandise made by him. Lewis' work is notable for its combination of global youth culture influences, including martial arts, video games, American comic books and cartoons, Japanese anime and

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, graffiti, hip-hop, and indie rock. His work has been compared to that of Bryan Lee O'Malley, and the two artists are friends. Lewis' art tends to be stylized and make use of sound effects. So far he has worked almost exclusively in the action genre. Lewis cites Paul Pope and

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(creator of '' Naruto'') as his primary comics influences.

Bibliography

Comic books

* '' Sharknife'' Series ** ''Sharknife Vol.1'' (2005) ** ''Sharknife Brunchtime Bash'' ( Free Comic Book Day release) (2005) ** ''Sharknife Stage First'' (reprint of Vol.1) (2006) ** ''Sharknife Double Z'' (2012) * ''Sharknife: Fight Machine (2019) * '' PENG!'' one-shot (2005, reprinted in ''PENG!'' 2020) * '' Rival Schools'' Issues #1 & #2 (2006) * ''Marvel Strange Tales MAX'' "Longshot!" Issue #3 (2009) * ''Game Changer'' (2015) *
Sun Bakery
' (2017)

Short stories

* ''Koja-Oh: The Story of Koja'' in ''Punchthroat Anthology'' (2003) * ''Cheap Shots / Street Fighter Mini / Darkstalkers Mini'' (2004–2005) *
PINAPL
' in '' Popgun'' (2007) * ''Strange Tales MAX #3'' - Longshot (2010) * ''X-Men: Nation X'' - Cannonball (2010) * '' Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Stories'' (2011)

Web comics

*
Rival Schools
' Issues #3 & #4 (2007) * ''Dead In the Now'' ( Zuda Comics) (2007 and 2008) *
Seedless
' (2008–2010)

Self-published

*
Apollonia No!
' (2004) *
Appleton
' (2005) *
Stab Kids
' (2006) *
Arem
' *
Bare Knuckle
' *
Freeze
' (also collected in ''PENG!'' 2020)
''Extra Sauce''
(2020–Ongoing) *''PENG!'' reprint with additional stories (2020)

Other works

* Apparel designs for punk band MXPX. * Concept illustrations for toy company Hasbro, including Transformers box art. * Concept designs for properties such as

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(mostly unused). * Illustrations for "Mobisode" animation featured on the

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film, The Protector ( Tom-Yum-Goong) entitled "8-Limbs". * Wrote a short story in Vol 5. Issue 3 (2009) of Marvel's Strange Tales entitled "The Fortune Full X-Men"

References

External links

*
Reyyy.com
' - Personal website. *
Reyyy.lj
' - Livejournal, blog and relevant news. *
Myspace Page
' - Rey's Myspace page. *
Coastalvania
' - Rey's online store. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Corey American webcomic creators Living people American bloggers American cartoonists American comics artists American comics writers Year of birth missing (living people)