Kalman Andrasofszky (born August 21, 1975 in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, Canada) is a Canadian

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

artist, writer,

inker The inker (sometimes credited as the finisher or embellisher) is one of the two line artists in traditional comic book production. The penciller creates a drawing, the inker outlines, interprets, finalizes, retraces this drawing by using a pencil ...

letterer A letterer is a member of a team of comic book creators responsible for drawing the comic book's text. The letterer's use of typefaces, calligraphy, letter size, and layout all contribute to the impact of the comic. The letterer crafts the comi ...

, penciller, and designer. Kalman is a native Torontonian and resides there still.

Career

Much of his work has been in covers for Marvel comics and is most notable for his design work on the new

Captain Canuck Captain Canuck is a Canadian comic book superhero. Created by cartoonist Ron Leishman and artist/writer Richard Comely, the original Captain Canuck first appeared in ''Captain Canuck'' #1 (July 1975). The series was the first successful Canadi ...

animated feature and comic series. Kalman also writes the new Captain Canuck comics series from

Chapterhouse Comics Comic House (formerly Chapterhouse) is a Canadian comics, comic publishing company that publishes books featuring classic Canadian comics, Canadian comic book characters such as Captain Canuck and Northguard in a unified comic book universe unde ...

, draws the main covers and was the main artist on the first two issues, Free Comic Book Day #0 issue as well as a story in the 2014 Captain Canuck Summer Special, and acts as editor-in-chief for Chapterhouse. Kalman is also connected to the R.A.I.D. studio where he works and collaborates with his contemporaries like Ramón K Pérez,

Marcus To Marcus To (born 20 October 1983) is a Canadian comic book artist who currently works for Marvel Comics as the artist for ''Excalibur (comics), Excalibur''. He is best known for his work on Red Robin (comic book), Red Robin, ''Huntress (comics), ...

, Cary Nord, Francis Manapul, Scott Hepburn and others. Andrasofszky has also done artwork for '' Dungeons & Dragons'' books, including '' An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron'', ''

Champions of Valor ''Champions of Valor'' is a hardcover accessory for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons v3.5, 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents ''Champions of Valor'' is an expansion to detail the ro ...

'', ''

Dungeon Master's Guide II The ''Dungeon Master's Guide II'' is a book of rules for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' seminal fantasy role-playing game. Contents Like the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', this book focuses on providing Dungeon Masters with as ...

'', ''

Eberron Campaign Setting ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' is a hardcover accessory for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents The ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' book introduces Eberron, and provides the core campaign setting, inc ...

'', ''

Faiths of Eberron ''Faiths of Eberron'' is a supplement to the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons v3.5, 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Faiths of Eberron'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that presents ...

'', ''

Lords of Darkness ''Lords of Darkness'' is the name of two accessories for the fictional ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition ''Lords of Darkness'' is a collection o ...

'', '' Secrets of Sarlona'', ''

Serpent Kingdoms ''Serpent Kingdoms'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Serpent Kingdoms'' details the creatures collectively known as the Scaled Ones in the Forgotten Realms setting: the lizardfolk, ...

'', '' Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords'', and '' Underdark''.

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