Michael Komarck is a

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artist. His work has been featured in many

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games,

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s, book covers, and collectible cards. Komarck produced the official art and calendars for

George R.R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels ''A Song ...

's ''

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...

''.

Early life

Michael Komarck was born in Louisiana and moved to Michigan as a child.Michael Komarck Illustration
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Career

Komarck has worked as an illustrator on the '' Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game'' by

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. He has done illustrations for ''

Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a tabletop and digital collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro), ''Magic'' was the first ...

'' and ''

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''. He has also illustrated comic books.Michael Komarck (Person) - Comic Vine
/ref> Komarck has also worked as an illustrator for ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...

'' on third edition books. He also provided the cover art for

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...

's album, ''

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''.

Awards

Komarck was nominated for the

Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Paperback The Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Paperback is given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize achievements in the illustration of science fiction & fantasy paperback book A paperback (softcove ...

in 2009, for ''Dragonforge'' by

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. Komarck was also nominated for the

Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist The Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist is given each year for artists of works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year. The award has been given annually under several names since 1955, with the except ...

in 2012.

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