Paul Tucker (born November 4, 1981) is a Canadian visual artist, and illustrator of

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s and

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Biography

Born in St. John's,

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

, Tucker claims his fascination with comics started as a child, and stuck with him.

Education

Tucker attained his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, at

Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and ...

Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Grenfell Campus, formerly Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, is a campus of the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). It is located in the city of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The campus has approximately 1,300 students enroll ...

Corner Brook Corner Brook ( 2021 population: 19,333 CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...

Japanese travel

After university he taught English in Japan for a year. In Japan, Tucker was able to learn more about the popular illustrated comic books, known as

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Partial bibliography

Comic Books * ''Dystopian Dream Girl'' * ''Proof of Concept'' ( AiT/PlanetLar) * ''The Underworld Railroad'' (2007,

Viper Comics Viper Comics is an American comics publisher that first published works in 2003. History Viper Comics is based in Texas, USA; according to its website it is based in Irving, an inner ring suburb of Dallas. Its president since its foundation is ...

) *''Tet'' (2015,

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...

) * ''Nobody is in Control'' (2019) Webcomics * ''Google John Smith'' - a collaboration with writer Aaron Goulding, about a man named John Smith who strives to claim the top Google search result for his own name.

References

Learn by Doing - Interview with Paul Tucker (thescope)

Viper Comics - The Underworld Railroad

Proof of Concept

VOCM: First Comic Boasting Three Newfoundlanders Hits Stands Today

External links

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Paul Tucker at terminus1525.ca
Artists from Newfoundland and Labrador People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 1981 births Living people Canadian comics artists Canadian webcomic creators {{webcomic-author-stub