Scott Chantler (born February 9, 1972) is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator known for his historical and children's fantasy

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Early life

Chantler was born in

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, Canada. He attended the

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, majoring in fine arts/film studies. He later studied

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Career

Chantler began as a commercial illustrator in a

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firm. In 2000, he began working in

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scene. With writer J. Torres, he went on to publish a

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, ''Days Like This'', and after more such work eventually began writing as well as drawing graphic novels. In 2015 he was appointed Cartoonist-in-Residence at the

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Awards

He is the winner of a 2011

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in the Comics for Kids category for the first book in the Three Thieves series, ''Tower of Treasure''. ''Days Like This'' was one of 23 books in the "On That Note: Music and Musicians" section of the

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's 2004 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults list. Chantler was nominated for a 2005

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, for the graphic novel ''Scandalous'', written by J. Torres. He was nominated for an

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in 2008 for Best Publication for Teens, for ''Northwest Passage: The Annotated Collection'', and in 2011 for Best Reality-Based Work, for ''Two Generals'', a graphic memoir of World War II based on his grandfather's experiences. ''Northwest Passage'' also earned a 2008

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nomination for Special Award for Excellent in Presentation, and a 2008

nomination for Cover by a Canadian Comic Book Artist.

Books

Three Thieves

#''Tower of Treasure'', 2010 #''Sign of the Black Rock'', 2011 #''The Captive Prince'', 2012 #''The King's Dragon'', 2014 #''Pirates of the Silver Coast'', 2014 #''The Dark Island'', 2016 #''The Iron Hand'', 2016

Others

*''Days Like This'' (

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, 2003. .) *''Northwest Passage: The Annotated Collection'' (Oni Press, 2007. .) *''Two Generals'' (McClelland & Stewart, 2010. .) *''Squire & Knight'' (

First Second First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism. It als ...

, 2023. .)

References

External links

Scott Chantler
official website
Scott Chandler
at

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1972 births Canadian comics writers Canadian comics artists Canadian graphic novelists Artists from Ontario Writers from Ontario Living people University of Windsor alumni {{Cartoonist-stub