Thomas Scioli is an American

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and

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best known for working in a style similar to

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Biography

Scioli was born in

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and moved to Pittsburgh after studying at the

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in the 1990s. Scioli's epic sci-fi/fantasy series ''The Myth of 8-Opus'' won a 1999

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and attracted mild industry attention, earning him a small part illustrating the ''

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: World's Greatest Comic Magazine'' miniseries (2001) and ultimately higher-profile projects at

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: the miniseries '' Freedom Force'' (2005)The Force Behind ''Freedom Force''
Silver Age Soapbox,

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, December 1, 2004 and the super-sci-fi-opera epic ''

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'' (with writer

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). Scioli has stated that ''Gødland'' is "the best thing out there right now" and that he can imagine staying with the book for the rest of his career. Scioli has attracted some criticism for the similarity between his art and Jack Kirby's, but he is comfortable with his style: In 2013, Sciol
announced he was leaving comics
but in 2018
he produced Go Bots for IDW.
Scioli was raised in

and resides in

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. Scioli hosts a pop-culture centric

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channel called ''The Total Recall Show'' along with his friend/musician, Matt Zeoli.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''The Myth of 8-Opus'' (Creator, A-Okay Comics) * ''Fantastic'' Four: ''World's Greatest Comic Magazine'' #3 (Contributor,

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, August 2001) *'' Freedom Force'' #1-6 (with

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, January–June 2005) *''

'' #1-37 (with writer

, Image Comics, July 2005 – July 2012) *''

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'' #3 (artist, Image Comics, September 2006) *"

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" (script and art, in ''

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'' #1, Image Comics, February 2008) *"

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" (cover art, Wagon Wheel Comics, April 2010) *''Transformers vs G.I. Joe'' #1-13, #0 (artist and co-writer with John Barber,

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, May 2014-March 2017) *''American Barbarian'' (writer and artist, IDW Comics, August 2015) *''Gobots'' #1-5 (writer and artist, IDW Comics, November 21, 2018-March 17, 2019) *''Fantastic Four: Grand Design'' #1-2 (writer and artist, Marvel Comics, December 2019) *''Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics'' (writer and artist,

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, July 2020)

Awards

*2008: Nominated for "Best Graphic Album—Reprint"

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, for ''Gødland Celestial Edition Book One''2008 Eisner Nominations Most Diverse Yet

Notes

References

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External links

*
Scioli's home page
dedicated to ''8-Opus''
Scioli's blog''Total Recall Show''.com

Interviews

* Klaehn, Jeffery

POP, February 21, 2009
Scioli's Myth of 8-Opus

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