Chris Bachalo (born August 23,1965) is an American comic book illustrator known for his quirky, cartoon-like style. He became well-know for stints on DC Comics’ Shade, the Changing Man and Neil Gaiman's two Death series. He also illustrated several of Marvel Comics’ X-Men-related series, including Generation X (which he helped to create), Uncanny X-Men, and Ultimate X-Men. He has also illustrated the creator-owned series Steampunk. Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. ... Spoiler warning: Death as illustrated by Chris Bachalo. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Generation X was a Marvel Comics superhero team, a 1990s-era X-Men junior team. ... The Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise, it features the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes. ... Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Creator ownership is an arrangement in which the creator or creators of a work of fiction retain full ownership of the material, regardless of whether it is self-published or by a corporate publisher. ... Steampunk was a steampunk/fantasy comic book series by artist Chris Bachalo and writer Joe Kelly, published by Wildstorm Comics Cliffhanger imprint. ...

Biography

Early life

Artwork from Death: The High Cost of Living #1 (1993)

Bachalo was born in Canada but was raised in Southern California. He has told interviewers that, as a child, he wanted to be a carpenter until he discovered he was allergic to dust. He attended the California State University at Long Beach, where he majored in graphic art and illustrated a few underground comics. Image File history File links death from fan site This image is a book cover. ... Image File history File links death from fan site This image is a book cover. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU or The Beach) is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California in terms of enrollment. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Los Angeles County Government  - Mayor Bob Foster Area  - City  65. ... The term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. ...

DC

After graduation, Bachalo sought work in the mainstream comic book industry. His first published assignment was The Sandman #12 (1989) for DC Comics. DC soon after hired as the regular artist for Shade, the Changing Man, an older property revived as an adult-oriented series by writer Peter Milligan. The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. ... Peter Milligan is an Irish writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work. ...

Mr. Bachalo’s early work shows strong influence from Sam Kieth, Bill Sienkiewicz and Michael Golden. As his style developed, however, Bachalo’s work became more idiosyncratic. His early 1990s style is minimalist with strong, thick lines, quirky characters and little concern for realism. Bachalo did not shy away from detailed landscapes but showed a rare penchant for pages with many small panels. Sam Kieth is a writer and illustrator of comic books. ... Bill Sienkiewicz in Gijón, Spain. ... Cover for Marvel Fanfare #1 by Michael Golden. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features and core self expression. ...

In 1993, writer Neil Gaiman selected Bachalo for the Sandman miniseries Death: The High Cost of Living, starring the Sandman’s older sister. At the time, Sandman was one of the most popular and acclaimed series in the industry and the miniseries helped boost Bachalo’s visibility. The creative pair also reunited for Death: The Time of Your Life in 1996. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Death as illustrated by Chris Bachalo. ... The story Death: The Time of Your Life was written by Neil Gaiman, and is one of many spinoffs from his graphic novel series The Sandman. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Most consider Bachalo's mid-90's work on Shade, the Changing Man and the two death mini-series to be the pinnacle of his accomplishments, and he was often referred to as the "Artist's artist".^{[citation needed]} Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. ...

After working at Marvel (below), Bachalo briefly returned to DC in 1999 for The Witching Hour mini-series with writer Jeph Loeb for Vertigo. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Marvel Comics

While at DC Comics, Bachalo illustrated the first issue of "X-Men Unlimited", which Marvel published as an anthalogy X-Men comic book. Based on the success and fanfare from "X-Men Unlimited" #1, in 1994, Bachalo ended his stint on Shade and began working for Marvel Comics. He then illustrated the first three issues of Ghost Rider 2099, one of in a line of series reinventing popular Marvel characters in the year 2099. Promotional art for issue #11, as drawn by Mike Deodato X-Men Unlimited was the title of two comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Promotional art for issue #11, as drawn by Mike Deodato X-Men Unlimited was the title of two comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Marvel 2099 is a Marvel Comics imprint, begun in 1993, that explores one possible future of the Marvel Universe. ... 2099 will be a future year of the Gregorian calendar. ...

However, he was soon assigned to create a new junior team of X-Men with Uncanny X-Men writer Scott Lobdell. The group Lobdell and Bachalo created, Generation X, was purposely bizarre and idiosyncratic because the two wanted to avoid the recent trend in superhero teams, where each team member represented a recognizable stock character. Scott Lobdell (born 1963) is an American comic book writer. ... Generation X was a Marvel Comics superhero team, a 1990s-era X-Men junior team. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

Generation X became a hit with the series’ namesake due to Lobdell’s realistically cynical and emotionally immature teen characters and Bachalo’s atypical artwork. Bachalo illustrated the series through much of its first three years, taking a break in late 1995 and early 1996 to illustrate the second Death miniseries, Death: The Time of Your Life. Generation X is a term used to describe generations in many countries around the world. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The story Death: The Time of Your Life was written by Neil Gaiman, and is one of many spinoffs from his graphic novel series The Sandman. ...

During his time on Generation X, Bachalo’s artwork underwent a change. Heavily influenced by the popularity of Joe Madureira, Bachalo's characters became more cartoony and manga-like, with unseemly large eyes, heads and hands. He gravitated towards extremes in anatomy, drawing characters that were previously portrayed as bulky, short, or thin as even more so. Jose Madureira (born December 3, 1974, in Philadelphia. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... Human heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ...

In 1997, Bachalo left Generation X for Uncanny X-Men, arguably the comic book industry’s most popular title, remaining until the end of 1998. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Steampunk

In 2000, Bachalo launched Steampunk, a comic book series inspired by the genre of fiction of the same name, which emulates early science fiction and in an alternate version of the early 1900s. The series is written by Joe Kelly and is part of DC Comics’ imprint for creator-owned series, Cliffhanger. The series was criticized for Bachalo's incredibly detailed pencils, small panels and muddy dark coloring, which sometimes made it difficult to discern what was happening. Similarly, Joe Kelly's writing was not as straightforward as a mass audience typically preferred. Contrarily, the book's supporters praised it for those same reasons, as well as for the sheer imagination of the characters and story. The series, intended to be 25 issues, ended prematurely after the second story arc in issue #12. It is currently available in two reprinted trade paperbacks, Steampunk: Manimatron (ISBN 1-56389-762-8) and Steampunk: Drama Obscura (ISBN 1-4012-0047-8). Steampunk was a steampunk/fantasy comic book series by artist Chris Bachalo and writer Joe Kelly, published by Wildstorm Comics Cliffhanger imprint. ... For the comic book, see Steampunk (comics). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Alternate history (fiction) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ... Cover to #8 of Kelly and Chris Bachalos creator owned Steampunk series (2001) Joseph Joe Kelly is an American comic book writer who has written such titles as Uncanny X-Men, Action Comics, and JLA. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action, Kelly is one of... Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. ... A trade paperback can refer to any book that is bound with a heavy paper cover that is generally cheaper than the hardcover but more expensive than the regular paperback version. ...

When Richard Friend inks Chris Bachalo's pencils, the piece is signed “Chrisendo”, a portmanteau of the names “Chris”, “Friend”, and “Bachalo”. A portmanteau (IPA pronunciation: ) is a word or morpheme which fuses two or more words or parts of words to give a combined or loaded meaning. ...

Back with Marvel

In the early 2000s, Bachalo completed occasional work on various X-Men series, including Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate War, Grant Morrisons' New X-Men (collected in New X-Men vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus) and the sequel to the Age of Apocalypse crossover. Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer and artist. ... New X-Men refers to two superhero comic books published by Marvel Comics within the hugely popular X-Men franchise. ... Cover to X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #1. ... The Age of Apocalypse is a popular X-Men story arc. ...

Chris was also the artist on Captain America for 6 issues (21–26, running December 2003–May 2004 cover dates) pencilling a divisive run written by Robert Morales. In an attempt to humanize Steve Rogers, the pair managed to split his fanbase fairly resoundingly resulting in the departure of both from the title (Morales 2 issues after Bachalo).^{[citation needed]} Captain America is a fictional comic book superhero published by Marvel Comics. ...

Bachalo is currently the artist for the “Adjectiveless” X-Men title along with new writer Mike Carey after recently completing his final story arc for Uncanny X-Men (Issue #'s 472–474). He is often filled-in for by artist Humberto Ramos, however. The multiple, interlocking covers of X-Men #1 (1991) boosted sales. ... Mike Carey is the writer of the Eisner Award nominated Lucifer and Hellblazer, comic book titles published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. ... The Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise, it features the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes. ... Cover to Impulse #2. ...

On top of his continuing work for Marvel, Bachalo finished issue #7 of Comicraft's Elephantmen, an issue 4 years in the making. The issue was done entirely in double-page spreads and marks his reunion with Steampunk scribe Joe Kelly. The issue's story, “Captain Stoneheart And The Truth Fairy” also represents Chris' first work outside Marvel and DC since his fill-in issue of Witchblade. Comicraft is a company which designs fonts and provides lettering services to various comic book companies. ... Cover of Elephantmen issue 1 Elephantmen is an ongoing monthly comic book published by Image Comics and written by Richard Starkings with revolving artists. ...

Bachalo has been announced as one of the four artists who will work on the Spider-Man event "Brand New Day," along with Phil Jimenez, Steve McNiven, and Salvador Larroca.

External links

• MothComiX: The Official WebSite For Original Art by Chris Bachalo
• Chris Bachalo Checklist
• Chris Bachalo Image Gallery at Comic Art Community