Farel Dalrymple
Encyclopedia
Farel Dalrymple is an American
artist and alternative comics
creator. He is best known for his award-winning comics series Pop Gun War.
-based Meathaus
Collective. He attended New York's School of Visual Arts as an Illustration major and has been creating comics since 1999.
Dalrymple currently resides in Portland, Oregon
, where he is working on the second volume of Pop Gun War, to be published by Dark Horse Comics, as well as illustrating the ten-issue series Omega the Unknown, written by author Jonathan Lethem
and published by Marvel Comics
. He describes his work style as "fourteen-hour workdays filled with ecstasy, torment, and procrastination."
grant, a 2002 Society of Illustrators
Gold Medal, and a Russ Manning Award
nomination. An excerpt of Omega the Unknown was selected for the anthology Best American Comics 2010.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
artist and alternative comics
Alternative comics
Alternative comics defines a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to "mainstream" superhero comics which in the past have dominated the US comic book industry...
creator. He is best known for his award-winning comics series Pop Gun War.
Career
Originally from Oklahoma "by way of California", Dalrymple is one of the founders of the New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
-based Meathaus
Meathaus
Meathaus is a comics anthology created by the Meathaus Collective. The Meathaus Collective is a group of artists who attended New York City's School of Visual Arts in or around 2000...
Collective. He attended New York's School of Visual Arts as an Illustration major and has been creating comics since 1999.
Dalrymple currently resides in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, where he is working on the second volume of Pop Gun War, to be published by Dark Horse Comics, as well as illustrating the ten-issue series Omega the Unknown, written by author Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Allen Lethem is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. It was followed by three more science fiction novels...
and published by Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
. He describes his work style as "fourteen-hour workdays filled with ecstasy, torment, and procrastination."
Awards
Dalrymple has received several awards, including a Xeric FoundationXeric Foundation
The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which for twenty years awarded self-publishing grants to comic book creators, as well as qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations...
grant, a 2002 Society of Illustrators
Society of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators is a professional society based in New York City. Founded in 1901, the mission of the Society is to promote the art and appreciation of illustration, as well as its history...
Gold Medal, and a Russ Manning Award
Russ Manning Award
The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an American award presented to a comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years. It was named after comic book artist Russ Manning...
nomination. An excerpt of Omega the Unknown was selected for the anthology Best American Comics 2010.
Biblical themes
- Parts of the Flaming Fire Illustrated Bible project
- Proverbs & Parables for New Creation Publications
As artist only
- (2002) Grendel: Red, White & Black #4 - anthology, written by Matt WagnerMatt WagnerMatt Wagner is an American comic book writer and artist, best known as the creator of the series Mage and Grendel.-Career:...
(Dark Horse ComicsDark Horse ComicsDark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
) - (2003) Caper #1-4 - written by Judd WinickJudd WinickJudd Winick is an American comic book, comic strip and television writer/artist and former reality television personality...
, first arc of a 12-issue series (DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
) - (2005) Bizarro World 2 - anthology, written by Dylan Horrocks (DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
) - (2007) Omega the Unknown - limited series, written by Jonathan LethemJonathan LethemJonathan Allen Lethem is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. It was followed by three more science fiction novels...
(Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
)
External links
- Sample comics pages - Sample illustrations
- Farel Dalrymple profile at LambiekLambiekLambiek is a comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded in 1968 by Kees Kousemaker .It has held exhibitions of art by comic creators, including Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, Erik Kriek, André Franquin, Tanino Liberatore and Chris Ware...
- January 2002 interview with Dalrymple at PopImage
- March 2003 interview with Dalrymple at PopImage
- A partial Farel Dalrymple bibliography