CHRIS SPROUSE

'Chris Sprouse' (born in Charlottesville, Virginia on July 30, 1966) is an American comic book artist.
Chris originally started in comics in 1989, his first credited work being a Chemical King story in an issue of DC Comics' ''Secret Origins''. He then did a Two-Face story for ''Batman Annual #14'' and then moved on to the limited series ''Hammerlocke''. Sprouse then took on the sci-fi series ''Legionnaires'', featuring teenaged versions of the characters in the ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' series, and eventually moved on to a number of one-shot and fill-in issues before illustrating a Star Wars miniseries, ''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'', for Dark Horse Comics.
He then worked for Awesome Comics as the regular penciller of ''New Men'', and in 1997, Chris drew several issues of ''Supreme'', scripted by Alan Moore for the same publisher. After ''Supreme'' ended, a year later he and Moore created ''Tom Strong'' for America's Best Comics, for which Chris won two Eisner Awards in 2000, for Best Single Issue and Best Serialized Story. Chris was also the penciller on the 2004 ''Ocean'' miniseries, written by Warren Ellis and published by DC Comics. In 2007, Ocean was optioned for film.
In 2006, he began pencilling Wildstorm's Midnighter ongoing series, a spin-off of The Authority.
Chris lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Xan.
'Previous Work:' 2099 A.D., Abc: A-Z, Tom Strong And Jack B. Quick,Ambush Bug Nothing Special, America's Best Comics, Batman Annual, Dc Comics' Secret Origins, Ex Machina Special, Global Frequency, Grendel: Black, White, And Red, Hammerlocke, Judgment Day Omega, Justice League America, Lady Supreme, Legends Of The Dark Knight, Legion: Secret Files, Legionnaires, Legion Of Super-Heroes, Midnighter, New Men, Ninjak, Ocean, Punisher Summer Special, Robin Ii, Sandman, Savage Dragon, Secret Origins, Sludge, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man Classic, Star Wars-Splinter Of The Mind's Eye, Starman, Superman Plus, Supreme, Tom Strong, Ultraverse Origins, Uncanny X-Men, War Of The Gods, Who's Who In The Dc Universe, Wildcats/Aliens, Wildstorm, X-Men, X-Men Vs Dracula, Youngblood Strikefile

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★ Death Cookie Interview with Chris Sprouse