American comic book artist
Guy Davis (born 1966) is an American creature designer, concept artist, illustrator and storyboard artist who has worked on film, television, comic book and video game projects. He is known for his collaborations with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro , including the television series The Strain Pacific Rim Crimson Peak The Shape of Water Hellboy B.P.R.D. The Marquis
Biography
Career
A self-taught illustrator, Guy Davis began his art career in 1985. Soon his independent work attracted the editors of Caliber Press , who published his first creator-owned series — the Harvey Award -nominated Baker Street Baker Street that got Davis work with DC Comics /Vertigo , illustrating Sandman Mystery Theatre Mike Mignola 's ongoing B.P.R.D. The Zombies That Ate the World Métal Hurlant The Marquis Dark Horse Comics .[1] [2] White Wolf role-playing game series and TCM Underground , cover artwork for Criterion , and poster art for Mondo.
At the 2011 ECCC , Davis announced he would no longer be the ongoing B.P.R.D. artist. Since leaving comics, Davis has moved to a career in conceptual design, providing concept art, character design and storyboards for film, television and video games. He worked on Pacific Rim Kaiju Otachi and Slattern, various props and storyboards. Other conceptual design projects for director Guillermo del Toro include Crimson Peak The Strain The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXIV Steven Universe ParaNorman The Mill at Calder's End , Pinocchio , and video game projects including Evolve InSane
Personal life
Davis currently resides in Michigan .
Concept art / character design:
Crimson Peak The Strain Steven Universe The Mill at Calder’s End (Kevin McTurk / The Spirit Cabinet) Creature Concept 2013Pinocchio EVOLVE Pacific Rim InSANE At the Mountains of Madness ParaNorman Black Sky (Chamber Six Productions) Concept Art 2007The Amazing Screw-On Head The Zombies That Ate the World pilot (Les Humanoides Associes) Character Design 2004IMDB
Comics work includes:
Baker Street Gary Reed (first arc), ten-issue limited series , March 1989 - February 1991, collected as 2 trade paperbacks by Caliber Comics , single volume, iBooks, 352 pages, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7434-5904-4 )Sandman Mystery Theatre Matt Wagner and Steve Seagle , Vertigo )Vertigo Visions: Phantom Stranger (with Alisa Kwitney , one-shot special, Vertigo )Starman James Robinson , DC Comics, September 1996)Nevermen (with Phil Amara, Dark Horse Comics ):
The Nevermen (4-issue mini-series, 2000, tpb, 120 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56971-575-0 )[3] Streets of Blood (3-issue mini-series, 2003, tpb, 80 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-56971-823-7 )[4] Brave Old World William Messner-Loebs , Phil Hester , February 2000, Vertigo Comics )The Marquis Dark Horse Comics ):Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules James Sturm , Marvel Comics, March–June, 2003, tpb, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1112-3 )Batman: Nevermore (with Len Wein , 5-issue mini-series, Elseworlds , DC Comics , June – October, 2003 )The Zombies That Ate the World Jerry Frissen , in Métal Hurlant Devil's Due Publishing , 184 pages, October 2009, ISBN 1-934692-66-2 )B.P.R.D. Mike Mignola , Dark Horse Comics , July 2003 – 2011) collected as:
The Soul of Venice and Other Stories ISBN 1-59307-132-9 )Plague of Frogs A Plague of Frogs 5-issue limited series, ISBN 1-59307-288-0 )The Dead (collects The Dead 5-issue limited series, 2005, ISBN 1-59307-380-1 )The Black Flame (collects The Black Flame 6-issue limited series, July 2006, ISBN 1-59307-550-2 )The Universal Machine (collects The Universal Machine 5-issue limited series, January 2007, ISBN 1-59307-710-6 )Garden of Souls Garden of Souls 5-issue limited series, January 2008, ISBN 1-59307-882-X )Killing Ground (collects Killing Ground 5-issue limited series, May 2008, ISBN 1-59307-956-7 )The Warning (collects The Warning 5-issue limited series, April 29, 2009, ISBN 1-59582-304-2 )Judge Dredd Rob Williams , in Judge Dredd Megazine [5] Other Projects:
Legacy by blues musician Guy Davis (cover and liner artwork)[6]
He won the Eisner Award in
1997 : Won "Best Serialized Story," for "Sand and Stars" (Starman #20–23) with James Robinson, Tony Harris, and Wade Von Grawbadger [7] 2004 : Won "Best Limited Series," for Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules with James Sturm[8] 2009 : Won "Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team," for BPRD
Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Authority control databases
International National Artists Other
