ABOUT
CARTOONIST KYLE BAKER® Kyle Baker is the
greatest cartoonist of all time™.
He has bestowed his
gifts upon such fortunate institutions as DISNEY, WARNER BROTHERS FEATURE
ANIMATION, HBO, DREAMWORKS, CARTOON NETWORK, MARVEL COMICS, DC COMICS,
SAATCHI AND SAATCHI, WATSON-GUPTILL, RCA/BMG, RANDOM HOUSE, NICKELODEON
MAGAZINE, RUGRATS, SCHOLASTIC GOOSEBUMPS and others.
TV AND VIDEO
Baker created the full-color artwork and storyboards for the Showtime animated series DEXTER EARLY CUTS in 2009.
He is a writer and
artist on Disney Channel's PHINEAS AND FERB show, which debuted in 2008.
Created storyboards
for Cartoon Network's "CLASS OF 3000 CHRISTMAS" in 2007.He was
also a featured “guest art director” on an earlier episode of the series.
Wrote and directed severel LOONEY TUNES shorts, also was staff witer on the LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION theatrical feature in 2003.
He directed the
animated music video, "BREAK THE CHAIN", which aired on MTV and
BET and featured KRS-ONE as the voice of BIG JOE KRASH. The video was
based on the BREAK THE CHAIN comic book, which Baker illustrated,
published by Marvel Comics.
Baker did pre-production character design on Dreamworks' SHREK feature film. 
He wrote an episode of
the HBO show COSMIC SLOP, titled TANG.
He also animated a
commercial for Foohy
Markers.
BOOKS
Baker has authored sixteen
Graphic Novels: YOU ARE HERE, WHY I HATE SATURN, THE COWBOY WALLY SHOW,
KING DAVID, I DIE AT MIDNIGHT, UNDERCOVER GENIE and two PLASTIC MAN books
for Vertigo/DC Comics and NAT TURNER for Harry Abrams, The BAKERS:
BABIES & KITTENS and
SPECIAL FORCES for Image Comics, and CARTOONIST VOLUME 1 & 2 and THE
BAKERS color hardcover collection: DO THESE TOYS BELONG SOMEWHERE through
his own company, Kyle Baker Publishing.
Watson-Guptill published Baker's art instruction maual HOW TO DRAW STUPID.
Baker currently
produces the monthly comic book series DEADPOOL MAX for Marvel Comics.
Baker's cartoons are
translated into various languages throughout the world, including
Norwegian, French, Italian, and Spanish.
For Christmas 2006,
Dark Horse published JINGLE BELLE MEETS THE BAKERS, written by Paul Dini,
with Baker art.
Baker illustrated
BIRTH OF A NATION, a graphic novel written by Aaron McGruder &
Reginald Hudlin, published by Crown Books, Baker's one of the
illustrators of MICHAEL CHABON'S THE ESCAPIST, from Dark Horse
Publishing.
Baker co-created TRUTH
for Marvel Comics, illustrating the WWII story of the first Black Captain
America. The comic book received much media attention, including CNN,
NPR, TIME, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and other outlets too numerous to mention.
MAGAZINES
AND NEWSPAPERS
Baker's cartoons have
appeared in such publications as THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, BUSINESSWEEK,
ESQUIRE, SPIN, ROLLING STONE, VIBE, THE VILLAGE VOICE, ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY, ESPN, MAD, US, GUITAR WORLD, DETAILS and NATIONAL LAMPOON.
For three years he
illustrated the weekly strip "BAD PUBLICITY" in NEW YORK
magazine.
He has been awarded
the HARVEY AWARD (named for Harvey Kurtzman, the creator of MAD magazine)
and the EISNER AWARD (named for Will Eisner, creator of the Graphic
Novel). They are considered to be the comic book industry's highest
honors.
For more information,
and to see examples of Kyle Baker's work, visit WWW.QUALITYJOLITY.COM
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