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Ken Landgraf
Ken Landgraf (born 1950) is an American comic book artist and commercial illustrator. Having worked for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics,〔(【引用サイトリンク】last=Gil )〕 the major publishers of the superhero genre of comic books, Ken pioneered independent comic book publishing in the 1970s and 80s. Collectors of rare “underground” comic book art know Landgraf best for iconoclastic masterworks like the series Rock Comics, Starfighters, and New York City Outlaws.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 last=Nadel )〕 His powerfully rendered heroes, often distortedly muscular and set in heavily shadowed lighting, represent primal themes of struggle, dominance, brutality, and survival. The stark themes and images of Landgraf’s oeuvre parallel characteristics of punk rock and heavy metal music. Like these musical forms, Landgraf’s serious comic book art contains an implicit critique of effete society while offering explicitly primal fantasies. Landgraf’s extensive credits as a freelance commercial illustrator demonstrate the artist as mercenary creating images for dizzyingly various interests.
==Early life and education==
Born Kenneth Landgraf in Sheboygan, Wisconsin,〔 he is the brother of the painter Mark Landgraf. Growing up Ken admired the work of such luminary comic book artists as Reed Crandall, Russ Heath, Sam Glanzman, Jim Steranko, and Wally Wood, among others. Landgraf described his early interest in the comics this way:
"When I was a kid, I purchased a ditto machine, a Spirit Duplicator, and started printing my own comics like ''Crimestopper Monthly'' and ''Vampire Kiss''— sold them through ''Rocket’s Blast'', a fanzine. Steve Ditko, the Spider-Man artist, even drew a cover for me. I had two fan letters published in ''Spider-Man'' #11 and ''Adventure Comics''. I’d write letters to artists. Ditko and () Kubert wrote back to encourage me."〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Joseph )〕
Landgraf attended Holy Name Catholic School and later graduated from North Sheboygan High School. As a young man he served in the Navy in Vietnam, and upon returning from the war, joined the Navy Reserve. His travels brought him to San Francisco, a center of the 1960s counterculture. Landgraf settled finally in New York as a student attending the School of Visual Arts on the G.I. Bill. At this time he produced his first commercial artwork for various pulp magazines. Determined to become a professional comic book artist, he also studied independently with Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman. Landgraf began working as an assistant to Howard Nostrand, Gil Kane, and Rich Buckler— all legendary comic book artists. Under their tutelage, Ken created his early sample pages to sell his talents to the big comic book publishers, DC and Marvel Comics. Landgraf said:
"I went up to Marvel around lunchtime and spotted Stan Lee coming out of Marvel’s building. I introduced myself and told him I just got out of the service and asked if I could show him my portfolio. He said he was going to lunch but that I could go up to Marvel and say that Stan said I could show my work to John Romita, the art director. I was able to go in right away to see him."〔
Enduring initial rejections by both the major comic book publishers, Landgraf eventually worked for both Marvel and DC during the 1970s and 80s.
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