Amanda Conner
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Amanda Conner is an American comic book artist and commercial art illustrator best-known for Harris Comics' Vampirella.
Biography
The daughter of artist parents Al and Eulala, Conner was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Florida and Connecticut. She studied at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, in Dover, New Jersey. After marrying, opening a comic-book store with her then-husband, and divorcing, Conner eventually relocated to Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
Conner began illustraing small projects for Marvel Comics (including a story starring the second Yellowjacket story in Solo Avengers #12, Nov. 1988), Last Gasp (Strip AIDS U.S.A. in 1988), and Archie Comics (stories for Archie and Bayou Billy in 1989-90). Eventually for Marvel she penciled issues of the company's licensed series based on the Mattel doll Barbie and on the Walt Disney Company animated television series Gargoyles. In the 1990s, she drew such series as Soulsearchers and Company fror Claypool Comics, and Excalibur and writer Steve Gerber's one-shot Suburban Jersey Ninja She-Devils for Marvel. During this time, she met and worked with Marvel editor and artist Jimmy Palmiotti, whom she is currently in a long-term relationship with; the two have occasionally teamed on projects, one penciling while the other inks.
For Harris Comics' Vampirella, also known as Vampirella Monthly, Conner drafted 24 issues, collaborating with writers Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, and Warren Ellis. In a similar vein, she illustrated the intercompany crossover Painkiller Jane vs. The Darkness (Event Comics / Top Cow) and went on to work on Painkiller Jane #0 (the origin story). She also wrote and illustrated a story for "Kid Death and Fluffy, and penciled stories for Topps Comics.
Other comic-book credits include Lois Lane, , and Birds of Prey for DC Comics; X-Men Unlimited for Marvel; Gatecrasher, which she co-created for BlackBull Comics; and The Pro, a creator-owned book for Image Comics with Palmiotti and Garth Ennis. In 2005, she illustrated the origin of Powergirl in JSA Classified #1-4.
Her art has appeared on ABC'S Nightline, and in The New York Times and Mad Magazine. Connor has also done character designs for film and television, and is featured in a Biography magazine commercial on A&E. She does spot illustrations in Revolver magazine each month. Her commercial art work includes illustrations for the New York City advertising agencies Kornhauser & Calene, and Kidvertisers, for such accounts as Arm & Hammer, Playskool, and Nickelodeon.
Conner did modeling/art reference work for the Marvel miniseries Elektra: Assassin in the 1980s, and for artist Joe Jusko's Punisher / Painkiller Jane in 2000.
Conner, Palmiotti, and writer Justin Gray work together via their multimedia entertainment company PaperFilms.
Bibliography
DC
- Batgirl #65-66
- Birds of Prey #47-49
- Codename: Knockout #6,9,13-14
- JSA Classified #1-4
- Legion of Super-Heroes #13
- Starman #14
- Superman: Lois Lane #1 (GirlFrenzy)
Marvel
- Avengers West Coast Annual #4
- Black Panther V.2 #8
- Daredevil V.2 #1/2
- Excalibur V.1 #80
- Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #14
- Marvel Romance Redux: Guys & Dolls #1
- Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #3
- She-Hulk V.2 #3
Misc
- Gatecrasher #1-6
- Gatecrasher: Ring of Fire #1-4
- Painkiller Jane #0
- Painkiller Jane/Darkchylde #1
- Painkiller Jane vs. The Darkness #1
- The Pro #1
- Vampirella/Witchblade: The Feast #1
References
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