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John R. Beatty (born May 6, 1961, in Whitesburg, Kentucky) is an American illustrator who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, primarily as an inker.
John Beatty
Born
May 6, 1961 (age 58) Whitesburg, Kentucky
Nationality
American
Area(s)
Inker
http://johnbeattyart.com
Biography
Beatty was born in Letcher County, Kentucky; he lived there for less than a year when his family moved to Holly Hill, Florida, a small city located between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach.
As a child, discovered and fell in love with the comic strips Dennis the Menace and Peanuts. It wasn't until later that Beatty discovered superhero comic books when a friend who lived up the street sold him a box of comics for $20.00. Beatty's goal was to become a comic book artist.
By the time he was 15 years old Beatty had made his first 'professional sell,' as he was hired by Camelot Publishing to do cartoons for computer instruction manuals. This gig turned into after-school employment during Beatty's high school years. He graduated from Mainland Senior High School in 1979.
Not long after his discovery of the world of fanzines, Beatty wrote and drew a short comic story starring the hero 'Crime Smasher,' which was printed in Tim Corrigan's Super Hero Comics. Jerry Ordway had a story published in the same issue, and Ordway was also starting up his own self-published comic book, titled OK Comics! Soon Beatty and Ordway began communicating through the mail. Beatty also connected with artist Mike Zeck, through the 'pro-zine' Rocket's Blast Comicollector. Zeck encouraged Beatty, and even sent xeroxed pencils of his work to Beatty, so he could ink samples for practice and critiques.
Beatty had, for a couple of years, been going to OrlandoCon, an annual comic book convention held in Orlando, Florida. Beatty and his long-time friend Craig Zablo (creator of Stallonezone, a Sylvester Stallonefansite), would go to OrlandoCon and make a weekend of it. On this particular occasion, Beatty took some art samples to show professional attendees, comics artists such as Pat Broderick and Bob McLeod (who were living on the west coast of Florida in Tampa). This was also the con where Beatty met AC Comics publisher and artist Bill Black. Beatty showed samples to Black and was offered inking work on the spot; he would get to ink Black's pencils at a rate of $7.00 per page.
Beatty's career began to take shape: Bob McLeod tagged him to start doing some assistant work, such as filling in blacks and erasing pages; he also occasionally drew backgrounds for McLeod's pages.
It was now 1980. Beatty went to the annual MiamiCon and showed Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Jim Shooter new samples of his work. (Shooter had reviewed Beatty's work the previous year and said Beatty was not quite ready.) Shooter looked over Beatty's art and said: 'If you can come up to New York, I'll give you a paid tryout to work on.' In July 1980, Beatty made the journey, and with the help of Mike Zeck got some gigs from both Marvel and DC.
Beatty spent twenty years inking titles such as Captain America, The Punisher, Secret Wars, The Nam, The Adventures of Superman, Batman, JLA, and many more.
Currently, Beatty works for the DC ComicsLicensing Department, where style guide art is created. This art is used for many things, including package design, clothing, and other licensed products that DC supplies its vendors.
Beatty is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. In the Scottish case, some have thought that it is derived from the name Bartholomew, which was often shortened to Bate or Baty. Male descendants were then often called Beatty, or similar derivations like Beattie or Beatey. The name Beatty or Beattie, others think, arose in Ireland from Betagh, a surname meaning hospitaller. A majority of people named Beatty or Beattie in Ireland are the descendants of Scots who came over to Ulster in the seventeenth century. Beattie is common in counties Antrim and Down, whilst Beatty is more common in counties Armagh and Tyrone. In Fermanagh in 1962, Beatty was the fifteenth most common name and was recorded as synonymous with the names Betty and MacCaffrey (or McCaffrey).
It is most likely that the name derives from Mac a'Bhiadhtaigh, from biadhtach, 'one who held land on condition of supplying food (biad) to those billeted on him by the chief'. In the rest of Ireland, the name Biadhtach (Betagh; 'public victualler') was changed to Beatty or Beattie. In Scotland, the Beatties were a reiver clan in the Langholm area of Eskdale. George MacDonald Fraser has written about the reiving clans in 'The Steel Bonnets : The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers'.
An Irish origin of the name Beattie is supported specifically by the Irish-specific marker S169 which is most common in Leinster, Ireland, but also 'found in Scotland, especially among men with the surnames of Beattie and Ferguson'.
Denver Pop Culture Con
Denver Pop Culture Con (DPCC) (previously Denver Comic Con) is a 3-day speculative fiction fan convention held annually in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. The inaugural convention was held June 15–17, 2012, and was created as a program for the non-profit educational organization Comic Book Classroom. The latest event is May 31-June 2, 2019 at the Colorado Convention Center; tickets were made available in fall 2018.With its association to Pop Culture Classroom, Denver Pop Culture Con embraces a host of popular arts including comic books, tabletop and video games, anime, manga, cosplay, horror and science fiction, webcomics, movies, television and literature.
John Beatty
John Beatty may refer to:
John Beatty (Continental Congress) (1749–1826), American Revolutionary War officer, delegate to Continental Congress, New Jersey congressman
John Beatty (Ohio) (1828–1914), U.S. Congressman, Civil War Union general
John Beatty (philosopher) (born 1951), University of British Columbia philosopher of biology
John Beatty (illustrator) (born 1961), comics illustrator
John Lee Beatty, American scenic designer
John William Beatty (1869–1941), Canadian painter
John Louis Beatty (1922–1975), American writer and professor
John K. Beatty (1821–?), Irish uillean piper
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John Beatty
Born
May 6, 1961 (age 58) Whitesburg, Kentucky
Nationality
American
Area(s)
Inker
http://johnbeattyart.com
John Beatty (born May 6, 1961) is an American illustrator born in Whitesburg, Kentucky who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics,
Biography
Beatty was born and lived in Letcher County, Kentucky for less than a year when his family moved to Holly Hill, Florida, a small city located in between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach.
Beatty and his family remained in Holly Hill, and John graduated from Mainland Senior High School in 1979. It was already clear that Beatty would pursue a career as an artist. Beatty had, at this point, already made his first 'professional sell' and begun working as a professional artist. Beatty had been hired by Camelot Publishing to do cartoons for computer instruction manuals when he was just 15 years old. This gig turned into after school employment during Beatty's high school years.
Beatty's goal was to become a comic book artist. He discovered and fell in love with the comic strips Dennis the Menace and Peanuts. It wasn't until later that Beatty discovered superhero comic books when a friend who lived up the street sold Beatty a box of comics for $20.00.[citation needed]
Not long after his discovery of the world of fanzines, Beatty wrote and drew a short comic story starring the hero Crime Smasher. In short order, the Crime Smasher story was printed in Tim Corrigan's Super Hero Comics! Jerry Ordway had a story published in the same issue. Ordway was also starting up his own self-published comic book, titled 'OK Comics!' Soon Beatty and Ordway began communicating through the mail. Beatty also connected with artist Mike Zeck, through the RBCC (Rocket's Blast Comicollector), a 'pro-zine' of sorts. Zeck encouraged Beatty to continue drawing. Zeck even sent xeroxed pencils of his work to Beatty, so Beatty could ink samples for practice and critiques.
Around this time, Beatty had, for a couple of years, been going to OrlandoCon, an annual comic book convention held in Orlando, Florida. Beatty and his long-time friend, Craig Zablo (creator of Stallonezone, a Sylvester Stallone fansite), would go over and make a weekend of it. Beatty and Craig headed over to OrlandoCon and John decided to take some art samples to show the professional artists, such as Pat Broderick and Bob McLeod (who were living on the west coast of Florida in Tampa).
This was also the con where Beatty met AC Comics publisher and artist Bill Black. Beatty showed samples to Black and was offered inking work on the spot. Beatty would get to ink Bill's pencils at a rate of $7.00 per page.
Beatty's destiny seemed to lining up rather quickly… Bob McLeod tagged him to start doing some assistant work, such as filling in blacks and erasing pages. Soon McLeod even let Beatty do some background work from time to time!
It was now 1980. Everything was falling into place and all events were leading up to a big break. Beatty decided to head down to the annual MiamiCon. He knew that Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Jim Shooter would be there, and Beatty planned to show him new samples of his work. (Shooter had reviewed Beatty's work the previous year and said Beatty was not quite ready.) So Beatty presented Shooter with new samples. Shooter looked over Beatty's art and said: 'If you can come up to New York, I'll give you a paid try out to work on.' In July 1980, Beatty made the journey, and with the help of Mike Zeck got some gigs from both Marvel and DC.
Beatty is not currently working on a 'monthly', though he spent twenty years doing so on titles such as Captain America, The Punisher, Secret Wars, The Nam, The Adventures of Superman, Batman, JLA, and many, many more.
Currently, Beatty works for the DC Comics Licensing Department, where style guide art is created. This art is used for many things, including package design, clothing, and other things which DC needs to supply to its vendors.