American artist (born 1954)
Kerry Gammill (born April 26, 1954) is an American artist who has worked in the fields of comic books, special effects, storyboards, and character designs. As a comic book artist, he is best known for his work on "Power Man and Iron Fist" for Marvel Comics and "Superman" for DC Comics.
Early life.
Gammill grew up as a fan of the comics of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the work of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Buscema, Gene Colan, and Jim Steranko.
Career.
Kerry Gammill began working for Marvel Comics with his first published work, a Spider-Man/Daredevil story titled "A Fluttering of Wings Most Foul", appearing in "Marvel Team-Up" #73 (Sept. 1978). During his time in the comics industry, he illustrated such series as "Power Man and Iron Fist", "Superman" vol. 2, and "Action Comics". He collaborated with writer J. M. DeMatteis on the creation of Frog-Man in "Marvel Team-Up" #121 (Sept. 1982) and featured the character in a storyline in "Marvel Fanfare" #32 (May 1987). Gammill co-created such other characters as Ariel, White Rabbit, Chance, Leila Davis, and Draaga. He drew the first two issues of the "Deadly Foes of Spider-Man" limited series in 1991 and in the following year, was one of the artists on the debut issue of "Team Titans".
After leaving comics, Gammill became a special effects concept artist, character designer, and storyboard artist for movies, TV shows, and the gaming industry. Projects he worked on include "Virus", "Species II", "Phantoms", "The Outer Limits", and "".
In 2001, Vanguard Productions published "Kerry Gammill's Drawing Monsters and Heroes for Comics and Film", a how-to book containing art from Gammill's comics, kids' promotions, and creature design for movies and TV. Gammill later co-authored another book for Vanguard on the art of Basil Gogos. In 2020, Gammill served as art director on Legendary Comics' adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 "Dracula" novel, which used the likeness of Bela Lugosi, the lead actor in the 1931 film from Universal Pictures. Four years later, Gammill worked on a similar project, "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Starring Boris Karloff" which adapted the 1818 novel into comics and used the likeness of Boris Karloff, the lead actor in the 1931 film produced by Universal Pictures.
Personal life.
Gammill has been married to Susan Gammill since 1975. They have three children, a son, Jeff, born in 1980, another son, Steve, born in 1983 and a daughter, Kathryn born in 1992. He also has three grandchildren, Piper, Brielle and Madelyn. Gammill lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
Bibliography.
DC Comics.
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Marvel Comics.
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