Ben Dunn

Ben Dunn (born April 17, 1964)^[2] is an American comic book artist and publisher.

Ben Dunn
Born	(1964-04-17) April 17, 1964 (age 61) Taiwan
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Artist, Publisher
Notable works	Antarctic Press Ninja High School Warrior Nun Areala Marvel Mangaverse
Awards	Inkpot Award (2016)[1]
www.patreon.com/bendunn

Biography

Dunn was born in Taiwan, and grew up in Taiwan,^[3] Kentucky, and San Antonio, Texas, where he graduated from Central Catholic Marianist High School.^[3] It was in Taiwan that he was first exposed to Japanese manga.^[3]

In 1984 he co-founded Antarctic Press,^[3] an American comic book company specializing in manga-style (Amerimanga) titles. His most notable creations for Antarctic are the comic book series Ninja High School and Warrior Nun Areala.^[3]

In 2003, Dunn sold his portion of Antarctic Press to start his own development company, Sentai Studios. After a couple of years he closed Sentai and returned to Antarctic.^[4]

Dunn was one of the primary artists involved in the short-lived Marvel Mangaverse project. He also worked as an animator for the science-fiction film A Scanner Darkly.^[5]

In 2016, Art Greenhaw began creating, editing and writing faith-based visual novels and comic books, starting with the book series God's Silver Soldiers,^[6] also known as Silver Soldiers: The Comic and followed by Tales of Nazareth: The Boyhood of Jesus.^[7] The comic books, under the imprint of Truthmonger Comics Group Publishing, have achieved acclaim for their action-oriented innovation in illustrations by Dunn, as well as their storylines, and they have been covered in the media by TV channels, newspapers, and faith-based, nationally syndicated radio.^[8]

In 2019, Dunn created the Coalition of Independent Comic Publishers.^[9]

Personal life

Dunn lives in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with his wife and two children.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:^[10]

• 1986–2007, 2017=? Ninja High School (Eternity Comics, Antarctic Press)

• 2017 (#176^[11][12]) (self-published?)
• 2017-? (2017 series, #177-?) (Antarctic Press)
• 2016?^[13]-2017?^[14] Ninja High School Textbook (self-published?)

• 1987 Dynamo Joe (First Comics)—fill-in art
• 1987–1988 Swords of Texas (Eclipse Comics)
• 1989 Messerschmitt (2017 release at Hen House via Pintrest^[15])
• 1989–1990 Mighty Tiny (Antarctic)
• 1988 "Tiger-X" (Eternity Comics)
• 1990 "Tiger-X: The Adventure Continues!" (Eternity Comics)
• 1989–1991 Captain Harlock (Eternity)
• 1994–2005 Warrior Nun Areala (Antarctic)
• 1997 Robotech (Antarctic)
• 1998-2016? Valhalla

• 1988 series^[16]
• 2016-? (2016 series) (Hen House via Pintrest^[17])

• 2002 Marvel Mangaverse (Marvel Comics)
• 2003 The Agents (Image Comics)
• 2004 How to Draw Manga (Antarctic)^[18]
• 2004–2005 Heaven Sent (Antarctic)
• 2011 How to Draw Steampunk (Antarctic)
• 2016-? Stellar Losers (Patreon Secret Site via Pintrest)^[19]
• 2016-? Silver Cross (Patreon Secret Site via Pintrest)^[20]
• 2017 Game of Geeks^[21] (self-published via Patreon)
• 2017 God's Silver Soldiers (a.k.a. Silver Soldiers: The Comic) (Nordskog Publishing)—backup stories: Tales of Nazareth: The Boyhood of Jesus^[22]