Howard Porter

Howard Porter is an American comic book artist .

Life and work

Porter began working as a full-time comic artist in the early 1990s after graduating from Paier College of Art in Connecticut through the mediation of his teacher Frank MacLaughlin. He found his first job as a regular draftsman of the science fiction comic The Ray , which he designed in collaboration with the author Christopher Priest and which was published by the US publisher DC Comics (1992-1995). In 1995, Porter drew the miniseries Underworld Unleashed , written by Mark Waid , in which the protagonists of various other DC series - such as Batman , Guy Gardner or Green Lantern - were brought together in a single story in order to experience a shared adventure.

From 1997 to 2000 Porter drew the series JLA written by Grant Morrison . Porter then worked for a few years as a banker and graphic designer for Credit Suisse First Boston. In 2003 Porter opened a commercial drawing studio together with the artist Ron Garney and began to work as a comic artist again. So he drew a miniseries about the Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics . In 2004, Porter signed a two-year exclusive deal with DC Comics. Since then he has worked for the series The Flash and the miniseries The Trials of Shazam! drawn.

In addition to Mark Waid, Porter's most frequent artistic collaboration partners in the past include the ink draftsman John Dell and the author Geoff Johns .