Malloy, John

John Malloy (born September 19, 1975) is an American illustrator, comics creator, and fine artist. His illustrations have appeared in magazines, cd covers, apparel, and posters. His fine art employs a variety of media, including pen & ink, oil & acrylic paint, and digital. His first graphic novel, Amnesia, published in 2001, utilized 3 different media and to differentiate flashbacks from present-day scenes, and present-day scenes from dream sequences. He is currently at work on a few new titles, including Channel One and Queasy. In his early twenties, Malloy began his career as an illustrator producing 2 pieces the Mirage Series for Magic: The Gathering, Mind Harness and Natural Balance, in addition to cover art for a variety of alternative newspapers. He also scripted, illustrated, and designed Amnesia, his first graphic novel for NBM Publishing. In his mid-twenties, feeling his work was too derivative of artists he admired, he took a few years off from illustration altogether to pursue other interests and jobs, including Art Handler/Truck Driver, restaurant line cook and server, and production artist/in-house designer for a worldwide advertising agency. These experiences would later become partial inspiration for his comic, Queasy. In his spare time he experimented with new techniques and styles to find his own voice as an illustrator and fine artist, and began work on a new graphic novel, Channel One. He also produced illustrations for Montauk Babies, an illustrated novella. He started work again as a freelance illustrator in early 2007 at the age of 31. (From Wikipédia)