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Tom Ryder began inking comics professionally upon his graduation from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1991. He immediately went to work at Valiant Comics and spent five years there inking titles such as X-O Manowar, Solar, Man of the Atom and Shadowman. In 1996 he left the comic industry to work on storyboards for animation. He has worked on 'Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles,' 'Jackie Chan Adventures' and 'Men in Black: The Series.'
"With our plans for continued growth, it becomes a necessity to find creators that can not only do a great job, but can fit into the studio environment we have set up," CrossGen Art Director Bart Sears said. "Tom Ryder is just that person. He'll make a great addition to the team on Way of the Rat and his personality will fit in really well with everyone else here."
Chris Garcia began as a colorist at WildStorm in 1997. After four years he >began a freelance career that brought him work from Marvel Comics, Avalon, Pennyfarthing Press, and CrossGen Comics. It was his work on CrossGen's Mystic and Chronicles that got him the offer to join the company full-time.
"Finding colorists that live up to the extremely high standards that have been set by CrossGen's existing coloring corps isn't easy," said Sears. "Chris' work for us in the past showed that he had what it took to fit in talent-wise, and we jumped at the opportunity to bring him on-board full-time."
Brad Vancata is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Upon graduation in 1989, he went on to work in Marvel Comics' offices in New York City. After working as an inker and colorist during this time, Vancata went freelance, and began working on a variety of titles, such as Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man: Lethal Foes, and various X-Men titles for Marvel Comics, Bloodshot for Acclaim Comics, Stormwatch for WildStorm, and Impulse, Superman, and the mini-series, Aquaman: Time & Tide for DC Comics. As well as working on comics, Vancata's done storyboards for various projects, including public service announcements, short films, and video game cinematics. In addition, he also had a major role in doing conceptual design artwork, graphic design, and actual ride artwork for the 'Adventures of Spider-Man' multi-media ride in the 'Islands of Adventure' theme park at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Just previous to coming to CrossGen, Vancata
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