Austin McKinley
Austin McKinley (born December 23, 1976) is an American comic book artist, filmmaker, author and video game designer best known for his work on the documentary film The New 8-bit Heroes.
Career[edit]
In 2004 McKinley joined Blue King Studios to color City of Heroes Issues 5-12. In 2005 he also colored Alias Enterprises' The Legend of Isis[1] and Frank Miller's Robocop from Avatar Press[2]
McKinley's work has been published by Image Shadowline and Devil’s Due / First Comics as part of author Dirk Manning's Nightmare World and Tales of Mr. Rhee series. He contributed a weekly cartoon Squareasota to his local newspaper, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, from 2007 to 2013.[3]
In 2007 McKinley began working in video production in addition to comics, and directed his first short film The Last Word, which premiered at the Sarasota Film Festival the next year.[4] He was the 2011 Grand Prize Winner of the TVMe competition for television development.[5] In 2014, McKinley joined a game/documentary project, The New 8 bit Heroes with director Joe Granato, on which he served as producer, cinematographer, and lead artist and subject[6]. The project has so far yielded two video games and a film which won Best Gaming Film (Origins Film Festival)[7] Best Documentary (Gen Con Film Festival) and Best Feature (Southern Fried Film Festival) in 2017[8]
Bibliography[edit]
Devil's Due/First Comics[edit]
- Tales of Mr. Rhee Vol. 3, Those Who Fight Monsters #3 (artist) 2016 ISBN 978-1618551542 Search this book on
. - Nightmare World Vol 4: The Mourning After “Trust Your Mechanic” (penciller) 2017: 46-54. ISBN 1618551248 Search this book on .
Flying Car Books[edit]
- Austin McKinley Gets His !@#$! Together (writer/artist) (2007) ISBN 1312040068 Search this book on .
- Barbecues of Optimism (writer/artist with Alan Laidlaw, Jason Greer) (2013) ISBN 1312001771 Search this book on .
- The Complete World Is Our Icebox (writer/artist) (2007) ISBN 1497317541 Search this book on .
- The Complete Squareasota (writer/artist) (2012) ISBN 1477418377 Search this book on .
- Dash Away Mall (writer/artist) (2013) ISBN 1493575171 Search this book on .
- Hell Bank Notes (author) (2010) ISBN 1460903080 Search this book on .
- The Invisible Thread (author) (2012) ISBN 1477543503 Search this book on .
- Kings Of Heaven (author) (2014) ISBN 1496018346 Search this book on .
- Nick Gauntlet: Private Knight (author) (2013) ISBN 1489562028 Search this book on .
- Quintessence (author) (2017) ISBN 1977712061 Search this book on .
Image/Shadowline[edit]
- Nightmare World Vol 1: Thirteen Tales of Terror “Life in a Glass House” (artist) 2009: 88-96. ISBN 9781618551467 Search this book on .
- Nightmare World Vol 2: Leave the Light On “No One Knows” and “Without You I’m Nothing” (artist) 2010: 34-42, 115-123. ISBN 9781607062769 Search this book on .
- Nightmare World Vol 3: Demon Days “Movin’ On” (artist) 2011: 25-33. ISBN 9781607064336 Search this book on .
Source Point Press[edit]
- Buried Not Dead “We Who Are Not As Others” (artist) 2020
- Butts in Seats: The Tony Schiavone Story “Chapter 9: Becoming Elite” (artist) 2021
- Tales of Mr. Rhee Vol. 5: Rockstar Paranoia (artist) 2021
References[edit]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151110011420/http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=129353
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140711085338/http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=5593
- ↑ "Farewell to Squareasota". ticket.heraldtribune.com.
- ↑ "Movie schedule for Sarasota Film Festival". gm5-lkweb.newscyclecloud.com.
- ↑ "Prime time | Arts and Entertainment". Your Observer. April 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Sarasota artists bring childhood video-game dreams to life — in all their 8-bit glory | Arts and Entertainment". Your Observer. February 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Origins Film Festival: » 2017 Festival".
- ↑ "Southern-Fried Film Fest". Southern-Fried Gaming Expo | June 11-13, 2021.
External Links[edit]
- Review of Tales of Mr. Rhee Vol. 3 #3
- Austin McKinley IMDb Page
- Amazon Author Page
- Proof of Concept - Feature :: SRQ Magazine Article by Phil Lederer and Jacob Ogles
- ARTIST ORIGIN STORY: Austin McKinley
- Lakewood Ranch is out of this world | East County
- Farewell to Squareasota
- Austin McKinley goes old school for new art - Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald-Tribune December 19, 2020
- Sarasota artists bring childhood video-game dreams to life — in all their 8-bit glory - Marty Fugate, Longboat Observer MAR. 1, 2017
- Prime Time - Heidi Kurpiela, Longboat Observer APR. 13, 2011
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