Paul Smith (b. 1953)

Biography:

Paul Smith is an American comic book artist, known for his work on The Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, American Flagg!, Nexus, GrimJack and his creator-owned book, Leave It to Chance.

He began his career as an animation artist on Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings. In the early 1980s, he filled in on a variety of Marvel Comics titles. He became the regular artist on Doctor Strange starting with issue #56, cover dated December 1982, but left after just two issues so that he could work on The Uncanny X-Men. A few months after leaving The Uncanny X-Men, Smith returned to Doctor Strange for seven issues. Over the subsequent years Smith would return numerous times to work on various books of the X-Men franchise.

His other works include The Golden Age and the young adults comic Leave It to Chance, both collaborations with writer James Robinson.

Name:

  • Paul Smith
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Paul Family name: Smith

Other Names:

  1. Paul Martin Smith Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Paul Martin Family name: Smith

Signatures:

  1. P. Smith
  2. Paul Smith [generic]
  3. PMS [generic]
  4. PMS
  5. PMSmith [generic]
  6. Smith [generic]
  7. Smitty [generic]


Schools:

  1. University of Northern Colorado ? to ?

    Notes: Two years.


Art Influences:

Paul Smith (b. 1953) stated influences by:
  1. Neal Adams (b. 1941)
  2. Steve Ditko (b. 1927)
Influences by Paul Smith (b. 1953) were stated by:
  1. Karl Kesel (b. 1959)
  2. Danny Miki (b. 1963)
  3. Steve Skroce (b. 1973)
  4. Walden Wong (b. ????)
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