1. Chris Eliopoulos was born on September 30,1967 and is an American cartoonist and letterer of comic books.
12 Facts About Chris Eliopoulos
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Chris Eliopoulos majored in graphic design and minored in illustration.
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Chris Eliopoulos is a resident of River Vale, New Jersey.
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Chris Eliopoulos is known as a prolific letterer, in particular for hand-lettering the first 100 issues of the ongoing Savage Dragon series, even after much of the comic book industry had come to rely on computer-generated fonts for dialogue; this was done at Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen's request; Larsen preferring the individual look of hand-lettered dialogue.
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Chris Eliopoulos designed the fonts for Marvel Comics' in-house computer lettering unit.
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Chris Eliopoulos has contributed lettering work to Valiant Comics, DC Comics, and other publishers.
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Chris Eliopoulos is known for his comic strip Desperate Times, which showcases art admittedly inspired by the work of Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes fame.
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Chris Eliopoulos is the artist and co-writer on Marvel Comics' former back-up feature and current series of one-shot comics, Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, teamed with writer Marc Sumerak.
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Chris Eliopoulos created a daily webcomic, Misery Loves Sherman, until abandoning it around 2015.
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Chris Eliopoulos has contributed cartoon strips to the book series The Complete Idiot's Guide.
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Chris Eliopoulos promoted the series during an October 7,2016 appearance on the NBC talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers, which included a live drawing demonstration in which Meyers participated.
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Chris Eliopoulos appeared as a guest on the August 8,2020 episode of The George Lucas Talk Show with fellow guest Lauren Lapkus, in which he discussed his work and career with "retired filmmaker George Lucas".