1. Gene Ha is an American comics artist and writer best known for his work on books such as Top 10 and Top 10: The Forty-Niners, with Alan Moore and Zander Cannon, for America's Best Comics, the Batman graphic novel Fortunate Son, with Gerard Jones, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, among others.
Gene Ha has drawn Global Frequency and has drawn covers for Wizard and Marvel Comics.
Gene Ha was awarded the 1994 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award, and won five Eisner Awards, in 2000,2001,2006,2008 and 2024.
Gene Ha was born in Chicago and raised in South Bend, Indiana.
Gene Ha began to truly understand graphic arts when working on his high school newspaper, The Clay Colonial, winning the Most Valuable Staffer Award, which was unusual for an artist.
Gene Ha would draw a number of comics for DC and Malibu Comics, and did work for Marvel as well, illustrating the 1994 miniseries The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, which documented the childhood of the character Cable.
Gene Ha would draw that miniseries' sequel as well, Askani'son.
Gene Ha would draw that series' twelve issues which ran until late 2001.
Gene Ha prefers to use a lead holder with H lead for sketching, and 2B lead for shading, which he sharpens with a rotary lead pointer, believing that such leads can be sharpened better than a traditional pencil.
Gene Ha prefers Xerox paper because he feels that the surface of marker paper tends to get smudgy or oily.
Gene Ha cleans his brushes with Masters Brush Cleaner, to which he adds water for a gel consistency.