1. Paul Kirchner was born on January 29,1952 and is an American writer and illustrator who has worked in diverse areas, from comic strips and toy design to advertising and editorial art.
12 Facts About Paul Kirchner
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Paul Kirchner attended Cooper Union School of Art but left in his third year, when, with the help of Larry Hama and Neal Adams, he began to get work in the comic book industry.
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Paul Kirchner penciled stories for DC's horror line and assisted on Little Orphan Annie for Tex Blaisdell, who took over the strip after the death of Harold Gray.
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Paul Kirchner wrote and illustrated occasional short features for Heavy Metal and Epic Illustrated.
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In 1981, through his brother Thomas Kirchner, a Zen Buddhist monk, Paul Kirchner met the Zen practitioner and author Janwillem van de Wetering.
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Paul Kirchner illustrated a surreal cartoon for VQ Magazine and the long-running Jack B Quick feature in Sports Illustrated for Kids.
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Paul Kirchner stopped doing comics from the mid-90s to early 2010s.
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Paul Kirchner drew a four-page autobiographical story for The Boston Globe 2015 Boomers Issue.
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Paul Kirchner regularly did illustrations for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.
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Paul Kirchner freelanced regularly for Tyco Toys, working on the Dino-Riders, Crash Dummies, and Spy-Tech toy lines, for which he wrote the back stories, did design work, wrote and drew in-pack comics and scripted for animation.
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Paul Kirchner has published five books with Paladin Press: The Deadliest Men, Dueling With the Sword and Pistol, Jim Cirillo's Tales of the Stakeout Squad, More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived, and Bowie Knife Fights, Fighters, and Fighting Techniques.
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In 2002, Paul Kirchner returned to freelance illustration, working primarily in advertising.