Bart Sears
BornBart Whitman Sears
(1963-12-17) December 17, 1963
Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Publisher
Pseudonym(s)Wittman
Notable works
Justice League Europe
Ominous Press
X-O Manowar
Wizard's Brutes & Babes Tutorials

Bart Whitman Sears (born 1963) is an American comics artist, toy and packaging designer and author, known for his work on such books as Justice League Europe,[1] Legends of the Dark Knight, X-O Manowar, Turok, Violator, The Helm, and The Masters.[2]

Career

In addition to comic art, Sears has worked as a designer of action figures and packaging, most notably for Hasbro on the C.O.P.S., G.I. Joe, and World Wrestling Federation toy lines and on many of the early X-Men action figures for ToyBiz.[3]

Sears ran his own comic company briefly in 1994, called Ominous Press,[4] which published three creator owned titles. In 2000, he joined CrossGen as an artist, and was later promoted to act as one of the company's art directors.[5] After the collapse of CrossGen, Sears returned to work at Marvel Comics on books like Captain America and the Falcon, Sabretooth: Open Season, and Weapon X: Days of Future Now, before returning to DC Comics to work on a relaunch of Warlord. Sears worked in-house for Heatwave Interactive (2008–2010) creating concept art and story for several properties,[6] as well as developing in-game assets for multiple games across various platforms. He then launched Ominous Studios, Inc, through which he created and directed the production of concept art and assets for game developers and studios.[7]

Sears has also taught at The Kubert School and is the author of the monthly series Brutes and Babes that was featured in early issues of Wizard Magazine,[6] as well as the how-to book Drawing Powerful Comics: Volume One.[8]

In 2022 Sears contributed an alternate cover to Issue #1 of Austin Hough's The Masters from Power Comics, Inc. Based on DC Comics Justice League Europe #1 which Sears originally created as an homage to Kevin Maguire's cover to Justice League #1 back in 1987.[2] Sears replaced the members of the JLE with Golden Age Public Domain super heroes recreated just for Power Comics.[2]

He has also contributed the art for ten interior pages to The Masters Issue #5, to be published in Spring 2023.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Spinning out of the pages of Justice League International, an offshoot of the Justice League set up camp in Paris. Written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis with art by Bart Sears {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Austin Hough Publisher Power Comics, Inc.
  3. ↑ "About". Bart Sears Art. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ "About Ominous Press". Ominous Press. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ "CrossGen promotes Brandon Peterson and Bart Sears". Comic Book Resources. November 21, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Arrant, Chris (December 23, 2011). "Industry vet Bart Sears releases first sketchbook". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ "About Us". Ominous Studios. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  8. ↑ Sears, Bart (2017). Bart Sears' Drawing Powerful Heroes: Brutes and Babes. Tonawanda, New York: Ominous Press. ISBN 978-0999621103.
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