Christopher Hastings
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Christopher Hastings is a 27 year old comic artist and creator best known for The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
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in New York, and it was while there in 2004 that he created the character of Dr. McNinja. His webcomic has become one of the most popular and recognized on the web, and in 2007 Dr. McNinja won the Web Cartoonist's Choice Award for Outstanding Superhero. Creating Dr. McNinja is Chris' full time job, and he spends about 40 hours every week on it. The comic itself is free on the web, and he makes money by selling books and T-shirts from the site. He spends one day per week writing the script, then four days drawing one page each day. He estimates that each page takes 3–4 hours to draw. The pages are then given to Anthony "Nedroid" Clark to be colored.
In March 2011, Chris announced that he had been hired by Marvel
to be the writer for Deadpool: Fear Itself
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He is married to Carly Monardo, an illustrator for Lemonade Illustration and former colorist for Dr. McNinja.
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja is a webcomic written and drawn by Christopher Hastings, and inked formerly by Kent Archer and since 2010 by Hastings himself . Published three times a week on its own website, it features the fictional adventures of a character named Dr. McNinja, a...
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Biography
Chris attended the School of Visual ArtsSchool of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in New York, and it was while there in 2004 that he created the character of Dr. McNinja. His webcomic has become one of the most popular and recognized on the web, and in 2007 Dr. McNinja won the Web Cartoonist's Choice Award for Outstanding Superhero. Creating Dr. McNinja is Chris' full time job, and he spends about 40 hours every week on it. The comic itself is free on the web, and he makes money by selling books and T-shirts from the site. He spends one day per week writing the script, then four days drawing one page each day. He estimates that each page takes 3–4 hours to draw. The pages are then given to Anthony "Nedroid" Clark to be colored.
In March 2011, Chris announced that he had been hired by Marvel
Marvel
-In business:*Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company**Marvel Animation, an animation production company**Marvel Comics, a comic book publisher**Marvel Productions, a television and film studio subsidiary...
to be the writer for Deadpool: Fear Itself
Fear Itself (comics)
"Fear Itself" is a 2011 crossover comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of a seven-issue, eponymous miniseries written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Laura Martin, a prologue book by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Scott Eaton, and...
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He is married to Carly Monardo, an illustrator for Lemonade Illustration and former colorist for Dr. McNinja.