Sam Hiti
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Sam Hitihttp://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6373267.html?industryid=23587&industry=Comics%2FGraphic+Novels is an independent comic book
author and illustrator based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
.
His works, including the first part in his projected nine-part series Tiempos Finales, are self-published under La Luz Comics, Hiti's own publishing company. Hiti was able to self-publish Tiempos Finales due to a Xeric Foundation grant
.http://www.beguiling.com/productview2a.asp?P_NUM=4042 Tiempos Finales was published in French in 2007 by Les Humanoïdes
. The book has been optioned to become a motion picture through Focus Features
. His other works include skechbooks Ghoulash 1 and 2. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6373267.html?industryid=23587&industry=Comics%2FGraphic+Novels
Many of his illustrations draw on Sergio Leone
spaghetti westerns and the Rambo series of films. His unique drawing style employs thick brush strokes and drybrush
ing. Among fans of Hiti's unique work is Hellboy
creator Mike Mignola
.http://www.goshlondon.com/favourite%20things.html An animator on the bonus features sectionof the DVD of the film A Scanner Darkly
is seen using "Tiempos Finales" as a reference while the narrator talks about style influences.
Sam Hiti also illustrated the comics adaptation of the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
for a special edition of Nickelodeon Magazine
.
His newest book, Death Day
, launched as an online comic on October 31,2009.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
author and illustrator based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
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His works, including the first part in his projected nine-part series Tiempos Finales, are self-published under La Luz Comics, Hiti's own publishing company. Hiti was able to self-publish Tiempos Finales due to a Xeric Foundation grant
Xeric Foundation
The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which for twenty years awarded self-publishing grants to comic book creators, as well as qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations...
.http://www.beguiling.com/productview2a.asp?P_NUM=4042 Tiempos Finales was published in French in 2007 by Les Humanoïdes
Les Humanoïdes Associés
Les Humanoïdes Associés is a French publishing house specialising in comics and graphic novels. Founded in December 1974 by Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Bernard Farkas in order to publish Métal Hurlant, it quickly expanded to include a variety of science fiction work...
. The book has been optioned to become a motion picture through Focus Features
Focus Features
Focus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films....
. His other works include skechbooks Ghoulash 1 and 2. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6373267.html?industryid=23587&industry=Comics%2FGraphic+Novels
Many of his illustrations draw on Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...
spaghetti westerns and the Rambo series of films. His unique drawing style employs thick brush strokes and drybrush
Drybrush
Drybrush is a painting technique in which a paint brush that is relatively dry, but still holds paint, is used. Load is applied to a dry support such as paper or primed canvas...
ing. Among fans of Hiti's unique work is Hellboy
Hellboy
Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...
creator Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola
Michael Joseph "Mike" Mignola is an American comic book artist and writer who created the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.-Career:Mignola...
.http://www.goshlondon.com/favourite%20things.html An animator on the bonus features sectionof the DVD of the film A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly (film)
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 science fiction thriller directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug...
is seen using "Tiempos Finales" as a reference while the narrator talks about style influences.
Sam Hiti also illustrated the comics adaptation of the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 2004 black comedy film directed by Brad Silberling. It is an adaptation of the The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, and The Wide Window, being the first three books in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket...
for a special edition of Nickelodeon Magazine
Nickelodeon (magazine)
Nickelodeon Magazine was a children's magazine based on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Its first incarnation appeared in 1990, and was distributed at participating Pizza Hut restaurants; this version of the magazine only saw two issues. The magazine returned in Summer 1993 with different type of...
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His newest book, Death Day
Death Day
Death-Day is a web comic by Minnesota comic artist Sam Hiti and edited by Joe Midthun. It is currently being published online in episodic form. The prologue was published in July 2009. The first episode came out online on October 31, 2009. The second episode was released on December 25, 2009...
, launched as an online comic on October 31,2009.