Seth Fisher
Encyclopedia
Seth Fisher was an American comic book
artist
and penciller
.
' Green Lantern: Willworld
, and was nominated for an Eisner Award
for "Best Penciller/Inker" for Flash: Time Flies and Vertigo Pop! Tokyo.
In 2005, Fisher pencilled the five-issue "Snow" story arc of the Batman
series Legends of the Dark Knight
, written by Dan Curtis Johnson
and J.H. Williams III. Fisher provided the art for the Marvel mini-series Fantastic Four
/Iron Man
: Big in Japan (scripted by Zeb Wells
) that also appeared in 2005. (The series' final issue was published in early 2006.)
Fisher produced magazine and album covers in Finland
and his adopted home of Japan
. He also worked for a time for Presto Studios
doing concept design work for the computer game Myst III: Exile
.
He died as a result of injuries suffered in a fall from a seventh story roof off an Osaka, Japan club.
Becker and Mayer publishers posthumously released a project titled Backpack Alarm, written by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone and featuring illustrations by Fisher. The book provides a do-it-yourself guide to building a personal backpack security system.
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...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and penciller
Penciller
A penciller is an artist who works in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms.The penciller is the first step in rendering the story in visual form and may require several steps of feedback with the writer. These artists are concerned with layout to showcase...
.
Career
Seth Fisher first gained attention for his work on DC ComicsDC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
' Green Lantern: Willworld
Green Lantern: Willworld
Green Lantern: Willworld is an original graphic novel written by J M DeMatteis and illustrated by Seth Fisher released by DC Comics in hardcover in July 2001.-Publication history:The artist Seth Fisher notes that...
, and was nominated for an Eisner Award
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
for "Best Penciller/Inker" for Flash: Time Flies and Vertigo Pop! Tokyo.
In 2005, Fisher pencilled the five-issue "Snow" story arc of the Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
series Legends of the Dark Knight
Legends of the Dark Knight
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, commonly referred to as simply Legends of the Dark Knight is a DC comic book featuring Batman. It was launched in 1989 with the popularity of the Batman movie, following on from Frank Miller's Batman: Year One...
, written by Dan Curtis Johnson
Dan Curtis Johnson
Dan Curtis Johnson is a programmer and comic book writer, known primarily for his creation Dan Curtis Johnson (also DC Johnson, D. Curtis Johnson) is a programmer and comic book writer, known primarily for his creation Dan Curtis Johnson (also DC Johnson, D. Curtis Johnson) is a programmer and...
and J.H. Williams III. Fisher provided the art for the Marvel mini-series Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
/Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
: Big in Japan (scripted by Zeb Wells
Zeb Wells
Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, as well as his work on Robot Chicken.-Career:Wells is an Emmy and Annie Award winning writer and actor for the TV show Robot Chicken, including the Emmy-nominated Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.Wells has written...
) that also appeared in 2005. (The series' final issue was published in early 2006.)
Fisher produced magazine and album covers in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and his adopted home of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He also worked for a time for Presto Studios
Presto Studios
Presto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winning The Journeyman Project series and the 2001 sequel to Cyan's hit Myst series, Myst III: Exile....
doing concept design work for the computer game Myst III: Exile
Myst III: Exile
Myst III: Exile is the third title in the Myst series of first person adventure video games. While the preceding games in the series, Myst and Riven, were produced by Cyan and published by Brøderbund, Exile was developed by Presto Studios and published by Ubisoft...
.
He died as a result of injuries suffered in a fall from a seventh story roof off an Osaka, Japan club.
Becker and Mayer publishers posthumously released a project titled Backpack Alarm, written by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone and featuring illustrations by Fisher. The book provides a do-it-yourself guide to building a personal backpack security system.
Book illustration
- Bob's Amazing Life (written and illustrated by Fisher)
- Build Your Own Backpack Alarm (illustrations only, written by Shar LevineShar LevineShar Levine is an award-winning, best selling Canadian children’s author, and designer.Shar has written over 55 books and book/kits, primarily on hands-on science for children...
& Leslie Johnstone)
Game design
- Myst III: ExileMyst III: ExileMyst III: Exile is the third title in the Myst series of first person adventure video games. While the preceding games in the series, Myst and Riven, were produced by Cyan and published by Brøderbund, Exile was developed by Presto Studios and published by Ubisoft...
, design for the 'hub', 'J'Nanin' and 'Narayan' ages (developed by Presto StudiosPresto StudiosPresto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winning The Journeyman Project series and the 2001 sequel to Cyan's hit Myst series, Myst III: Exile....
, UbisoftUbisoftUbisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
, 2001)