Geof Isherwood biography

Geof Isherwood (4 December 1960; Quantico, Virginia, USA)

Geof Isherwood is an American painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator.

Born in Quantico, Virginia, Geof Isherwood and his family settled permanently in Montreal, Quebec in 1971. At age 17, he won a scholarship at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta, Canada. He drew his first strip for the school newspaper, called 'Bloodwolf'.

In 1982 he got his Fine Arts degree at Montreal's Concordia University, and soon thereafter went to work for Marvel Comics, where he drew 'Dr. Strange', 'Namor', 'Conan the Barbarian', 'Daredevil' and 'Spider-Man'.

Much of Isherwood's early work was done for Marvel Comics, including such titles as Silver Surfer, Conan the Barbarian, Daredevil, and Doctor Strange. Since then, he has been involved in movies as a storyboard artist and a concepts/production illustrator, working with the likes of Bryan Singer, Richard Donner and Darren Aronofsky.

He has also painted and designed covers for Canadian publishers, including Ann Diamond's Dead White Males (2000) and Sand for Snow (2003) by Robert Edison Sandiford. In 2011, Isherwood illustrated and prepared the cover for the American novel Antiquitas Lost, by author Robert Louis Smith. A selection of his paintings based on the Greek gods were featured in Issue 59 of the publication Matrix.

In 1997, he created LINCOLN-16 (Skarwood Productions), a science fiction saga whose first two issues he wrote, drew, painted, and produced. Geof continues to work in the comic book field on a number of independent projects.

He also worked at DC, where he did 'Suicide Squad', and at Broadway Comics with 'Knights on Broadway' and 'Star Seed'. He has also been a storyboard artist for movies and as concepts/production illustrator.

In June 1988, Isherwood married poet Sonja Skarstedt. Sonja died in 2009 from cancer. In 2010, Geof met Amanda Muise of Pubnico, Nova Scotia. They were married September 30, 2011.

Geof taught advanced comic book, figure drawing and concept art classes and workshops at Syn Studio Concept Art School from 2010 to 2013 an industry focused art school based in Montreal, Quebec. In 2015, Geof began teaching part-time at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, in the School Of Media And Design.
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