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 Chris Burnham
located in Chicago, IL
natured & nurtured by Robert & Gretchen Burnham
When I'm freshly shaven, I get carded every time. When I've got a beard, I get offered the senior citizen discount. Who needs Ponce de Leon when you've got Ferdinand du Gillette?
In other news, I draw pictures for a living, I can say the alphabet backwards faster than you can say it forwards, and I have never worked in food service. I think the rest is self-explanatory.
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Now On Sale
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 Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
written by Tom DeFalco
art by Chris Burnham
colors by Nathan Fairbairn
48 pages $3.99
The original Human Torch, Toro, the Sub-Mariner, the Angel and the Ferret team up to prevent Nazi saboteurs and one of the Torch's earliest foes from creating the ultimate weapon of mass destruction in this all-new 22 page story. Plus another 10 page classic vintage tale from Marvel's Golden Age!
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 Elephantmen #16
written by Richard Starkings
art by Chris Burnham
colors by Tatto Caballero
40 pages $2.99
A woman from The Silencer's past has tracked him down to Los Angeles. Finally ELEPHANTMEN presents the story of The Silencer, who he is and how he came to be. Plus: THE SLEEZE BROTHERS by JOHN CARNELL and ANDY LANNING.
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 Nixon's Pals
created by Joe Casey & Chris Burnham
written by Joe Casey
art by Chris Burnham
120 pages $12.99
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What's worse than being a super-villain in Los Angeles County? Being their parole officer, of course! Meet Nixon Cooper and his colorful cast of parolees at large, hanging on by their fingernails in the morally ambiguous underbelly of L.A. But who's got it worse -- the criminals who're struggling (and often failing) to live the straight life? Or Nixon himself, struggling to keep up with all of them? And who the hell is sleeping with Nixon's wife?! A crime story like you've never seen before! Loaded with extra features!.
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 Who Can Save Us Now?
edited by Owen King & John Mcnally.
illustrations by Chris Burnham
415 pages $16.00
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Twenty-two of today's most talented writers (and comics fans) unite in Who Can Save Us Now?, an anthology featuring brand-new superheroes equipped for the threats and challenges of the twenty-first century -- with a few supervillains thrown in for good measure. Edited and with contributions by Owen King (We're All in This Together) and John McNally (America's Report Card), and embellished with stunning illustrations by artist Chris Burnham, Who Can Save Us Now? offers a vibrant, funny, and truly unusual array of characters and their stories.
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 Fear Agent #21
written by Rick Remender & Chris Burnham
art by Jerome Opeña & Chris Burnham
32 pages $2.99
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Haunting in space! When Heath Huston is forced to pass through a black hole, his rocket ship becomes home to an eerie and vengeful otherworldly presence that conspires to destroy him. Across the universe, the heartless bounty hunter Agent Zero comes to collect from Mara and Charlotte, and one of them will not survive.
But who cares about the main story? The REAL attraction here is Chris Burnham's A Mammoth Undertaker!
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 X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1
written by James Asmus, etc.
art by Chris Burnham, etc.
32 pages $4.50
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Witness the biggest shake-up in X-Men history. With the mansion in Westchester destroyed, the X-Men are moving to San Francisco. But it’s not just a change in the zip code. Come see what the momentous change in status quo means to the X-Men.
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 X-Men: Divided We Stand
written by Dwyne Swierczynski, etc.
art by Chris Burnham, etc.
120 or so pages $12.99
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In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men. But where does that leave the mutants that WERE X-Men? Some of the industry’s hottest creators bring you stories of your favorite mutants as they make their way in a world without the X-Men. And only those who adapt will survive. Featuring Cannonball, Husk, Nightcrawler, Storm, Black Panther, Neznho, Anole, Beast, Dark Beast, Havok, Vulcan and Surge! Collecting X-MEN: DIVIDED WE STAND #1-2 and X-MEN: MESSIAH COMPLEX – MUTANT FILES.
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 X-Men: Divided We Stand #2
written by Dwyne Swierczynski, etc.
art by Chris Burnham, etc.
32 pages $4.99
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Exploring the fallout of Messiah CompleX, the second part of this collection of short stories follows some of our favorite mutants as they make their way in a world without the X-Men. And only those who adapt will survive. Featuring Beast, Dark Beast, Havok, and Forge!
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 Elephantmen #9
written by Richard Starkings
art by Chris Burnham & Moritat
32 pages $4.00
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It's not too late to grab this piece of Burnham memorabilia! Elephantmen #9 contains Silent Running, the story that directly led to me working on Nixon's Pals!
Find out why fans have declared my story to be the best Elephantmen backup story in the series' history
Not convinced? Preview my story here first!
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 Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame
written by Stefan Petrucha
art by Chris Burnham & Kirk van Wormer
Moonstone Books
96 pages $9.99
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Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame collects two 48-page pulse pounding potboilers starring the original gentleman thief, Boston Blackie. Broken Frontier says that my "inky pages impart the claustrophobia and violence of prison life very well," and calls the prison riot finale "breathtaking." Woo! I'll take it!
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 Comiculture Anthology
story & art by Chris Burnham, Steve Buccellato & various
Mad Science Media
88 pages $11.95
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Comiculture is the critically acclaimed brainchild of industry vet Spectromatic Steve Buccellato. He was kind enough to bring me along for the ride, and I turned in one of my favorite stories ever, a pirate tale I both wrote and illustrated entitled "Suffer the Salt." But don't just take my word for it - check out some of the critical praise that still has me blushing!
"Burnham’s art is wonderfully moody, and his writing is clear and moves quickly. I want to find more comics by him."
Jason Sacks, Silver Bullet Comic Books
"...lavishly illustrated... educational and entertaining."
Randy Lander, The Fourth Rail
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Client List
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Boeing
Calabash Animation
Chicago Flyhouse
Dark Horse Comics
Dunkin' Donuts
Esco
Flair Communications
Flex Your Rights
Foote Cone & Belding
Gustafson Shields Advertising
The House Theatre of Chicago
Image Comics
Kokopelli Communications Group, Inc.
Live Action Media
Marvel Comics
Moonstone Books
Mudlark
National Video Documentors
New Standard Institute
Phoenix Suns
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Portfolio Linkage
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If you're one of those wacky iPhone owners that can't use Flash, here's some backend links for you to look at my pretty pictures one by one. There's no spiffy interface, but it gets the job done... and hopefully is Google-bot-friendly
Comics
Illustration
Design
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News & Reviews
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Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
If I do say so myself, this comic has a greater percentage of punching, flying, flame-throwing, and all-out destructive action than anything else I've ever drawn, and probably anything else on the shelves today. And it was written by one of my favorite writers, Tom DeFalco with colors by one of my favorite people, Nathan Fairbairn! It's awesome - get down to your local comic book store and buy it today!
Don't want to take my word for it? Watch a Marvel Hotline video featuring loads of artwork and Tom DeFalco's mispronunciation of my name (it's pronounced "Burn 'Em," Tom!), read an article by DeFalco putting the book in its proper historical context, check out a 6-page preview, and read the reviews below! THEN buy it!
Every Day is Like Wednesday (scroll down)
iFanBoy
Ain't It Cool (scroll down to Cheap Shots)
ComiXtreme
Comic Book Bin
BSC Review
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Elephantmen #16
Richard Starkings kicked my career into gear when he brought me on for the fan-favorite Elephantmen #9, so I was doubly psyched to come back to do a full-length story featuring my favorite Elephantmen character, The Silencer.
It's a good one, kids, but don't take MY word for it, take these guys' word for it!
Things I Like
The Buy Pile
Wednesday's Haul
Comicbook.com
ComicList
Comic Book Resources
Full disclosure - this guy didn't like it, but I'm pretty sure he didn't get it, either. Granted, if he didn't understand the ending, it's probably the fault of me and Rich, but I don't think he gave us a fair shake. What's REALLY weird is that he gave me a free pass because he thinks I'm funny when I go on Around Comics. Who knew that being an internet snark would pay off so quickly?
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 You MUST own this T-Shirt
Flirting with a member of the opposite sex (either one!) will never be easier than when you're wearing a shirt that that features a surly boob with an eye patch.
Seriously. Almost 100% of the time the conversation starts with "Nice Rack" and goes straight into the gutter from there. Head on over to Cafepress, pick one out, and get yourself some action!
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Nixon's Pals is AWESOME!
The reviews are in and for the most part they've been nothing short of spectacular. It was Pick of the Week at The ISB and Top of the Stack at Around Comics. Not too shabby! Check out what the Internet's finest critics have said about the book that launched my career!
Chris' Invincible Super Blog
Paradox Comics
Challengers Comics
Warren Peace Sings the Blues,
The Onion.
What I'm Reading Now
Owen King
Around Comics!
And you can listen to me pontificate endlessly about why I like the book at two of comicdoms finest podcasts!
Comic Geek Speak! (My bit starts 1/3 of the way in)
The Crankcast,
And once you've read the book for yourself, shoot me an email and let me know what you think! Thanks!
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X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1
They were crazy enough to bring me back for a second go 'round! And this time I got to draw a panty shot!
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X-Men: Divided We Stand #2
I did it, ma! I broke into Marvel! You can see the results for yourself on May 21st, when X-Men: Divided We Stand #2 hits the stands! I did a pretty awesome 8-pager written by Dwayne Swierczynski and colored by Nathan Fairbairn. You can check out a two page preview HERE. Scroll down about halfway - the guy with the pink lightning fist is Bishop ala Burnham.
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 Fear Agent #21
Mark your calendars! June 4th will live in Burnhamesque infamy, because that's when A Mammoth Undertaker, an 8-page story that I both wrote and drew, is slated to appear in the pages of Fear Agent 21 from Dark Horse Comics! If I'm not tooting my horn too loudly, it may just be the greatest Fear Agent story ever written, and it ain't drawn too shabbily, neither! Wanna see?
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Who Can Save Us Now?
I drew 22 chapter illustrations for Who Can Save Us Now?, a book of superheroic short fiction edited by Owen King and John McNally and published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster. I'm swimming with the big fish now, buddy!
Check out what the internet says about my spiffy scribbles!
Bookgasm
Reading Rants
Newsarama
Oregon Live
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 Chicago Tribune
I made the cover of the Tempo section in The Chicago Tribune! Why did I split the link up into three parts, you ask? 'Cuz the article's split up into three parts!
Now that I've conquered the Chicago media, the only place left to go is national! Cross your fingers extra tight that Entertainment Weekly will review Nixon's Pals!
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 Time Out Chicago
The March 27-April 2 edition of Time Out Chicago has a great one-page feature on me and Nixons Pals that really captures the Burnham Experience. I come off pretty well and it gave me a chance to get one of my personal mottoes into print! Which one? Read it and find out!
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Nixon's Pals
The wait is over! You can now get your hands on Nixon's Pals, the graphic novel that I am calling "the reason that vision was invented," has my nephew gibbering "buppp gaa'ahh snert! Heehee" (translation: SHIT! I wish I could read so I could devour every last page of this masterpiece!) and has my mom saying "Christopher, I thought we raised you better than this!"
Nixon's Pals is about a parole officer for supervillains and is the greatest work to date from both me and my esteemed colleague, Joe Casey. And considering that this is a guy who has written Superman, X-Men, WildC.A.T.S. 3.0, and G0DLAND, that's saying a whole hell of a lot!
If you like your triumph mixed with tragedy, your street-level intrigue mixed with super-powered violence, and your breasts mixed with eyepatches and Roy-Tan cigars, then Nixon's Pals is your new reason for living! It's 120 pages of non-stop brilliance for just $12.99. Call up your local comic book shop and order Nixon's Pals today!
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 24-Hour Comicbook
In October of 2007, I was present for the world's first 24-Hour Comic Podcast. The Crankcast joined forces with AroundComics to talk about comics, movies, porn, and whatever else came to mind. I sat in a corner and created a 24-Hour-Comic Book... that's Scott McCloud's challenge to write, pencil, ink and letter a 24-page comic in 24 hours! Check mine out HERE! Beware, there's bad words and naughty bits.
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