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Bio: I was born in Chicago, but raised in South Bend, Indiana. The home of Notre Dame University. My parents were well-educated Korean immigrants who hoped their three sons would get prestigious degrees and move on to prestigious jobs. Didn't happen... I was the most introverted of the three Ha brothers. Being both a geek and a first generation Korean-American made me seek out escapist fantasy, especially comic books. While my brothers were both more artistically talented than me, neither of them had the patience to sit for hours on end working on one drawing. Or maybe they just had better things to do. I was the only brother not to play high school football. I think there are a lot of parallels between my generation of Asian-American comic book artists and the generation of Jewish artists and writers who created superheroes in the 1930's. Mystery men with super powers, secret identities, and absurdly Anglo names seemed to have attracted both generations. We were all the children of immigrants struggling to fit into America, and the fantasies of 1930's Jewish geeks still held appeal to 1980's Korean geeks. All of the typical comics names from the 80's were influences on me: Byrne, Miller, Sienkiewicz, Simonson, Moore, etc. But the most important was Matt Wagner. Mage is still a magical series to me, and the stubborn Kevin Matchstick and Sean the ghost are personal archetypes to this day. My dream is to make a series that will be as powerful to you (and myself) as that book was to me. Art appealed to me, not in and of itself, but as a way of creating comic books. South Bend public schools offered few classes in realistic drawing, so I took few elective classes in art. I mostly drew in other classes and after school. I was quite good at taking notes, then caricaturing the teachers before they moved on to a new idea. My high school's newspaper, the Clay Colonial, was where I really began to understand the graphic arts. I won the Most Valuable Staffer award, an unusual honor for the staff artist. I don't know where my high school and college degrees are, but I know where that plaque is. The most important thing one must do before learning is figure out what you don't know. When it came time to go to college, I had no proper portfolio and couldn't get into any self respecting school. Which is how I ended up at the Center for Creative Studies (now the "College for Creative Studies"). In my first two years, I learned how little I knew. The last two years I tried to learn it. Art school can be incredibly useful, but the degree itself is meaningless. My art was still a mess when I graduated. I've met kids stuck on farms their whole lives who can draw better than I did then, and I've met art school grads whom I wouldn't want working on the Clay Colonial. In Minneapolis I shared a studio with two artists who held day jobs and hadn't been to art school. They were incredibly dedicated and were better artists than I was when I graduated. In my last semester at CCS, I sent out drawing samples to Marvel, and a week later to DC as an afterthought. Marvel sent an unintentionally vicious letter criticizing my perspective, anatomy, and technique, everything except my storytelling. In retrospect, they were mostly right about everything but the storytelling. Still, they were needlessly harsh. DC was interested. They sent me a sample script, liked the results, and I've had regular gigs ever since. Date of Birth: August 19, 1969 Birthplace: Chicago, IL Website: http://www.geneha.com/ Blog: http://news.geneha.com/ Twitter: http://@GeneHa Facebook: http://https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gene-Ha/163146063704467 Favorite Creators: Gene Ha is a favorite creator of 25 users Awards:
Notes: 2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Winner - Best New Series: Top Ten by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon (ABC) 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Winner - Best Continuing Series: Top 10, by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon (ABC) 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Winner - Best Graphic Album- New: Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, by Alan Moore and Gene Ha (ABC) 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Winner - Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Justice League of America #11: “Walls,” by Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)  View a chronological listing of this creator's work  Writer: Penciller: 24Seven (2006) The 3-Minute Sketchbook (2007) ABC: A-Z, Top 10 and Teams (2006) Action Comics (2011) Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix (1994) Alan Moore: Storyteller (2011) Aliens: Havoc (1997) All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2006) America's Best Comics (2004) America's Best Comics Preview (1999) America's Best Comics Primer (2008) America's Best Comics Sketchbook (2001) The Art of Boom! Studios (2011) The Art of Red Sonja (2011) Askani'son (1996) Astro City A Visitor's Guide (2004) The Authority (2006) The Authority: The Lost Year (2010) AXIS ALPHA (1994) Batman [GER] (2007) Batman Black and White (1996) Batman: Arkham Asylum Special (2009) Batman: Fortunate Son (1999) Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) Batman: The Return (2011) Batman: The Widening Gyre (2009) Batman/Superman Sonderband (2009) Beavis and Butt-Head (1994) Beavis und Butt-Head (1994) Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps (2010) Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) DC Comics - The New 52 FCBD Special Edition (2012) DC Comics Covergirls (2007) DC Universe: Trinity (1993) Deadpool Corps: Rank and Foul (2010) The Essential Batman Encyclopedia (2008) Fables (2002) Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer Poster Book (2007) Flashpoint: Project Superman (2011) Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman (2012) The Fourth World Gallery (1996) Global Frequency (2002) Green Lantern (1990) Green Lantern (2005) Green Lantern Corps Quarterly (1992) Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Vol. 2 (2007) Hero Comics (2009) House of Mystery (2008) JLA (1997) JLA Gallery (1997) Justice League (2011) Justice League of America (2006) The Justice League of America 100 Project (2011) Legends of the DC Universe 3-D Gallery (1998) Malibu Signature Series (1993) Marvel Knights Double Shot (2002) Marvel Poster Magazine (2001) A Moment of Silence (2002) Monkey vs Lemur (2006) Monsters & Dames (Art Book Series) (2009) Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (2010) The Night Man (1993) Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008) Oktane (1995) Phantom Stranger (2012) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996) Rocketeer Adventures (2011) Rough Stuff (2006) The Shade (1997) The Shade (2011) Shadows & Light (1998) Showcase '95 (1995) Starman (1994) Superman (1987) Superman (2012) Superman [ESP] (2012) Superman Legends (2007) Superman: Cover to Cover (2006) Superman/Batman (2003) Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2005) Top 10 (1999) Top 10 Season Two (2008) Top Ten: The Forty Niners (2005) Treehouse of Horror (1995) Ultraverse Premiere (1993) Wildstorm Fine Arts: Spotlight on the Authority (2008) Wizard How to Draw (2005) Wizard: Big Covers Book (2003) Worldstorm (2006) X-Men (1991) X-Men Poster Magazine (1995) X-Men: Books of Askani (1995) X-Men: Future History - The Messiah War Sourcebook (2009) X-Men: Phoenix Force Handbook (2010) Young Avengers (2005) Inker: 24Seven (2006) Action Comics (2011) Aliens: Havoc (1997) America's Best Comics Primer (2008) Astro City A Visitor's Guide (2004) The Authority (2006) The Authority: The Lost Year (2010) Batman Black and White (1996) Batman: Arkham Asylum Special (2009) Batman: Fortunate Son (1999) Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) Batman: The Return (2011) Batman: The Widening Gyre (2009) Batman/Superman Sonderband (2009) Beavis and Butt-Head (1994) Beavis und Butt-Head (1994) Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) DC Comics - The New 52 FCBD Special Edition (2012) Fables (2002) Flashpoint: Project Superman (2011) The Fourth World Gallery (1996) Global Frequency (2002) Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Vol. 2 (2007) Hero Comics (2009) House of Mystery (2008) JLA (1997) JLA Gallery (1997) Justice League (2011) Justice League of America (2006) Legends of the DC Universe 3-D Gallery (1998) Marvel Knights Double Shot (2002) A Moment of Silence (2002) Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (2010) Phantom Stranger (2012) Rocketeer Adventures (2011) The Shade (1997) The Shade (2011) Showcase '95 (1995) Starman (1994) Superman (1987) Superman (2012) Superman [ESP] (2012) Superman/Batman (2003) Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2005) Top 10 (1999) Top 10 Season Two (2008) Top Ten: The Forty Niners (2005) Treehouse of Horror (1995) Wildstorm Fine Arts: Spotlight on the Authority (2008) Worldstorm (2006) Young Avengers (2005) Colorist: Batman: The Return (2011) Batman: The Widening Gyre (2009) Hero Comics (2009) JLA (1997) JLA Gallery (1997) Marvel Knights Double Shot (2002) Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (2010) The Shade (1997) Starman (1994) Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2005) Wildstorm Fine Arts: Spotlight on the Authority (2008) Letterer: Cover Artist: Action Comics (1938) Action Comics (2011) Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix (1994) Adventures of Superman (1987) America's Best Comics (2004) America's Best Comics Sketchbook (2001) America's Best Comics Special (2001) Askani'son (1996) The Authority (2006) The Authority: The Lost Year (2010) Back Issue (2003) Batman and Robin (2009) Batman: Fortunate Son (1999) Batman: The Return (2011) Batman: The Widening Gyre (2009) Blackest Night: JSA (2010) Captain America (1998) Captain America (2002) Captain America Poster Book (2009) Countdown to Mystery (2007) DC Infinite Halloween Special (2007) DC Universe: Trinity (1993) DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar (2008) DCU Halloween Special (2008) DCU Halloween Special '09 (2009) DCU Halloween Special 2010 (2010) Die Fantastischen Vier & Die Rächer (2004) Fantastic Four (1961) Fantastic Four: The Wedding Special (2006) First Wave Special (2011) Flashpoint: Project Superman (2011) Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman (2012) Green Arrow [II] (2010) Green Lantern (1990) Green Lantern (2005) Green Lantern Corps Quarterly (1992) Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special (2011) Heroes (2007) House of M (2005) The Invincible Iron Man DVD-ROM (2007) Iron Man (1998) Irredeemable (2009) JSA vs. Kobra (2009) Justice League of America (2006) Oktane (1995) Phantom Stranger (2012) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996) Red Sonja (2005) The Shade (2011) The Spectre (1992) The Spirit (2007) Starborn (2010) Starman/Congorilla (2011) Superman (1939) Superman (1987) Superman Special (1996) Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (1995) Tangent Comics/ Wonder Woman (1998) Tomorrow Stories Special (2006) Top 10 (1999) Top 10 Season Two (2008) Top Ten: The Forty Niners (2005) Transmetropolitan (1997) Welcome To Tranquility (2007) X-Men (1991) X-Men: The End: Book 3: Men & X-Men (2006)Find all books credited to Gene Ha and another creator  Upload a headshot for this creator Upload an image of this creator's signature View the contribution history for this creator |
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