Marian Churchland

Canadian comic book artist

Marian Churchland
Born	(1982-06-15) June 15, 1982 (age 41) Vancouver, British Columbia
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer, Colourist
Notable works	Beast From Under Mountains
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Marian Churchland (born June 15, 1982) is a Canadian comic book artist and graduate of the University of British Columbia.^[1] They first came to prominence in 2009 with their debut graphic novel Beast for Image.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

Churchland began their comics career with short stories in the anthologies Meathaus S.O.S. and Dark Horse Presents, with the latter featuring Conan the Barbarian. Primarily a fan of video games, they were inspired to begin working as a comic artist by the work of Japanese game designers Yoshitaka Amano and Akihiko Yoshida. Their work is also influenced by painters including Delacroix, Van Gogh, and other members of the Renaissance. Churchland broke through with a three-issue arc as an artist on Richard Starkings' long-running creator-owned series Elephantmen. This brought them to the attention of established comic professionals such as Warren Ellis.^[5] They published Beast, their debut graphic novel as writer and artist, in 2009. It is a loose retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale.^[6]

Following the success of Beast, in 2015, Churchland launched two projects as part of then-partner Brandon Graham's 8HOUSE shared universe. They were the artist on Arclight, the first story in the series, and co-writer of From Under Mountains alongside Claire Gibson, with art by Sloane Leong.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Awards

2010: Won Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award for Beast^[10]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

Meathaus S.O.S.: "Untitled" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Nerdcore, 2008)
MySpace Dark Horse Presents #11: "Trophy" (with Timothy Truman, anthology, Dark Horse, 2008)
Elephantmen (with Richard Starkings, Image):
- "Dangerous Liaisons, Parts 3-5" (in #18-20, 2009)
- "Questionable Things, Part 3" (among other artists, in #26, 2010)
- "Agathe" (co-writer, art by Marley Zarcone, in #57, 2014)
Beast (script and art, graphic novel, Image, 2009)
Madame Xanadu #28: "Extra-Sensory, Chapter Five" (with Matt Wagner, Vertigo, 2010)
Northlanders #41: "Thor's Daughter" (with Brian Wood, Vertigo, 2011)
8HOUSE #1-2: "Arclight" (with Brandon Graham, Image, 2015)
- Arclight #3-4 (with Brandon Graham, Image, 2016)
From Under Mountains #1-6 (co-writer with Claire Gibson, art by Sloane Leong, Image, 2015–2016)
Mine!: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood: "We Cannot Make Our Sun Stand Still" (with Aria Baci, anthology graphic novel, ComicMix, 2017)

Covers only

Elephantmen War Toys: Yvette #1 (Image, 2009)
Tokyopop Presents: King City #3 (Image, 2009)
Prophet #21 (Image, 2012)
Island #12 (Image, 2016)

References

^ Marian Chuchland. Image Comics
^ Seifert, Brandon (August 7, 2009). "Marian Churchland and the "Beast"". Comic Book Resources.
^ Burchette, Brian (September 22, 2009). "Interview with Marian Churchland, Creator of Beast!". The Outhousers.
^ Arrant, Chris (December 19, 2009). "Indie Cartoonist Unlocks the Mysteries of a BEAST". Newsarama.
^ Seifert, Brandon (August 7, 2009). "Marian Churchland and the "Beast"". Comic Book Resources.
^ Burchette, Brian (September 22, 2009). "Interview with Marian Churchland, Creator of Beast!". The Outhousers.
^ Khan, Juliet (July 23, 2014). "From Under Mountains: Marian Churchland, Claire Gibson and Sloan Leong Subvert Clichés with a New Fantasy Adventure". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016.
^ Yates, Andrew (February 11, 2015). "10 Questions with Comics Brewmaster Marian Churchland". Comics Tavern.
^ Foxe, Steve (June 24, 2015). "Arclight's Marian Churchland Talks Fantasy Tropes, Androgynous Fashion & Kicking Off the 8house Anthology". The Paste.
^ Haines, Robert (June 8, 2010). "Marian Churchland a Russ Manning finalist". The Joe Shuster Awards.