CARL WRIGHT

Aside from picking up a pencil every now and then, Carl has also studied drama and started acting professionally in 1999 when he graduated from Drama school and

...I've been acting/writing/directing on and off ever since. As for Art, I started drawing from the age of 4 or 5 - I think the first comic I ever saw was an early 70's Spider-man comic. I knew then and there that a) I could draw and b) I WANTED to draw! Numerous short & long term courses later and I'm now doing small bit illustration gigs in-between acting jobs.

I'm currently working on my own pet project - a graphic novel trilogy entitled
Chronicles of Gideon, that I'll hopefully be handing over to my literary
agent within the next couple of weeks. Then I'll finally have a bit of free
time on my hands again.

Influences

Jim Lee, Frank Miller, George Perez, Tony Scott, John woo, Zhang Zimou, Peter Jackson, Stanley Lau.

Vital Statistics

Full name: Carl Wright

Date of birth: December 20th, 1970

Current Location: Ilford, London

Complete this sentence: Three cavemen are sitting round a fire, one says to the other… "did you bring the marshmellows?"

What is the first visual image you can remember? A huge poster depicting an epic space battle that my italian cousin Patrick drew for me. It was incredible.

Who is your most influential artist? George Perez, Frank miller, Jim lee, and the film director Zhang Yimou

Last book you read? My book i'm working on - Chronicles of Gideon

Favourite music? All, bar Rap and Heavy Metal!

Favourite film? Toss up between House of Flying Daggers and Man on Fire.

Favourite TV series? Alias

Favourite animated series? Dungeons & Dragons

Pet hate? People who stand on the wrong side on the escalaters.

Share a quote: 'What we do in life, echoes in eternity.' Gladiator.

You are suddenly the most powerful person on the planet, what’s the first thing you would do? Feed the world, I guess.

What attracted you in contributing to Erth Chronicles? One, Richard's passion for the project. Two, the opportunity to work within the kind of collective creative force even The Borg would be running scared from!

What’s the most important professional advice you would give a prospective artist? Recognise you've been given a gift, discover why, then get to it!

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