Chris Eliopoulos

Education

Eliopoulos attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City from 1985–1989.

Career

He majored in graphic design and minored in illustration. He is a resident of River Vale, New Jersey. Eliopoulos is known as a prolific letterer, in particular for hand-lettering the first 100 issues of the ongoing Savage Dragon series, even after much of the comic book industry (including Eliopoulos himself, on other titles) had come to rely on computer-generated fonts for dialogue.

This was done at Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen"s request.

Larsen preferring the individual look of hand-lettered dialogue. He designed the fonts for Marvel Comic"s in-house computer lettering unit

He has also contributed lettering work to Valiant Comics, District of Columbia Comics, and other publishers. Foreign Dark Horse Comics, Eliopoulos wrote and/or drew some Star Wars stories.

Eliopoulous is also known for his comic strip Desperate Times, which showcases art admittedly inspired by the work of Bill Watterson of "Calvin and Hobbes" fame.

"Desperate Times" features the misadventures of bachelor losers Marty and Toad, which ran as a back-up feature in Savage Dragon, and later Desperate Times comics from Savage Dragon publisher Image Comics and AAArgh! Comics, a part of After Hours Press. Eliopoulos quoted in interview about art inspiration. Following the September 11 attacks, Eliopoulos contributed a story to a Marvel Comics benefit book about how his family was affected by the event, which shares the date of his wedding anniversary.

He is the artist and co-writer on Marvel Comics" former back-up feature and current series of one-shot comics, Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, teamed with writer Marc Sumerak.

The first one-shot in the series was nominated for an Eisner Award and a Harvey Award in 2005. Eliopoulos also writes and draws daily webcomics, has contributed cartoon strips to the book series "The Complete Idiot"s Guide.." and to Sports Illustrated.

Doug Zawisza, reviewing the 2011 Fear Itself miniseries for Comic Book Resources, praised Eliopoulos" lettering, singling issue #4 in particular, for which he positively compared Eliopoulous" work to letterer John Workman, to whom Zawisza felt Eliopoulos was paying homage. ComicBookGazette.com Interview

Episode of iFanboy featuring Chris Eliopoulos.

Achievements

• Include: 2002 and 2003 Wizard Fan Award "Favorite Letterer" 2007 "Best Letterer" Eagle Award 2008 "Best Letterer" Harvey Award, for Daredevil Nominations include: 2006 "Best Letterer" Eisner Award 2006 "Best Letterer" Eagle Award 2008 "Special Award for Humor" Harvey Award, for Franklin Richards 2008 "Best letterer" Eagle Award.

Works

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  • Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius: Everybody Loves Franklin #1

    (Written by Chris Eliopoulos, Marc Sumerak. Illustrated by...)

  • Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius #1

    (Written by Chris Eliopoulos, Marc Sumerak. Illustrated by...)

  • Not-So-Secret Invasion (Franklin Richards Son of A Genius issue 1)

    (Not-So-Secret Invasion #1)

  • Spring Break (Franklin Richards Son of Genius issue #1)

    (Spring Break issue #1)