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johntrumbull ♂️ [5128691] [2007-07-12 22:15:30 +0000 UTC] "John Trumbull" (United States)

# Statistics

Favourites: 194; Deviations: 138; Watchers: 829

Watching: 94; Pageviews: 113969; Comments Made: 1302; Friends: 94

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: Bruce Timm, Darwyn Cooke, Steve Rude, Dan Spiegle, Dave Stevens, Doug Wildey, Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, José Luis García-López, Hergé
Favorite movies: Superman the Movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Back to the Future, Goldfinger, OHMSS, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, The Third Man, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Rocketeer, Some Like It Hot, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Favorite TV shows: Community, Star Trek, Jonny Quest, Homicide: Life on the Street, MST3K, Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, The Monkees, Freaks & Geeks
Favorite bands / musical artists: Elvis Costello, R.E.M., The Beatles, Weezer
Favorite books: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, High Fidelity, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Sex, Drugs, & Cocoa Puffs
Favorite writers: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harlan Ellison, Douglas Adams, Nick Hornby, Chuck Klosterman, Mark Evanier
Tools of the Trade: Blue pencils, 2H pencils, Pitt pens, Photoshop
Other Interests: Drawing, Art, Comic Books, Acting, Directing, Stand Up Comedy, Improv Comedy
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# About me

I'm a freelance cartoonist/illustrator living here in Weird NJ. I'm a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. I've done several jobs for the DC Comics licensing department (the coloring books Batman: Swinging Into Action, Superman: Jailbreak! and Krypto the Superdog: Test Pilot Puppy). My work has also been featured on the websites Comic Book Resources, Comics Alliance, i09, Superpunch, The Dork Review, The Mary Sue, and The Aquaman Shrine.

I've written several articles for BACK ISSUE magazine from TwoMorrows Publishing. As of this writing, they are:

BEYOND CAPES: Nemesis: Balancing the Scales (BI #64, May 2013)
FLASHBACK: A New Beginning… And A Probable End: Batman #s 300 & 400 (BI #69, Dec. 2013)
BEYOND CAPES: 221B at DC: Sherlock Holmes at DC Comics (BI #71, April 2014)
PRO2PRO: Watching the Detective (Comics): Mike W. Barr & Alan Davis (BI #73, July 2014)
FLASHBACK: Shrinking Roles and Shorter Features: The Atom in the Bronze Age (BI #76, Oct. 2014)
FLASHBACK: Swords, Sorcery, and Size-Changing: The Sword of the Atom (BI #76, Oct. 2014)
PRO2PRO ROUNDTABLE: Niven's Tale: Larry Niven, The Green Lantern Bible, and the Guardian Known as Ganthet (BI #80, May 2015)
FLASHBACK: DC Comics Deluxe Reprint Series 1983-1988 (BI #81, July 2015)
FLASHBACK: Crisis on Infinite Crossovers: The Post-Crisis Crossovers of DC Comics (BI #82, Aug. 2015)
BACK IN PRINT: Marvel Special Edition Reprints, 1982 to 1985 (BI #86, Feb. 2016)
FLASHBACK: A League Divided: Justice League of America #200 (BI #87, Apr. 2016)

More articles are coming in upcoming issues, #91, 95, 96, 97, and 99.

I also have a text piece in COMIC BOOK CREATOR #2 (Summer 2013) about my former instructor Joe Kubert.

You can order all these issues and more at: twomorrows.com

I'm a periodic contributor to the weekly feature The Line It Is Drawn on the Comic Book Resources Website. You can check it out every week over here: goodcomics.comicbookresources.…

The Line It Is Drawn DA Group page is here: the-line-it-is-drawn.deviantar…

# Comments

Comments: 63

Chungused [2016-06-22 17:09:49 +0000 UTC]

Do you do commissions?

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PJToon75 [2016-02-27 03:58:25 +0000 UTC]

Your artwork is absolutely sensational and hilarious. You are the fan boy's fanboy who can draw. Great stuff!

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johntrumbull In reply to PJToon75 [2016-03-05 04:58:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! I appreciate it!

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PJToon75 In reply to johntrumbull [2016-03-05 06:41:21 +0000 UTC]

You're more than welcome!

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Orbital-Death-Ray [2014-06-16 18:11:29 +0000 UTC]

Hello John, Jake here! Glad you've got a dA page, I just added you to my watch! Thumbs Up

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johntrumbull In reply to Orbital-Death-Ray [2014-08-07 01:45:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, Jake!

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HeartlessSlayer [2013-04-29 02:40:45 +0000 UTC]

I would ask if you could do a LIID of One More Day, but considering how its so well known with out bad it it, might make the idea way too obvious to do lol

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johntrumbull In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2013-05-03 20:39:17 +0000 UTC]

I have a feeling if we did a OMD theme week, we would just get a bunch of suggestions bashing the story, and God knows there's plenty of that on the internet already. I honestly like to keep my stuff more positive and fun than that.

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HeartlessSlayer In reply to johntrumbull [2013-05-03 21:35:35 +0000 UTC]

Makes sense, the only reason I suggested that was because I saw your take on the Sins Past story so it just made me think of OMD since JMS was involved in a way. Speaking of which, do you have any thoughts on Maximum Carnage?

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johntrumbull In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2013-05-03 21:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Nope. Never read it.

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HeartlessSlayer In reply to johntrumbull [2013-05-03 22:17:06 +0000 UTC]

Ah, just curious. Its one of those polarizing books apparently, but honestly, I really like it. It actually makes some philosophical arguments about whether killing insane criminals like Cletus Kassidy is a good thing and that nitty gritty ways of the 90's anti-heroes can never always help. All in all, check it out one time when you get the chance ^^

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johntrumbull In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2013-05-04 05:23:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, but I'll pass. I don't tend to like Spider-Man stories that get too dark, so I'm fairly certain that it wouldn't be my cup of tea. :) (Smile)

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HeartlessSlayer In reply to johntrumbull [2013-05-05 01:15:21 +0000 UTC]

That's fair, I just thought I'd mention it since it seems to be one of the more polarizing books, but to each is their own ^^. Since you mention that you don't like Spider-Man stories that get too dark, which stories do you like?

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johntrumbull In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2013-05-05 15:24:54 +0000 UTC]

Tough to beat the original Stan Lee & Steve Ditko stuff. I was reading those stories in Marvel Tales reprints back in the early 80s along with Roger Stern & John Romita Jr. on the main book. Tom DeFalco & Ron Frenz were also pretty fun. And I like many of the Spider-Man stories from the 70s by guys like Conway, Wein, Kane and Andru.

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HeartlessSlayer In reply to johntrumbull [2013-05-05 20:17:54 +0000 UTC]

If that's the case. Do you think the Green Goblin works better as a villain if we still didn't know his identity, or better with knowing that he's Norman Osborn? I've read some stories in the past and I honestly thought Norman was more menacing as himself than as the Green Goblin.

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johntrumbull In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2013-05-07 00:05:51 +0000 UTC]

I think the original mystery of the Green Goblin worked beautifully, but if you drag out a mystery forever, it becomes frustrating & pointless. I think they should've just let Osborn stay dead. He had a great death, and nothing he's done since his resurrection has been as cool as before he was killed off.

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HeartlessSlayer In reply to johntrumbull [2013-05-07 00:24:43 +0000 UTC]

Speaking of which, you actually do make a good point with that. When I ran on Harry Osborn being the Green Goblin at the time, I actually thought he worked better than Norman because there was REAL tension and drama. Harry just wanted a happy life to be himself and be with his own family, which he did, but the psychological grip of his father wouldn't let go of his mind, and how is it not only causing tension with himself and his family, but also with Peter Parker as Spider-Man, who Harry believed killed his father. This reminds me actually of Ramses from The Prince of Egypt for some reason but hey that's just me lol.

In what story did Norman come back in? I feel like I missed that one.

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johntrumbull In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2013-05-31 02:19:28 +0000 UTC]

They brought him at the end of the Clone Saga in the 90s. It was more of a way to finally end that storyline than anything else.

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HeartlessSlayer In reply to johntrumbull [2013-05-31 02:40:59 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I never read the 90's clone saga so I wouldn't know XD;;.

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Eclips-ing [2012-12-14 20:58:37 +0000 UTC]

You do an excellent job on your art. Keep up the good work.

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johntrumbull In reply to Eclips-ing [2012-12-20 12:36:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, I intend to!

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Eclips-ing In reply to johntrumbull [2012-12-20 16:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome.

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augiemax [2012-09-14 16:17:19 +0000 UTC]

Great solid work. Respect.

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johntrumbull In reply to augiemax [2012-09-14 20:39:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

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SketchyMcDrawpants [2012-08-07 00:10:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the watch! Great work!

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johntrumbull In reply to SketchyMcDrawpants [2012-08-23 17:44:54 +0000 UTC]

Right back atcha!

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LostonWallace [2012-08-01 10:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Happy 40th Birthday, you "Ugly Bag of Mostly Water!"

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johntrumbull In reply to LostonWallace [2012-08-06 19:06:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, buddy! Love ya!

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brilliantflare [2012-07-15 18:28:12 +0000 UTC]

Hey John, it's Paolo from the 6 Movies and a Movie Art show. I just found your gallery today.

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johntrumbull In reply to brilliantflare [2012-07-17 19:48:46 +0000 UTC]

Hey, Paolo! Good to see you on here!

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BringerOfStorms [2012-07-13 00:20:31 +0000 UTC]

Have fun with this [link] John. Be sure to post back to me when you are done so I can see your choices.

~BoS

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johntrumbull In reply to BringerOfStorms [2012-07-13 01:22:03 +0000 UTC]

I've actually made three lists and counting so far...

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kinjamin [2012-07-06 01:58:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks John! Love the new Community/ode-to-Superman-death comic cover!

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johntrumbull In reply to kinjamin [2012-07-06 02:14:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I had fun doing it!

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skulljammer [2012-06-07 08:21:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks much for the watch and faves John!

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johntrumbull In reply to skulljammer [2012-06-10 02:46:19 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure! Keep up the great work!

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iwildaydreambeliever [2012-05-27 12:11:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for Joning, By the Way I love your art work.

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johntrumbull In reply to iwildaydreambeliever [2012-05-30 21:30:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

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micQuestion [2012-05-26 16:57:05 +0000 UTC]

JOHNNNNN!!

Peace.

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johntrumbull In reply to micQuestion [2012-05-30 21:30:46 +0000 UTC]

MIIIIIICCCCCCC!!!!!!!

...Is this how we're greeting each other now? I like it!

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micQuestion In reply to johntrumbull [2012-05-31 19:08:07 +0000 UTC]

JOHHNNNNNN!!

I hope so! Cuz I am. :D (Big Grin)

Peace.

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Simpson1982 [2012-05-11 03:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Would you try to combine the characters from Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat with the heroes and Villains from the universes of DC and Marvel?

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johntrumbull In reply to Simpson1982 [2012-05-12 05:54:45 +0000 UTC]

Maybe. I'd have to do some research on the Mortal Kombat & Street Fighter characters, as I didn't play too much of either of those games back in the day. But anything's possible! :) (Smile)

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delgado741741 [2012-04-26 14:47:47 +0000 UTC]