Ethan Nicolle
Ethan Nicolle is an American comic book creator, artist, and writer. He created the Slave Labor Graphics comic Chumble Spuzz which has been released as two graphic novels so far. He also worked with his younger brother, Malachai, to create Axe Cop. In 2019, Nicolle was brought on as creative director for the The Babylon Bee, a news satire website.[1]
Ethan Nicolle | |
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Born | Ethan Nicolle |
Pen name | Eef |
Occupation | artist, illustrator, writer |
Residence | Rancho Cucamonga, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Comic books |
Notable works | Chumble Spuzz Axe Cop |
Years active | 1995–present |
Website | |
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Biography
During the spring of 1995, Nicolle started his comics career as the staff cartoonist on The Barker at North Bend High School in North Bend, Oregon.
Nicolle was honored as the special guest Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco on November 1, 2008.[2]
Nicolle was also the bass player and lead singer for the now defunct band Lunaractive. After releasing two EPs, Intergalactic Samurai and Synthesis, and one album, Today for Tomorrow, the band broke up in 2007 and Ethan has since been doing comics full-time.
His latest endeavor, Bearmageddon, can be found at www.bearmageddon.com
He hosts the podcast Audio Mullet with fellow entertainer and devout Christian Doug TenNapel.
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- Bearmageddon (web comic) [3] (2011)
- Axe Cop: Vol. 2 Bad Guy Earth (2011)
- Axe Cop: Volume 1 (2011)
- Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun (2008) [4]
- Eef's Sketch Book (2008)
- Sumo Poop: A Collection of Horrible Cartoons (2008)
- Chumble Spuzz: Kill the Devil (2008)
- Chumble Spuzz Volume 2: Pigeon Man and Death Sings the Blues (2008)
- Lunaractive: Code of the Juggernaut (an abandoned project that has only been displayed as a part of Ethan Nicolle's official Blog) (2007)
- Puppet Terrors (with Jesse Wroblewski) [5] (2005)
- The Weevil (2006)
- Creep (2003) (written by Brinton Williams) (Conspiracy Productions)
- Eef: A Cartoon Collection (2003)
- Check Your Shoes: A Cartoon Collection (2001)
- The Cloacal Collection: A Cartoon Collection (2000)
- The Hall #2 (1997)
- The Hall #1 (1997)
- Various issues of The Barker (1995–98)
- The Drug Busters (1991)
Awards and honors
- Special Guest honor at the 2008 Alternative Press Expo [6]
- Best Humor Publication nomination 2009 Eisner Awards [7]
- Artist of the Week of Pixelated Geek for February 10, 2010 for his work on Axe Cop.[8]
- Special Guest at San Diego Comic Con in 2011 .[9]
- Favorite Web-based Comic award 2011 Eagle Awards for his work on Axe Cop.[10]
- Web Comic of the Year award 2011 Shel Dorf Awards for Axe Cop.[11]
- Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens 2012 YALSA list YALSA Top 10 Graphic Novels 2012.[12]
References
- "The Babylon Bee | About Us". The Babylon Bee. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- Alternative Press Expo schedule information on the Comic-Con website
- Bearmageddon
- Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun
- Puppet Terrors official site
- "Alternative Press Expo Special Guest information". Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- "Eisner Award nomination information". Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- http://pixelatedgeek.com/2010/02/aotw-ethan-nicolle/
- http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_guests.php#Nicolle Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/showthread.php?43129-The-Eagle-Awards-Results-And-Dave-Gibbons\-Acceptance-Speech Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/ggnt/2012/topten