Chris Bunting
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Biography
Bunting's first professional comic book work was printed in Antarctic PressAntarctic Press
Antarctic Press is a San Antonio-based comic book publishing company which publishes "American Manga" style comic books.Founded by Ben Dunn in 1984, Antarctic Press has produced over 850 titles with a total circulation of over 5 million...
's Shoujo #4 in 2005. After that he released the book How to Break into Comics, also published by Antarctic Press
Antarctic Press
Antarctic Press is a San Antonio-based comic book publishing company which publishes "American Manga" style comic books.Founded by Ben Dunn in 1984, Antarctic Press has produced over 850 titles with a total circulation of over 5 million...
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Bunting then went on to spearhead the Mr. T comic series
Mr. T (comics)
American actor Mr. T has headlined in a number of comic books both under his own stage name and in conjunction with his role on the TV Series The A-Team.-Mr. T and the T-Force:Mr. T and the T-Force was released in 1993 by NOW Comics...
, based on the character of that name in the A-Team
The A-Team
The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...
television series, which was published by AP Comics, a UK small press publisher. He was instrumental in securing the license and wrote and edited the series. Only two issues were released before the publisher closed however, resulting in Bunting and the comic transferring to another publisher, who printed the final issue in the comic series.
From 2005-2006, Bunting scripted the Action Man comic for Panini Comics
Panini Comics
Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...
UK based on the iconic action figure. Along with the current cast of characters, Bunting also brought back long forgotten characters like villain Anti Freeze, and even showed Action Man’s base for the first time, complete with accessories, weapons and other long forgotten character, Raid.
Bunting has also scripted many other comics, including a story that appeared in the small press
British small press comics
British small press comics, once known as stripzines, are comic books self-published by amateur cartoonists and comic book creators, usually in short print runs, in the UK. A "small press comic" is essentially a zine composed predominantly of comic strips. The term emerged in the early 1980s to...
section of Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.-Content:...
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Bunting has also done regular feature writing for the likes of Toxic magazine
Toxic magazine
Toxic magazine was launched in September 2002 by London-based Egmont Publishing UK. The intention was to address the elusive boys' magazine market...
and Comics International
Comics International
Comics International was a British news and reviews magazine about comic books. Founded in 1990, it was published monthly by Quality Communications until 2006...
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In February 2008
2008 in comics
-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...
publisher Mohawk Media released an all-new Mr. T graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
. Entitled Mr. T: Limited Advance Edition Graphic Novel it was limited to 4,000 copies. The regular worldwide edition of the Mr. T graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
was released in December 2008. Bunting authored both editions. Later that same month, Mohawk Media announced a range of merchandising based on the Mr. T graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
. Bunting also acted as Design and Creative Director for both the products and graphic novels.
External links
Interviews
- Interview about Mr. T
- June 2005 interview about Mr. T
- Interview with Christopher Bunting about the Mr. T Limited Advance Edition Graphic Novel, Jazma Online, May 24, 2008
- Interview with Christopher Bunting about the Mr. T Limited Advance Edition Graphic Novel, Pop Rock Candy Mountain, April 25, 2008
- Mr. T: An Eighties Icon Returns!, Broken Frontier, May 28, 2008