Image:ThePunisher.jpgJerry DeCaire http://comicartist.net is a comic book illustrator. In his career, he has adapted sequential visuals to a general plot provided by a writer on a free-lance basis. He has drawn many colorful tales for the world´s largest publisher of super hero comics, Marvel_Comics, and for some lesser know publishing houses as well. Some of the Marvel titles he has drawn for include: X-Men, Wolverine, Conan the Barbarian, The_Punisher, The_Mighty_Thor, Iron_Man and Hawkeye for Marvel Comics Presents, Dr. Strange for Secret Defenders, Nick Fury Agent of Shield , and other various projects. Image:ThePhantom.jpgDeCaire has also illustrated some projects for Tekno-Comics--a Leonard_Nimoy venture serving to graphically interpret many of the tales of Isaac_Asimov. Further, he was a part of the resurrection of The_Green_Hornet with Now_Comics in the early 1990´s. Currently, he is illustrating books for Moonstone_Books located in Chicago Illinois. Some of the titles have been in conjunction with White-Woolf Game Products - The second largest role-game-playing company in the world. These graphic adaptations to their role-playing characters include: Werewolf the Apocalyse: Children of Gaia, and Vampire_the_Masquerade: Assamite; Sleep of Reason. He has also illustrated several monthly releases and a full-length Trade Paperback for The Cisco-Kid, and monthly editions of The_Phantom- one of the world's most popular comic strips turned into a comic. Throughout his career, DeCaire has done several country-wide tours signing books and entertaining fans of all ages. Typically his circuit has originated from the Midwest, moved down the East_Coast through Florida, and then headed West along the Gulf_of_Mexico through Texas and then to California. Recently, DeCaire also has begun to teach workshops on how to draw comics. Until now, these workshops have been only offered in the Mid-Michigan area. Currently though (Summer 2006), he is touring the entire U.S. (from Zanesville, Ohio to Miami, Florida to Laredo, Texas to Santa_Fe, New_Mexico to San_Francisco, California and many places in-between) conducting workshops on how to draw comics. During this tour, he will also be visiting comic book stores where he will be signing books, drawing sketches, selling artist-drawn prints of popular comic book characters, and in many places giving more workshops on how to draw comics. Image:_TheCiscoKid2.jpg DeCaire's work also has been featured in several local and regional newspapers from areas where he has lived and toured. Here is a link to an article in the Midland Daily News covering one of DeCaire's workshops in the Mid-Michigan area: http://www.ourmidland.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=14691213&BRD;=2289&PAG;=461&dept;_id=472542&rfi;=8 Here is also a link to a recent interview with DeCaire conducted by Richard Vasseur at Jazma Online: http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews.asp?intID=139 A quote from the interview: "[T]he beauty of this industry is that the compensation has no ceiling. If you hit it big with a winning title, it can make your patience all worthwhile. Even if that never happens you get to have what very few people have-artwork published world over." Additionally, DeCaire has a Bachelors of Science Degree from Central_Michigan_University with an emphasis on art and natural sciences and has completed, with honors, all the professional education courses leading to an Art Education Specialist (LZ) endorsement with certification. == External links == *http://www.comicartist.net