The really BIG BIO .
Greg Horn is best known for his artwork on MARVEL COMIC’s titles ELEKTRA and EMMA FROST.  He is currently the regular cover artist on She Hulk and Ms Marvel.  Greg’s acclaimed work in comic books has opened up hundreds of fantastic opportunities in many different art industries outside of comics.  He has worked on high profile projects in advertising, video games, magazine covers, editorial, board games, and novels.  Horn's art galleries cover every genre from comic book art, to sports, fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
COMIC BOOKS
Greg has been a fan favorite cover artist for Marvel Comics since 2001, winning Wizard Fan Award’s Best Painter of the Year for 2004.  He has also been acknowledged by Spectrum with 7 entries in their annual publications showcasing “the Best in Contemporary Fantasy art”.  In February 2007,  Horn received his highest recognition with an induction into the prestigious SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS along with illustration legends Neal Adams, Basil Gagos, and (Greg's hero) Michael Golden!
Elektra was Greg’s first big project with Marvel and he really hit the ball out of the park.   Elektra was showing up big-time in mainstream pop culture: Greg’s artwork was displayed on MTV’s TRL during an appearance by actress Jennifer Garner. Elektra illustrations were also featured in Stuff magazine’s "100 best things" article,  an interview with Marvel Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada on "Hispanics Today", and she even accompanied a business article in USA Today!  A few months later, Elektra scored a job with top modeling agency Karin Models as a “virtual model”.   The following year, film director Mark Steven Johnson revealed that Horn’s paintings of Elektra were the inspiration for Jennifer Garner’s outfit in his movie adaptation of DAREDEVIL, and also the later spin-off film ELEKTRA.
Greg’s next big assignment was Emma Frost, also known as The White Queen.   His work on this title was extremely popular and cemented him as one of the premiere cover artists in the comic industry.  In 2004, the entertainment website IGN.com, held their “Battle of the Comic Babes" competition.   More than half a million fans voted to determine the hottest comic book character of all time, with Greg’s sexy paintings of Emma Frost destroying all 64 entrants!   Most recently, Greg is the regular cover artist on She-Hulk and Ms Marvel.  In 2007 Horn was commissioned by Virgin Comics to provide the covers to Jenna Jameson’s new comic book called Shadow Hunter.
MARVEL COMICS --  Greg has achieved his life-long dream working at Marvel, painting many of his favorite characters!  Greg has been the regular cover artist on Xmen universe, Marvel Backpack books, Elektra, Emma Frost, Deadline, Black Widow, She-Hulk, and Ms Marvel. He has also done spot covers for Iron Man, Anita Blake, Mystique, and Sub-mariner.  View Greg Horn’s Marvel comics art gallery at www.greghornjudge.com VIRGIN COMICS - Greg has provided covers for the John Woo/Garth Ennis  adventure Seven Brothers, as well as Guy Ritchie’s Gamekeeper comic.  His current ongoing project with Virgin is Shadowhunter. WIZARD MAGAZINE– Horn frequently supplies covers and editorials for Wizard magazine.  In all, he has illustrated more than 15 covers for Wizard’s publications.  This is where he gets his best opportunities to draw Marvel Comic’s icon super hero characters like Spider-man, Wolverine, Captain America, and others. IMAGE COMICS – Greg finally broke into the comic book industry after publishing his creator owned mini-series project J.U.D.G.E in 2000.   Image also published his well received art book, The Art of Greg Horn which had a 1st printing sell-out in 3 days! INDEPENDENTS – Greg has worked on many other cover projects including Red Sonja (with Dynamite Comics), The Flare, Vampirella, Lady Death, Black Tiger, Super 7, S.K.U.M.M.,  Ezra, and Kade. Greg's latest indy project was a cover of Atlantis Rising for Platinum Studios. COMIC LICENSING/ MERCHANDISE-- On the licensing front, Greg’s art has been used on just about any piece of merchandise you can think of!  Mugs, t-shirts, posters, lunch boxes-- his images have even been used on packaging for cheese sticks!    With DC/ WARNER BROS’ licensing division, Greg has provided spot illustrations based on the Superman Return’s movie, and also an original painting for Mattel’s board game Kryptonite Crisis.  Other recent WB projects have included a Superman poster for Clampett Studios, and several illustrations of NBA star Lebron James for Powerade and ESPN.

ADVERTISING
Greg has worked on more than 20 advertising campaign/ads in the United States, UK, The Netherlands, and France.  The jobs have encompassed a large variety of usages such as billboards, program guides, print ads, promo posters, branding, package art, magazine advertising and covers, point of purchase, email solicitations, and artwork for internet website design.
His first big job was for The Ringling Brothers Circus, where his poster illustration was also used as a billboard, newspaper ad, promotional poster, window card, stadium give-away, and official company stationary. Greg added an impressive cornerstone to his advertising credits when he was commissioned by Leo Burnett USA to illustrate the official 2004 US Olympic Basketball team poster for Allstate Insurance Company. The print campaign was seen in most major magazines including USA Today, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Time, US News and World Report, ESPN, and The Sporting News.
Illustrated the official 2004 US Olympic Basketball poster for Allstate Insurance company (Leo Burnett, USA) Nike commissioned Greg to illustrate a Lebron James billboard during the 2004 NBA season (Wieden & Kennedy) Carlsberg Lager print ads for the United Kingdom’s 2005 FA CUP (Saatchi & Saatchi) GM’s (General Motors) COBALT SS internet campaign (MacLaren) Created Bacardi Rum’s “DJ Girl” mascot Painted the 132nd Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus poster Took part in Marvel’s bid for the Pontiac Solstice campaign HIP Games-- City of the Dead zombie art for feature in Game Informer magazine Sony Interactive online—provided cover art for Everquest II and Untold Legends Wizards of the Coast—print ad campaign for the Magic: The Gathering Pro “Masters” Tour (4 magazine/poster illustrations) Hasbro—Package design illustration (3 backing boards) for the GI JOE 25th anniversary figures Created box art for the Venom and Valor trading card game (WoTC/ Devil’s Due)
VIDEO GAMES
Greg has worked as a freelance digital illustrator, artist, and designer in the gaming industry.  Be it high-detailed, packaging art design, print advertising, promotional art for posters, or point of purchase, Greg has done it all.
He started on the video game path by working at Future Networks USA, providing covers for OXM (Official Xbox magazine), %100 PSM (Playstation mag), and PCGAMER.  His first game job was a painting of Lara Croft for PSM’s “Girls of Summer” expose.  Greg’s cover of Starcraft:Ghost for The Official XBOX magazine caught the attention of the game-maker Blizzard Entertainment, and they subsequently purchased rights to the image.  In 2005, Greg was invited to attend E3 with HIP Games as a member of their booth.
Universal Vivendi Studios: promo posters for 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Originally planned as video game box art EA Sports:  NBA LIVE Robo-Dwanye Wade  (print ad with W&K advertising) HIP games:  box art, promo ads, and design work for GHOST WARS and CITY OF THE  DEAD Digital Extremes:  PARIAH (early design/inspiration illo) 3D Realms:    PREY 2K Games:   SERIOUS SAM 2 promo incentive print for online sales Blizzard Entertainment:  STARCRAFT: GHOST Sony Interactive:   EVERQUEST 2 and UNTOLD LEGENDS cover illustrations

MAGAZINE COVERS/ EDITORIALS
During one 5-year period, Greg painted over 60 magazine covers (an incredible average of 1 cover every month for five years straight!)  Most of these assignments were done with magazine publisher Future Networks USA, where Greg was the regular cover artist for OXM.
During this period, Greg worked on just about every popular video game brand you can think of, including three Lord of the Rings illustrations which appeared simultaneously on all three gaming magazines.  With Wizard magazine, Greg has been given the opportunity to paint likenesses from Marvel Comic’s popular movie properties such as Ben Affleck as Daredevil, and Halle Berry, James Marsden, and Hugh Jackman as Storm, Cyclops, and Wolverine in X-men 2. Greg has also painted Wizard’s movie related images for Spiderman 2, Spider-man 3, and The Hulk.  He has also done editorials and features like “The Big Picture” and “The GI JOE movie dream cast”
PCGAMER- Greg’s covers for Pc Gamer include Doom & Half-life, Age of Mythology, Enter the Matrix: Reloaded, and LOTR (Gandalf) OXM-  Greg’s covers include Rainbow Six III, Deus Ex, Matrix Reloaded, True Crime, Medal of Honor, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Ninja Gaiden and DOA Volleyball, Splinter Cell, Halo and Project Ego, Gotham Racing III, Star Craft Ghost, Lord of the Rings (Aragorn), Unreal Tournament, Ghost Recon, and Full Spectrum Warrior 100% PSM (Playstation)- Greg’s covers and features include Tomb Raider, Lara Croft: Girls of Summer, Soul Calibur cover and interior, Lord of the Rings (Legolas), Mortal Kombat: Sub Zero, Resident Evil, The Matrix Reloaded, Metal Gear Solid, Star Wars: Battlefront, and Socom III PSE  (Playstation)- Untold Legends MAD MAGAZINE -- TOYFARE—Halo 2 WIZARD magazine-  over 15 covers and editorials INQUEST GAMER—Magic the Gathering: Serra Angel cover

BOARD GAME/ ROLE PLAYING GAMES AND NOVELS
Greg completely redesigned the classic boardgame STRATEGO (European version), providing the box art, 9 soldier rank illustrations, and the stand-up play screen. FORGOTTEN REALMS (Dungeons and Dragons RPG) wrap-around module illustration Box art for Mattel's Kryptonite Crisis depicting Brandon Routh as Superman FANTASY IMPERIUM   covers for the role-playing game rule books and modules  Penguin Books Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda, and Splinter cell: Fallout Random House “From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain”
FAQ Why is Greg’s website not www.greghorn.com  ?  Because somebody bought it a month before I was able to get my hands on it!   The “Judge” part of my current website refers to my creator owned project I did at the time called J.U.D.G.E
FAQ Who are your greatest influences?    This is a very tough question because I have different influences from different periods in my life.  When I first started noticing comic books, my favorite artists were John Byrne and George Perez (no surprise there), and those are the guys I learned my basics from.  But, as I kept developing I started looking for a wider variety of techniques in the art of John Buscema, and Paul Gulacy.  Once I felt comfortable with my basic drawing skills, I started becoming more conscious of other aspects of art like details, shading, and special effects... so I gravitated towards Adam Hughes, Michael Golden, and Kevin Nowland.  At the time, Adam was working on Justice League and his characters expressions were like nothing ever seen in comics before-- his heroes had personality, by god!  His girl's were super sexy too.  Michael's art was really fantastic, but above all, his flair for special effects were simply jaw-dropping.   Kevin inspired me with his finishing technique that was so tight and beautiful.  Sometimes his cross-hatching looked like it was done by a machine!  Above all, these three artists were awesome at lighting their figures, and really pioneered the technique of back-lighting/double lighting in comics.  These days I am inspired by high detail painters like Haije Sorayama and Armando Huerta (who create the best pin-up art you've ever seen) and comic painters like Adi Granov (who is the artist for Marvel Comics' Iron Man and also art director for the Iron Man movie!)  All of these guys art is extremely clean and excellently designed
FAQ What is your favorite character to paint?

THE MUCH SHORTER BIO.....

From his unforgettable covers for MARVEL COMICS to his colossal painting of the 2004 US OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM, it is not difficult to come across illustrator Greg Horn’s work.  With his hyper-realistic and detailed paintings gracing countless comic books, magazines, billboards, and advertising campaigns, Greg has become one of the most sought after illustrators in recent years.  While currently providing covers for MARVEL COMIC's EMMA FROST series, he is best known for his unforgettable visions of ELEKTRA.  Greg is also the regular cover artist for the OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE illustrating most any popular video game that can be named.  Additionally, he supplies images for other game magazines including 100% PSM (playstation), INQUEST GAMER and PCGAMER.   For WIZARD MAGAZINE, Greg has had the opportunity to paint likenesses of Marvel's movie properties such as SPIDER-MAN, X-MEN,  DAREDEVIL,  and THE HULK.  In all, he has illustrated more than 50 magazine covers in the last few years.  Greg has also set foot into the gaming /advertising industries, providing posters, illustrations or concept work for some of the biggest names in the industry.   Among these are UNIVERSAL VIVENDI,  SONY, NIKE,  BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT,  DIGITAL EXTREMES, BACARDI RUM,  xCONCEPTS,  ALLSTATE INSURANCE, and the US PLAYING CARD COMPANY (Bicycle cards).   He was also commissioned to paint the 132nd poster for the RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS.  Now Greg adds a cornerstone to his illustrious career as the poster artist for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Basketball team competing in Athens, Greece.  His work has been acknowledged by Spectrum with 7 entries in their annual publication, and also by Wizard Awards in their Best Painter category three consecutive years.   Greg was inducted into The Society of Illustrators in 2007. All of these projects and more can be viewed at his official website www.greghornjudge.com 

NEWS ITEM 2007:

Greg Horn Inducted to Society of Illustrators     This February, Greg Horn was inducted into the Society of Illustrators, along with Neal Adams, Michael Golden, and Basil Gogos. Boasting a membership that has included some of the greatest commercial artists of all time – including Normal Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, and Frederick Remington – the Society recognizes and promotes the art of illustration.

Greg has been recognized for his work in the comics field, as one of the most identifiable cover artists in comics today, as well as for his advertising work. Regularly seen on Marvel Comics’ Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk, Greg has also produced the artwork for the Olympic Dream Team poster, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and a number of magazine covers and advertising campaigns. “Seeing my painting of LeBron James towering over Times Square was unbelievable!” commented Greg on one of his proudest moments to date.

Having produced over 60 covers in under a five-year period, Greg has no plans on slowing down. He recently worked on the redesign of the classic boardgame Stratego, provided the alternate cover to the first issue of Anita Blake, and is currently in the early stages of working on an overseas venture that stands to bring his work to a huge new market.

David H. Reuss, the Membership Chairman for the Society, explains why Greg was offered membership with such notable talents as Adams and Golden. “[W]hat Greg is utilizing in the creation of his illustrations is to a large extent the same essential skills that Pyle, Wyeth and Rockwell would use in the creation of one of their own illustrations. Drawing, composition, color, and rendering technique is essential to all great illustration work and this is very apparent in Greg's illustration work.”

Press Release 2006......

While best known for his ultra-sexy depictions of Marvel Comics bad girls Elektra and Emma Frost,  artist Greg Horn has become highly sought after in many other illustration industries.    In the past 4 years he has painted over 60 magazine covers and editorials, and has worked on more than 20 advertising campaigns.  In celebration of New York Comicon’s inaugural event, Greg will be displaying some of his never before seen projects at his table in artist alley (booth AA46 &47).

        Most recently completed is Greg’s total redesign of the classic boardgame Stratego.   Although a daunting task due to the inclusion of the playing pieces, this assignment was close to the artist’s heart.

     “The Stratego project had a great nostalgia factor for me.  I used to play back when I was a kid….I remember surrounding a worthless scout with all the bombs, so my idiot friend would think the flag was there!  Anyway,  the old engraved playing pieces have since been replaced with illustrated stickers, so I got to paint every soldier rank from the spy to the marshals!  Its awesome!!”

      Greg is known for his slick, high detailed paintings, and that came in handy when he was asked to also illustrate the packaging art for the game.

  “The ad agency got a hold of me for the same reason many art directors do.  They need an illustration that is going to pop off the shelves—something that will compete with video game art.    These days, if you aren’t competing with video games, you aren’t competing at all!    Luckily, I have a lot of experience working on game magazines, so I know exactly what they are looking for.”

      Also on display will be Greg’s spot illustrations for Warner Bros/ DC comics’ upcoming movie Superman Returns, and his new ESPN poster of NBA star Lebron James. 

    “The illustrations of Superman were a lot of fun to do, and since they are licensable images, there’s no telling where they will pop up.  This work has led to some great extra assignments—a few months ago I got to do the box art for Mattel’s Superman Returns board game.  Also with DC, I’m just finishing a new Lebron James poster available only at ESPN Zone.”

   Horn is gaining experience in the sports illustration field and has already painted the basketball standout 3 other times for Nike, Powerade, and Allstate Insurance Company.       

       Currently, Greg Horn is the regular cover artist for Marvel Comics She Hulk.  With writer Dan Slott at the helm, Greg gets to explore his humorous side “ yeah, She Hulk straddling a fence post in a cowgirl outfit, while a horse ogles her… that’s my kind of comedy!”

To be added: Swordplay Entertainment, Halloween Comics, Malibu Comics, Harris Comics, Dagger Comics, AC Comics ,  360ep 

About greg Horn's advertising work:  Comic book artist Greg Horn has worked for the premiere advertising ad agencies in the US and internationally such as Leo Burnett, Wieden (Weiden) & (and) Kennedy (or W&K), Saatchi & Saatchi, Big Blue Dot, MacLaren (McLaren) McCann of Toronto, etc.,,,   Art buyers and art directors appreciate the editable aspects of his photoshop digital art layers.    He has worked on many campaigns including magazine print ads, packaging art and box art, point of purchase or POP displays, billboard campaigns, poster illustration, and photo manipulation, photo art painting, and photography enhancement.

• NEWS ARCHIVES 
• COOL MERCHANDISE  Many of Greg's cover illustrations have already been used in the marketing of Marvel products. Third party licensers have chosen his Elektra images to place on products such as posters, books, calendars, t-shirts, action figures, sculptures, coffee mugs, lunchboxes, card games, magazine covers, lithographs, wall scrolls, toy cars, trucks, planes, and boats, magnets, stickers, candy, and various food products.
• GREG'S MURAL JOBS When comic work was not so plentiful, Greg spent time painting murals on Lowrider cars, motorcycles, and various other machines.....check them out here    
• Checklist of Greg's work

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