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This article is about the comic book creator. For the pulp magazine author, see Paul Chadwick (author).

Paul Chadwick (born 1957)[2] is an American comic book creator best known for his series Concrete, about a normal man trapped in a stone body.[3]

Biography

Born in Seattle, Chadwick grew up in its suburb Medina, where his father, Stephen F. Chadwick, was the city attorney. As a teenager, he participated in Apa-5, the amateur press alliance of comics fans, and in 1979 graduated from the Art Center College of Design, where he had majored in illustration.[2]

Chadwick began his career creating storyboards for Disney, Warner Brothers, Lucasfilm and other film studios, contributing to such films as Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Strange Brew, The Big Easy, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, Lies and Miracle Mile.

He drew the final issues of the comic book Dazzler, published in 1985 by Marvel Comics, before creating Concrete, first published by Dark Horse Comics in Dark Horse Presents #1 (July 1986). He wrote Gifts of the Night for DC Comics‘ Vertigo imprint, with art by John Bolton.

After working on several Matrix comics, Chadwick was asked by the Wachowskis to write the MMORPG The Matrix Online. He outlined the general story direction and offshoots of events in the game.

In May 2015, Chadwick announced he is working on a new Concrete series entitled Stars over Sand.[4] In November 2017, he reported he was still at work on the story, describing it as Concrete being “hit by lightning and rendered amnesiac. He discovers the world anew, and, somewhat paranoid, becomes a danger to his loved ones and others.”[5]

Concrete: Stars over Sand is scheduled to be released in June 2026.[6]

Awards

Chadwick won the Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist (Team or Individual) for 1989[7], the Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist in 2005, and won the Harvey Awards for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) in both 1988 and 1989.[8]

Bibliography

DC Comics

Dark Horse Comics

  • Concrete #1-10 (1987–88)
  • Concrete Color Special (1989)
  • Concrete: Fragile Creature #1-4 (1991)
  • Concrete: Killer Smile #1-4 (1994)
  • Concrete: Think Like a Mountain #1-6 (1996)
  • Concrete: Strange Armor #1-5 (1997–98)
  • Concrete: The Human Dilemma #1-6 (2004–05)
  • Concrete: Three Uneasy Pieces (one-shot) (2012)
  • Star Wars: Empire #9-12, 15 (2003)
  • Star Wars: A Valentine Story one-shot (2003)
  • The World Below #1-4 (1999)
  • The World Below: Deeper and Stranger #1-4 (1999-2000)

Marvel Comics

References

  1. ^ Inkpot Award
  2. ^ a b “Bio”. Paul Chadwick official website. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Arnold, Andrew D. (June 11, 2005). “Heavy”. Time.
  4. ^ “Paul Chadwick To Do More Concrete”. ComicBookNerdsAreHot.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  5. ^ Chadwick, Paul (November 9, 2017). “See you in Vancouver?”. Paul Chadwick official blog. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  6. ^ https://www.brokenfrontier.com/concrete-stars-over-sand/
  7. ^ “Eisner Awards: Past recipients (1980s)”. Comic-Con International: San Diego. Comic-Con International. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  8. ^ “Harvey Awards: Previous winners”. The Harvey Awards. Harvey Awards. Retrieved 27 April 2026.

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