Katie Cook (writer)
| Katie Cook | |
|---|---|
 Katie Cook at BronyCon 2014 in Baltimore, August 2014 | |
| Born |
December 9, 1981 Saline, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
Notable works |
Gronk My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic |
| http://katiecandraw.typepad.com | |
Katie Cook[1] is an American comic artist and writer, currently employed by IDW Publishing. She writes the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic but may be better known for her webcomic, Gronk.
Career
She has worked on licensed properties for DC and Marvel Comics on a variety of projects. She also worked with the Jim Henson Company, working on the comics of Fraggle Rock and working as an illustrator and writer on Jim Henson's The Storyteller.[2] She is well known for her Star Wars artwork and contributes to the official starwars.com blog. More recently though, she acted as the writer (along with artist Andy Price) behind issues #1-4 of the bestselling My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, a comic based on the popular children's TV show of the same name.[3][4] Cook will return to the comic series as a writer in the third arc, starting at issue 9.[5] The comic has been considered highly successful as the best selling IDW comic and has been cited as helping to boost the area of comics aimed for children;[6][7] Cook's contributions placed her on Bleeding Cool's Top 100 Power List of people in the comic book industry for 2013.[8]
At comics conventions, Cook is known for selling 3"x4" ink and water color mini-paintings for $5. She brings many of these small paintings with her, but also takes custom requests which she creates in minutes.[9]
Personal life
Cook is a 2000 graduate of Saline High School in Saline, Michigan. She graduated from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, with BFA in Illustration in 2004.[10] She currently lives in the Ann Arbor, Michigan, area with her husband, Ryan, and their daughters.
References
- ↑ "Katie Cook". Twitter.
- ↑ Davis, Lauren (April 28, 2012). "Gronk is a webcomic about a troublesome (but adorable) monster child". io9. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ↑ "My Little Pony Gallops Into Comics". IDW Publishing. July 13, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ↑ Renaud, Jeffrey (November 28, 2012). "'My Little Pony' Writer Katie Cook Declares 'Friendship Is Magic'". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ↑ O’Leary, Shannon (April 12, 2013). "'My Little Pony' Leads Kids' Comics Charge". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ↑ Raugust, Karen (2013-06-22). "New and Old Mix at Licensing Expo 2013". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ↑ "IDW's Ted Adams on the State of the Industry". ICV2. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ↑ "Top 100 Power List". Bleeding Cool. No. 7. December 2013. p. 76.
- ↑ Wilusz, Luke (December 13, 2012). "Star Wars, Fraggle Rock Artist Hits Bucktown". Bucktown-Wickerpark Patch. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ↑ Kuehner, John C. (December 21, 2004). "Comic artists use Web to ensnare readers". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 2, 2013.