Paul Kirchner

Paul Kirchner was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1952. He attended the Cooper Union in New York City. He has worked in the comic book field, writing and illustrating stories for High Times, Heavy Metal, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and other publishers. His illustrations have appeared regularly in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He has done design and packaging work for several toy companies, including Mego, Coleco, Ideal, and Tyco. He has written eight books, three published by the General Publishing Group and five by Paladin Press. He has worked in advertising, including six years as a senior art director at the New York agency. In recent years he has gone back to comics.