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Klauba

Knocked down but never knocked out.

About Me

I'm an illustrator and sometime comic book creator. Family oriented: Husband to an Angel. Father of two incredible boys. Traditional Painter / Illustrator, in the studio all day and into the late night / early morning. Drawing/ Sketching is my first love. Always chasing deadlines, don't sleep much, read as much as I can. A work in progress... Advertising / Entertainment background. Two children's books in print from Crossway Books: one with Max Lucado. I illustrated part of the Project: Superpowers 0 with Steve Sadowsky and Alex Ross for Dynamite Entertainment. I'm Currently illustrating comic book covers for The Phantom, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, some Crime Noir titles, The Spider: Master of Men, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, The Avenger and Zorro all for Moonstone Books as well as editorial and advertising assignments in NY, Chicago, Texas, California and LifeWay in Nashville. -Joshua 24:15
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Available at: www.BudPlant.com

My Interests

Film, Music, Art, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Pulps, Books, God, Michelangelo, Art Nouveau, Alphonse Mucha, Beggarstaff Bros. Symbolism in Art and painting, Paul Manship, Donald De Lue, Rodin, Gustav Vigeland, Gustaf Klimt, J W Waterhouse, Frederic Lord Leighton, Alma Tadema, WPA, the Pre-Raphaelites, American Illustration, Edwin Austin Abbey, Dean Cornwell, N C Wyeth, Joseph Clement Coll, Maxfield Parrish, Frank Brangwyn, Franklin Booth, Thomas Blackshear, Tom Dubois, Gregory Manchess, Dave McKean, Reynold Brown, drew, Kazuhiko Sano, Michael Kaluta, Barry Windsor-Smith, Steranko, Moebius, Guy Davis, Gary Gianni, Scott Gustafson, Sergio Martinez, Lisbeth Zwerger, Alan Lee, Gennady Spirin, Francois Schuiten, Paul Pope, Donato Giancola, Ruben Procopio, Frazetta, Sci-Fi, Comics.

Music:

The Beatles, Ultravox, U2, Queen, The Church, T.Rex, Angel, Sanctus Real, Alan Parsons Project, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Sinatra, Audio Adrenaline, Jeff Buckley, ELO, Thomas Negovan, Three Years Ghost, Ver Sacrum, TAIT, Chris Isaak, Switchfoot, Moody Blues, Thin Lizzy, David Bowie, Coldplay, Elvis, Kevin Max, Dean Martin, Toby Mac, Cheap Trick, ufo, Fernando Ortega, Johnny Cash, Luna Halo, Yello Moby, Deep Purple, The Police, Peter Murphy, Tom Waits...

Movies:

Raging Bull, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, Film Noir, Most Dangerous Game, The Fifth Element, Diner, Flash Gordon serials, Star Wars, The Duellists, Unbreakable, King Kong, The Passion, The Matrix, Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island, The Iron Giant, The Time Machine, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Elephant Man, Lord of the Rings, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, The Incredibles, Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The 39 Steps, City of Lost Children, Sky Captain, The Rocketeer, Spider-man, Blade Runner, The Whole Wide World, Metropolis, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Rushmore, The Fountainhead, Cyrano de Bergerac, Camille Claudelle, True Romance, The Phantom, Man of a Thousand Faces, The Godfather 1 & 2, Time After Time, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Mummy, Cop Land, The Three Musketeers, Sin City, Casino Royale, 300, Casshern...

Television:

Law & Order: CI, Law & Order: SVU, Masterpiece, Ben 10

Books:

"A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Joseph Clement Coll: The Art of Adventure, Daredevil, Shaolin Cowboy, The Black Coat, Cursed Pirate Girl, Project: Superpowers, CRIMINAL, Alex Raymond- His Life And Art.

Heroes:

Dean Cornwell, Jack Kirby, Alphonse Mucha, Joseph Clement Coll, Steranko, Klimt, Frazetta, Michelangelo, Rodin.

My Blog

Caught in the Web

My apologies to friends who think that I've fallen off the face of the world. There's been less exchange via blogs and emails and more emphasis in the studio. And as summer vacation was coming to a cl...
Posted by Klauba on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:19:00 PST

Comic Collector Live Interview

A new interview from Comic Collector Live:http://news.comiccollectorlive.com/News/NewsArchives/AB akersDozenwithDougKlauba/tabid/182/Default.aspxThe interview originated from conversations that started...
Posted by Klauba on Mon, 05 May 2008 08:53:00 PST

New York! NYCC

I've been home for days now, and I still can't get New York or the Comic Con off my mind. Always great being in the Big City and it was incredibly fun. I headed out there with my sister, Michelle (her...
Posted by Klauba on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:51:00 PST

Blogger

There's a new Blog headquarters and I call it The Shape of Things To Come. The Shape will keep an update of projects as well as run through my current Sketchbook page by page discussing the subject, p...
Posted by Klauba on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:34:00 PST

Super Powers 0 from Dynamite

Coming from Dynamite Entertainment in December:SUPERPOWERS 0by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Stephen Sadowski & Doug KlaubaFrom the dawn of the 20th Century came a new chapter in mankind's history, unleashe...
Posted by Klauba on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:01:00 PST

Busy (right now) and...

I planned to actually update this blog with all sorts of new stuff but the work load is keeping me away. Be patient and I'll tell you all about the cool things that I have been invloved with. Drawing,...
Posted by Klauba on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:01:00 PST

New Astonishing interview!

The first issue of Astonishing Adventures Magazine features an interview with yours truly. It's an online pulp magazine and also an official MySpace friend.http://www.astonishingadventuresmagazine.com...
Posted by Klauba on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:05:00 PST

New Pulp Releases

Hey!Finally The Spider Chronicles hits the newstands this week, please pick up a copy or two the book explodes with incredible fiction from some top pulp writers: MOrt castle, Bill Crider, Shannon Eri...
Posted by Klauba on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:24:00 PST

New Interview from Friends of The Phantom

A new interview that was just posted by the esteemed Ed Rhodes who is one of the co-founders of the international fan club of The Phantom is at his website:http://edrhoades.com/phantom/klauba.htm
Posted by Klauba on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:58:00 PST

Deadlines always loom...

I welcome 2007 and sigh a relief. Last years work load was a bear and it felt like a huge wrestling match to get the work done and meet deadlines and commissions. As any free-lancer, self employed, se...
Posted by Klauba on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:06:00 PST