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“Quantum: Rock of Ages” is Philip Clark’s first substantial foray into the world of comics. Philip’s passion for comics began when he was five years old, and continued well past his adolescence. Having grown up with Claremont and Byrne’s “X-men,” and the Wolfman/Perez team on “New Teen Titans,” Clark eventually found more mature and independent voices in the industry. “My main influences are guys like Matt Wagner, Neil Gaiman, and Grant Morrison; the one’s with a bit of an edge, who like to put a twist on modern stereotypes. And David Mack, he’s bloody brilliant.”

“Quantum: Rock of Ages” is a story Philip Clark has always wanted to tell. “Having lived the life I lived, sometimes I feel I’d like to see the ‘what ifs’ out there. With ‘Quantum,’ I get to explore the possibility of, say ‘what would have happened if I never left Wyoming, or ‘what if I was already a rock-star.” Philip has some great surprises planned for the series. “I hope to tell ‘Quantum’ in a trilogy, so these first twelve issues will be the first arc,” Clark explains. “I loved Matt Wagner’s ‘Mage: The Hero Discovered,’ and, like that story, I have a bomb I’m going to drop about halfway through the first arc. And I’ve already set the stage for the next two arcs, but that’s a ways away.”

Philip Clark’s musical résumé reads like a who’s who of the industry. As a veteran session musician and producer, Philip’s credits include James Brown, Groove Collective, Afrikka Bambatta, Zulu Nation, and Brooklyn Funk Essentials. He is the only funky white-boy of his kind to hail from the great state of Wyoming. Clark is a two-time winner of “Amateur Night at the Apollo, and has played venues such as L.A.’s House of Blues, The Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, and Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Singles from his debut album “The State of Blue-Eyed Soul” have scored top 10 positions on various internet radio charts, and have earned Clark over 100,000 streams and downloads.

Philip Clark currently lives in Astoria, Queens. When he’s not writing “Quantum” he’s producing music and playing in New York City with his eponymous band.

Check out more of Philip's Work at:

http://philipclark.com

    A born and raised New Yorker, James Rodriguez fell in love with drawing at the tender age of 4 after watching a "how to draw" show on PBS. After that, he was introduced to comics haphazardly by his father when he accompanied him to get a hair cut. James picked up an X-Men book in the magazine pile and after that he was hooked. He went on to the High School of Art & Design where he graduated in the top 10 percentile of his graduating class. Afterwards, he attended the prestigious School of Visual Arts where he was taught by comic book legends Walter Simonson, Klaus Jansen and Joe Orlando. Among his graduating classmates were Jamal Igle (Firestorm), Chris Batista (JLA, Hawkman), and Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis). He also later hung out at Bill (Shi) Tucci's Studio, learning the finer points of putting a comic book together. For the last 15 years he has worked as a freelance illustrator on several projects in both print and his 2nd love, film, as a storyboard artist, production designer and art director. Rodriguez has also co-produced the Latin comedy troupe "SAL SOUL" at the famed Caroline's Comedy Club for several shows.
    He joined the Comic Art Guild founded by Keith Murphey, where he met Philip Clark creator of Quantum. He took over artist duties on QUANTUM: Rock of Ages with issue 3. "I have found my experience on QUANTUM a very fulfilling experience as an artist and creator and I get the chance to collaborate with Philip on the look of the book as well as figure out the pacing which has always been a major concern with me on any comic project. I also want to bring to comics a very cinematic feel and sense of movement that one finds in film."
    An avid film collector, James has studied the flow of film as well as the composition of an image. And he hopes to bring that to comics as well as influences from other avenues. His main artistic influences come from a diverse array of talents. Among them are classical painters Velazquez, Norman Rockwell and Frank Frazetta to comic artists like Jim Lee, John Byrne, Alex Ross, Arthur Adams & Frank Cho. James also counts production designers among his influences like Ron Cobb, Syd Mead and even filmmakers James Cameron, Ridley Scott and Stanley Kubrick to name a few. James Rodriguez resides in Queens, New York where aside from QUANTUM he works as a graphic designer. At present he is at work on several projects. The most current of which is his creator owned project tentatively entitled "The Sara Chronicles," which he calls a mix between "My So Called Life" and Green Lantern. He also orders out for Chinese a lot, and is pretty outspoken on politics and space exploration--his other interests.

Check out more of James' Work at:

http://stanleythemole.com/cag/caggallery.html

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