Ha, Gene - TRANSMETROPOLITAN #55 Cover
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Gene Ha pencils and inks; cover (DC Comics, 2002); image size 10" x 15"
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Gene Ha pencils and inks; cover (DC Comics, 2002); image size 10" x 15"
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Gene Ha pencils and inks; cover (DC Comics, 2002); image size 10" x 15"Spider Jerusalem is unfazed by his current situation, a perfect encapsulation of the feeling of reading Warren Ellis' cyberpunk tale of corporate corruption. Ha brings his talents to one of the final covers of the series which concluded with #60. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Ha.
The “Headlong” story arc began in issue #55 and ran through issue #57. After they expose a massacre by a National Guard detachment resembling the one that occurred at Kent State University, the media and the rest of the government finally begin to stand up against Callahan.
Published April 10, 2002
Image of the published cover is for reference only.
Artist Information
Gene Ha was born in Chicago and raised in South Bend, Indiana. Ha cites as his influences numerous creators from the 1980s, such as John Byrne, Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walter Simonson, Alan Moore, and most importantly Matt Wagner, whose “Mage” series Ha says is still “epic” to him, and its main characters “personal archetypes”. Ha’s first published comics work was in “Green Lantern #36” (February 1993), whose story, “The Ghost of Christmas Light”, was written by Gerard Jones. He would go on to illustrate a number of comics for DC & Malibu Comics, and did work for Marvel as well, illustrating the 1994 miniseries “The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix”, which documented the childhood of the character Cable. He would draw that miniseries’ sequel as well, “Askani’son”. Ha was one of the artists on the “Shade” limited series which spun off from the “Starman” series. He would subsequently illustrate a number of properties for various publishers, including “Aliens: Havoc”, “Superman”, “JLA Annual”, which included interiors and cover work. In 1999, he began illustrating “Top Ten”, one of the series of Alan Moore’s America’s Best Comics imprint for Wildstorm. He would draw that series’ twelve issues which ran until late 2001. Moore and Ha collaborated on the “Top 10: The Forty-Niners” graphic novel prequel published in 2005. In 2002, Ha wrote “The Stronghold”, an Iron Fist story published in “Marvel Knights Double Shot #4”, which represented his first published comics writing. In a December 2013 interview, Ha announced a sabbatical from work for hire comics and expressed his desire to focus on creator-owned projects. In June 2015, Dark Horse Comics selected for publication Ha’s creator-owned series “Mae”, which Ha funded through the Crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The Mae fundraising campaign, which was for a 68-page Mae graphic novel written and illustrated by Ha, launched on April 24, reached its goal of $22,000 in 36 hours, and concluded with a total of $75,643. In April 2022, Ha illustrated the second issue of “Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons”. Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, the three-issue limited series takes place before the birth of Diana and tells of the creation of the Amazons and how Hippolyta became their queen. The first “Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons” issue was illustrated by Phil Jimenez and the third by Nicola Scott; an omnibus edition of the comics miniseries was released in June 2023.
Gene Ha pencils and inks; cover (DC Comics, 2002); image size 10" x 15"Spider Jerusalem is unfazed by his current situation, a perfect encapsulation of the feeling of reading Warren Ellis' cyberpunk tale of corporate corruption. Ha brings his talents to one of the final covers of the series which concluded with #60. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Ha.
The “Headlong” story arc began in issue #55 and ran through issue #57. After they expose a massacre by a National Guard detachment resembling the one that occurred at Kent State University, the media and the rest of the government finally begin to stand up against Callahan.
Published April 10, 2002
Image of the published cover is for reference only.
Artist Information
Gene Ha was born in Chicago and raised in South Bend, Indiana. Ha cites as his influences numerous creators from the 1980s, such as John Byrne, Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walter Simonson, Alan Moore, and most importantly Matt Wagner, whose “Mage” series Ha says is still “epic” to him, and its main characters “personal archetypes”. Ha’s first published comics work was in “Green Lantern #36” (February 1993), whose story, “The Ghost of Christmas Light”, was written by Gerard Jones. He would go on to illustrate a number of comics for DC & Malibu Comics, and did work for Marvel as well, illustrating the 1994 miniseries “The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix”, which documented the childhood of the character Cable. He would draw that miniseries’ sequel as well, “Askani’son”. Ha was one of the artists on the “Shade” limited series which spun off from the “Starman” series. He would subsequently illustrate a number of properties for various publishers, including “Aliens: Havoc”, “Superman”, “JLA Annual”, which included interiors and cover work. In 1999, he began illustrating “Top Ten”, one of the series of Alan Moore’s America’s Best Comics imprint for Wildstorm. He would draw that series’ twelve issues which ran until late 2001. Moore and Ha collaborated on the “Top 10: The Forty-Niners” graphic novel prequel published in 2005. In 2002, Ha wrote “The Stronghold”, an Iron Fist story published in “Marvel Knights Double Shot #4”, which represented his first published comics writing. In a December 2013 interview, Ha announced a sabbatical from work for hire comics and expressed his desire to focus on creator-owned projects. In June 2015, Dark Horse Comics selected for publication Ha’s creator-owned series “Mae”, which Ha funded through the Crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The Mae fundraising campaign, which was for a 68-page Mae graphic novel written and illustrated by Ha, launched on April 24, reached its goal of $22,000 in 36 hours, and concluded with a total of $75,643. In April 2022, Ha illustrated the second issue of “Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons”. Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, the three-issue limited series takes place before the birth of Diana and tells of the creation of the Amazons and how Hippolyta became their queen. The first “Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons” issue was illustrated by Phil Jimenez and the third by Nicola Scott; an omnibus edition of the comics miniseries was released in June 2023.