Ken Meyer, Jr.
As of this writing, Ken Meyer Jr. just moved to Fairfax, VA with his wife Mona, their 8 year-old daughter, Riley, and 2 year-old daughter, Avery Raina.
"It's been a long and winding road to get here, lemme tell ya!"
Ken was born a self-proclaimed Air Force brat in Isabella, Puerto Rico. He lost whatever brattish tendencies would have emerged, with two brothers and two sisters following quickly after him.
They moved around quite a bit, living in 6 or 7 states (and the Philippines) until his mother, siblings, and Ken ended up in Savannah, Georgia. Late in high school, Ken moved with his brother to Utah to live with their father. Ken went to college there, DJ'd at a radio station and had lots of pre-responsibility fun.
Meyer moved around a bit on his own, plowing through two cities in Utah, and then leveled Albuquerque, Tucson, Las Vegas (where he worked on a secret project for a government contractor dealing with the Stealth fighter in the middle of the Nevada desert--supposedly right across from Area 51), and had various jobs in the San Diego area. He now lives close to Washington DC.
Meyer has been reading comics since he was a kid. He first started to learn how to draw by tracing from them in his grandmother's kitchen.
Ken still reads many comics, but he feels they have drifted in subject matter from the superheroes of his youth to more alternative fare such as Cerebus, Strangers in Paradise, Kabuki, Powers and others.
A few artists who have really influenced Ken from comics include John Buscema, Barry Smith, Berni Wrightson, Dave Sim, Steve Rude, Dave McKean, Gil Kane and many others.
Commercial artists who amaze Meyer include Rick Berry and Phil Hale, Gary Kelley, Kazuhiko Sano, Brad Holland, David Grove, to name a few.
Ken has done work for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Eclipse Comics, Image Comics, Caliber Press (where he did 5 issues of a continuing title, "Kilroy is Here"), Axcess magazine, and many mainstream companies (including, believe it or not, Penthouse publications).
Meyer has had work featured in five of the nine volumes of "Spectrum," a compilation of the best fantasy and science fiction art of the year and musician Tori Amos' '96/97 Tour's program book. Also, recently released is a compilation/reprint of a short series that Ken did with Warren Ellis for Calber comics years ago called Atmospherics, from Avatar Press.
Until recently, Meyer worked at a division of Sony that makes online games, specifially one called Everquest. Currently, Ken is beginning some new jobs for White Wolf Games, cartoon and design work for various clients, and a Tori Amos calendar with some great artists involved.
