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James O'Barr

James O'Barr (born January 1, 1960) is an American comics artist, writer and graphic artist, best known as the creator of the comic book series The Crow.[1]

James O'Barr
O'Barr in April 2016
Born (1960-01-01) January 1, 1960 (age 64)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
The Crow
Children1

Early life edit

O'Barr, an orphan, was raised in the foster care system.[2]

Career edit

In 1978, O'Barr enlisted in the Marines. While stationed in Germany, he illustrated combat manuals for the military.

Before entering the Marines, O'Barr's fiancée, Beverly, had been killed by a drunk driver. While living in Berlin in 1981, O'Barr began work on his comic The Crow as a means of dealing with his personal tragedy.[3] O'Barr was further inspired by a Detroit newspaper account of the murder of a young couple over a $20 engagement ring.[4] In The Crow, the protagonist, Eric, and his fiancée, Shelly, are murdered by a gang of criminals. Eric then returns from the dead, guided by a supernatural crow, to hunt their killers.

After his discharge from the Marines, O'Barr continued his painting and illustration as well as doing various odd jobs, including working for a Detroit body shop. The Crow sat on a shelf for seven years, but at last he found a publisher with Gary Reed of Caliber Press. The first miniseries was published in 1989. The Crow has since sold more than 750,000 copies worldwide.[5]

O'Barr's own hope that his project would result in a personal catharsis went unfulfilled. During an interview in 1994, he said, "[A]s I drew each page, it made me more self-destructive, if anything... There is pure anger on each page".[6]

In the 1990s O'Barr was affiliated with the experimental metal band Trust Obey, which was signed briefly to Trent Reznor's Nothing label.[citation needed] Trust Obey released the album Fear and Bullets: Music to Accompany The Crow in 1993. The album was packaged with a special edition of The Crow graphic novel.

The Crow was adapted into a successful film of the same name in 1994, which was marred by the tragic death of its star, Brandon Lee, during filming.[7] The film went on to spawn three sequels and a television series.

After the success of The Crow film, O'Barr began planning a post-apocalyptic graphic novel series entitled Gothik. The series was based on The Wizard of Oz and featured "Jonny Z" from his short story "Frame 137" as the main character.[8]

In January 2013 Motionworks Entertainment released O'Barr's western comic, Sundown, which served as their debut motion comic[9] for iPhone and iPad.[10] He also announced his work on a comic about the Korean War, centered on the efforts of three US Marine guncrews to hold Fox Hill during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, with a different artist drawing each gun crew.[11]

In 2013, O'Barr was named as a consultant on a possible reboot of The Crow film franchise.[12] Although previously opposed to the project, in an October 2014 interview, O'Barr spoke about his involvement in the reboot of The Crow. He discussed the approach to the adaptation and efforts being made to respect the original film.[11] Later, in November 2014, O'Barr appeared at the Wizard World Tulsa Comic Con and stated that he was co-writing the script with screenwriter Cliff Dorfman.[13]

Personal life edit

 
James O'Barr and Chiara Bautista at Lucca Comics & Games 2018

As of the mid-2000s, O'Barr resided in Dallas.[14]

Bibliography edit

Title Credits Publisher Date Item type
Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special #1 Pin-up: The Crow Fantagraphics Books 1990-06 Comic Book
Andi: Sibling #1 Back Cover Sabre's Edge 2001 Comic Book
Anodyne Cover, 5 plates (The Crow) Blue Monkey Graphics 2005 Portfolio
Ashes #4 "Angelman" 15 pp. (inspired by, w/ John Bergin), "Wasp Baby (Morphine Dream #16)" 4 pp. (w/ John Bergin) Caliber Press 1990-08 Comic Book
Ashes #5 "Coyote" 12 pp. (w/ John Bergin) Caliber Press 1990-10 Comic Book
Beat to a Pulp: Round 1 Cover Beat to a Pulp 2010-10 Book (SC)
Best of Northstar #1 "Zeitgeist" preview 3 pp. Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1992-08 Comic Book
Black Dominion Vol. 1 Pin-up: Krishna and Vox (Zeitgeist) Anubis Press 1993-07 Comic Book
Black Dominion Vol. 1 (Limited Edition) Pin-up: Krishna and Vox (Zeitgeist) Anubis Press 1993-07 Comic Book
Black Feathers by The Mag Seven Cover End Sounds 2010-11 Album
Bone Saw #1 Editor (w/ John Bergin), "Slave Cylinder" 32 pp. (w/ Carolyn Bergin and Jeff Holland), "German Film, Blurred" 1 p. (w/ John Bergin), "Recoil (Morphine Dream #21)" 2 pp. (w/ John Bergin) Tundra Publishing 1992 Original Comic Anthology (SC)
Book of Deady Reprints "Here, Kitty Kitty" from Deady the Terrible Teddy Vol. 2 Sirius Entertainment 2006-03 Collected Ed. (SC)
Caliber Christmas, A #1 Cover, "Atmosphere (The Crow)" 6 pp. Caliber Press 1989-12 Comic Book
Caliber Presents # 1 Back Cover, "Inertia (The Crow)" 8 pp., "Io, Part 1: Silo" 12 pp. (as Barbed Wire Halo Studios) Caliber Press 1989-01 Comic Book
Caliber Presents # 2 Cover, "Skinner (Gideon's)" 8 pp. (ill. only, w/ Gary Reed (as Kyle Garrett)) Caliber Press 1989-03 Comic Book
Caliber Presents # 3 Cover (as Barbed Wire Halo Studios), "Io, Part 2: Fleshette" 8 pp. (as Barbed Wire Halo Studios) Caliber Press 1989-05 Comic Book
Caliber Presents # 5 Cover, "Old World" 6 pp. (ill. only, w/ Mark C. Perry and Guy Davis) Caliber Press 1989-07 Comic Book
Caliber Presents #15 Sketchbook 8 pp., The Crow #5 preview 9 pp. Caliber Press 1990-09 Comic Book
Choke Vol. 2 Cover (w/ James Widmark), Reprints "Wasp Baby" from Ashes #4 Anubis Press 1993-08 Comic Book
Choke Vol. 2 (Limited Edition) Reprints "Wasp Baby" from Ashes #4 Anubis Press 1993-08 Comic Book
Cobalt 60 Book 3 Pin-up: Cobalt 60 Tundra Publishing 1992-05 Magazine
Comic Shop News 1990 Winter Preview Cover Comic Shop News 1990 Newsletter
Crow – Special Edition, The Cover, Reprints The Crow #1–4, The Crow Vol. 3, "Inertia" from Caliber Presents #1, "Atmosphere" from A Caliber Christmas, plus additional material. (Note: Revised and expanded, including 30 all-new pages and a new introduction by the author) Gallery Books 2011 Collected Ed. (SC)
Crow, The Cover, Back Cover, Reprints The Crow #1–4, The Crow Vol. 3, "Inertia" from Caliber Presents #1, "Atmosphere" from A Caliber Christmas, plus additional material. (Note: 1,500 S&N copies, some with Slipcase & CD) Graphitti Designs 1993 Collected Ed. (HC)
Crow, The Cover, Back Cover, Reprints The Crow #1–4, The Crow Vol. 3, "Inertia" from Caliber Presents #1, "Atmosphere" from A Caliber Christmas, plus additional material. Kitchen Sink Press 1993 Collected Ed. (SC)
Crow, The Cover, Back Cover, Reprints The Crow #1–4, The Crow Vol. 3, "Inertia" from Caliber Presents #1, "Atmosphere" from A Caliber Christmas, plus additional material. (Note: Later printing of the Kitchen Sink Press collected edition, but with the tagline "Now A Major Motion Picture" added to the cover) Kitchen Sink Press 1994 Collected Ed. (SC)
Crow, The Cover, Back Cover, Reprints The Crow #1–4, The Crow Vol. 3, "Inertia" from Caliber Presents #1, "Atmosphere" from A Caliber Christmas, plus additional material. Pocket Books 2002 Collected Ed. (SC)
Crow, The #0: A Cycle of Shattered Lives Cover, "The Crow" 6 pp., "October- The Breath of God: Crow II" 2 pp., "Shadowplay" 1 p., "She Smiles in Pain and Glory" 1 p., "Spine of the Snake" 1 p., "Three Dreams from The Book of Dreams" 3 pp. Kitchen Sink Press 1998-12 Comic Book
Crow, The #1 Cover, "Pain" 32 pp. Caliber Press 1989-02 Comic Book
Crow, The #2 Cover, "Fear" 32 pp. Caliber Press 1989-03 Comic Book
Crow, The #3 Cover, "Irony" 32 pp. Caliber Press 1989-08 Comic Book
Crow, The #4 Cover, "Despair" 32 pp. Caliber Press 1989 Comic Book
Crow, The Vol. 1: Pain & Fear Cover, Back Cover, Reprints The Crow #1–2 Tundra Publishing 1992-01 Comic Book
Crow, The Vol. 2: Irony & Despair Cover, Back Cover, Reprints The Crow #3–4 Tundra Publishing 1992-03 Comic Book
Crow, The Vol. 3: Death Cover, Back Cover, "Death" 64 pp. (Note: Would have been The Crow #5 if published by Caliber) Tundra Publishing 1992-05 Comic Book
Crow: Dead Time, The Back Cover, Story, Reprints The Crow: Dead Time 1–3 Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1997-01 Collected Ed. (SC)
Crow: Dead Time, The #1 Cover, Story Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1996-01 Comic Book
Crow: Dead Time, The #2 Cover, Story Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1996-02 Comic Book
Crow: Dead Time, The #3 Cover, Story Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1996-03 Comic Book
Crow: Flesh & Blood, The Back Cover, Reprints The Crow: Flesh & Blood 1–3 Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1998-02 Collected Ed. (SC)
Crow: Flesh & Blood, The B&W reprints of original covers, Reprints The Crow: Flesh & Blood 1–3 Dark Horse Comics 2004 Collected Ed. (SC)
Crow: Flesh & Blood, The #1 Cover Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1996-05 Comic Book
Crow: Flesh & Blood, The #2 Cover Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1996-06 Comic Book
Crow: Flesh & Blood, The #3 Cover Kitchen Sink Press/Top Dollar Comics 1996-07 Comic Book
Crow Magazine, The #1 Interview 3 pp. Todd McFarlane Productions/Top Dollar Comics 2000-03 Magazine
Crow Portfolio, The Cover, 6 plates (Note: 2,500 S&N copies) Tundra Publishing 1993 Portfolio
Crow/Razor: Kill the Pain, The #1 Cover London Night Studios/Top Dollar Comics 1998-04 Comic Book
Crow/Razor: Kill the Pain, The #2 Cover London Night Studios/Top Dollar Comics 1998-05 Comic Book
Crow/Razor: Kill the Pain, The #3 Cover London Night Studios/Top Dollar Comics 1998-07 Comic Book
Crow/Razor: Nocturnal Masque, The B&W reprints of original covers London Night Studios/Top Dollar Comics 1999-02 Magazine
Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams, The Cover, Editor (w/ Ed Kramer), "Spooky, Codeine and the Dead Man" 8 pp., "The Real Thing" 8 pp. (ill. only, w/ Andrew Vachss), "Jesus Christ's Wrists" 1 p., "Hellbent" 20 pp. (ill. only, w/ A. A. Attanasio), "Darkness and the Shadow of Light" 2 pp. Del Rey 1998-12 Book (HC)
Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams, The Cover, Editor (w/ Ed Kramer), "Spooky, Codeine and the Dead Man" 8 pp., "Shuttlecock" 30 pp. (ill. only, w/ Edward Bryant), "Jesus Christ's Wrists" 1 p., "Hellbent" 20 pp. (ill. only, w/ A. A. Attanasio), "Darkness and the Shadow of Light" 2 pp. Del Rey 1999-10 Book (SC)
Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams, The Cover, Editor (w/ Ed Kramer), "Spooky, Codeine and the Dead Man" 8 pp., "Shuttlecock" 30 pp. (ill. only, w/ Edward Bryant), "Jesus Christ's Wrists" 1 p., "Hellbent" 20 pp. (ill. only, w/ A. A. Attanasio), "Darkness and the Shadow of Light" 2 pp. (Note: 1,500 S&N copies, 39 signatures, 55 ill., traycase) Donald M. Grant 2001-02 Book (HC)
Cybernetic Liberation Front #1 Cover Anubis Press 1993 Comic Book
Dante's Disciples Introduction White Wolf Publishing 1996-08 Book (SC)
Dante's Disciples Introduction White Wolf Publishing 1998-09 Book (SC-MM)
Dark Angel #20 (Alternate Cover) Cover CPM Manga 2000 Comic Book
Dark Fantasies #3 Cover Dark Fantasy Productions 1994 Comic Book
Dark Fantasies #3 (Red foil) Cover Dark Fantasy Productions 1994 Comic Book
Dark Horse Presents #61 "Frame 137 (Gothik)" 4 pp. Dark Horse Comics 1992-04 Comic Book
Dead Boys #1 Cover London Night Studios 1993 Comic Book
Dead Boys #1 (Gold) Cover London Night Studios 1993 Comic Book
Dead Boys #1 (Silver) Cover London Night Studios 1993 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #10 (Graphic) Back Cover, "Give 'Em Enough Rope" 16 pp. (inks only (as Jonny Zero) w/ Jack Herman and Vince Locke) Caliber Press 1988-11 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #10 (Tame) Cover (as Jonny Zero), Back Cover, "Give 'Em Enough Rope" 16 pp. (inks only (as Jonny Zero) w/ Jack Herman and Vince Locke) Caliber Press 1988-11 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #11 (Tame) Cover (as Jonny Zero) Caliber Press 1989-04 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #12 (Tame) Cover (as Jonny Zero) Caliber Press 1989-06 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #13 (Tame) Cover Caliber Press 1989-07 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #14 (Tame) Wraparound Cover Caliber Press 1990-03 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #16 (Tame) Cover Caliber Press 1990 Comic Book
Deadworld Vol. 1, #17 (Tame) Cover Caliber Press 1990 Comic Book
Deadworld Classic Vol. 2 B&W reprints of original covers, Reprints "Give 'Em Enough Rope" from Deadworld #10 Desperado/IDW 2011-07 Collected Ed. (SC)
Deady the Terrible Teddy Vol. 2 "Here, Kitty Kitty (The Crow)" 3 pp. (w/ Voltaire) Sirius Entertainment 2004-12 Comic Book
Death Rattle Vol. 3, #2 "The Crow: Dead Time" preview 4 pp. Kitchen Sink Press 1995-12 Comic Book
Death Rattle Vol. 3, #3 Cover, "The Crow: Lost Pages" 8 pp. Kitchen Sink Press 1996-02 Comic Book
Freaks Amour #2 Cover Dark Horse Comics 1992-09 Comic Book
French Crow, The Cover (Note: French language) Goutte d'Or Productions 2002 Original Comic Anthology (SC)
Fugitive #1 "Where No Madman Has Gone Before" 13 pp. (ill. only, w/ Charles Marshall and Guy Davis) Caliber Press 1989-10 Comic Book
Gasm #4 "Incident on Planetoid 7" 9 pp. (as Zen) Stories, Layout & Press 1978-04 Magazine
Godhead Vol. 2 Cover (w/ James Widmark) Anubis Press 1993-03 Comic Book
Harbonah[15] Card art Last Unicorn Games 1995 Card from Heresy: Kingdom Come
Hard Looks #3 Cover, "Any Time I Want" 14 pp. (ill. and letters, w/ Jerry Prosser and Andrew Vachss) Dark Horse Comics 1992-07 Comic Book
Hard Looks #9 "Joy Ride" 7 pp. (ill. and letters, w/ Neal Barrett, Jr. and Andrew Vachss) Dark Horse Comics 1993-07 Comic Book
Hard Looks: Adapted Stories Vol. 1 Reprints "Any Time I Want" from Hard Looks #3 Dark Horse Comics 1994 Collected Ed. (SC)
Hard Looks: Adapted Stories (2nd Edition) Reprints "Any Time I Want" from Hard Looks #3 and "Joy Ride" from Hard Looks #9 Dark Horse Comics 1996-09 Collected Ed. (SC)
Harpy Pin-Up Special #1 Cover Peregrine Entertainment 1998-04 Comic Book
Heavy Metal Sept.1993 Crow gallery 4 pp. Metal Mammoth 1993-09 Magazine
Horror: The Illustrated Book of Fears #2 "Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls" 16 pgs (w/ David J. Schow) Northstar Publishing 1990-02 Magazine
Independent Voices #3 Wraparound Cover (w/ Joseph Michael Linsner) Peregrine Entertainment 2001-08 Comic Book
Io Book 0 Reprints "Io, Part 1: Silo" from Caliber Presents #1 and "Io, Part 2: Fleshette" from Caliber Presents #3 (Note: Restored by John Bergin, including new color and textures, framing pages and cover) Negative Comics 2011-12 Comic Book
James O'Barr: Savages #1 Cover, Back cover, Image gallery 12 pp., Sketch galley 15 pp., Reprints "Shadow's Smile" from Tasty Bits #1 Peregrine Entertainment 2001-09 Comic Book
James O'Barr's Art Cards 10 card set Crow Fan Club/Strictly Ink 2003 Trading Cards
James O'Barr's Audio Commentary of "The Crow" starring Brandon Lee Cover, Audio commentary Crow Fan Club 2003 Audio (2-CD Set)
James O'Barr's Audio Commentary of "The Crow" starring Brandon Lee (Pre-Order Edition) Cover, Audio commentary (Note: 20 S&N copies w/ original art) Crow Fan Club 2003 Audio (2-CD Set)
James O'Barr's Sketchbook #1: The Crow Cover, Back Cover, Pin-up/Sketch gallery 24 pp. Blue Monkey Graphics 2004 Sketchbook
James O'Barr's Sketchbook #2: Women Wraparound Cover, Pin-up/Sketch gallery 24 pp. Blue Monkey Graphics 2004 Sketchbook
James O'Barr's Sketchbook #3 Wraparound Cover, Pin-up/Sketch gallery 20 pp. (Note: 50 S&N copies) Blue Monkey Graphics 2004-09 Sketchbook
Kabuki Images Pin-up: Kabuki Image Comics 1998-06 Comic Book
Life and Death in Black, White and Blue: Poems and Stories Cover PublishAmerica 2006-04 Book (SC)
Motor City Comic Con Fall '02 Cover Motor City Conventions 2002-10 Program Guide
Monster Massacre Pin-up: The Reptile House (Gothik) Atomeka Press 1993 Comic Book
Monster Massacre (Silver Edition) Pin-up: The Reptile House (Gothik) Atomeka Press 1993 Comic Book
Monster Massacre Special #1 "Snake Dance (Gothik)" 14 pp. (w/ John Bergin) Blackball Comics 1993 Comic Book
Naiades by Monica Richards Painting (in album booklet) Elyrian Music/BMI 2012 Album
Necromancer #2 Back Cover Anarchy Press 1993 Comic Book
Necromancer #2 (Ashcan) Cover Anarchy Press 1993 Comic Book
Northstar 5th Anniversary Special #1 Pin-Up: Zeitgeist Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1995-03 Comic Book
Northstar Presents #1: James O'Barr Cover, Reprints "Zeitgeist, Part One" from Slash #2 and "Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls" from Horror: The Illustrated Book of Fears #2 Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1994-10 Comic Book
Northstar Presents #1: James O'Barr (Gold Edition) Cover, Reprints "Zeitgeist, Part One" from Slash #2 and "Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls" from Horror: The Illustrated Book of Fears #2 Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1995-04 Comic Book
Original Sins #1 Cover, Crow gallery 7 pp., Reprints "Io, Part 1: Silo" from Caliber Presents #1 and "Io, Part 2: Fleshette" from Caliber Presents #3 ACG/Avalon Communications 1999 Comic Book
Pink Dust: Morphine Dreams Cover, Back Cover, "Pink Dust on a Yellow Moon (Morphine Dream #39)" 14 pp., "Wages of Sin" 6 pp., Reprints B&W version of "Slave Cylinder" from Bone Saw #1 Kitchen Sink Press 1998-08 Comic Book
Razor #2 Cover London Night Studios 1993-02 Comic Book
Razor: Tour of Fear #2 Back Cover London Night Studios 1993 Comic Book
Realm, The #20 Jam Cover (w/ 24 other artists) Caliber Press 1990-12 Comic Book
Ride: Inertia's Kiss Sketchbook, The Cover, Back Cover (photos), "History of a Gearhead" 3 pp., Sketch gallery 21 pp., Reprints "Slave Cylinder" from Bone Saw #1 (3 pp. only) and "G" Forces" from Savage Tales #4 12 Gauge Comics 2006 Comic Book
San Diego Comic Con Comics #2 Pin-up: Gothik Dark Horse Comics 1993 Comic Book
Savage Tales Vol. 2, #4 "G" Forces" 4 pp. Marvel Comics 1986-04 Magazine
Slash #1 Cover, "Zeitgeist" preview 2 pp., Reprints "Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls" from Horror: The Illustrated Book of Fears #2 Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1992-08 Comic Book
Slash #1 (2nd print, Red foil) Cover, Back Cover, Reprints "Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls" from Horror: The Illustrated Book of Fears #2 Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1993-08 Comic Book
Slash #2 Cover, "Zeitgeist, Part One" 8 pp. Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1992-11 Comic Book
Slash #3 Cover Northstar/Arpad Publishing 1993-02 Comic Book
Sundown "Sundown" preview 2:20 Motionworks Entertainment 2011 Digital Motion Comic
Tasty Bits #1 Cover, "Shadows" 5 pp., "Upon Thy Belly Thou Shalt Go..." 2 pp. (as Zen), Pin-up gallery 14 pp., Reprints "Frame 137" from Dark Horse Presents #61 ACG/Avalon Communications 1999 Comic Book
Terra X #1 Cover, Interview 3 pp. Insta-Graphics 1991 Magazine
Vesper #1A Cover, Back Cover (w/ Hannibal King) Acetylene Comics 2001 Comic Book
Vesper #2A Cover, Pin-up: Vesper (B&W version of cover) Acetylene Comics 2001 Comic Book
Visions: From the Mind of James O'Barr Cover, Sketch gallery 20 pp. (Note: included exclusively with The Crow: The Complete Interactive Collection CD-Rom) Content, Inc. 1996 Sketchbook
The Crow – Skinning the Wolves Story IDW Publishing 2012 Comic Book
The Crow – Curare Story IDW Publishing 2013 Comic Book

References edit

  1. ^ Levine, Robert (1994-05-30). "From the Beginning, 'The Crow' Had a Grim Side : Movies: James O'Barr's comic book might have adapted smoothly to the big screen, but it was spurred by personal tragedy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
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External links edit

  • James O'Barr at IMDb
  • James O'Barr at ComicBookDB.com

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James O Barr born January 1 1960 is an American comics artist writer and graphic artist best known as the creator of the comic book series The Crow 1 James O BarrO Barr in April 2016Born 1960 01 01 January 1 1960 age 64 Detroit Michigan U S NationalityAmericanArea s Writer ArtistNotable worksThe CrowChildren1 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editO Barr an orphan was raised in the foster care system 2 Career editIn 1978 O Barr enlisted in the Marines While stationed in Germany he illustrated combat manuals for the military Before entering the Marines O Barr s fiancee Beverly had been killed by a drunk driver While living in Berlin in 1981 O Barr began work on his comic The Crow as a means of dealing with his personal tragedy 3 O Barr was further inspired by a Detroit newspaper account of the murder of a young couple over a 20 engagement ring 4 In The Crow the protagonist Eric and his fiancee Shelly are murdered by a gang of criminals Eric then returns from the dead guided by a supernatural crow to hunt their killers After his discharge from the Marines O Barr continued his painting and illustration as well as doing various odd jobs including working for a Detroit body shop The Crow sat on a shelf for seven years but at last he found a publisher with Gary Reed of Caliber Press The first miniseries was published in 1989 The Crow has since sold more than 750 000 copies worldwide 5 O Barr s own hope that his project would result in a personal catharsis went unfulfilled During an interview in 1994 he said A s I drew each page it made me more self destructive if anything There is pure anger on each page 6 In the 1990s O Barr was affiliated with the experimental metal band Trust Obey which was signed briefly to Trent Reznor s Nothing label citation needed Trust Obey released the album Fear and Bullets Music to Accompany The Crow in 1993 The album was packaged with a special edition of The Crow graphic novel The Crow was adapted into a successful film of the same name in 1994 which was marred by the tragic death of its star Brandon Lee during filming 7 The film went on to spawn three sequels and a television series After the success of The Crow film O Barr began planning a post apocalyptic graphic novel series entitled Gothik The series was based on The Wizard of Oz and featured Jonny Z from his short story Frame 137 as the main character 8 In January 2013 Motionworks Entertainment released O Barr s western comic Sundown which served as their debut motion comic 9 for iPhone and iPad 10 He also announced his work on a comic about the Korean War centered on the efforts of three US Marine guncrews to hold Fox Hill during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir with a different artist drawing each gun crew 11 In 2013 O Barr was named as a consultant on a possible reboot of The Crow film franchise 12 Although previously opposed to the project in an October 2014 interview O Barr spoke about his involvement in the reboot of The Crow He discussed the approach to the adaptation and efforts being made to respect the original film 11 Later in November 2014 O Barr appeared at the Wizard World Tulsa Comic Con and stated that he was co writing the script with screenwriter Cliff Dorfman 13 Personal life edit nbsp James O Barr and Chiara Bautista at Lucca Comics amp Games 2018As of the mid 2000s O Barr resided in Dallas 14 Bibliography editTitle Credits Publisher Date Item typeAmazing Heroes Swimsuit Special 1 Pin up The Crow Fantagraphics Books 1990 06 Comic BookAndi Sibling 1 Back Cover Sabre s Edge 2001 Comic BookAnodyne Cover 5 plates The Crow Blue Monkey Graphics 2005 PortfolioAshes 4 Angelman 15 pp inspired by w John Bergin Wasp Baby Morphine Dream 16 4 pp w John Bergin Caliber Press 1990 08 Comic BookAshes 5 Coyote 12 pp w John Bergin Caliber Press 1990 10 Comic BookBeat to a Pulp Round 1 Cover Beat to a Pulp 2010 10 Book SC Best of Northstar 1 Zeitgeist preview 3 pp Northstar Arpad Publishing 1992 08 Comic BookBlack Dominion Vol 1 Pin up Krishna and Vox Zeitgeist Anubis Press 1993 07 Comic BookBlack Dominion Vol 1 Limited Edition Pin up Krishna and Vox Zeitgeist Anubis Press 1993 07 Comic BookBlack Feathers by The Mag Seven Cover End Sounds 2010 11 AlbumBone Saw 1 Editor w John Bergin Slave Cylinder 32 pp w Carolyn Bergin and Jeff Holland German Film Blurred 1 p w John Bergin Recoil Morphine Dream 21 2 pp w John Bergin Tundra Publishing 1992 Original Comic Anthology SC Book of Deady Reprints Here Kitty Kitty from Deady the Terrible Teddy Vol 2 Sirius Entertainment 2006 03 Collected Ed SC Caliber Christmas A 1 Cover Atmosphere The Crow 6 pp Caliber Press 1989 12 Comic BookCaliber Presents 1 Back Cover Inertia The Crow 8 pp Io Part 1 Silo 12 pp as Barbed Wire Halo Studios Caliber Press 1989 01 Comic BookCaliber Presents 2 Cover Skinner Gideon s 8 pp ill only w Gary Reed as Kyle Garrett Caliber Press 1989 03 Comic BookCaliber Presents 3 Cover as Barbed Wire Halo Studios Io Part 2 Fleshette 8 pp as Barbed Wire Halo Studios Caliber Press 1989 05 Comic BookCaliber Presents 5 Cover Old World 6 pp ill only w Mark C Perry and Guy Davis Caliber Press 1989 07 Comic BookCaliber Presents 15 Sketchbook 8 pp The Crow 5 preview 9 pp Caliber Press 1990 09 Comic BookChoke Vol 2 Cover w James Widmark Reprints Wasp Baby from Ashes 4 Anubis Press 1993 08 Comic BookChoke Vol 2 Limited Edition Reprints Wasp Baby from Ashes 4 Anubis Press 1993 08 Comic BookCobalt 60 Book 3 Pin up Cobalt 60 Tundra Publishing 1992 05 MagazineComic Shop News 1990 Winter Preview Cover Comic Shop News 1990 NewsletterCrow Special Edition The Cover Reprints The Crow 1 4 The Crow Vol 3 Inertia from Caliber Presents 1 Atmosphere from A Caliber Christmas plus additional material Note Revised and expanded including 30 all new pages and a new introduction by the author Gallery Books 2011 Collected Ed SC Crow The Cover Back Cover Reprints The Crow 1 4 The Crow Vol 3 Inertia from Caliber Presents 1 Atmosphere from A Caliber Christmas plus additional material Note 1 500 S amp N copies some with Slipcase amp CD Graphitti Designs 1993 Collected Ed HC Crow The Cover Back Cover Reprints The Crow 1 4 The Crow Vol 3 Inertia from Caliber Presents 1 Atmosphere from A Caliber Christmas plus additional material Kitchen Sink Press 1993 Collected Ed SC Crow The Cover Back Cover Reprints The Crow 1 4 The Crow Vol 3 Inertia from Caliber Presents 1 Atmosphere from A Caliber Christmas plus additional material Note Later printing of the Kitchen Sink Press collected edition but with the tagline Now A Major Motion Picture added to the cover Kitchen Sink Press 1994 Collected Ed SC Crow The Cover Back Cover Reprints The Crow 1 4 The Crow Vol 3 Inertia from Caliber Presents 1 Atmosphere from A Caliber Christmas plus additional material Pocket Books 2002 Collected Ed SC Crow The 0 A Cycle of Shattered Lives Cover The Crow 6 pp October The Breath of God Crow II 2 pp Shadowplay 1 p She Smiles in Pain and Glory 1 p Spine of the Snake 1 p Three Dreams from The Book of Dreams 3 pp Kitchen Sink Press 1998 12 Comic BookCrow The 1 Cover Pain 32 pp Caliber Press 1989 02 Comic BookCrow The 2 Cover Fear 32 pp Caliber Press 1989 03 Comic BookCrow The 3 Cover Irony 32 pp Caliber Press 1989 08 Comic BookCrow The 4 Cover Despair 32 pp Caliber Press 1989 Comic BookCrow The Vol 1 Pain amp Fear Cover Back Cover Reprints The Crow 1 2 Tundra Publishing 1992 01 Comic BookCrow The Vol 2 Irony amp Despair Cover Back Cover Reprints The Crow 3 4 Tundra Publishing 1992 03 Comic BookCrow The Vol 3 Death Cover Back Cover Death 64 pp Note Would have been The Crow 5 if published by Caliber Tundra Publishing 1992 05 Comic BookCrow Dead Time The Back Cover Story Reprints The Crow Dead Time 1 3 Kitchen Sink Press Top Dollar Comics 1997 01 Collected Ed SC Crow Dead Time The 1 Cover Story Kitchen Sink Press Top Dollar Comics 1996 01 Comic BookCrow Dead Time The 2 Cover Story Kitchen Sink Press Top Dollar 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BookFrench Crow The Cover Note French language Goutte d Or Productions 2002 Original Comic Anthology SC Fugitive 1 Where No Madman Has Gone Before 13 pp ill only w Charles Marshall and Guy Davis Caliber Press 1989 10 Comic BookGasm 4 Incident on Planetoid 7 9 pp as Zen Stories Layout amp Press 1978 04 MagazineGodhead Vol 2 Cover w James Widmark Anubis Press 1993 03 Comic BookHarbonah 15 Card art Last Unicorn Games 1995 Card from Heresy Kingdom ComeHard Looks 3 Cover Any Time I Want 14 pp ill and letters w Jerry Prosser and Andrew Vachss Dark Horse Comics 1992 07 Comic BookHard Looks 9 Joy Ride 7 pp ill and letters w Neal Barrett Jr and Andrew Vachss Dark Horse Comics 1993 07 Comic BookHard Looks Adapted Stories Vol 1 Reprints Any Time I Want from Hard Looks 3 Dark Horse Comics 1994 Collected Ed SC Hard Looks Adapted Stories 2nd Edition Reprints Any Time I Want from Hard Looks 3 and Joy Ride from Hard Looks 9 Dark Horse Comics 1996 09 Collected Ed SC Harpy Pin Up Special 1 Cover Peregrine Entertainment 1998 04 Comic BookHeavy Metal Sept 1993 Crow gallery 4 pp Metal Mammoth 1993 09 MagazineHorror The Illustrated Book of Fears 2 Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls 16 pgs w David J Schow Northstar Publishing 1990 02 MagazineIndependent Voices 3 Wraparound Cover w Joseph Michael Linsner Peregrine Entertainment 2001 08 Comic BookIo Book 0 Reprints Io Part 1 Silo from Caliber Presents 1 and Io Part 2 Fleshette from Caliber Presents 3 Note Restored by John Bergin including new color and textures framing pages and cover Negative Comics 2011 12 Comic BookJames O Barr Savages 1 Cover Back cover Image gallery 12 pp Sketch galley 15 pp Reprints Shadow s Smile from Tasty Bits 1 Peregrine Entertainment 2001 09 Comic BookJames O Barr s Art Cards 10 card set Crow Fan Club Strictly Ink 2003 Trading CardsJames O Barr s Audio Commentary of The Crow starring Brandon Lee Cover Audio commentary Crow Fan Club 2003 Audio 2 CD Set James O Barr s Audio Commentary of The Crow starring Brandon 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Monica Richards Painting in album booklet Elyrian Music BMI 2012 AlbumNecromancer 2 Back Cover Anarchy Press 1993 Comic BookNecromancer 2 Ashcan Cover Anarchy Press 1993 Comic BookNorthstar 5th Anniversary Special 1 Pin Up Zeitgeist Northstar Arpad Publishing 1995 03 Comic BookNorthstar Presents 1 James O Barr Cover Reprints Zeitgeist Part One from Slash 2 and Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls from Horror The Illustrated Book of Fears 2 Northstar Arpad Publishing 1994 10 Comic BookNorthstar Presents 1 James O Barr Gold Edition Cover Reprints Zeitgeist Part One from Slash 2 and Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls from Horror The Illustrated Book of Fears 2 Northstar Arpad Publishing 1995 04 Comic BookOriginal Sins 1 Cover Crow gallery 7 pp Reprints Io Part 1 Silo from Caliber Presents 1 and Io Part 2 Fleshette from Caliber Presents 3 ACG Avalon Communications 1999 Comic BookPink Dust Morphine Dreams Cover Back Cover Pink Dust on a Yellow Moon Morphine Dream 39 14 pp Wages of Sin 6 pp Reprints B amp W version of Slave Cylinder from Bone Saw 1 Kitchen Sink Press 1998 08 Comic BookRazor 2 Cover London Night Studios 1993 02 Comic BookRazor Tour of Fear 2 Back Cover London Night Studios 1993 Comic BookRealm The 20 Jam Cover w 24 other artists Caliber Press 1990 12 Comic BookRide Inertia s Kiss Sketchbook The Cover Back Cover photos History of a Gearhead 3 pp Sketch gallery 21 pp Reprints Slave Cylinder from Bone Saw 1 3 pp only and G Forces from Savage Tales 4 12 Gauge Comics 2006 Comic BookSan Diego Comic Con Comics 2 Pin up Gothik Dark Horse Comics 1993 Comic BookSavage Tales Vol 2 4 G Forces 4 pp Marvel Comics 1986 04 MagazineSlash 1 Cover Zeitgeist preview 2 pp Reprints Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls from Horror The Illustrated Book of Fears 2 Northstar Arpad Publishing 1992 08 Comic BookSlash 1 2nd print Red foil Cover Back Cover Reprints Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls from Horror The Illustrated Book of Fears 2 Northstar Arpad Publishing 1993 08 Comic BookSlash 2 Cover Zeitgeist Part One 8 pp Northstar Arpad Publishing 1992 11 Comic BookSlash 3 Cover Northstar Arpad Publishing 1993 02 Comic BookSundown Sundown preview 2 20 Motionworks Entertainment 2011 Digital Motion ComicTasty Bits 1 Cover Shadows 5 pp Upon Thy Belly Thou Shalt Go 2 pp as Zen Pin up gallery 14 pp Reprints Frame 137 from Dark Horse Presents 61 ACG Avalon Communications 1999 Comic BookTerra X 1 Cover Interview 3 pp Insta Graphics 1991 MagazineVesper 1A Cover Back Cover w Hannibal King Acetylene Comics 2001 Comic BookVesper 2A Cover Pin up Vesper B amp W version of cover Acetylene Comics 2001 Comic BookVisions From the Mind of James O Barr Cover Sketch gallery 20 pp Note included exclusively with The Crow The Complete Interactive Collection CD Rom Content Inc 1996 SketchbookThe Crow Skinning the Wolves Story IDW Publishing 2012 Comic BookThe Crow Curare Story IDW Publishing 2013 Comic BookReferences edit Levine Robert 1994 05 30 From the Beginning The Crow Had a Grim Side Movies James O Barr s comic book might have adapted smoothly to the big screen but it was spurred by personal tragedy Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2010 12 04 Dark Dreams How the Crow was Born James O Barr Archived from the original on September 9 2004 Retrieved 2008 04 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link DIKE BLAIR Writing Thing net Retrieved 2011 01 12 KAOS2000 Magazine interview with James O Barr The Crow Kaos2000 net 2000 07 20 Archived from the original on 2016 03 23 Retrieved 2011 01 12 Rose Michael January 21 2014 The Crow Retrospective The Original Graphic Novel Mysterious Universe Retrieved February 5 2020 Graphic novel TheCrow info Archived from the original on September 16 2016 Retrieved January 12 2011 Mercy Tripod com Inner mercy tripod com Retrieved 2011 01 12 Interview With The Crow Author Artist Musician James O Barr Let The Picture Tell The Story Guitar International Archived from the original on 2011 11 14 Retrieved 2011 11 09 Parrish Robin January 21 2013 Review James O Barr s Sundown 1 Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine Forever Geek Motionworkscomics com Motionworks Entertainment Archived from the original on 2012 03 17 Retrieved 2011 01 17 a b Interview with James O Barr creator of The Crow Korsgaard s Commentary Archived from the original on 2016 03 08 Retrieved 2015 12 04 James O Barr Boards The Crow Reboot EXCLUSIVE James O Barr Talks About Writing Crow Reboot Renegade Cinema November 10 2014 James O Barr on The Crow s 20th Anniversary His New Project and Dallas Dallas Observer 2011 07 26 Archived from the original on 2014 02 22 Retrieved 2014 02 17 Heresy Cards by Artist The Sendai Bubble Archived from the original on 2003 12 10 Retrieved 2011 08 17 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to James O Barr James O Barr at IMDb James O Barr at ComicBookDB com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James O 27Barr amp oldid 1211480146, 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