Anina Bennett is the original webmaster of BigRedHair.com and the writer/editor/designer of the Heartbreakers Superdigest series of science fiction graphic novels. Her first Heartbreakers story, created with Paul, saw print in Dark Horse Presents back in 1989. It was the first action comic to feature a female lead.

PROFESSIONAL BIO
WRITING SAMPLES
WRITER/EDITOR/DESIGNER
Heartbreakers Superdigest

CURRENT PROJECT
BOILERPLATE: Mechanical Marvel of Yesteryear
A coffee-table book to be published in 2008.

RECENT PROJECTS
Wrote a third Heartbreakers Superdigest book, HEARTBREAKERS MEET BOILERPLATE and in stores now.

Co-editing Too Much Coffee Man magazine.

COMICS WRITING CREDITS

Co-plotted, scripted, lettered, designed, and edited Heartbreakers Superdigest and Heartbreakers Superdigest: Year Ten, two all-new, 104-page bookshelf comics published by Image Comics.

Scripted stories for The Big Book of Bad, from Paradox Press.

"Doctored" Gary Martin’s manuscript for The Art of Comic-Book Inking, from Dark Horse.

Co-plotted and scripted four-issue Heartbreakers miniseries, published by Dark Horse.

Co-plotted and scripted Heartbreakers stories in DHP #35-37, DHP #50-52, DHP Fifth Anniversary Special, The Best of DHP, DHP #100-1, and Gay Comics #23 & #25. Co-created Heartbreakers with husband Paul Guinan.

Co-plotted and scripted "Aliens: Advent/Terminus" (DHP #41-42, reprinted in DHP: Aliens).

Co-scripted Barb Wire #9.

COMICS EDITING CREDITS

Nexus, Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor, Classic Star Wars, Too Much Coffee Man, Grimjack, Lone Wolf and Cub, Aliens, RoboCop, The Blue Witch of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, Cud Comics, San Diego Comic-Con Comic, The Foot Soldiers, Oktane, The Blue Lily, Whisper, Sable, Meta-4, and more.
Plus dozens of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck stories for European publication.

FAVORITE GUEST SHOTS

Appeared as GrimJack in a pinup for GrimJack #75.
Killed on page 2 of Punisher #52.
Ripped in half by an Alien in DHP #41.

ANINA’s & PAUL’s PERSONAL BIOS

MORE ABOUT ANINA
Punk-Rock Girl
DJ Chicago Red

MORE ABOUT PAUL
Autobiography
TV Star Paul
Mercury Studios

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Paul Guinan is an author/illustrator whose projects range in size and content from business cards to wall murals. His first love is visual storytelling via comic books, which has been his vocation for almost 20 years. In 1988, Paul hatched the science-fiction series Heartbreakers with Anina. In 2001, he became the BigRedHair.com webmaster.

PROFESSIONAL BIO
PAUL'S PORTFOLIO
Victorian Era Robots
AUTHOR/HISTORIAN

CURRENT PROJECT
BOILERPLATE: Mechanical Marvel of Yesteryear
A coffee-table book to be published in 2008.

RECENT PROJECTS
HEARTBREAKERS MEET BOILERPLATE
Plotted and illustrated a third all-new bookshelf volume, it hit stores August 2005, and was nominated for a 2006 EISNER AWARD in the Best Painter category.

80-page PHANTOM graphic novel.

COMIC BOOK CREDITS

DC Comics
CHRONOS #1-11 — co-creator and pencils.
JUSTICE LEAGUE Elseworlds Annual ’94 — inks over Evan Dorkin.
THE BIG BOOK OF... series (Paradox Press): CONSPIRACIES — art for "CIA Links"; FREAKS — art for "Lady Olga"; HOAXES — art for "A Fit of Presidential Pique"; THUGS — art for "The Rich Men’s Coachmens Club"; LOSERS — art for "Carrie: The Musical"; PARANORMAL — art for "Classified Quotes"; WEIRD WEST — art for "The Sincerest Form of Flattery"; WILD WOMEN — art and script for "Texas Guinan."

Image Comics
HEARTBREAKERS SUPERDIGEST--YEAR TEN — co-plot and art (1999).
HEARTBREAKERS SUPERDIGEST— co-plot and art (1998).
HEARTBREAKERS BUST OUT! — co-plot and art (1997; reprints early Heartbreakers stories).

Dark Horse Comics
HEARTBREAKERS miniseries #1-4 — co-plot and art.
"Heartbreakers" stories in DHP #35-37, #50-52, and Fifth Anniversary Special — co-plot, pencils, inks (DHP #50 episode reprinted in The Best of DHP). In DHP #100-1 — layouts, inks, co-pencils. Co-created Heartbreakers with Anina Bennett.
THE TERMINATOR: TEMPEST miniseries — inks.
HARD LOOKS #4 — layouts and inks.
URBAN LEGENDS — pencils and inks for "Li’l Paul & Li’l Sung."
"Aliens: Advent/Terminus" in DHP #41-42 — plot, pencils, inks (reprinted in DHP: ALIENS).
ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES #1-2, #5 — layouts, inks; #4 — layouts only; #3 — plot, layouts, inks; #7 — plot, script, layouts, inks.
GHOST #3 — pencils and inks for 3-page Color dream sequence.

First Comics
GRIMJACK #21-27 — inks over Tom Sutton; #72 — pencils and inks.
DYNAMO JOE #4-11, "Cargonauts" backups — pencils, co-creator.
SABLE: RETURN OF THE HUNTER #5 — inks over Denys Cowan.
WHISPER #11 — inks over Norm Breyfogle.
LONE WOLF AND CUB #1-20 — retouched/redrew art for first U.S. translation.

Marvel Comics
PUNISHER #52 — pencils.

Other comix projects
DIGGING FOR THE TRUTH
A History Channel one-shot promo comic.
Edited, cover art, interior layouts, inside front and back covers.
GAY COMICS #23 — cover art, co-plot, pencils, inks for Heartbreakers story.
A NIGHT IN A MOORISH HAREM, Volume One (NBM) — pencils and inks for "Marooned."

Pinups
Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Specials 1991-93.
Grimjack
San Diego Comic-Con Comics #1.
1993-2005 SanDiego Comic-Con program books
1995-99 WonderCon program books.

Covers for Too Much Coffee Man

Lead background artist on the cartoon series
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