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John Lowe

Sequential art professor

Education

  • M.F.A., sequential art, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.F.A., drawing/studio art, University of Knoxville

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor, sequential art, 2012-present
    Dean, School of Communication Arts, 2008-2012
    Chair, sequential art department, 2003-2008
    Professor, sequential art, 2002, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Professional

  • Inker, Archie Comics, 1997-2004, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
    Inker on the Archie, Betty, and Veronica comic books; inker on the monthly book Betty since 2003
  • Inker, 1993-2003, Marvel Comics, New York
    Inker on titles and mini-series including Spiderman, X-men, Fantastic Four, and The Hulk
  • Inker, 1990-present, DC Comics, New York
    Inker on titles including Batman, Superman, Batman Adventures, and Green Lantern

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Presidential Fellowship, SCAD, 2006
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Sequential Art, SCAD, 2002
  • Board of Trustees Fellowship, SCAD, 2000
  • Merit-based scholarship for summer residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vt., 1997
  • Silver Medal for Mixed Media Drawing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1989

Organizations

National Council of Arts Administrators, Southeastern College Art Conference, Foundations in Art

Publications and presentations

Published illustrations

  • Golden Books
  • Dark Horse Comics
  • Marvel Comics
  • DC Comics
  • Archie Comics
  • Image Comics
  • Cartoon Network
  • Acclaim Comics
  • Milestone Media
  • Warner Brothers Animation
  • Devil's Due Publications

Exhibitions

  • Curator, Contemporary Cartoonists, Pei Ling Chen Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2006.
  • Curator, Panel Progressions: 100 years of Sequential Art, Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga, 2005.

Presentations

  • Civic Engagement: A Surfeit of Opportunity for Our Communities and Our Art Programs, SECAC, 2011, Savannah, Ga, 2011.
  • Chair/panelist, Beyond Ka-blam! SECAC 2010, Richmond, Va., 2010.

Publications

  • Foundations in Comic Book Art: SCAD Creative Essentials, Watson-Guptill, 2014.
  • Quarterly articles for Varoom Magazine, 2011.
  • Working Methods: A Visual Approach to Storytelling, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2007.
  • Editor, SCAD Annual Sequential Art Anthology, distributed by Top Shelf Productions, 2005-2008.
  • Editor and publisher, Little Moments: 17 Stories of Youthful Folly, distributed by Top Shelf Productions, 2004.