Mario Gully facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mario Gully |
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| Born | Anderson, Indiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Editor, Publisher |
| Pseudonym(s) | O.M.G. |
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Notable works
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Ant |
| http://www.myspace.com/mariogully | |
Mario Gully (/ˈɡʌli/), also known professionally as O.M.G., is an American comic book writer-artist, who created the comic book series Ant.
Ant was first published by Arcana Studio and later moved to Image Comics where it would deal with more adult themes. The comic book continued publication through Big City Comics for three more issues.
Gully drew illustrations for Marvel Comics from 2007 to 2009 before returning to freelancing.
Work
Ant
Beginnings
Ant is a comic book series created by Gully about a girl who understands the adult world faster than other children. When she gets bullied by her schoolmates, she creates an imaginary world on drawing paper and a superhero, the Ant.
After prison, he studied art independently and worked with co-writer Matt Nixon to continue the Ant comic series. Gully published Ant through Arcana Studio beginning in 2004 with variant covers by J. Scott Campbell and Joe Benitez. Ant later moved to Image Comics in 2005.
Treasure Island (2007–2008)
Gully drawn Marvel Illustrated: Treasure Island adapted by writer Roy Thomas.
Kidnapped (2009)
Gully teamed up with Roy Thomas again, and published a new comic book called Marvel Illustrated: Kidnapped. Kidnapped is a 19th-century adventure novel that Thomas brought into a comic book series.
Freelancing (2010s)
Dirty Bones (2014)
Gully launched a comic book series on Kickstarter, Dirty Bones, written and illustrated by Gully and colored by Thomas Mason. The story is about a dog who is caught up in the world of organized crime and forbidden love. Gully's crowdfund goal had aimed at $50,000. He said "This is my first big project since I created Ant." However, the funding failed with $17,532 and 145 backers.
Original Mario Gully's very first Sketchbook (2017)
Gully's project, Original Mario Gully's Very First Sketchbook, was successfully crowdfunded on Indiegogo. The crowdfunding project includes commissions and signed prints; it is Gully's first book that contains sketch drawings. For this funding goal, he aimed at $3,000 and it was successful with $5,002 and 152 backers.
