Bernard Chang

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birthdate = 1972
location = Montreal, Canada
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nationality = American
area = Penciller
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Bernard Chang (born in 1972 in Montreal, Canada) is an Asian American artist/designer best known for his work in the comic book industry and entertainment design. He started drawing comics professionally in 1992 while attending Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York on a full scholarship for architecture. Within his first year, he was voted onto the Wizard Magazine Top Ten Artists list for his work on The Second Life of Dr. Mirage for Valiant Comics, and was nominated for the Russ Manning Award for Best Newcomer. After four years at Valiant, Bernard went onto illustrate books for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including X-Men, New Mutants, Cable, Deadpool and Superman Plus. Most recently in the spring of 2008, he illustrated a two-issue arc of Wonder Woman for DC Comics, written by Gail Simone.

From 1997 to 2001, Chang was a "blue sky" concept designer for Walt Disney Imagineering. His projects included: Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold (DisneyQuest); 100 Years of Magic Celebration (Disney-MGM Studios); Animation Pavilion (Disney's California Adventure Park); and the Millennium Village (Epcot) - all of which won the Themed Entertainment Association's THEA Award for Best New Attractions. Since, he has continued to work on many projects, including creative charettes for the Valley Forge Museum, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, and the San Pedro Waterfront Redevelopment Project.

In March 2005, Scholastic Press and Blue Sky Press published , with text by Dawn Barnes and illustrations by Chang. This was the children's book industry's first ever hybrid chapter book and graphic novel. There have been two additional books under the series: The Black Belt Club #2: Nightmare on the Mountain of Fear (2006); and The Black Belt Club #3: Beware of the Haunted Eye (2007).

Chang's last three mainstream publishing projects have hit the New York Times Best Seller list. In December 2007, he illustrated a four-paged chapter, as well as the cover to the British versions, of Neil Strauss' The Rules of the Game, the followup book to the Strauss' , which debuted in 2005. Chang provided all the interior artwork for the original as well as the illustrated cover to the European versions. In 2004, he illustrated three chapters as well as various illustrations in Jenna Jameson's autobiography, . Strauss and Chang also collaborated on ReganBooks/HarperCollins' first graphic novel How to Make Money Like a Porn Star, which was released in 2006.

elected works

* limited series #1-3

External links

* [http://www.bernardchang.com/ The Official Site of Bernard Chang]
* [http://theblvdstudio.com/ The Blvd Studio]
* [http://howtomakemoneylikeapornstar.com/ the Official Site of How to Make Money Like a Porn Star Graphic Novel]