They must breed 'em stroppy in New England. Yep, that's where he's from, Adam Warren: writer and artist of funny book fame. Born in 1967, he is older than me and apparently did better at school (even though he is a self proclaimed "high school drifter" ) ~ although somehow he got a grade "B" in Art while I got an "A". Ain't life strange? Just goes to show what little real meaning the exam results hold, eh? He graduated high school and decided to drop a college scholarship to go to the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He was ready to quit after one year. On Christmas break he saw his first Anime videos. Armed with a new direction, he returned to the school invigorated and ready to take on his version of the Dirty Pair. AW devoured influences from the East: Shirow, Sonoda, Otomo and Egawa. Eventually, he teamed up with Studio Proteus' Toren Smith and the first Amerimanga Dirty Pair was born. After a few mini-series AW flew solo on the writing chores something which had always been Adam's intention (previously the story had been developed between AW and Toren). Drawing on his interest in cyberpunk literature he added a touch of William Gibson, Walter Williams and Bruce Sterling (amongst others). The grim, cynical overtones to his stories must then be pure Warren. Sheesh, I'm so glad I'm not his neighbour, it's bad enough just having the one sarcastic sob on my street! (that would be me, in case you're wondering ). These attributes combined and *mastered* is what makes AW so popular with myself and many, many other comicbook aficionados.
I managed to get alot of his comics so I will be soon adding more to this site.. Pls just wait a few more days I'm still working on a lot of new sections!!