James O'Barr is an American graphic artist, best known as the creator of the comic book series The Crow.
O'Barr, an orphan, was raised in the foster care system. He studied Renaissance sculpture, live models and photographic still lifes.
In the 1990s O'Barr was affiliated with the experimental metal band Trust Obey, which was signed briefly to Trent Reznor's Nothing label before the band was dropped. Trust Obey released the album Fear and Bullets...
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James O'Barr is an American graphic artist, best known as the creator of the comic book series The Crow.
O'Barr, an orphan, was raised in the foster care system. He studied Renaissance sculpture, live models and photographic still lifes.
In the 1990s O'Barr was affiliated with the experimental metal band Trust Obey, which was signed briefly to Trent Reznor's Nothing label before the band was dropped. Trust Obey released the album Fear and Bullets: Music to Accompany The Crow in 1993. The album was packaged with a special edition of The Crow graphic novel.
As of the mid-2000s, O'Barr resides in Texas.
In 1978, O'Barr's fiancée, Bethany, was killed by a drunk driver, and he joined the Marines in an effort to cope with the loss. He was stationed in Germany and illustrated combat manuals for the military. While living in Berlin in 1981, O'Barr began work on The Crow as a means of dealing with his personal tragedy. O'Barr was further inspired by a Detroit newspaper account of the murder of...
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