Jerzy Drozd

Current

• Contractual Teaching Artist at ArtServe Michigan
• Contractual Teaching Artist at Ann Arbor District Library
• Contributing Editor at Sugary Serials (01 Comics)

• Freelance Illustrator at Moses Anshell

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Past

• Contractual Teaching Artist at Chelsea District Library
• Freelance Comics Artist at Antarctic Press

Education

• Central Michigan University

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Industry

Media Production

Jerzy Drozd’s Summary

Jerzy Drozd began his comics illustration career at 19, self-publishing his own comic books. He has also worked for Antarctic Press on their flagship title Ninja High School. While at Antarctic Press, he and writer Tom Root (of Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken) co-created the mini-series PPV: Pay-Per-View. He is one of the artists behind Make Like A Tree Comics, a self-publishing comics company that specializes in all-ages comics serialized online and collected in print. This venture caught the attention of Glencoe McGraw-Hill, who contracted Drozd to co-create and illustrate a series of pro-social and educational comics stories for their “Backpack Reader” series of books. In 2006 he completed his 197-page online graphic novel, “The Front,” a retelling of the first comics story he self-published.

Drozd has been the artist for the Arizona Nutrition Network since 2002. He reinvigorated their mascot, Bobby B. Well, and created a host of supporting characters. These characters appeared in comics stories written and illustrated by Drozd. In addition to that, he illustrated storyboards for animated commercial spots, created illustrations for print advertisements and collateral media, as well as provided character artwork for video games about Bobby and his friends. You can find more information at www.eatwellbewell.org.

Though he continues to work as a freelance illustrator, Drozd’s main passion has always been comics, and he enjoys sharing that passion with others. In 2005 he began performing workshops at schools such as Central Michigan University and Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. He recently worked with ArtServe Michigan on their Literacy Arts Comic Book Project, teaching the comics art form to Detroit 3rd and 4th graders. He is currently preparing to lead a workshop for teachers at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Jerzy Drozd’s Specialties:

Illustration, Visual Storytelling, Teaching

Jerzy Drozd’s Experience

• Contractual Teaching Artist

  ArtServe Michigan

  (Non-Profit; Education Management industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

• Contractual Teaching Artist

  Ann Arbor District Library

  (Media Production industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

• Contributing Editor

  Sugary Serials (01 Comics)

  (Entertainment industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

• Freelance Illustrator

  Moses Anshell

  (Media Production industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  Advertising illustration, character design, and storyboarding for television commercials.

• Contractual Teaching Artist

  Chelsea District Library

  (Media Production industry)

  June 2007 — July 2007 (2 months)

• Freelance Comics Artist

  Antarctic Press

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 1997 — July 2002 (4 years 11 months)

  Co-Created and illustrated PPV: Pay-Per-View Mini-series, illustrated issues of Ninja High School

Jerzy Drozd’s Education

• Central Michigan University

  Graphic Design

Additional Information

Jerzy Drozd’s Interests:

Comics, Teaching, Animation

Jerzy Drozd’s Groups:

ArtServe Michigan, 01 Comics

Jerzy Drozd’s Contact Settings

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