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Comics, Characters, and Creativity: Hill Country Artist Gary “Odd” Edmund

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“I took a couple of months off to get my head together and came back. [The book’s] demise was a blessing in that I learned the ins and outs of the comic business on every level, and the name recognition I got really opened so many doors for me.”

Currently, Edmund has turned in his writer’s pen and decided to get back to his true passion: the art. “Right now I’m working as an artist on three different projects with some really great people,” he said. “Being ‘just the artist’ on these projects is so much fun. I have really been able to concentrate even more on improving my skill set and doing what I love.”

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Edmund works from his home studio near Helotes in the Texas Hill Country. “I grew up in San Antonio and its outer cities, but living out in the Hill Country is just magnificent. Most people don’t know that Conan the Barbarian was actually created in the Texas Hill Country.”

Edmund says that his Texas heritage is to blame for his stubborn perseverance.  “Being a Texan influences everything I do. I think most people see Texans as horse-riding cowboys, but we are pushing the boundaries of modern culture in Texas. I think it makes me a harder worker within the show business industry because you have to cross over people’s preconceived notions.”

Edmund’s work will be featured in two upcoming comics, one tentatively titled “The Bus” by Clay Dugger, set to be released next year, and CCP Comics’ “A Perfect Wonder” by Kent Alan and McLain McGuire due out in March 2017. His work can currently be seen in “Drill Bits,” a bi-weekly military-themed comic written by Jae Boddie.

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