Ande Parks

Ande Parks (born October 1, 1964) is an American professional comic book artist, known for his work as an inker and writer in the industry. His best known work has come from his stint with fellow artist Phil Hester on DC Comics' Green Arrow series from 2001 to 2004, and a story writer to the movie, Extraction (based on his graphic novel, Ciudad). In addition to Ciudad, Ande has written the graphic novels Union Station and Capote in Kansas by Oni Press. He grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City and lives in Baldwin City, Kansas with his wife and two children.

Career Parks began his professional career as an inker in comic books with Dark Horse Comics. He has inked the penciled artwork of such titles as Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Superman, Daredevil and Spider-Man. His artistic style has won him praise in the comic books industry, including an industry Harvey nomination as best inker. His idols and influences include Neal Adams, Frank Miller, Jack Kirby, and Dick Giordano. Parks has stated in at least one on-line interview that he inks with Hunt 102 and Brause 511 pens and a Raphael #3 brush. and the new revamped Ant-Man comic book for Marvel Comics in 2006–2007. The book was illustrated by Chris Samnee. Also in 2008 he was teamed with writer Jai Nitz and penciller Phil Hester for a 6-part mini-series on the DC Comics western character El Diablo.

He has worked as a writer on the Kato (The Green Hornet) comic book for the Dynamite Entertainment publishing company based on the Green Hornet's sidekick. He also wrote the Lone Ranger comic book for Dynamite for several months.

Graphic novel writer Although better known for his artwork, Ande is also a writer. He has contributed several articles in comic book trade magazines, such as Draw!, geared towards critiques of artwork and professional tips for inkers. Parks' combined his inking style with his fondness for writing when he created the superhero spoof Uncle Slam & Fire Dog for Action Planet Comics, based to a certain extent on his love of Marvel Comics' Captain America. Uncle Slam appeared in three issues of the Action Planet anthology book series, and in two issues of his own book in the early- to mid-1990s. The character also appeared in a completely on-line comic book for Komicwerks. A new Uncle Slam book, "Uncle Slam Fights Back", was released in the summer of 2008.

For graphic novels, he has often turned to his neighboring region in the Midwest as source material for his writing projects. To date Parks has steered towards writing what is best classified as historical fiction. He has credited Alan Moore's From Hell as being a large influence in his decision to pursue writing in the historical fiction genre. In 2003, Oni Press published Park's first original graphic novel, Union Station.

Parks wrote the graphic novel Ciudad which was published in 2014. The film Extraction (2020) is based on Ciudad.

Graphic novels Title Publication date Featuring Also featuring Union Station 2003 J Edgar Hoover Frank Nash, Charles Thomas Capote in Kansas 2013 Truman Capote Ciudad/Extraction 2014 Tyler Rake

Website In addition to his active official website where artwork is available for purchase, Ande maintains a blog at Ande Parks: Shouting from the Basement.