Corey Lewis
{{short description|American comic book creator}}
{{for|the American racing driver|Corey Lewis (racing driver)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}
Corey Sutherland Lewis (also known as Rey, Reyyy{{Cite web |title=REYYY.com - Artwork by Corey Lewisss |url=http://www.reyyy.com/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.reyyy.com}} or The Rey) is an American comic book creator.{{cite book|last=Rhoades|first=Shirrel|title=A complete history of American comic books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O16BXbITZwEC&pg=PA243|accessdate=25 July 2011|year=2008|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-1-4331-0107-6|pages=243–}} He is primarily known as the creator of Sharknife, published by Oni Press. Other works include PENG for Oni, and providing back-up comic strips for the Darkstalkers and Street Fighter comics for UDON. Rey also had a brief stint as the artist and writer of the Rival Schools comic book. He participated with a short story in Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Stories comic published by Dark Horse Comics. He created a series of self-published zines that were later published by Image Comics as the anthology [https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/sun-bakery-fresh-collection-tp Sun Bakery].{{Cite web|title=Corey Lewis: Video Games, Comics, & Sun Bakery! [Interview]|url=https://imagecomics.com/features/corey-lewis-video-games-comics-sun-bakery-interview|access-date=2021-03-16|website=Image Comics|language=en}} Rey recently started [https://coastalvania.storenvy.com/ Coastalvania] where he sells books and other merchandise made by him.
Lewis' work is notable for its combination of global youth culture influences, including martial arts, video games, American comic books and cartoons, Japanese anime and manga, graffiti, hip-hop, and indie rock. His work has been compared to that of Bryan Lee O'Malley, and the two artists are friends. Lewis' art tends to be stylized and make use of sound effects. So far he has worked almost exclusively in the action genre. Lewis cites Paul Pope and Masashi Kishimoto (creator of Naruto) as his primary comics influences.
Bibliography
=Comic books=
- Sharknife Series
- Sharknife Vol.1 (2005)
- Sharknife Brunchtime Bash (Free Comic Book Day release) (2005)
- Sharknife Stage First (reprint of Vol.1) (2006)
- Sharknife Double Z (2012){{cite web |url=http://reyyy.com/BLOG/archives/550 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225000331/http://reyyy.com/BLOG/archives/550 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |title=Sharknife DoubleZ Complete |publisher=Oni Press |accessdate=2011-10-19 }} via [http://reyyy.com/BLOG/ REYYY Blog]
- ''Sharknife: Fight Machine (2019)
- PENG! one-shot (2005, reprinted in PENG! 2020)
- Rival Schools Issues #1 & #2 (2006)
- Marvel Strange Tales MAX "Longshot!" Issue #3 (2009)
- Game Changer (2015)
- [https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/sun-bakery-fresh-collection-tp Sun Bakery] (2017)
=Short stories=
- Koja-Oh: The Story of Koja in Punchthroat Anthology (2003)
- Cheap Shots / Street Fighter Mini / Darkstalkers Mini (2004–2005)
- [http://www.reyyy.com/pinapl PINAPL] in Popgun (2007)
- Strange Tales MAX #3 - Longshot (2010)
- X-Men: Nation X - Cannonball (2010)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Stories (2011){{cite web |url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/16-782/Avatar-The-Last-Airbender---The-Art-of-the-Animated-Series |title=Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Art of the Animated Series :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics|publisher=Dark Horse Comics |accessdate=2011-10-19}}
=Web comics=
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120211050719/http://www.udonentertainment.com/blog/capcom-comics/rival-schools-comics-online/ Rival Schools] Issues #3 & #4 (2007)
- Dead In the Now (Zuda Comics) (2007 and 2008)
- [http://www.reyyy.com/seedless Seedless] (2008–2010)
=Self-published=
- [http://www.reyyy.com/ano Apollonia No!] (2004)
- [http://www.reyyy.com/appleton Appleton] (2005)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214213412/http://www.reyyy.com/comics/stabkids/ Stab Kids] (2006)
- [https://coastalvania.storenvy.com/collections/1927102-zines/products/28253918-arem-zine Arem]
- [https://coastalvania.storenvy.com/collections/1927102-zines/products/29640565-bare-knuckle Bare Knuckle]
- [https://coastalvania.storenvy.com/collections/1927102-zines/products/28253810-freeze-zine Freeze] (also collected in PENG! 2020)
- [https://coastalvania.storenvy.com/ Extra Sauce] (2020–Ongoing)
- PENG! reprint with additional stories (2020)
Other works
- Apparel designs for punk band MXPX.
- Concept illustrations for toy company Hasbro, including Transformers box art.
- Concept designs for properties such as Castlevania (mostly unused).
- Illustrations for "Mobisode" animation featured on the Tony Jaa film, The Protector (Tom-Yum-Goong) entitled "8-Limbs".
- Wrote a short story in Vol 5. Issue 3 (2009) of Marvel's Strange Tales entitled "The Fortune Full X-Men"
References
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External links
- [http://www.reyyy.com Reyyy.com] - Personal website.
- [http://reyyy.livejournal.com Reyyy.lj] - Livejournal, blog and relevant news.
- [http://www.myspace.com/coreylewis Myspace Page] - Rey's Myspace page.
- [https://coastalvania.storenvy.com/ Coastalvania] - Rey's online store.
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Category:American webcomic creators
Category:American comics artists
Category:American comics writers