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Scott Hanna(Born in the United States, 1962) is a highly esteemed American comic book writer and inker. He has much notable work with major companies such as DC and Marvel Comics. Hanna has been drawing as well as inking comics for over 25 years; However inking is his speciality. Hanna has work published in over 100 graphic novels and has inked over 15,000 pages of comic art.

Education/Early Life

Scott Hanna attended Pratt Institute from 1980-1984, in Brooklyn, New York City where he majored with a BFA in Communication Design and Illustration studying under the renowned illustrator Barron Storrey. Hanna learned from two other illustrators as well. He was an apprentice under both Carl Lundgren and Rick Bryant. He is a third generation artist, with his grandfather doing manuscript, along with book illumination and his mother, Annette Hanna, is an award winning portrait and landscape artist.

Career

Hanna began working for Eternity Comics where his first published work was DeathHunt #1. Shortly after, he began inking at DC Comics for Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol and Hawk and Dove #1. While working for DC Comics, he went on a notable five year run. One of his most recognized works was Batman:Knightfall, the first of the trilogy which also included Knightquest and Knightsend.

Scott worked on all the major characters in Marvel Comics and those including Spider-Man, Wolverine, The Hulk, X-men, Thor, Daredevil and Ironman. He worked on Spider-Man for 14 years, and inked nearly every title, beginning with Maximum Carnage and Spider Clone Saga. Hanna also worked with comic book writter J. Michael Straczynski on “The Amazing Spider-Man” stories which began in 2003. He also continued on a nine year partnership working on Spider-Man (starting with Spider-Man #73 and ending with Spider-Man #508) with John Romita Jr.This included “The Amazing Spider-Man” series as well. Hanna has also recently worked with Romita Jr. in several other highly esteemed works such as Avengers vs. X-Men and Captain America.

Achievements Industry awards include the“Inkwell” Awards –2010 Most Adaptable Inker –2011 Favorite Inker –2011 Most Adaptable Inker –2012 Most Adaptable Inker –2012 Props Award Wizard Magazine’s Wizard Fan award –2004 Best Inker The Eisner award –2002 Best Serialized Story