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From 1969 to 1973, he was in New York and began working in comics, doing work for Charlton Comics, D.C. Comics, Marvel Comics, Blast Magazine and Web of Horror Magazine. He also did illustration work for Amazing and Fantastic digest magazines.
In 1976, Michael teamed up with three other artists (Jeffrey Jones, Berni Wrightson, Barry Windsor-Smith) to form The Studio. In 1980, he met Elaine Lee and designed the sets, costumes and poster for her sci-fi stage play Starstruck, Network Theater, 51st & 9th, NYC (defunct). Later that same year, he began drawing Starstruck as a comic with Elaine Lee as the writer. For the next two years, he worked on this project almost exclusively until 1983, when he again did the sets and costumes for a new production of Starstruck. That same year, Starstruck was released by Marvel as a graphic novel, followed in 1984 by a six-issue Starstruck run in Marvel/Epic Comics.
After the end of Starstruck comics in 1985, Michael did covers and illustrations on a four-book set designed for young adult readers, My Name Is Paris (authored by Byron Preiss and published by Random House). His talents were also seen in the animation for the music video of the Alan Parsons Project song Don't Answer Me. Michael continues doing work in a variety of forms - theatre design, calendars, posters, comic covers, album covers as well as conceptual designs for the Warner Brothers movie Osmosis Jones in 1999. He also does a number of privately commissioned works.
In 2001, a retrospective of his work to date was published by NBM Publishing, Inc. under the title of Wings of Twilight: The Art of Michael Kaluta (ISBN 1561632767 for those interested in obtaining it).
Artistic Influences:
Jon Gnagy (on television in the 1950's)
Roy Krenkel
Al Williamson
Frank Frazetta
Alfons Mucha
Past projects include (but are scarcely limited to):
* BATMAN (Cover art)
* HOUSE OF MYSTERY (Cover art)
* HOUSE OF SECRETS (Cover art)
* DETECTIVE COMICS (Cover art)
* GHOSTS (Cover art)
* DOORWAY TO NIGHTMARE (Cover art)
* SWAMP THING (Cover art)
* ADVENTURE (Cover art)
* SWORD AND SORCERY (Cover art)
* TIME WARP (Cover art)
* AMAZING (Digest Magazine - Illustrations)
* FANTASTIC (Digest Magazine - Illustrations)
* CARSON OF VENUS (Comic -Artist)
* SPAWN OF FRANKENSTEIN (Comic - Artist)
* THE SHADOW (Comic - Artist)
* DANTE'S INFERNO (Portfolio - Artist)
* THE LOST VALLET OF ISKANDER (Book - Illustrations)
* THE SWORDS OF SHAHRAZAR (Book - Illustrations)
* WHY HE DOESN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT (Poster - Artist)
* CONAN (Poster - Artist)
* THE SACRIFICE (Poster - Artist)
* ICARUS HAD A SISTER (Poster - Artist)
* LOW TIDE (Poster - Artist)
* WIZARD'S KNELL (Poster - Artist)
* BEHIND NEPTUNE'S THRONE (Poster - Artist)
* SCIENCE FICTION ODYSSEY (Cover art - Oil painting)
* KAZAR (Cover art - Oil painting)
* CONAN (Cover art - Oil painting)
* THE WEDDING GUEST (Poster - Artist)
* SOLO (Poster - Artist)
* SHE'S LEAVING HOME (Poster - Artist)
* CONAN: IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE (Poster - Artist)
* CHILDREN OF THE TWILIGHT (Portfolio - Artist)
* DRAGON'S DREAM (Book featuring the combined work of all the artists in The Studio)
* STARSTRUCK (Theatrical Sets and Costumes - Designer)
* STARSTRUCK (Portfolio - Artist)
* STARSTRUCK (Comic - Artist)
* STARSTRUCK (Graphic Novel - Artist)
* CONAN THE KING (Cover art)
* MOONKNIGHT (Cover art)
* REVLON COSMETICS (Photo shoot - Designer)
* MY NAME IS PARIS (Book series - Covers and Illustrations)
* DON'T ANSWER ME (Music Video - Animation)
* HITLER'S ASTROLOGER (Graphic Novel - Artist)
* METROPOLIS (Book - Illustrations)
* THE ADVENTURES OF BRUCILLA THE MUSCLE, GALACTIC GIRL GUIDE (Back-up feature - Artist)
* MAGIK (Poster - Artist)
* BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO (Book series - Illustrations and Cover on book 5)
* THE LEGACY OF LEHR (Book - Cover and Illustrations)
* SHADOW ABLAZE (Limited print - artist)
* THE ADVENTURES OF BRUCILLA THE MUSCLE, GALACTIC GIRL GUIDE #2 (Back-up feature - Artist)
* RICARDO, DIARY OF A MATINEE IDOL (Book - Cover and Illustrations)
* THE ABYSS (Comic Adaption - artist)
* TROOPER (Movie - Design and Production paintings - never made)
* STARSTRUCK, THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE (Comic - Artist)
* HUMAN TARGET (TV Pilot - Design)
* THE FLASH (TV Show - Early production design)
* DARKMAN (Animated Pilot - Early production design - project never made)
* MONSTER MATINEE (Proposed Animation - Early production design - project never made)
* HARRY B. TREW (Proposed Animation - Presentation drawings and paintings - project never made)
* DRAGONLANCE (Cover art)
* CREEPY (Magazine Reprint in TPB format - Cover art)
* CHEVAL NOIR (Cover art)
* VAMPIRELLA (Cover art)
* BLACK ARIA (CD Cover art)
* THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE (artist)
* IN THE COILS OF LEVIATHAN (Co-writer/illustrations)
* 1994 JRR TOLKIEN CALENDAR (artist)
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