Smash

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Like many 10-year-old boys, Andrew Ryan is short, lacking in athletic and social skills, and daydreams about being a superhero. Unlike other boys, however, Andrew’s dream actually comes true when he gains super powers and becomes the costumed crimefighter known as Smash!

He’s about to discover how difficult it really is to finish your homework, keep your room clean, and sneak out after curfew while fighting crime…

Co-created by Chris A. Bolton (writer) and Kyle Bolton (artist), Smash is an all-ages comic that aims to put the fun back in superheroes! Season One will soon be published by Candlewick Press.

Creators

Chris A. Bolton (left) and Kyle Bolton (right); photo by Ocean Yamaha

Writer/Co-Creator
CHRIS A. BOLTON

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Chris was a writer/performer in a sketch comedy troupe for eight years and has acted in several independent films. He wrote and directed the web-series Wage Slaves and had his first professional short story published in Portland Noir (Akashic Press, 2009). He is currently writing a novel.

Artist/Co-Creator
KYLE A. BOLTON

Kyle started drawing to compete with his older brother, Chris. When Chris gave up on art to concentrate on writing, Kyle continued to develop his technique, eventually attending the Art Institute of Seattle. Since graduating, he has worked for Surreal Software, Electronic Arts, Apex Learning, and dozens of other game companies. Currently, he works for FlowPlay, Inc., doing 2D and 3D game animations. Kyle lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Jamie, and their dogs, plus a lot of comic books and video games. See more of his artwork at www.KyleBolton.com.

The Bolton brothers are represented by Bernadette Baker-Baughman of Victoria Sanders & Associates. Their mother is extremely proud that they’ve learned to get along and create a comic series together.

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Additional Smash Team:

Colorist (Season 2)
CHRISTINA MACKIN

When not strolling along the Oregon Coast, hunting for sand dollars to squish with her feet, Christina is the Animation Coordinator for Laika, which made the Oscar-nominated film Coraline and is currently in production on the stop-motion feature ParaNorman. For more of Christina’s artwork, check out her Tumblr site and DeviantART page.

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Colorist (Season 1)
SARAH B. FENTON

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sarah Barrie Fenton earned her BA in Game Art and Design from the Art Institute of Phoenix, and is currently working on an MFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art University. Visit Sarah online at her website.

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Project Manager/Managing Producer
JAMIE S. BOLTON

Jamie is a designer by trade but a natural project executor. She was born and raised in Manila, Philippines, and earned a Marketing Management degree from the De La Salle University Manila. Not content, she pursued her “artistic side” and studied Multimedia from the Art Institute of Seattle. For the past decade, she’s had a successful career as a UI designer, Design Lead at Microsoft, and ad agency Cole & Weber. She has been part of notable online projects such as MSN games, DLP, 3LCD & Capella University, to name a few. Today, you will find Jamie playing beach volleyball, tinkering around in her garden, and of course, online, in the continuous tasks of making sure the website works properly.