Fred Harper grew up in Erie, PA. and began drawing caricatures at an early age: by 19 he had landed a summer job at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, OH. “traumatizing mid-westerners for five
dollars a drawing.” He went
on to receive a scholarship from Columbus College of Art and Design,
graduating with a BFA in painting. He went on to work with Marvel
comics, painting posters, pin-ups and covers as well as
interiors for titles such as “Conan”, “Spiderman” and “Doctor Strange”. His illustrations
have appeared in such great publications as “Time”, “The Wall Street
Journal”,”The New York Times”, “Playboy”, “The Village Voice”, “Sports
Illustrated”, and just about every issue of “The Week” magazine.
Fred apparently resides in New York City with his cat, Buzzard.
