Kaare Andrews is a comic book writer, artist and filmmaker from Saskatoon, Canada. His work includes Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Renato Jones, and Incredible Hulk. Andrews has a diverse drawing style, which ranges from hyper realistic to more cartoonesque. He was the first recipient of the Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist for his work on Spider-Man: Doctor Octopus.
Career
Andrews' began his career writing short stories. He became a member of the Writer's Bloc club that originated on Wizard Magazine's Wizard World website. Andrews began working at Marvel Comics, where his work has been featured across many series, including: Incredible Hulk, Iron Fist, Ultimate X-Men, Hawkeye, and The Amazing Spider-Man. He has created several characters including Mangaverse Spider-Man for Marvel Mangaverse, a martial arts spin on the character which was spun off into another mini-series written by Andrews, as well as toys and videogames. In 2006, Andrews wrote and drew a four-issue mini-series set 35 years in the future known as ', starring a retired Spider-Man. The series was named one of the 25 greatest Spider-Man stories. Andrews wrote, pencilled, inked and colored the 2014 relaunch of Marvel's Iron Fist: The Living Weapon. He has also designed album covers, including The Beta Band's 2004 albumHeroes to Zeros and Tegan and Sara's 2002 album, If It Was You, as well as directing the music video for their single "Living Room". In 2004, Andrews began working in the film industry, directing short films and Public service announcements. On October, 2010, Andrews released his debut feature film Altitude, starring Jessica Lowndes and Julianna Guill, a thriller about five friends on a small aircraft lost in a supernatural storm. Altitude was named one of the Top 15 Giant Monster Movies Of The 21st Century. Andrews directed the segment "V is for Vagitus" for the anthology film, The ABCs of Death, released in 2013. This was followed by ', released in late 2014 and starring Sean Astin. Andrews has been directing television for the past couple of years including stints on Van Helsing, Aftermath, MechX4 and an upcoming series for Netflix later this year.
