Matt Kuphaldt
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| This article is about the artist who goes by the online handle "Jackpot". For the Transformer he took his online handle from, see Jackpot. |
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Matt Kuphaldt (1977- ) is an American illustrator and fan-gone-pro. Kuphaldt's start as an official Transformers artist came when his online artwork caught the eye of 88MPH Studios, who contracted him to create illustrations for the Genesis artbook. Among the other Genesis artists was Dreamwave's Pat Lee, who solicited Kuphaldt for work on the nascent Generation 1 comics. This, in turn, led to work with 3H Productions and Fun Publications, contributing to their comics as well as creating posters and various other illustrations surrounding the conventions and fan club.
Works
3H
- Universe Featuring the Wreckers #2 (colors, page 1-5 and 11)
- Collectors' Club Magazine profile art
- Dreadwind (colors)
- Smokejumper (colors)
- Sunstorm (alt-mode colors)
- "Who Shot Optimus Prime?" poster
- Voice-actor character pinups
- Michael McConnohie
- Scott McNeil
- OTFCC 2004 magazine advertisement
Dreamwave
- The War Within Preview (colors, pages 1-4)
- Armada mini-comic #2 (colors, pages 5-8)
- More Than Meets The Eye profiles
- Big Shot
- Crankcase (robot-mode pencils)
- Doubleheader
- Fastlane
- Flattop (robot-mode pencils)
- Grit (robot-mode pencils)
- Groundpounder
- Gunrunner (jet-mode pencils)
88mph Studios
Fun Publications
- Fan-Club-exclusive prose-story illustrations:
- "Force of Habit"
- "Withered Hope"
Trivia
- Matt was originally assigned many more pieces for the Dreamwave More Than Meets The Eye series (which can be found on his website below), though they ended up not being used due to a decision to stick with a Pat Lee/Don Figueroa "house style". Dammit!
