*Bill Maus pictured here, with one of his favorite art prints in the background by Arthur Adams.
*Bill Maus pictured here, with one of his favorite art prints in the background by Arthur Adams.
BILL MAUS IS A NEW YORK CITY BORN COMIC BOOK ARTIST WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR CO-FOUNDING PARODY PRESS AND ENTITY COMICS BACK IN THE EARLY 90’S ALONG WITH HIS PARTNER IN CRIME, PUBLISHER and WRITER, DON CHIN.
HIS WORK ON DOZENS OF PARODY PRESS COMICS, WHICH WAS FOUND MONTHLY IN COMIC BOOK STORES WORLD WIDE FOR NEARLY A DECADE, LED TO WRITING, DRAWING AND REDESIGNING STEVE STERN'S AND DAN COTE'S ZEN INTERGALACTIC NINJA FOR MODERN AUDIENCES. YOU CAN FIND NEW ZEN ADVENTURES BY MAUS AND WRITER/CO-CREATOR, STEVE STERN CURRENTLY PUBLISHED BY 1FIRST COMICS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF KEN LEVIN, 1FIRST COMICS PUBLISHER AND PRODUCER ON PRIME'S: THE BOYS.
BILL ALSO WORKED ON THE FIRST EVER STARGATE LICENSED COMICS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ENTITY COMICS PUBLISHER, DON CHIN AS WELL AS CREATOR OWNED TITLES SUCH AS NIRA-X CYBERANGEL AND THE SKUNK.
YOU CAN FIND BILL’S WORK EVERYWHERE, FROM INDIE COMICS PUBLISHERS TO BIG COMPANY PIECES FROM IMAGE COMICS, HEAVY METAL, DC, MARVEL, TOPPS, UPPER DECK, 1FIRST COMICS, AVATAR PRESS, 5FINITY, ARGO COMICS, BETA3, COMMITTED COMICS AND MANY MORE.
IF YOU VISITED SEA WORLD OR THE SAN DIEGO ZOO IN THE 90'S, YOU MAY HAVE SOME OF HIS CARICATURE ART OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ON YOUR FRIDGE!
X-FARCE #1 -FIRST PAID COMICS GIG- pencils- 1992 (story by Don Chin- inks by Bob Hanon)
BLANDMAN- pencils- 1992 (inks by Bob Hanon)
ILLEGAL ALIENS- pencils- 1992 (inks by Bob Hanon)
YAWN #1- art and story
THE SEWAGE DRAGOON #1- pencils and story
X-FARCE RELOADED- pencils 2021 (story by Don Chin- inks by Bob Hanon- includes various artists/stories)
ZEN INTERGALACTIC NINJA #0- 1993
ZEN INTERGALACTIC NINJA #1- 1993
ZEN INTERGALACTIC NINJA #2-
Captain Nauticus and the Ocean Force #1 art- story-character designs (collab story/colors with Group3 Communications)
Captain Nauticus and the Ocean Force #2 art- story-character designs (collab story/colors with Group3 Communications)
Nira-X: Exodus #1,2,3
Heavy Metal Magazine- May 2008 Chuck the Rabid Dog- art/colors (story by Robert Conte)
VOLTRON- United and Drawn- 2010 pin-up art
Local Man #4- variant cover 2024
Local Man: Bad Girls 2024 pin-up
War of the Worlds- art production 2005
Wizard Magazine #12- Fan Art- Spider Woman pin-up
Image Comics- The MAXX #10- Fan Art/readers section
Image Comics- GEN13 #5 (first mini-series) Fan Art/readers section
Side Quest Episode 2, March 2025 (TV show- Apple + season 1- Ep. 2) Nira-X standee in comic shop. In-dialog mentions.