Tyler Crook
# Tyler Crook

Tyler Crook is an American comics artist. He broke into comics in 2011 with Petrograd, written by Philip Gelatt and published by Oni Press, and in 2012 he won the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. He is best known for his work on Mike Mignola and John Arcudi's B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth, Harrow County, which he co-created with Cullen Bunn, and his solo comic book series The Lonesome Hunters.

## Career

### Video games

Crook worked for twelve years on sports video games including the NFL GameDay video game series (2003, 2004, and 2005) and MLB 2004. When talking about the reason he left video games for comics, Crook said, "… comics are much better at telling stories than video games are, and a good story is a lot more compelling for me than a great game."

### Comics

In 2008, showed his portfolio to James Lucas Jones at Oni Press, which led to Crook working on Petrograd with Phil Gelatt. This also led to his introduction to Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, who liked his work so much they invited him to do guest issues of The Sixth Gun. In 2010, Crook met Mike Mignola at a Long Beach comic book convention. Mignola liked his work immediately and when artist Guy Davis stepped down from B.P.R.D., he suggested Crook as the new artist to B.P.R.D. co-writer John Arcudi. Though B.P.R.D. was his third major comics work, due to the accelerated timeline, it was the first to be published, debuting in July 2011 with Petrograd and The Sixth Gun #14 coming out the following month.

Crook continued to work on B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth and other Hellboy Universe titles until 2014 when he left the title to work on his creator-owned series, Harrow County, with Cullen Bunn. In the July 2014 announcement, Bunn spoke about how he'd been wanting to work on a big project with Crook for a long time, but he'd always been too busy. Harrow County was exceptionally well-received by critics and has appeared on many lists of best horror comics.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Russ Manning Award | Most Promising Newcomer | Petrograd The Sixth Gun #14 B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth | Won |
| 2014 | Bram Stoker Awards | Graphic Novel | Bad Blood | Won |
| 2015 | Bram Stoker Awards | Graphic Novel | Harrow County – Volume 1: Countless Haints | Nominated |
| 2016 | Eisner Awards | Best New Series | Harrow County | Nominated |
| 2016 | Ghastly Awards | Best Ongoing Title | Harrow County | Won |
| 2016 | Ghastly Awards | Best Artist | Harrow County | Won |
| 2019 | British Fantasy Awards | Comic / Graphic Novel | B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 1 | Nominated |
| 2019 | Eisner Awards | Best Digital Comic | The Stone King | Nominated |
