Andrew E.C. Gaska Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Stockholm, Stockholm County, SE

• Winner 2024 Gold ENnie Award for BEST RPG SUPPLEMENT for Alien: Building Better Worlds.Winner 2024 UKGE People's Choice and Judges Choice for BEST RPG EXPANSION for Alien: Building Better Worlds.Winner 2022 UKGE.
• Settings Writer. Defining the world and setting the tone of the ALIEN RPG Universe.
• Adventure Author. Lead Writer of the ALIEN cinematic scenario gaming adventures.
• Canon Consultant. Tasked with bringing ALIEN expanded material in line with hardcore canon, maintaining visual and universe continuity, and filling in gaps where needed.
• Cartography. Creating location and star maps for the game's adventures and supplements. Products include:
• The ALIEN Roleplaying Game Quickstart (05/19)

Chicago, IL, US

• 2023 ENnie Award nomination for BEST PRODUCTION VALUES for Carbon Grey RPG Deluxe Boxed Set.Responsible for the following tasks:
• Creative Direction. Directing and designing the look, tone, and content of Magnetic Press Play's Carbon Grey: The Role-Playing Game and The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes series of books, cards, maps.
• Lead Writer. Determining the voice of the series and leading the writing team.
• Game Design. Creating the D6MV with E.L. Thomas. The D6MV is the Magnetic Variant of the classic West End Games D6 system of game rules.
• Graphic Designer. Designing the look of The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes and Carbon Grey RPG books with Jared Earle.
• Promotion. Writing and designing Kickstarter materials for the successful Carbon Grey and Planet of the Apes RPG pre-order campaigns.PRODUCTS:

• Responsible for the following tasks:
• Lead Writer. Defining the world, mission adventures, and tone of THE TERMINATOR RPG Universe.
• Narrative Director. Guiding the overall story arc of the Terminator RPG corner of the expanded universe along with partner E.L. Thomas.
• Graphic Designer. Designing the look of THE TERMINATOR RPG books with Jared Earle.
• Canon Consultant. Tasked with bringing TERMINATOR expanded material in line with hardcore canon, maintaining visual and universe continuity, and filling in gaps where needed.PRODUCTS:
• The TERMINATOR Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook (09/22)

• A guerrilla integrated media house and studio specializing in creating/producing both licensed and original properties, as well as providing art and design for a broad range of industries. Clients include Paramount.
• Carbon Grey RPG (2021-current)MAGNETIC PRESS PLAYCreative direction
• Alien RPG (2018-current)FREE LEAGUECanon Consultant
• Superhuman (2017)MKTGScript/art direction of internal welcome package
• NIKE Air Park (2017)MKTGArt directed concept paintings for environmental installation
• Monkey King App (2016)Global Star ProductionsArt directed creation of video game assets

Responsible for card back complication, 3D model color application, and presentation design for the Dime Novel Legends action figure line.

London, England, GB

• Wrote tie-in Free League Publishing ALIEN Roleplaying Game one-act cinematic scenarios for three Titan ALIEN novels. Coordinated canon between the RPG and the novels to create both a consistent expanded universe and.
• ALIEN Colony War (Fallout: One Act Cinematic Scenario) 04/22
• ALIEN Inferno's Fall (EVAC: One Act Cinematic Scenario) 07/22
• ALIEN Enemy of My Enemy (Trojan Horse: One Act Cinematic Scenario) TBA

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for defining comprehensive and coherent extended universes for FOX's various film franchises.
• Each franchise's feature films and television series serve as the backbone from which ancillary materials—including spin-off novels, comics, video games, and other expanded universe elements—branch off from..
• PLANET OF THE APES (2015—2018) Creation of an official timeline that includes the classic film series, TV and animated series, 2001 film, the current Planet of the Apes films, and any canonical licensed materials.
• ALIEN (2016 - 2019) Review of all licensed materials relating to the classic ALIEN film series, Prometheus, and ALIEN Covenant for inclusion in a series timeline.
• PREDATOR (2017—2019) Creation of a series Bible. Collation, summarization, and classification of all characters, equipment, and events in the PREDATOR films (including the 2018 film THE PREDATOR), comics, novels.

San Jose, CA, US

Coordinated canon for Cold Iron Studios' Aliens: Fireteam Elite console game to help create a congruous expanded universe saga with Free League Publishing and other ALIEN licensees.Aliens: Fireteam Elite (08/21)

Portland, Oregon, US

• Co-author with E.L. Thomas of the Choose Your Own Adventure Graphic Novel Series
• Choose Your Own Adventure Graphic Novel Journey Under the Sea (09/22)
• Choose Your Own Adventure Graphic Novel 8th Grade Witch (08/21)

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Responsible for creating and developing new properties for the publisher by writing bibles, scripts and pitches, as well as developing existing IP for media adaptation and working alongside artists and writers to keep.
• Licensing, strategic, and creative development of Lion Forge's Quillion gaming department
• ROLLED and TOLD issues 11,12Gaming Magazine (11/2018-8/2019)Creative Editor on the gaming magazine
• Dreamworks' VOLTRON: Legendary Defender Volume 4Comic Series (11/2018-4/2019)Editor

Portland, Oregon, US

Served as creative editor on content for the ROLLED & TOLD Volume 2 collection. Published 7/20.

London, England, GB

• Author of a new series of Classic Planet of the Apes novels.
• DEATH OF THE PLANET OF THE APESProse novel series set in the Classic POTA universe/2018Author
• TALES FROM THE FORBIDDEN ZONE: A PLANET OF THE APES ANTHOLOGY"The Unknown Ape" Prose short story set in the Classic POTA universe /2017Author

St Louis, Missouri, US

Freelance writer working on concept pitches, treatments, scripts, and trailers for various projects.

New York, New York, US

• After working closely with the editors at Rockstar Games for nearly a decade, Drew operated on retainer in a freelance consultant capacity for an additional seven years on such hit series as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead.
• Grand Theft Auto Online: Dangerous Business
• Grand Theft Auto Online: Festive Surprise
• Grand Theft Auto Online: Halloween Surprise
• Grand Theft Auto Online: Lowriders
• Grand Theft Auto Online: Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2

New York, New York, US

• Worked on the following games:
• Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
• Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
• Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
• Midnight Club: LA Remix
• Midnight Club: Los Angeles

New York, NY, US

• Weekend Manager of the Digital Imaging Center (DIC)Responsible for managing the 5th and 6th floor computer lab and workshop of the Graphic Design Department on the weekends (school year) and evenings (summer hours)..
• Evening Manager/ Lab Coordinator:Dec. 2008-June 2009Nov. 2002-Feb 2003 Managed the DIC until a replacement evening manager was hired. Duties were as above.
• Night Manager/ Lab Coordinator: Milton Glaser Workshop Responsible for all technical and managerial tasks necessary to assist the art directors enrolled in this special weeklong event to complete their assignments.
• Milton Glaser Workshop 2003-2011

New York, NY, US

• Sequential Imagery Continuing Education CourseCo-taught with instructor Julie Lieberman, focusing on mainstream comics while Lieberman focused on independent books. Hired to both assist when she was present and to run.
• Sequential Imagery Continuing Education Spring Semester Jan 2001 to Apr 2001 Substitute instructor
• Sequential Imagery Continuing Education Fall Semester Sep 2000 to Dec 2000 Co-instructor
• Sequential Imagery Continuing Education Spring Semester Jan 2000 to Apr 2000 Instructor's assistant

Portland, Oregon, US

• Prepared the alternate covers on the following comic titles:
• MICE TEMPLAR Volume IV: LEGEND # 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
• MICE TEMPLAR Volume V: NIGHT'S END # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• MICE TEMPLAR Volume IV: LEGEND PART ONE TP
• MICE TEMPLAR Volume V: NIGHT'S END TP

Los Angeles, CA, US

• CLASSIC SPACE:1999 - TO EVERYTHING THAT WASSelected Remastered Works from the Comic Archives 1975-1979 Graphic Novel/ July 2013 Editor/Co-writer/Art Director on the series transferred over from BOOM! Studios' purchase.
• HAWKEN: MELEE Issue 4 One shot/ Jan 2014 Writer

• Drew Gaska wrote and directed the following projects, creating story concepts, scripts, design and page layouts, and working closely with artists and designers to create the final look of the project. Published.
• CRITICAL MILLENNIUM: The Dark Frontier issues 1-4 Four Issue Comic Book Miniseries /June 2010-July 2011 Writer/Creator
• Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes Hardcover Illustrated Prose Novel /Aug 2011 Author/Creative Director
• CRITICAL MILLENNIUM: The Dark FrontierBook 1 of the Dark Frontier Cycle of the Critical Millennium Hardcover Graphic Novel /Sept 2011 Writer/Creator
• SPACE:1999 - AWE issues 1-2 Two Issue Comic Book Miniseries /July-Aug 2012 Writer/Creative Director
• SPACE:1999 - CLASSIC issues 1-11 Comic Book Series /Aug 2012-June 2013 Editor/Co-writer/Art Director

• EERIE TALES of Crime & Horror —The Complete Non-EC 1950s Crime & Horror Comics of WALLY WOOD.Providing digital color restoration for the story: 'Skull of the Sorcerer' by Wally Wood.
• STRANGE WORLDS of Science Fiction —The Science Fiction Comics of WALLY WOOD.Providing digital color restoration for the premiere story: 'The Flying Saucers' by Wally Wood.

BLAM! Entertainment is an online shopping resource for sci-fi and comic related toys, statues, and collectibles. Drew Gaska helped found the company in 2005 with current owner Jeremy Zmijewski. Drew's responsibilities included establishing connections with major distributors and wholesalers, as well as managing IT development for an online store.

• Production assistance on restoring valuable artworks for archival reproduction. Managed a freelance staff of scan technicians and preformed digital restoration work.Worked on the following books:
• Frazetta: The Definitive Reference
• Wallace Wood's Wizard King Trilogy Book II
• RGK: The Art of Roy G. Krenkel
• The Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos
• Grand Master of Adventure: J. Allen St. John

• SQI Pictures is a production house vehicle in association with BLAM! Ventures for showcasing new Scream Queen talent.
• DEAD ENDB-movie zombie flick set during the early 1980's. Two young couples along with mysterious security guard become trapped in a warehouse amidst the zombie apocalypse. Starring Linnea Quigley, Debbie Rochon.

New York, NY, US

Freelance job coloring advertising storyboards for clients such as Pepperidge Farm and MetLife.

New York, NY, US

• Worked on the following game:
• NBA 2K 8

Novato, California, US

• Worked on the following games:
• The Darkness /2007
• Family Guy Video Game! /2006

Managed freelancer artists on projects for various clients, including storyboards for Grey Goose Vodka and character rotations for Dreamwave Productions.

• Created character designs, storyboards, and advertising materials for PC games designed as promotional vehicles for high level hip hop artists. Projects included:
• Snoop Dogg in Doggs of War - UNRELEASED
• DMX in K-911 Contact - DEMO RELEASED 10/2001
• Lil' Kim in Queen Bee - UNRELEASED
• Ruff Ryders - UNRELEASED

Responsible for conceptual design for educational website, coordinating freelance artists, writers, and web designers, and rewriting of translated Korean text for internet based art instruction program for children grades K to 8th.

• A Survey of Illustration (Korean college level textbook)Co-wrote the chapter on "the History of Comics" focusing on mainstream comics in the USA from the 1940s through the 1990s. Text translated and published as Korean.

• PUBLISHED IN JULY 1998
• AestivalBlack & White anthology comic book. First published appearance of the Critical Millennium universe in two Variable Action Guard: Paperdoll short stories. Flip cover book, including Shadows of Eden. Paperdoll.

• GothisLettered Issue 2 of the Black & White vampire/goth comic book series. UNRELEASED.

• Laconia issue #11 /1996Writer of Realm Wars: Chrysalis - Black & White short comic story introducing the formerly Realm Wars - now Grey Chrysalis - universe.

• Realm Wars: Beneath the Stain of Time /1996 Black & White sword and sorcery comic. First appearance of the Grey Chrysalis universe. RELEASED JAN 1996
• Dark Envelope /1995 Black & White horror anthology comic. UNRELEASED

Interviewed Walt Simonson for Comic Culture, Volume 2, number 2

Bachelors Degree, Fine Arts - Illustration/Cartooning

It Project Management

Broadcast Engineering