Evan Hayden Email & Phone Number

Toledo, Oh, Us

As of spring 2024, I have worked on over 200 manga books for Kodansha (both for the Penguin Random House team and for the Vertical team.)Those titles include:Akira (35th Anniversary box set), Ashita no Joe, Battle Angel Alita (softcover omnibuses), Battle Angel Alita: Holy Night, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order (omnibus), Attack on Titan (omnibus), Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Blood on the Tracks, Bomba!, Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (both the original and deluxe version), Complex Age, Die Wergelder, Forget Me Not, Four Knights of the Apocalypse (production), The Ghost and the Lady, Golosseum, Granblue Fantasy, Island in a Puddle, Land of the Lustrous, Livingstone, Magus of the Library, Maria the Virgin Witch (+MTVW Exhibition), Ninja Slayer Kills, O Maidens in Your Savage Season, Penguin & House, Real Account, Re:Anima, Saiyuki, Sankarea, Skygrazer, Tales of Berseria, Tank Chair, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (regular + omnibus editions), Virgin Love

As of March 2024, I've worked on 287 manga volumes to date, most of them for Kodansha, but also quite a few for Last Gasp, Vertical, Saturday AM, and J-Novel Club, as well as a couple for Digital Manga and Stonebridge Press. Notable titles I've lettered include Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle (and some other Alita books too), Akira 35th anniversary box set, Land of the Lustrous, three Osamu Tezuka projects (Barbara, Bomba!, and The Osamu Tezuka Story), Panorama Island, Heaven's Door, Junji Ito's Cat Diary, Die Wergelder, Blood on the Tracks, and many more! More info: evanhaydenart.com/comicsCurrently projects: Ashita no Joe, Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle, Die Wergelder, Land of the Lustrous, Re:Anima, Sketchy, Tank Chair, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Ultra Heaven, Virgin Love

Last Gasp was my entry into the world of manga lettering, and I have worked on projects for them to this day. As of spring 2024, these projects include:Barefoot Gen, I Can't Forget the Bomb, I'm Enough, I Saw It, Heaven's Door: Extra Works, The Strange Tale of Panorama Island, Tokyo Zombie, Ultra Heaven

Nagasaki, Japan

Working at four two Jr High schools and two Elementary schools, I helped students to become skilled English speakers via lessons, worksheets, games, and conversation. I implemented my art skills heavily into this position, making many illustration-packed slideshows, flashcards, and games, as well as teaching art-based English lessons whenever possible, allowing the students to express themselves through words and pictures. I also occasionally worked as the photographer for in-school events. My proudest accomplishment at JET was designing, editing, and illustrating an English picture dictionary and accompanying flashcards and PowerPoint, which was used throughout the Nagasaki City school system.

Bay Area, Ca

Working as a seasonal photographer for the Senior Portrait Division at Prestige, I shot yearbook, casual, and cap & gown photos for high school seniors. I worked on location at various high schools aroung the bay - as far south as Cupertino, and as far north as Napa - as well as working at Prestige's multiple studios. The job required good aesthetic composition, the ability to work with a wide variety of people, and the ability to edit photos quickly and accurately on-site.

San Francisco, Ca

Freelance UX and graphic design for Honestly and its former incarnation, Unvarnished. I created the visual brand identity for the Unvarnished era, and provided various image assets for Honestly.

Detroit Mi, Tokyo Jp

I worked with Intersection Magazine on four occasions. First, in January 2007, I assisted photographer Alex Freund in the Nissan Bevel concept photo shoot. Later, in October 2007, at the Tokyo Motor Show, I assisted with fashion shoots around the show, and shot various details of concept vehicles. Later, I worked as the photographer at the 2009 and 2011 Detroit Auto show (NAIAS).

San Francisco, Ca

In my position as the in-house graphic designer at Spleak Media Network, I gave the product an entirely new look for the company relaunch, and handled all of the day-to-day graphics needs. Major accomplishments included visual design for the company websites, the broadcast widget, activity windows for the AIM and MSN platforms, social networking pages, emoticons, email & Powerpoint templates, business cards, and t-shirts, redesign of the company mascot, logos, color theme, and user-interface design. My position expanded to include product planning for the company’s multimedia widgets, and the co-founding & maintenance of the video game site, gamespleak.com. The great recession killed the company, like so many others, but it was a fun job!

San Francisco, Ca

Worked as photo issue room clerk in the Academy of Art’s Van Ness warehouse photo studio and the Sutter studios. Responsibilities included checking equipment out to students and faculty, operating and positioning the Chimera overhead light bank (a large rail-mounted soft box with 12 strobe heads), opening and closing the studios, helping photography students, fixing equipment, cleaning, inventory and repair of equipment between semesters, and various office tasks.

Columbus Oh, Hayward Ca

Worked as a photographer for the Columbus Ohio branch - and later the Hayward California branch - of Auto Trader magazine. Took photos of customers' vehicles for Trader Publications' various magazines (ie: Auto Trader, Truck Trader, Tradin' Times, Cycle Trader, Classic Car Trader, etc). Also helped customers to place ads for the magazines, utilizing various keywords and formatting to emphasize the traits of their vehicle. I currently work on an on-call basis, helping to run the booth at auto shows, as occur.

Toledo, Oh

Worked as a lab assistant in University of Toledo’s student photo lab. Responsibilities included operating the Jobo film processor and Hope C-41 print processor, checking equipment out to students, mixing B&W chemicals, helping photography students, running errands, opening and closing the lab, and various office tasks.