Brad Hudson has been an artist/instructor at the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore for 18 years. He developed a Sequential Arts
concentration that began in the Fall of 2009. Hudson is a prolific artist. He
publishes his comics under the monicker of Coldstream Studios and has developed
numerous characters including Draxx(with Chris Harrington), Rocket Girl, and
Dark Crusader. In addition to his own titles, Hudson frequently contributes
work other independent anthologies and illustrates other independent comics. In
2015, he illustrated issue #1 of Slowheart, written by UK scribe Adam Cheal. In
May of 2015, Hudson attended the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic-Con. His work
was seen by the Star Wars Brand Manager from Topps Trading cards. To date, he
has produced over 2000 Star Wars sketchcards to be distributed internationally.
In addition to Star Wars, Hudson also does illustrations for other Topps
licenses including AMC’s The Walking Dead, Stranger Things and Mars Attacks. Hudson
has also been contracted by Upperdeck and Fleer to work on trading card series
based on Agent Carter of SHEILD, Spider-Man, Guardians of The Galaxy, Thor Ragnarok
and Avengers Infinity War under the Marvel Comics license. Hudson has also been
invited to create sketch cards for Fox’s TV series, The X-Files. In the Fall of 2016, Hudson submitted a 4’x5’
oil painting of a First Order Tie Fighter Pilot to be considered for the art
show at the Star Wars Celebration 2017. It was accepted and Hudson attended as
guest in April 2017 with Acme Arts. Hudson continues to practice the art of
printmaking specializing in lithography and relief printing. Hudson's interests
focus on the Pin-Ups of the 40s and 50s, classic illustration, and contemporary
pattern, iconography and graffiti. He continues to exhibit locally, nationally and
internationally and participates in numerous national comic book conventions
with students from UMES.
“In the past 3 years, I’ve completed well over 2000 full color
illustrations. It’s taught me to be timely and flexible. I’ve explored a
variety of materials and processes to adapt to the changing card stock and to
keep my work fresh. Time management and scheduling have become major
priorities!”
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