Chris F. Grant

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Chris Grant:

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'''Chris F. Grant''' is an author-artist that created the ''[[Empires]]'' story setting, first seen in widespread print in the pages of ''[[Yarf!]]'' fanzine, from 1989 to 1996. During this time, Chris Grant attended numerous conventions and interacted with the audience, maintaining contact with his base and conducting sales. He maintained a very nomadic lifestyle during the time of production, moving from Woodland CA, to Huntington Beach, California, with [[Dwight Dutton]], then up to Sunnyvale, California with [[Peter N. Glaskowsky]] and others. In 1991 Grant moved to his hometown of Boise, Idaho. During this time he managed to maintain an unbroken contribution run, establishing a steady relationship with ''Yarf!'' and his audience.

'''Central Empire Productions''' is the name used by [[Chris F. Grant]] to produce the ''[[Empires]]'' science-fiction series that was serialized in the pages of [[Yarf!]] in 1989-1996.

Early ''[[Empires: The Ace of Spades]]'' and ''[[Morrigan's War]]'' features were inked by Grant himself, the results of which were seen as 'decent' but far from being professional grade. Inking was done by a host of guest inkers while Grant attempted to hone his skills. In Boise, Chris Grant developed a relationship with [[Aeryn Summers]], also an artist, who did a lot of background inking for Grant as he began to re-cast himself as inker for the series. Grant learned a lot through his experiences with the series and with the various inkers he worked with over the years, but the furry ''Empires'' universe, except for a few false starts, did not grow much beyond the end of the ''Yarf!'' series, which concluded in 1996.

Chris Grant continued to work in the non-furry science-fiction ''Empires'' setting, creating short stories and illustrations, which were published in college writer's guild magazines and student newspapers. Stories and characters continue to be fleshed out, but at a slower pace, as time went by. From 1998 to 2002, Grant lived in [[Wikipedia:Israel|Israel]], doing art projects and comics for the ''Panim'' student newspaper at [[Wikipedia:Ben-Gurion_University_of_the_Negev|Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]] in [[Wikipedia:Beer_Sheva|Beer-Sheva]] and Eric Cohen Books in Ra'anana, before returning to the United States to finish his BA in History at [[Wikipedia:Albertson College of Idaho|Albertson College of Idaho]] in 2003.

In 2004, Grant was mobilized with the US Army Reserves and sent to Iraq where he created the series "Bohica Blues"[[http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=22793&archive=true]], which received a write-up in [[Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_%28newspaper%29|''Stars & Stripes'']], and returned in March of 2005. Shortly thereafter, he incorporated ''Central Empire Productions'' as a legal business entity in Idaho and intends to revive ''Empires'' under the title ''Iriesii Manifest''. In 2006, Grant was married at a private ceremony in Los Angeles. The couple lives in [[Wikipedia:Boise, Idaho|Boise, Idaho]].

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