DEAN MOTTER, the creator of Electropolis, has worked as art director, designer, illustrator and writer in the entertainment and publishing industries for over twenty years. Following a stint as staff illustrator for Holt Rinehart and Winston of Canada, he went on to become Art Director at CBS Records Canada.

He later formed his own studio in Toronto, Diagram Studios, aka Modern Imageworks. During that time he designed numerous record jackets, as well as continuing to illustrate children’s books.

He was responsible for the covers for many major Canadian recording acts including Loverboy, The Nylons, Triumph and Anne Murray. His work has won several awards including two Juno Awards (the Canadian counterpart to the Grammy award) for album cover design. He also created promotional graphics and stage designs for many performers and stadium events.

He created the ’80s comic book sensation, Mister X. He also wrote and illustrated the graphic novel, The Prisoner, based on Patrick McGoohan's television series of the ‘60s, for DC Comics.

In 1990 Dean took on the role of Editorial Art Director for Byron Preiss Visual Publications, a major packager of science- fiction, fantasy and children's illustrated books. There he had the opportunity to work with such notable authors as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury.

Dean then took up the Creative Services Art Director's post at DC Comics, where he oversaw the corporate and licensing designs of America’s most beloved comic book characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. In his off-hours he went on to create and design the highly acclaimed, retro-futuristic comic book series, Terminal City -- and its sequel, Aerial Graffiti.

Currently, Dean continues to create graphic works in the entertainment, leisure arts and comic book industries. Most recently his work has appeared in The New York Times on The Sopranos and the IMAX films book, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous.

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