Travis Charest

Travis Charest
Charest in May 2009
Born	1969
Nationality	Canadian
Area(s)	Penciller, Painter
Notable works	Darkstars, WildC.A.T.s, Grifter/Shi, WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age, The Metabarons

Travis Charest (born 1969) is a Canadian comic book penciller, inker and painter, known for his work on such books as Darkstars, WildC.A.T.s, Grifter/Shi, WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age and The Metabarons. He is known for his detailed line work and muted color palette, and is a much sought-after cover artist, having done extensive cover work for many other books, such as various Star Wars series from Dark Horse Comics.

Charest was born in 1969. He began drawing at as a child, attributing his artistic interest his mother, who he says, like he and his sister, also has artistic talent. Charest grew up on farm in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Charest cites Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes and Brian Bolland among his artistic influences, as well as many artists from the early 20th century.

Because he grew up on a farm, Charest was isolated from the comics industry, and says the main reason he eventually turned to comics as a profession was because he could draw, having been through a number of dead-end jobs because deciding that comics was his calling. After sending samples to DC Comics, he was offered his first comics job, a Flash story in Showcase '93 #3 (March 1993). He followed that with another Flash story in Flash Annual #5 (August 1992), which he calls "my first real thing", and then a story focusing on an arm wrestling match between the Hulk and the Thing written by Peter David in Incredible Hulk Annual #18.