THOMAS SLUZALEK (b.1982) is a german artist/designer living and working in Mannheim, Germany. He has been working in comics since 1999, but has also done a number of other projects, including design and animation. He is a state-approved graphic designer and has a bachelor of arts degree in media design with a strong focus on 2D animation.
So far his comic work includes CYBER NINJA 2082, SHAOLIN GRANDMASTER KILLER, WEAPON MASTER, GOREHAUS, ÜBERMENSCH, FANTASY ADVENTURES, JACK POT, BON AT THE GEOMETOURNAMENT, short stories in JAZAM #5 & #7 and in DETECTIVE HEADACHE: BLACK.
Work on his dream project SHAOLIN GRANDMASTER KILLER, a homage to asian martial arts and kaiju cinema, began in 2008. The first printed version was a flip-comic book featuring SGK on one side and his brothers comic book DETECTIVE HEADACHE on the other. This first version was a very rough and raw draft of SGK. It took four more years to finish the book as first intended.
Meanwhile he worked on different projects for clients and on some animation projects. Among those his biggest production is the 2D animated short JIGOKU NO SAMURAI, an ukiyo-e inspired nightmare of a lone samurai in hell. In 2017 his one-man (self)publishing house ZTEROID PRODUCTIONS republished the first issues of his two main projects SHAOLIN GRANDMASTER KILLER and WEAPON MASTER.
2020 saw the release of CYBER NINJA 2082, a science-fiction anthology book which celebrates the japanese cybernetic ninja hype of the 80s/90s with short stories by some of germanys most talented upcoming artists.
SHAOLIN GRANDMASTER KILLER #2 was released in 2022 after a succesful crowdfunding campaign.
In 2024 the crowdfunded GOREHAUS #1 was released, the first issue of a 4 issue US comic book style mini series. It’s about a horror fan’s quest to rescue his girlfriend from the many horrors inside the Gorehaus. Issues #2-4 will be released in 2025.
Currently Thomas Sluzalek is working on GOREHAUS and SHAOLIN GRANDMASTER KILLER #3, the third book in the epic post-apocalyptic martial-arts/fantasy series, featuring the dramatic life story of an old misanthropic kung fu master.