Jeff Balke
Animator
Chicago, IL, USA
Biography:
Jeff Balke is an entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, colorist and producer/director who created his own animation studio, Jeff Balke Studios, which focuses on 2D Animation (including CEL Animation). All of the characters and stories are created by Jeff himself. In addition to creating animations, his studio also produces Comic Strips which will be released in 2019. The Studios was founded in 2015 while Jeff was working as an Award Winning Comic Book Colorist and has worked on more than 300 comic books, and has worked with companies such as Marvel, Image, Zenescope, and Storm King Productions just to name a few. Jeff has also been nominated twice for the Eagle Awards for Best Comic Book Colorist, and won the Shel Dorf Award in 2011 for Colorist of the Year. In 2007 he created Sketch ColoringTM (HIS version of commissions). Sketch Coloring is when Jeff colors (with markers by hand) most anything black and white (comic, print, poster etc.) making what's colored POP right off that image and leaving some of that item black and white, which makes it one of a kind and unique.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2025 - February 22, 2025 in West Allis, WI, USA 2024
- Madison Comic Con 2024 - December 1, 2024 in Madison, WI, USA
- Lafayette Comic Con 2024 - October 26, 2024 in Lafayette, IN, USA
- St. Louis Mighty Con 2024 - October 5-6, 2024 in Belleville, IL, USA
- DuPage Comic Con 2024 - September 7, 2024 in Wheaton, IL, USA
- Fan Expo Chicago 2024 - August 16-18, 2024 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- New Orleans Comic Con 2024 - August 10-11, 2024 in Kenner, LA, USA
- Madison Comic Con 2024 - May 5, 2024 in Madison, WI, USA
- DuPage Comic Con 2024 - March 2, 2024 in Wheaton, IL, USA
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2024 - February 10, 2024 in West Allis, WI, USA 2023
- Madison Comic Con 2023 - December 10, 2023 in Madison, WI, USA
- Collectorabilia 2023 - November 25, 2023 in Ashwaubenon, WI, USA
- Grand Rapids Comic-Con 2023 - November 3-5, 2023 in Grand Rapids, MI, USA
- Lafayette Comic Con 2023 - October 7, 2023 in Lafayette, IN, USA
- DuPage Comic Con 2023 - September 30, 2023 in Wheaton, IL, USA
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2023 - September 2, 2023 in West Allis, WI, USA
- Fan Expo Chicago 2023 - August 10-13, 2023 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- St. Louis Mighty Con 2023 - August 5-6, 2023 in Collinsville, IL, USA
Fan Expo Dallas 2023 - June 9-11, 2023 in Dallas, TX, USACancelled Appearance- Des Moines Con 2023 - June 3-4, 2023 in Des Moines, IA, USA
- Quad Cities Comic Con 2023 - April 15-16, 2023 in Davenport, IA, USA
- MegaCon Orlando 2023 - March 30 - April 2, 2023 in Orlando, FL, USA
- Madison Comic Con 2023 - March 12, 2023 in Madison, WI, USA
- DuPage Comic Con 2023 - March 4, 2023 in Wheaton, IL, USA
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2023 - February 11, 2023 in West Allis, WI, USA 2022
- Twin Cities Con 2022 - November 11-13, 2022 in Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2022 - September 24, 2022 in West Allis, WI, USA
- DuPage Comic Con 2022 - September 10, 2022 in Wheaton, IL, USA
- Madison Comic Con 2022 - August 14, 2022 in Madison, WI, USA
- Des Moines Con 2022 - May 21-22, 2022 in Des Moines, IA, USA
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2022 - April 9, 2022 in West Allis, WI, USA
- Quad Cities Comic Con 2022 - April 2-3, 2022 in Davenport, IA, USA
- Madison Comic Con 2022 - March 6, 2022 in Madison, WI, USA 2021
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2021 - November 13, 2021 in West Allis, WI, USA
- Madison Comic Con 2021 - August 29, 2021 in Madison, WI, USA
- Milwaukee Comic Con 2021 - June 26, 2021 in West Allis, WI, USA 2020
Infinity Toy and Comic Con 2020 - August 22-23, 2020 in Kissimmee, FL, USAConvention Cancelled- Central Florida Comic Con 2020 - January 18-19, 2020 in Lakeland, FL, USA 2019
- Gamer Comic Expo 2019 - November 8-10, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
- Quad Cities Comic Con 2019 - March 30-31, 2019 in Rock Island, IL, USA
- Madison Comic Con 2019 - March 3, 2019 in Madison, WI, USA
39 confirmed guest appearances