
Nate Wunderman was born in Uccle, Belgium whilst America was in the midst of Beatle mania. It was only natural that Wunderman became a fervent fan of comics, as it is one of the four things that Belgians are superior creators (the others being beer, chocolate, & waffles) & connoisseurs of.
Wunderman immigrated with his parents to Los Angeles while Patton & M.A.S.H. was in theaters and had a typical Southern California upbringing. What was not typical in that childhood was his exposure to comics from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to his American favorites, Batman, X-Men, & Scooby-Doo, Wunderman also devoured such European classics as Tintin, Asterix, & Lucky Luke.
Wunderman fit the profile of a comic book fan from adolescence on & still has the requisite comic book collection. By that time, his comic book reading had also come to encompass Japanese comics, with Lone Wolf & Cub and Akira as particular favorites. His favorite class at Beverly Hills High School was cartooning, where he found that his storytelling ability was much stronger than his drawing skills.
Wunderman college experience started at Los Angeles City College and ended at the University of Southern California, where he majored in Anthropology. The comic bug had not left him though; Wunderman made his Anthropology Praxis report on Deadheads (Grateful Dead fans) in the form of an electronic comic book utilizing photos and Comic works. For another major term paper, he was able to utilize Watchmen as a source material.
After college, Wunderman worked in the family business, which had him working for a time in Switzerland. The sojourn allowed him to discover many bande-dessinee classics that he had only seen fleetingly such as Alix & Gaston LeGaffe. Eventually, he returned to Southern California and wound up covering the Los Angeles Galaxy for a variety of soccer web sites.
It was during his first year back from Switzerland that Wunderman first began the daydreams that would morph into his first comic book, E.I. Many years of mental stewing, treatment, then script writing, and test drawings later; E.I. #1 was published in July 2006. Wunderman is currently working on issues #2 & 3 of E.I. while simultaneously writing and creating another comic book, Time Corps. |