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Michael Turner (born April 21 1971 ) is a Comic Book Artist born in Crossville, Tennessee and primarily known for his work on '' Witchblade '' and '' Fathom ''. Michael is also the president of his own entertainment company Aspen MLT . BIOGRAPHY Turner was discovered by Marc Silvestri at a convention, and hired by Silvestri's Top Cow Productions as an artist. He initially did background illustrations for Top Cow titles before co-creating ''Witchblade''. In the summer of 1998 he debuted the Creator-owned ''Fathom'', also currently working on his new series "Soulfire". As well as an artist, Turner is an award-winning water skier, holds an instructor level red sash in Martial Arts , and is an avid Video Game player. In March of 2000 Michael Turner was diagnosed with Cancer , specifically Chondrosarcoma in the right Pelvis . He was treated at UCLA Medical Center with Surgery in which he lost his entire hip, 40% of his pelvis, and three pounds of bone. The surgery was followed by nine months of Radiation Therapy . Turner departed Top Cow in late 2002 to found his own comic book publishing company, Aspen MLT Inc. , located in Santa Monica , with a studio in Marina Del Rey, California . MLT stands for Michael Layne Turner. The release of comics from Aspen was delayed by a year-long lawsuit with Top Cow Productions over the rights to ''Fathom'', and over the rights to the unreleased titles '' Soulfire '' (initially called ''Dragonfly'') and '' Ekos '', both of which Turner had begun development on before leaving Top Cow and before his diagnosis of cancer. Aspen and Top Cow settled the lawsuit out of court in 2003. In 2004 Turner contributed covers to various DC Comics titles, including '' The Flash '' and '' Identity Crisis ''. He also illustrated the six-issue " Supergirl from Krypton" story arc in '' Superman/Batman .'' His creator-owned title '' Soulfire '' also began publication in 2004, and '' Fathom '' resumed publication in that year as well, though this time with Aspen MLT rather than Top Cow. On ''. In addition Turner has been announced as the artist on Brian Michael Bendis ' Ultimate Invasion . #01'']] REFERENCES
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