Sam Hiti

Who is Sam Hiti?

Sam Hiti is a comic book author and illustrator based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

His works, including the first part in his projected nine-part series Tiempos Finales, are self-published under La Luz Comics, Hiti's own publishing company. Hiti was able to self-publish Tiempos Finales due to a Xeric Foundation grant. Tiempos Finales was published in French in 2007 by Les Humanoïdes. The book has been optioned to become a motion picture through Focus Features. His other works include sketchbooks Ghoulash 1 and 2.

Many of his illustrations draw on Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns and the Rambo series of films. His unique drawing style employs thick brush strokes and drybrushing. Among fans of Hiti's unique work is Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. An animator on the bonus features section of the DVD of the film A Scanner Darkly is seen using "Tiempos Finales" as a reference while the narrator talks about style influences.

Sam Hiti also illustrated the comics adaptation of the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events for a special edition of Nickelodeon Magazine.

His newest book, Death Day, launched as an online comic on October 31,2009.