Marty Baumann has worked as an artist at Pixar Animation Studios as an illustrator, graphic artist and production designer on such films as "Toy Story 3," "Cars 2," "Mater's Tall Tales," and many others. He also helped develop theme park installations, toy packaging and Pixar corporate branding.

Beyond Pixar, Marty has rendered illustrations and developed characters for toy manufacturers, magazines and newspapers, illustrated children's books, created logos, info-graphics, Web sites, broadcast promotions and presentation art for Hasbro, McDonald's, HarperCollins, Chronicle Books, National Geographic, Scholastic Books, Universal Studios, Weekly Reader, Johnson & Johnson, Nickelodeon and many others.

Recent projects include a redesign of the classic game Monopoly, a redesign of the Cheetos mascot, Chester the Cheetah, and llustrations for Hasbro and Listerine.

Marty has been a rhythm and blues singer/guitarist for nearly 30 years. He’s shared the stage with Jr. Walker and the All Stars, Fenton Robinson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Hound Dog Taylor's Houserockers, Danny Gatton, John Hammond, Johnny Winter and others. Marty’s CD “Let’s Buzz Awhile” features 13 original blues tunes.



THE CRATER KID
Marty is the creator of The Crater Kid, a critically-acclaimed, all-ages sci-fi comic strip which was internet-syndicated and featured in Image Comics' Astounding Space Thrills. It is available in trade paperback. The Crater Kid Collection compiles all of the daily strips and features an illustrated introduction by legendary illustrator Jack Davis.

THE ASTOUNDING B MONSTER
The Astounding B Monster, an award-winning cult-movie Web site hailed by Entertainment Weekly as “the best online journalism devoted to camp, monster and cult movies!” The Astounding B Monster book, with a foreword by Fess Parker (Disney’s Davy Crockett), was recently released to critical praise.The Astounding B Monster book is available in trade paperback.

DICK PROFANE
Marty is also the creator of Dick Profane, “the world’s most disgruntled, dyspeptic detective!” The exploits of the misanthropic comic strip lawman are currently being developed for television.

MARTY B AND THE STINGERS
Marty is an accomplished blues guitarist and vocalist. His CD "Let's Buzz Awhile" features original blues tunes performed by some of the finest blues players on the scene today.