Prentis Rollins is the author of The Furnace (A Graphic Novel) (Tor Books, 2018)(Hailed by The Washington Post as the best sci-fi of July, 2018). A veteran of the American comics industry, he has contributed art to hundreds of issues of DC and Marvel Comics, notably the bestsellers Green Lantern: Rebirth, New X-Men, Batman: The Ultimate Evil, DC: One Million, JLA: Incarnations, DC 2000, Flash: Iron Heights, Green Lantern Corps, and Hardware (for Milestone Media/DC).
He is also the author of How to Draw Sci-fi Heroes and Villains (Monacelli Studio/Phaidon, 2023), How to Draw Sci-fi Utopias and Dystopias (Monacelli Studio/Phaidon, 2016), The Making of a Graphic Novel/The Resonator (Random House, 2006), Survival Machine (Stories) (Monkeysuit Press, 2002), and Forgetting to Remember (A Graphic Novel) (forthcoming).
He was featured artist of Jekyll Island Chronicles, Volume 3: A Last Call (IDW/Top Shelf, 2021). He was co-founder and editor of Monkeysuit Press, which produced 5 anthologies and many one-shots between 1999 – 2005.
He has an MA in philosophy from Rutgers University, and has taught philosophy at Rutgers, pen-and-ink drawing at The School of Visual Arts, and online comics courses for Outclass Education (Beijing).
He lives with his family in London.