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Art by The Kaiser
I thought with the beginning of the 2026 I and Ninja Empire needed to get an update website. Make sure to come back often to catch all the updates and appurtenances that are going to be happening over the upcoming year.
Born a Ninja, Die a Ninja!
Upcoming Conventions
Jan. 16-17th -- Anime Otopia
Jan. 30-Feb 1st -- Farpoint Comic Con
Mar. 7th -- Hawk Con
Mar. 13-15th -- AwesomeCon
April 18 -- Annapolis Comic Con
Nov. 20-22nd Twin Cities Comic Con
Dec. 12-13th -- Ocean City Comic Con
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Explore the intricate details and vibrant story of the Ninja Empire. This is Kaiser's personal IP and passion project. Explore the Lore, the Beauty and the Violence that is The Ninja Empire
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Dive into the world of graphic and captivating cover illustrations, each one a visual doorway to the stories within.
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Meet the diverse and compelling characters brought to life by Kaiser's character designs, each one uniquely crafted to enhance storytelling.
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It all comes together with these sequential storytelling pages. Check out how Kaiser weaves his character designs and illustrations together in a sequential story
Newest Comics
Bryan "Kaiser" Tillman
Bryan Tillman has been in higher education for 20 years and has done everything from professor to program director for Media. He is currently an Associate Professor for Illustration at Montgomery College in Rockville Maryland. Bryan has a BFA and MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, with a focus in sequential art and a minor in drawing. As an educator Bryan has conducted many panels and solo lectures for many conventions such as, AwesomeCon, MegaCon, Stan Lee's Comikaze, GenCon, Wizard World Conventions and San Diego Comic Con. The San Diego Comic Con has over the past 16 years invited him back to give his panel on Proper Pitching and Promoting Yourself. Bleeding cool did an article on it in 2017.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/07/26/comic-con-bryan-tillmans-five-rules-self-promotion-pitching/
Aside from being an educator, Bryan is a Diana Jones Award recipient and Glyph award nominee and he is the owner and CEO of Kaiser Studio Productions LLC, a production studio for comics, toys, animation, and games that has been active in the industry for 24 years. Within Kaiser Studio Productions Bryan Tillman does many things. He is a sculptor for toys. He is the editor for all the comic books that come out from the studio. He also does layout and illustrations for multiple projects that are being worked on. Some of the clients that Bryan has worked for are Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Valiant Comics, UpperDeck, Cryptozoic, Rittenhouse, Lucas Films, Cartoon Network, Toys R Us, T.G.I. Fridays, Focal Press, FX, Miramax and Tandem Productions.
Bryan has published three instructional books; Creative Character Design for Focal Press, Creative Design vol. 2 for CRC Press and The 30 Day Pitch Bible as well as two character design workbooks for Kaiser Studio Productions. Bryan has also created and illustrated a tabletop RPG trading card game, Dark Legacy, which was acquired by UpperDeck and released in late 2018
Currently Bryan is hard at work getting Ninja Empire to the public. Ninja Empire is multi-platform IP that will be spawning comics, action figures, board and card games, and animations. Issue 0 was a successful Kickstarter campaign and was recently published in September. Issue 1 is set to release in August, and Issue 2 is in production.
Get in Touch
Please get in contact for collaborations, commissions, inquiries, or to explore how Kaiser's illustrations can enhance your projects.