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Kris Oprisko is an American writer born in Chester, Pennsylvania, best known for co-founding IDW Publishing and writing the Metal Gear Solid comic series. He also created several collectible card games for Upper Deck, including the Cardcaptors CCG, and localized the first 1,300 Yu-Gi-Oh! cards released in the United States.
Kris Oprisko was one of four founders of Idea and Design Works, LLC, which became IDW Publishing. He worked at WildStorm from 1995 to 1999 before co-founding IDW, where he continues to work.
Kris Oprisko wrote Metal Gear Solid issues one through twelve and Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty issues one through thirteen, both published through IDW Publishing. Ashley Wood provided the art for those comics.
Kris Oprisko created the Cardcaptors CCG, the Gregory Horror Show game, the SpongeBob SquarePants CCG, Wizard in Training, a Lego Bionicle McDonald's Happy Meal game, and sports card games for NFL Football, MLB Baseball, and NHL Hockey, all for Upper Deck.
Kris Oprisko localized the US rules and the first 1,300 US cards for Yu-Gi-Oh! as part of his work for Upper Deck. He also worked on the initial US release of the Digimon card game.
Kris Oprisko currently lives in southern Spain with his family. He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and continues to work with IDW Publishing, the company he co-founded.