In any biography of Chris Eng, long or short, two questions must be asked:

"Has Chris always been a g33k?" and "has Chris always been destined to be a writer?"

Coincidentally, both these questions have the same answer: yeah, pretty much.

Chris got the jumpstart on his g33ky interests early on. He spent most of the ‘70s and ‘80s perched in front of the TV, fed on a diet of Wonder Woman, various Krofft shows, GI Joe and Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. The first movie he remembers seeing in the theatre is Star Wars (he was four), and was probably much the same age when he read his first comic (Green Lantern, if he's not mistaken). All of this g33ky knowledge enabled him to go to parties and answer obscure trivia questions, eventually earning him the not terribly exciting nickname “pop culture guy.” He started thinking critically about pop culture a few years after that and now spends most of his time drawing connections between Holden Caulfield, John Bender and Buddy Bradley.

Writing-wise, he decided it was his ideal career in Grade 3 after discovering that archaeology, contrary to what was portrayed in Raiders of the Lost Ark, did not have a lot of Nazi-punching (but did involve an inordinate amount of dusting). In the intervening years he has scripted anime (The Daichis: Earth's Defense Family and Tokyo Underground) and written for magazines and papers like Vice (his Recordings for Deviants column ran for almost five years), Punk Planet and The Coast. He edited DiSCORDER for a year before moving on to Terminal City Weekly in 2003 where he spent two and a half years as both Film Editor and Editor-In-Chief (though not simultaneously). He is always interested in offering up freelance pitches as well as hearing your ideas for him.

Chris lives in Vancouver, BC with his wife and their three computers. He likes Slurpees and email, and will send you a copy of his résumé if you ask nice.