Ted McKeever

Ted McKeever is an award-winning Comics artist.

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McKeever first published work appeared in 1987, when he published the first 5 parts of his unfinished series Transit

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, establishing his trademark style. This was followed in 1987-1988 by his 12-part series Eddy Current. This "12-hour book"

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centers on an escapee from an asylum -- obsessed with the expoits of the superhero "The Amazing Broccoli," Eddy buys a

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mail-order battery-powered "Dynamic Fusion Suit" and sets out to save the world. The work is quintessential McKeever:

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darkly humorous, showing an "ordinary" person caught up in extra-ordinary events. Some of the characters in Eddy Current

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reappear in Metropol and other later works ,similary from Transit.

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His 5-parter Plastic Forks (Epic 1990) explored the world of animal experimentation, albeit in a surreal and comical way.

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Metropol (Epic 1991-1992) is an epic story of the fight between angels and demons, but set in a modern

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industrial landscape. An apocalyptic work in which non-entity Jasper Notochord becomes involved in a surreal fight between

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the forces of good and evil.

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The Extremist, a 4-parter written by Peter Milligan (Vertigo 1993) tells the tale of a woman who

Related Topics:
Peter Milligan - Vertigo

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discovers that her husband had a secret life, which she discovers upon his death. Her investigations lead her into a shocking world of extreme

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sex and violence.

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Recently, McKeever has produced a number of works exploring alternative realities within the world of DC

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Superhero comics.

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With Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, he has produced Superman?s Metropolis - Elseworlds, Batman Nosferatu

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and Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon, all retellings of the DC mythos.

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His distinctive style is dark and gritty, far less clean than many of his contemporaries.

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As well as Peter Milligan and Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, McKeever has collaborated with comics creators

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Dave Gibbons and writer and singer Lydia Lunch. His most recent work Enginehead (DC 2004)

Related Topics:
Dave Gibbons - Lydia Lunch - DC

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was written by Joe Kelly.

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