Ted McKeever
Information about Ted McKeever
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Cover of the collected edition of Eddy Current
McKeever first published work appeared in 1987, when he published the first 5 parts of his unfinished series Transit, establishing his trademark style. This was followed in 1987-1988 by his 12-part series Eddy Current. This "12-hour book" centers on an escapee from an asylum -- obsessed with the expoits of the superhero "The Amazing Broccoli," Eddy buys a mail-order battery-powered "Dynamic Fusion Suit" and sets out to save the world. The work is quintessential McKeever: darkly humorous, showing an "ordinary" person caught up in extra-ordinary events. Some of the characters in Eddy Current reappear in Metropol and other later works ,similarly from Transit. This series was nominated for the Eisner Awards for Best Single-Issue (#1), Best Black-and-White Series, Best New Series, and Best Artist (for McKeever) for 1988.
His 5-parter Plastic Forks (Epic 1990) explored the world of animal experimentation, albeit in a surreal and comical way.
Metropol (Epic 1991-1992) is an epic story of the fight between angels and demons, but set in a modern industrial landscape. An apocalyptic work in which non-entity Jasper Notochord becomes involved in a surreal fight between the forces of good and evil.
The Extremist, a 4-parter written by Peter Milligan (Vertigo 1993) tells the tale of a woman who discovers that her husband had a secret life, which she discovers upon his death. Her investigations lead her into a shocking world of extreme sex and violence.
Recently, McKeever has produced a number of works exploring alternative realities within the world of DC Superhero comics. With Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, he has produced an Elseworlds trilogy: Superman's Metropolis, and , all retellings of the DC mythos.
His artistic style is dark distorted and far less clean than many of his contemporaries. As well as Peter Milligan and Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, McKeever has collaborated with comics creators Dave Gibbons and writer and singer Lydia Lunch. His most recent work Enginehead (DC 2004) was written by Joe Kelly.
Bibliography
- Transit #1-5 (Vortex 1987-88 Unfinished)
- Eddy Current #1-12 (Mad Dog Graphics 1987-88)
- Grimjack #47 (First Comics 1988) (Eddy Current Back-up story)
- Fish Police vol. 2 #8 (Comico 1988) (4 page story: Riverfront Joe's)
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser #1 (Epic 1989) (18 page story: Dance Of The Fetus)
- Ted McKeever’s Plastic Forks #1-5 (Epic 1990)
- Metropol #1-12 (Epic 1991-92)
- Metropol A.D. #1-3 (Epic 1993)
- Eclipso #8-9 (DC 1993) (written by Keith Giffen, Robert Loren Fleming)
- The Extremist #1-4 (DC/Vertigo 1993) (written by Peter Milligan)
- Clive Barker's Night Breed # 24-25 (Epic 1993 (covers only)
- Showcase '93 #12 (DC 1993) (10 page story: The Creeper: A Cold Night In Hell written by Keith Giffen)
- Doom Patrol #75-79, 81-82, 84-87 (DC/Vertigo 1994-95) (written by Rachel Pollack)
- Industrial Gothic #1-5 (DC/Vertigo 1995)
- "Engines" in Legends of the Dark Knight #74-75 (DC 1996)
- #1 (DC 1997) (8 page story: Perpetual Mourning)
- Superman's Metropolis (DC 1997) (written by Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier & Roy Thomas)
- Junk Culture #1-2 (DC 1997)
- Toxic Gumbo (DC 1998) (written by Lydia Lunch)
- (DC, Elseworlds, 1999) (written by Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier)
- Faith #1-5 (DC/Vertigo 2000)
- Flinch #14 (DC/Vertigo 2000) (8 page story: Grave Wisdom)
- Vertigo Visions (Titan Books 2000)
- Spider-Man's Tangled Web #18 (Marvel 2002)
- Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #12-13 (Marvel 2002) (written by Brian Michael Bendis)
- Marvel Knights Double Shot #2 (Marvel 2002) (11 page story: Memories of Green)
- - Elseworlds (DC 2003) (written by Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier)
- The Matrix Comics #1 (Burleyman 2003) (12 page story: "A Life Less Empty")
- The Matrix Comics #2 (Burleyman 2004) (16 page story: "The King of Never Return")
- Enginehead (DC 2004) (written by Joe Kelly)
- A1 Bojeffries Terror Tome #1 (Atomeka 2005) (5 page story: Eddy Current - prologue, 6 page story: Judgement)
- Little Book of Horror: War of the Worlds (IDW 2005) (written by Steve Niles)
- Doomed (IDW 2006) (15 page story: Cuts, written by F. Paul Wilson)
- Silent Hill: Dead/Alive #1-5 (IDW 2006) (variant covers only)
- Zombies! Feast #1-2 (IDW 2006) (variant covers only)
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Eddy Current is a twelve issues comic-book series created in 1987 by Ted McKeever and published by Mad Dog Graphics.
This and Transit were later tied into Keever's Metropol world.
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This and Transit were later tied into Keever's Metropol world.
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Peter Milligan
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Jean-Marc Lofficier (born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife Randy Lofficier.
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Superman's Metropolis is a DC Comics comic book Elseworlds publication and the first part in a trilogy based on German Expressionism cinema. It was written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier and Roy Thomas, and illustrated by Ted McKeever.
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Peter Milligan
Born
Nationality Irish
Area(s) writer
Notable works Bad Company
Shade, the Changing Man
Enigma
X-Force
Peter Milligan
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Born
Nationality Irish
Area(s) writer
Notable works Bad Company
Shade, the Changing Man
Enigma
X-Force
Peter Milligan
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Jean-Marc Lofficier (born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife Randy Lofficier.
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Dave Gibbons
Born March 14 1949
Nationality British
Area(s) Penciler, Inker, Writer
Notable works Watchmen
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Born March 14 1949
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Eddy Current is a twelve issues comic-book series created in 1987 by Ted McKeever and published by Mad Dog Graphics.
This and Transit were later tied into Keever's Metropol world.
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This and Transit were later tied into Keever's Metropol world.
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GrimJack is the main character of a comic book published by First Comics. John Ostrander and Timothy Truman are credited as co-creators of the character, although Ostrander had been developing Grimjack
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Clive Barker (born October 5 1952) is an English author, film director and visual artist.
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Hellraiser is a 1987 British horror film exploring the themes of sadomasochism, pain as a source of pleasure, and morality under duress and fear.
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Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s. Launched by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter as a spin-off of the successful Epic Illustrated
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Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s. Launched by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter as a spin-off of the successful Epic Illustrated
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Metropol
Studio album by Lunatic Calm
Released 01.01.1997
Genre Electronic
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Metropol is the debut album of UK big beat group Lunatic Calm
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Studio album by Lunatic Calm
Released 01.01.1997
Genre Electronic
Label City Of Angels|
Metropol is the debut album of UK big beat group Lunatic Calm
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- "Fuze"
- "Leave You Far Behind"
- "The Sound"
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Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s. Launched by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter as a spin-off of the successful Epic Illustrated
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Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s. Launched by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter as a spin-off of the successful Epic Illustrated
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DC Comics
Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Founded 1934, by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (as National Allied Publications)
Headquarters 1700 Broadway, New York City, New York
Key people Paul Levitz (President and Publisher)
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Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Founded 1934, by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (as National Allied Publications)
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The Extremist was a four issue miniseries, written by Peter Milligan with art by Ted McKeever and was published by DC comics through their Vertigo comics imprint from September to December 1993.
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DC Comics
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Founded 1934, by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (as National Allied Publications)
Headquarters 1700 Broadway, New York City, New York
Key people Paul Levitz (President and Publisher)
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