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Ted McKeever (b. 1960 in New York City)[1] is an American artist known for his work in the comic book industry. A master of pen-and-ink, McKeever has also fully painted many comics. He is known for his distinct graphic style and "bold, angular lines, which gives his work a fantastic, almost Kafka-esque edge."[2]

Ted McKeever
Born (1960-01-12) January 12, 1960 (age 62)
New York City, U.S.
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Eddy Current
Industrial Gothic

McKeever's first professional comics work appeared in 1986 with Transit, published by Vortex Comics. His following thirty years in the industry also included such titles as Eddy Current, Plastic Forks, Metropol, Industrial Gothic, Junk Culture, and Faith. Over the years, McKeever collaborated with other creators, including Dave Gibbons, Peter Milligan, Jean-Marc Lofficier, and confrontationalist Lydia Lunch. McKeever cites his relationships with editors Archie Goodwin, Lou Stathis, Karen Berger, and Jim Valentino for much of his success in the industry.[3]


Life and career


McKeever claims to have had no professional training, stating that he began drawing at age five, and cites no professional influences. His personal philosophy is "to never use another artist's work to copy off of. I've always felt that if art doesn't come out of your own head, then it's not truly your own."[3]

He came to comics after working for some years working in the journalism field, "first for ABC television as a courtroom artist, and then at the Miami Herald as an editorial artist."[3]

In the mid-1980s, at the Atlanta Fantasy Fair, McKeever showed editor Archie Goodwin some preliminary pages for Transit; Goodwin encouraged him to show the work to as many publishers as possible.[3] As a result, the project was soon picked up by Vortex Comics and editor Lou Stathis.[3] (Transit and McKeever's later series Eddy Current and Metropol tied into McKeever's shared Metropol universe.) McKeever's next project, Eddy Current was published by the short-lived publisher Mad Dog Graphics in 1987–1988.

McKeever's next series, Plastic Forks, was originally destined for publication by Comico, but the company went out of business before publishing a single issue. Archie Goodwin, now at the Marvel Comics creator-owned imprint Epic Comics, brought Plastic Forks over to Epic. Metropol was published by Epic in 1991–1992; followed by Metropol A.D. (this last series appearing after Goodwin had left Epic).[3]

In 1994, McKeever connected with DC Vertigo Executive Editor Karen Berger, first working on The Extremist with writer Peter Milligan. McKeever then took over as artist of Doom Patrol volume 2, working with writer Rachel Pollack; McKeever drew most of the last 13 issues before the series was canceled. During this period on his first ongoing monthly title, McKeever claims that he was able to pencil "a pretty tight eight pages a day, then when I got to inking, I was completing an average of three fully inked pages a day."[3] Other Vertigo projects followed — most edited by Lou Stathis,[3] who had moved to Vertigo (but who died in 1997) — including Industrial Gothic (1995), Junk Culture (1997), Toxic Gumbo (with writer Lydia Lunch, 1998), and Faith (1999–2000).

In the late 1990s/early 2000s, McKeever worked with writers Randy Lofficier & Jean-Marc Lofficier on a trilogy of DC Elseworlds one-shots based on German Expressionist cinema — Superman's Metropolis (1997), Batman: Nosferatu (1999), and Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon (2003).

In 2010 McKeever began producing solo projects for Jim Valentino's Shadowline imprint at Image Comics. Starting with Meta4, McKeever then continued between the years 2011 through 2015, where he produced the series Mondo, Miniature Jesus, The Superannuated Man, and finally Pencil Head in 2016, before he walked away from the comics industry for good.[3] Part of McKeever's stated reason for leaving comics was his poor relationship with then-DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio, who took on the position beginning in 2000.[3]

Upon learning of McKeever's retirement from comics, writer/editor Heidi MacDonald characterized him as "a unique, powerful talent with a body of work that shows not only a powerful storytelling voice but a haunting streak of surrealism."[4]


Awards



Bibliography (selected)



Creator series



Other comics work



References


  1. McKeever entry, Grand Comics Database. Retrieved Dec. 30, 2021.
  2. McKeever entry, Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved Jan. 1, 2022.
  3. Dueben, Alex (August 29, 2016). "Ted McKeever Walks Away From Comics, Looks Back at Career". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  4. MacDonald, Heidi. "It can suck to be a middle aged comics pro case study #2: Ted McKeever," The Beat (Aug. 30, 2016).
  5. "Newswatch: UK Awards Named," The Comics Journal #149 (March 1992), p. 22.
  6. "1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  7. "The INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD AWARDS for WORKS from 2007". Retrieved 7 September 2010.


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