Declan Shalvey
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Declan Shalvey at the C2E2, April 26, 2013
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| Born | 11 January |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
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Notable works
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Hero Killers Frankenstein 28 Days Later |
| Awards | 2007 Eagle Award |
| http://dshalv.blogspot.com | |
Declan Shalvey is an Irish comic book artist. He made his name with his first comic Hero Killers, that won an Eagle Award, before going on to work on a number of Irish comics, as well as getting work on American comic books most notably Thunderbolts.
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Career
Shalvey made his debut with the superhero comic Hero Killers, written by Andy Winter, which won an Eagle Award for "Favourite Black and White British Comicbook" in 2006.[1] His small press work includes the Irish noir comic Freakshow, written by Rob Curley,[2] which featured in the small press section of Judge Dredd Megazine,[3] contributions to the anthologies Your Round Presents: Tequila,[4] The Shiznit, and the Irish language comic Rí-Rá, and Tim Skinner: Total Scumbag, again with Andy Winter.[5]
In 2008 he illustrated a graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, written by Jason Cobley, and in 2012 an adaptation of Sweeney Todd, written by Scottish writer Sean Michael Wilson, both for Classical Comics[6][7] and he is currently working on a comics spin-off from the film 28 Days Later, written by Michael Alan Nelson and published by Boom! Studios. He also provided the art for the "Shadowland" tie-in issues of Thunderbolts.
Bibliography
Comics
- Hero Killers (with Andy Winter, one-shot, Moonface Press, 2006)
- "Freakshow: The Quiet Man" (with Rob Curley, in Judge Dredd Megazine No. 260, July 2007)
- Your Round Presents: Tequila (Olive Press, 2007)
- Frankenstein (with Jason Cobley, 144 pages, Classical Comics, September 2008 Original Text, ISBN 978-1-906332-15-0, Quick Text, ISBN 978-1-906332-16-7)
- Tim Skinner: Total Scumbag (with Andy Winter, Moonface Press, November 2008)
- 28 Days Later #1–4, 6–8, 10–12 (with Michael Alan Nelson, Boom! Studios, July 2009 – February 2010)
- Thunderbolts #148–149 (with writer Jeff Parker, Marvel Comics, November–December 2010)
- Deadpool #15–19 (with writers Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, Marvel Comics, August – November 2013)
- Moon Knight (with writer Warren Ellis, Marvel Comics, March 2014-?)
Illustrations
- 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool (by John Reppion, The History Press, 2008)
Awards
- 2006: Won Hero Killers "Favourite British Black and White Comicbook" Eagle Award for Hero Killers[1]
- 2010: Nominated for "Favourite Newcomer Artist" Eagle Award
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Eagle Awards 2006
- ↑ Declan Shalvey Interview, Indie Review, 9 August 2008
- ↑ Contents of Judge Dredd Megazine #260 at 2000adonline.com
- ↑ Review of Your Round Presents: Tequila, Comics Bulletin, 27 August 2007
- ↑ Review of Tim Skinner: Total Scumbag at ComicRelated
- ↑ Frankenstein at Classical Comics
- ↑ Talking Classical Comics with Declan Shalvey, Comics Bulletin, 20 November 2008
References
- Declan Shalvey at the Grand Comics Database
- Declan Shalvey at Barney
External links
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- Declan's Artblog
- Declan Shalvey at the Comic Book DB
- Declan Shalvey & Andy Winter: Hero Creators, Comics Bulletin, 12 December 2006
- Andy Winter and Declan Shalvey: Writer and Artist of Hero Killer, Jazma Online, 23 December 2006
- Declan Shalvey Interview, Indie Review, 9 August 2008
- It's Alive!!!!, Forbidden Planet, 24 September 2008
