Graham Nolan (born March 12, 1962) is an American

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artist, best known for work for

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-related titles in the 1990s and his work on ''

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'' Sunday strip. He frequently collaborates with writer

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Biography

Nolan's first comics credit came in April 1985, when his work appeared in

' ''Talent Showcase'' #16, alongside

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and

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(among others). Moving on to an issue of the Marvel ''

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'' comic, in 1988 he started a 12-issue run on DC's ''

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'' comic. In June 1990, he launched

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and Tim Truman's ''

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'' comic, pencilling and inking it for 26 issues until late 1992. In 1992 he designed and co-created the Batman villain Bane. He also worked on many issues of ''

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'', illustrating key parts of the

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and KnightsEnd sagas featuring

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and

. Graham Nolan also did freelance work for the ''

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'' game, including ''

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'' (1986), ''

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'' (1987), ''

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'' (1987), and ''

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'' (1994). In 1998 he created and published his own comic book, ''Monster Island''. Nolan tried to get a reformatted version into newspaper syndication but was told they no longer were buying adventure or "continuity" strips. King Features, instead offered him the art duties on their existing long-running medical soap opera strip, ''

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'' A couple months later he was offered the Sunday Phantom strip as well. He left the Phantom strip in 2006 to work on other projects. He left Rex Morgan in 2013. Since then Nolan has been busy writing and illustrating creator-owned projects like "Joe Frankenstein" for IDW, "Return to Monster Island" for Ominous Press as well as returning to Bane with Chuck Dixon for the 12-part series, "Bane: Conquest". In 2009, he created the

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''Sunshine State''.

Bibliography

Moonstone Books

* ''

: The Graham Nolan Sundays Vol. 1'' * ''The Phantom: The Graham Nolan Sundays Vol. 2'' * ''The Phantom Annual'' #1

DC Comics

* ''Bane: Conquest'' #1–12 (2017–2018) * ''

'' vol. 2 #23.4, 36 (2013–2015) * ''Batman: Bane of the Demon'' (1998) * ''

The Batman Chronicles ''The Batman Chronicles'' is a series of comics published by DC Comics from 1995 to 2001, which lasted 23 quarterly issues. Publication history With a larger page count than typical comics of the time, most issues contained three separate stori ...

'' #8, 17, 19 (1997–1999) * '' Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning'' (1997) * ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane'' (1993) * ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane II The Redemption'' (1995) * ''

'' #0, 650–653, 661–669, 671–678, 680–684, 687–688, 696–715, 717–718, 720–721 (1992–1998) * ''

'' #1–19, 21–26 (1990–1992) * ''JLA Versus Predator'' with

and

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(2001) * '' The Joker: Devil's Advocate'' (1996) * ''Power of the Atom'' #7–18 (1988–1989) * '' Superman: The Odyssey'' (1999)

Compass Comics

* ''Alien Alamo'' (2021) * ''Monster Island'' (1998) * ''The Chenoo'' (2020)

References

External links

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The Phantom at King Features
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Graham Nolan on Returning to Comics

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, October 9, 2008
''Sunshine State'' webcomic
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