Michael Dalton Allred is an

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comic book artist and writer most famous for his

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creations, ''Madman'' and ''iZombie''. His style is often compared to pop art, as well as commercial and comic art of the 1950s and 1960s.

Early life

Allred was raised as a member of

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. Upon his parents' divorce, he was raised with his father in

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, while his brothers and mother moved to

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. He considers himself a

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, though a

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-leaning one, and has stated that he still identifies with the beliefs, and considers the

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to be a phenomenal and fascinating story, irrespective of its factual accuracy.

Career

Mike Allred began his career as a radio host on KYES AM 950 (KY95) in Roseburg, Oregon. He later became a television reporter in Europe, and started drawing comics in 1989 with the 104-page

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''Dead Air'' (

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). The story loosely followed his stint in radio as a sidebar to the true focus of the novel, the effects of post-nuclear war over a small Oregon town. He followed this up with his similarly titled works ''Graphique Musique'' (1990) and ''Grafik Muzik'' (

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1990–1991), in which he set out the style that he was to become known for with his most famous character, Madman. Madman first appeared as Frank Einstein in ''Creatures of the Id'' and ''Grafik Muzik'' published in 1990, but it wasn't until March 1992 that the first ''Madman'' miniseries debuted from

Tundra Publishing Tundra Publishing was a Northampton, Massachusetts-based comic book publisher founded by Kevin Eastman in 1990. The company was founded to provide a venue for adventurous, creator-owned work by talented cartoonists and illustrators. Its publicat ...

in March 1992. The series gained further recognition with its move to

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

in April 1994, and where it was relaunched as ''Madman Comics'' and went on to be nominated for several

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s. ''Madman Comics'' ran for 20 issues and ended in 2000. From 2007–2009, Image Comics published ''Madman: Atomic Comics'' for 17 issues. Allred drew part of the 1993 " Worlds' End" story arc in

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

's ''

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'' series. Allred appeared as himself in the 1997 feature film ''

Chasing Amy ''Chasing Amy'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee. The film is about a male comic artist (Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian woma ...

'' as part of the opening scene at a comic book convention, signing copies of his comic ''Madman''. He also provides the artwork for the fictional comic book ''Bluntman and Chronic''. Allred himself gained further mainstream attention with the science-fiction/rock-and-roll comic ''

Red Rocket 7 ''Red Rocket 7'' is a seven-issue comic book limited series by Mike Allred, published in 1997 by Dark Horse Comics. (Dark Horse, 1997) and his art for writer

Peter Milligan Peter Milligan (born 24 June 1961) is a British comic book writer who has written extensively for both British and American comic book industries. In the UK, Milligan has contributed to numerous anthology titles including '' 2000 AD'', ''Revolv ...

's series ''

X-Force X-Force is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team first appeared in ''New Mutants#New Muta ...

'', which he began drawing in July 2001, and subsequently became ''

X-Statix X-Statix are a team of mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was specifically designed to be media superstars. The team, created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred, first appears in ''X-Force'' ...

''. In 2000, AAA Pop published Allred's ''The Atomics'', featuring a group of beatniks with superpowers. Issue #116 of ''X-Force'', the first collaboration between Allred and Milligan, was the first Marvel comic book to not have the

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stamp of approval since 1971. In 2004 and 2005, Allred wrote and drew ''The Golden Plates'', an adaptation of the Book of Mormon. Allred is a Latter-Day Saint, and completed much of the work on this project in collaboration with his wife

Laura Allred Laura Allred is an American comics artist who is best known for her work as a colorist with her husband, the writer/artist Mike Allred. Awards * 1995: Won "Favorite Colorist" Wizard Fan Award * 1998: Nominated for "Best Colorist" Eisner Awa ...

Allred worked again with Neil Gaiman in 2009 on the

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feature in ''

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''. The ''Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special!'' was published in April 2011. Allred and writer

Matt Fraction Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of '' The Invincible Iron Man'', '' The Immortal Iron Fist'', ''Uncanny ...

crafted a ''

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'' spinoff series, '' FF'', in 2013. The following year, Allred and writer

Dan Slott Dan Slott (born July 3, 1967) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics books such as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', as well as '' She-Hulk'', ''Silver Surfer'', ''The Superior Spider-Man'', '' Tony Stark: Iron Man'', ''Th ...

launched a new ''

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'' series at Marvel. His comic book series ''

iZombie ''iZombie'', originally titled ''I, Zombie'', is a comic book series created by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Allred, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint beginning in 2010. The series deals with Gwen Dylan ( née Gwendolyn Price ...

'', which ran from 2010 to 2012, was adapted into a 2015 television series of the same name. Allred drew the 1960s variant cover for ''Action Comics'' #1000 (June 2018). His wife, Laura, frequently works as his

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Awards

Allred's retro-styled artwork is a frequent nominee for comics awards such as the Harveys, the Eisners, and the

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. In his career, he has received: * 2005 Special

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for ''The Golden Plates'' * 2009

Inkpot Award The Inkpot Award is an honor bestowed annually since 1974 by Comic-Con International. It is given to professionals in the fields of comic books, comic strips, animation, science fiction, and related areas of popular culture, at CCI's annual c ...

* 2011

in the category of "Special Award in Graphical Narrative" for a lifetime of comic art * 2015 The television adaptation of his

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'' was the recipient of the Best New Fandom award at the 2015 MTV Fandom Awards * 2016 The Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One Shot (''

'' #11) * 2021 The Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker ('' Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams'')

Bibliography

* ''Dead Air'' (

, 1989) * ''Graphique Musique'' #1–3 (Slave Labor Graphics, 1989–1990) * ''Creatures Of The Id'' #1 (

Caliber Press Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published over 1,300 comics in the decade following its inception and is ranked as one of America ...

, 1990) * ''Grafik Muzik'' #1–4 (Caliber Press, 1990–1991) * ''The Everyman'' (Epic Comics, 1991) * ''Madman'' #1–3 (Tundra Publishing, 1992) * ''Madman Adventures'' #1–3 (Tundra Publishing, 1992–1993) * ''Vertigo Visions:

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'' #1 (

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, 1993) * ''Vertigo Jam'' #1 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1993) * ''Sandman'' #54 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1993, with writer

) * ''Madman Comics'' #1–20 (

, 1994–2000) * ''

Untold Tales of Spider-Man ''Untold Tales of Spider-Man'' is an American comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1–25, with a #-1 issue (July 1997) added between issues #22 (June 1997) and 23 (August 1997)) and two ''Annual''s (''A ...

'96'' #1 (

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, 1996) * ''

Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...

/Madman Hullabaloo'' #1–3 (DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics, 1997) * ''

Red Rocket 7 ''Red Rocket 7'' is a seven-issue comic book limited series by Mike Allred, published in 1997 by Dark Horse Comics.The Atomics'' #1–15 (AAA Pop, 2000–2001) * '' Superman and Batman: World's Funnest'' #1 (DC Comics, 2001) * '' Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame'' #1 (DC Comics, 2001) * ''

'' #116–123, 125-128 (

, 2001–2002, with writer

) * ''

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'' #4–5 (Marvel Comics, 2001) * ''

Catwoman Catwoman is a fictional character created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Debuting as "the Cat" in ''Batman'' #1 (spring 1940), she ...

'' vol. 3 #1–4 (inker) (DC Comics, 2002) * '' Just Imagine Stan Lee with Chris Bachalo Creating Catwoman'' #1 (inker) (DC Comics, 2002) * ''

'' #1–4, 6–9, 11–19, 21–26 (Marvel Comics, 2002–2004, with writer Peter Milligan) * ''Vertical'' (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1993, with writer

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) * ''Vertigo X Anniversary Preview'' #1 (DC Comics, 2003) * ''

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'' #7 (DC Comics, 2005) * ''Madman Atomic Comics'' #1–17 (Image Comics, 2007–2009) * ''

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'' #76 (DC Comics, 2008, with writer

Bill Willingham William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''. Career William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ...

) * ''

'' #1–12 (

) (DC Comics, 2009, with writer Neil Gaiman) * ''

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'' #1 and 4 (Marvel Comics, 2009–2010) * ''

'' #1–28 (Vertigo, 2010–2012) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #17 (2012) * '' Wolverine and the X-Men'' #17 (2012) * '' FF'' vol. 2 #1–5, 7-8, 10-16 (Marvel Comics, 2013-2014) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #4 (DC Comics, 2014) * ''

'' vol. 7 #1–15 (Marvel Comics, 2014–2016) * ''Art Ops'' #1–5, 8, 12 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 2015–2016) * ''Silver Surfer'' vol. 8 #1–14 (Marvel Comics, 2016–2017) * '' Bug!: The Adventures of Forager'' #1–6 (

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, 2017) * ''

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Meets the

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'' #1 (DC Comics, 2017) * ''Infinity Countdown: Adam Warlock'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2018) * ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' Annual #1 (Marvel Comics, 2018) * ''Giant-Size X-Statix'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2019) * '' Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams'' (Insight Comics, 2020) * ''X-Ray Robot'' #1–4 (Dark Horse Comics, 2020)

Covers only

*''Caliber Presents'' #15 (Caliber Comics, 1990) *'' Cheval Noir'' #39 (Dark Horse Comics, 1993) *''

The Comics Journal ''The Comics Journal'', often abbreviated ''TCJ'', is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials and scathing re ...

'' #164 (

Fantagraphics Books Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint. History Founding Fantagraphics was found ...

, 1993) *''

Hero Illustrated ''Hero Illustrated'' was a comic book-themed magazine published in the early to mid-1990s in the United States. Columnists included Andy Mangels, and Frank Kurtz (director), Frank Kurtz was at one time a managing editor. The journal won the 1995 Ei ...

Special Edition'' #2 (Warrior Publications, 1994) *'' Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures'' #1 (Dark Horse Comics, 1994) *''

Dark Horse Presents ''Dark Horse Presents'' was a comic book published by American company Dark Horse Comics from 1986. Their first published series, it was their flagship title until its September 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was published on MySpace, r ...

'' #100–0, 100–5 (Dark Horse Comics, 1995) *'' Heartbreakers'' #3 (Dark Horse Comics, 1996) *'' Jay & Silent Bob'' #2 (

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Grou ...

, 1998) *'' Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #2 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1999) *'' Empty Love Stories'' #2 (Funny Valentine Press, 1999) *'' Oni Press Summer Vacation Supercolor Fun Special'' #1 (Oni Press, 2000) *'' Comicology'' #2 (

TwoMorrows Publishing TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its products also include books and DVDs. List of magaz ...

, 2000) *''

Oni Press Color Special An is a kind of '' yōkai'', demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. Oni are mostly known for their fierce and evil nature manifested in their propensity for murder and cannibalism. Notwithstanding their evil reputation, oni poss ...

'' #1–2 (Oni Press, 2001–2002) *''Madman Picture Exhibition'' #4 (AAA Pop Comics, 2002) *''

'' #20 (Marvel Comics, 2004) *''

Spider-Man Unlimited ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an American animated series by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, intended as a loose sequel series to the previous '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', which ran from 199 ...

'' vol. 2 #6 (Marvel Comics, 2005) *''

Marvel Knights 4 ''Marvel Knights 4'' is the name of a comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero team, the Fantastic Four. The series was launched as part of the company's Marvel Knights imprint, and ran for 30 issues (Apr. 2004 – Aug. 2006). All ...

'' #23–24 (Marvel Comics, 2005–2006) *'' X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl'' #1–5 (Marvel Comics, 2006) *''

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'' #9 (

Icon Comics Icon Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics for creator-owned titles, designed to keep select "A-list" creators producing for Marvel rather than seeing them take creator-owned work to other publishers. History It was launched in 2004 with Micha ...

, 2007) *'' Spider-Man Fairy Tales'' #4 (Marvel Comics, 2007) *'' Popgun Volume 1'' (Image Comics, 2007) *''

The Perhapanauts ''The Perhapanauts'' is an American comic book series created by writer Todd Dezago and artist Craig Rousseau in 2005. The first two mini-series, "First Blood" and "Second Chances", were published by Dark Horse Comics, but later in 2008, the ...

Annual'' #1 (Image Comics, 2008) *''

Jersey Gods ''Jersey Gods'' is a comic book published by Image Comics. It was written by Glen Brunswick, pencilled and inked by Dan McDaid, with colors by Rachelle Rosenberg. The covers were drawn by Mike Allred and coloured by Laura Allred. Alternative cove ...

'' #1, 4, 6–10, 12 (Image Comics, 2009–2010) *''

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'' #3 (Dark Horse Comics, 2009) *'' Fractured Fables'' gn ( Silverline Books, 2010) *'' Captain Action Season 2'' #1 (

Moonstone Books Moonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales. The company began publishing creator-owned com ...

, 2010) *''

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'' #86 (DC Comics, 2010) *'' glamourpuss'' #19 (

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, 2011) *''

'' #12, 18, 21, 24 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 2011–2012) *''

The Next Issue Project The Next Issue Project is a series of American comic-book anthology one-shots published by Image Comics beginning in February 2008. The multi-title project, edited by Erik Larsen, creator of Savage Dragon, features comic book characters that have ...

'' #3 (Image Comics, 2011) *''

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'' #5 (

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...

, 2012) *'' It Girl! and the Atomics'' #1–12 (Image Comics, 2012–2013) *''

Before Watchmen ''Before Watchmen'' is a series of comic books published by DC Comics in 2012. Acting as a prequel to the 1986 12-issue ''Watchmen'' limited series by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, the project consists of eight limited series and one ...

Silk Spectre Silk Spectre is the name of two fictional superheroines in the graphic novel limited series ''Watchmen'', published by DC Comics. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the original Silk Spectre, Sally "Jupiter" Juspeczyk, was a member of the cr ...

'' #3 (DC Comics, 2012) *'' Happy!'' #1 (Image, 2012) *''

Mars Attacks ''Mars Attacks'' is a science fiction-themed trading card series released in 1962 by Topps. The cards feature artwork by science fiction artists Wally Wood and Norman Saunders. The cards form a story arc, which tells of the invasion of Earth by c ...

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'' #1 (IDW Publishing, 2012) *''

'' #1–3, 5, 7 (DC Comics, 2013–2014) *'' All New Doop'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2014) *''Batman ’66 Meets Steed And Mrs Peel'' #1-6 (DC Comics, 2016) *''Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special'' #1 (DC Comics, 2017) * ''Action Comics'' #1000 variant (DC Comics, 2018) *''Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive'' #1-4 (IDW Publishing, 2018-2019)

Other work

As artist

* ''

Mallrats ''Mallrats'' is a 1995 American buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes, Joey Lauren Adams, Michael Rooker, and Smith as Silent Bob. ...

'' (1995) (Opening sequence) * ''

'' (1997) (

Bluntman and Chronic Bluntman and Chronic are characters appearing in a fictional eponymous comic book series seen in the movies ''Chasing Amy,'' ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,'' and ''Jay and Silent Bob Reboot''. Actual ''Bluntman and Chronic'' comic books based ...

artwork) * ''

The Faculty ''The Faculty'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, B ...

'' (1998) (Logo for The Hornets football team) * ''Ingredients the Band – Bears Driving Trains'' (2006) (album cover) * ''Skyscape – Zetacarnosa'' (2009) (album cover) * ''

'' (TV series) (2014) (Title sequence intro) * Christmas Party (2018) (

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album cover)

As writer

* ''Astroesque'' (1996) * ''G-Men from Hell'' (2000)

As musician

* The Gear – ''Son of Red Rocket Seven'' (1998) * The Gear – ''Left Of Center Of The Universe'' (2009)

References

External links

* *
Mike Allred Image Gallery
at Comic Art Community
Mike Allred
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Allred, Mike Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male artists 21st-century American male artists American comics artists American comics writers DC Comics people Inkpot Award winners Latter Day Saints from Oregon Living people Marvel Comics people People from Roseburg, Oregon Eisner Award winners for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team