Moritat (born 1969 as Justin Norman in

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) is an

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comic book creator developed specialized terminology. Some several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, R. C. Harvey and Dylan Horrocks. Much of the terminology in English is un ...

, best known for his work on ''

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'', ''

Elephantmen ''Elephantmen'' is an American ongoing monthly comic book published by Image Comics and written by Richard Starkings with art by Moritat and a number of other artists. Issue #1 was released in July 2006. Overview Some 200 years from now, the M ...

'', and DC's ''

All Star Western ''All-Star Western'' was the name of three American comic book series published by DC Comics, each a Western fiction omnibus featuring both continuing characters and anthological stories. The first ran from 1951 to 1961, the second from 1970 to ...

''. Moritat was the artist on the ''

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'' series that

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published as part of their 2016 "

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" initiative.

Bibliography

Comics

* ''

'' (

2011) * ''Asylum'' (1993) * ''Attractive Force'' (1997) * ''

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

: Night of the Owls'' (DC Comics 2013) * ''

Black Canary The Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics: Dinah Drake and her daughter Dinah Laurel Lance. The original version was created by the writer-artist team of Robert Kanigher and ...

'' #9 * ''Beauty of the Beasts'' (1991) * ''Carnal Comics: True Stories of Adult Film Stars'' (1994) * ''The CBLDF Presents: Liberty Comics'' (2008) * '' Cursed Pirate Girl'' ( Archia 2012) * ''DC Comics: The New 52'' (DC Comics 2011) * ''

'' (

Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...

2006) * ''Elephantmen War Toys: Yvette'' (Image Comics 2009) * ''Elephantmen: The Pilot'' (Image Comics 2007) * ''Elephantmen: War Toys'' (Image Comics 2007) * ''

Harley Quinn Harley Quinn is a character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm as a comic relief henchwoman for the supervillain Joker (character), Joker in ''Batman: The An ...

'' #28 - artist (dream sequence with Kevin Hanna) (DC Comics, 2016) * '' Heavy Metal'' (1977) * ''Image Firsts:

(2011) * ''The

Justice League of America The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceived ...

100 Project'' (2011) * ''

80 Page Giant'' (2009) * '' Monsters & Dames'' (Art Book Series) (2009) * ''A Night in a Moorish Harem'' (1996) * ''Outlaw Territory'' (2009) * '' PopGun'' (2007) * ''Sheena: Queen of the Jungle'' (2017) * ''Sizzle'' (1999) * ''Solstice'' (1995) * ''

'' (2010) * ''Stray Moonbeams'' (2002) * ''

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

'' (2011) * ''

Transmetropolitan ''Transmetropolitan'' is a cyberpunk transhumanist comic book series written by Warren Ellis and co-created and designed by Darick Robertson; it was published by the American company DC Comics in 1997–2002. The series was originally part of t ...

: All Around the World'' (DC Comics 2011)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moritat Living people Artists from California 1971 births Writers from California