Sean Kelley McKeever (born 1972) is an

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. Born in

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he grew up in Eagle River.

Career

Since the end of his

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teen drama series ''

The Waiting Place ''The Waiting Place'' is a comic book series created by Sean Kelley McKeever in 1997. Recommended by the author for young adults aged 14+, the series is a teen drama which centres on the lives of a group of teenagers (and one twenty-something) l ...

'', which was published from 1997 to 2002, McKeever has written several series for

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, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Mary Jane'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2005, he won an

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for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition. He has written for the monthly comic books ''Gravity'', ''

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'', ''Sentinel'' and ''

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'', all for Marvel Comics, and on January 9, 2007,

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announced that McKeever had signed an exclusive contract with the publisher. He was a part of the writing team working on DC's weekly series ''

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'', and took over for

Gail Simone Gail Simone (aka Gladys Simonetti) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's ''Birds of Prey'', '' Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Othe ...

as the writer of ''

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'' after issue #112, however, his last issue was #117 due to time constraints with deadlines. Sean also took up writing duties on ''

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'' with the double sized August issue #50 and also wrote the ''

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'' limited series that spun off from this. His run on ''Teen Titans'' has ended with issue #71, although he has continued with a Ravager back-up story starting in #72. It was announced at

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Philadelphia 2009 that McKeever, no longer under exclusive contract to DC, would write the limited series '' Nomad: Girl Without a World'' for Marvel Comics and this led into ''

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'' a new series and team formed after the Heroic Age line-wide reboot, all with artist

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. McKeever also wrote a new story for ''The Waiting Place'' illustrated by Mike Norton. The story was printed in ''The Waiting Place: The Definitive Edition'' from

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Bibliography

Comics

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*''Counter''

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*''Looking at the Front Door'' *''The Meredith Club''

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: Vicious'' #1-3

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*''

Negative Burn ''Negative Burn'' is a black-and-white anthology comic book published beginning in 1993 by Caliber Press, and subsequently by Image Comics and Desperado Publishing. Edited by Joe Pruett, ''Negative Burn'' is noted for its eclectic range of genres, ...

'' #30, 38, 44

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*''

'' #113-117 *''Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society'' #1 *''

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'' #47, 42, 39, 35, 31, 27, 18, 4, 3 & 2 *''

'' #50-71, ''Annual 2009'' #1 ( Ravager co-feature from #72-80) *''

'' #1-6 (Limited Series) *''

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'' #11-13

Devil's Due

*'' G.I. Joe: Frontline'' #9-10

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*''

Amazing Fantasy ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'', retitled ''Amazing Fantasy'' in its final issue, is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1961 through 1962, with the latter title revived with superhero features in 1995 and in the 2000 ...

vol. 2'' #15 *'' Elektra: The Official Movie Adaptation'' *'' Firestar #1-'' *''

'' #1-5 (limited series) *'' Incredible Hulk'' #26, 30-32 *''

vol. 6'' #1-12 *'' Marvel Age Fantastic Four'' #1-4 *''Marvel Double Shot'' #3 *''

'' #5-12 *'' Mary Jane'' #1-4 (limited series) *''Mary Jane: Homecoming'' #1-4 (limited series) *''

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'' toy insert mini-comics (6 total) *''Mega Morphs'' #1-4 (limited series) *'' Mystique'' #14-24 *'' Nomad: Girl Without a World'' (with

, 4-issue limited series, 2008) *''

'' #1-12 *''Sentinel vol. 2'' #1-5 (limited series) *'' Spider-Girl'' #51 *''

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'' #1-2 *''Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Man's Amazing Friends'' *''

'' #1-20 *''

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'' #75 (backup story) *''

'' #1-6 *''X-Men Origins: Jean Grey''

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*''Tower'' (2002)

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*'' Waiting Place, The'' #1-6 *''Waiting Place, The'' vol. 2 #1-12

Graphic novels and collected editions

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*'' 24 Hour Comics All-Stars'' (Softcover) ()

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*''

: Metropolis or Dust'' (Softcover) () *''

vol. 1'' (Softcover) (); ''vol. 2'' (Softcover) (); ''vol. 3'' (Softcover) (); ''vol. 4'' (Softcover) () *''Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer'' (Softcover) () *''

vol. 8: Titans of Tomorrow'' (Softcover) () *''Teen Titans vol. 9: On the Clock'' (Softcover) () *''Teen Titans vol. 10: Changing of the Guard'' (Softcover) () *''Teen Titans: Deathtrap'' (Softcover) () *''

'' (Softcover) () *''

: Lockdown'' (Softcover) ()

Devil's Due

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: Frontline vol 4 - One-Shots'' (Softcover) () *''

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Presents: The Toxic Avenger And Other Tromatic Tales'' (Softcover) ()

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*'' Waiting Place: The Definitive Edition, The'' (Softcover) ()

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*'' Elektra: The Official Movie Adaptation'' (Softcover) () *''

: Big-City Super Hero'' ( Digest) () *''

vol 1: Culture Shock'' (Digest) () *'' Marvel Age Fantastic Four vol 1: All For One'' (Digest) () *''

vol 1'' (Hardcover) () *''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol 2: Power Struggle'' (Digest) () *''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man vol 3: Doom With a View'' (Digest) () *'' Mary Jane vol 1: Circle of Friends'' (Digest) () *''Mary Jane vol 2: Homecoming'' (Digest) () *''

'' (Digest) () *''Mini Marvels: Secret Invasion'' (Digest) () *'' Mystique vol. 3: Unnatural'' (Softcover) () *''Mystique vol. 4: Quiet'' (Softcover) () *''Sensational Spider-Man: Back in Black'' (Hardcover) (); (Softcover) () *''

vol 1: Salvage'' (Digest) () *''Sentinel vol 2: No Hero'' (Digest) () *''Sentinel vol 3: Past Imperfect'' (Digest) () *''

vol. 1: Back in Black'' (Digest) () *''

vol 1'' (Hardcover) () *''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol 2'' (Hardcover) () *''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol 1: Super Crush'' (Digest) () *''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol 2: The New Girl'' (Digest) () *''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol 3: My Secret Life'' (Digest) () *''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol 4: Still Friends'' (Digest) () *''Spider-Man: Amazing Friends'' (Digest) () *''

vol. 8'' (Hardcover) () *''Ultimate X-Men vol. 16: Cable'' (Softcover) () *''X-Men Origins'' (Hardcover) () *''Young Inhumans'' (Softcover) ()

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*''Waiting Place Book One, The'' (Softcover) () *''Waiting Place Book Two, The'' (Softcover) () *''Waiting Place Book Three, The'' (Softcover) ()

Comic strips

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'' 5/15/2006-5/20/2006 (uncredited writer) *'' Funky Winkerbean'' 4/10/2006-4/15/2006; 4/17/2006-4/22/2006; 5/22/2006-5/27/2006; 5/29/2006-6/3/2006; 6/19/2006-6/24/2006; plus an additional 10 weeks, Monday-Saturday (uncredited writer)

Characters created

Marvel

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(with Matt Clark) first appeared in ''

vol. 6'' #1 *

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(with Casey Jones) first appeared in '' Spider-Girl'' #51 *Andy Anderson (with Patrick Scherberger) first appeared in ''

'' #7 *

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(with

Mike Norton Mike Norton is an American comic book artist and writer, known for his work on '' Battlepug''. Early life Mike Norton first discovered comics as a child when his father gave him a copy of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #163, before he was old enoug ...

) first appeared in ''

'' #1 * Brushfire (with Mike Norton) first appeared in ''

'' #5 *Helena Carlson (with Manuel Garcia) first appeared in '' Mystique'' #14 * Gravity/Greg Willis (with Mike Norton) first appeared in ''

'' #1 *Intello (with Mike Norton) first appeared in ''

'' #11 * Jolen (with Matt Clark) first appeared in ''

vol. 6'' #1 *Positron (with

Kristian Donaldson Kristian Donaldson sometimes simply credited as Kristian, is a comic book artist based in Dallas, Texas. Early life Donaldson attended the Savannah College of Art and Design. Career Donaldson has been working in comics since 2004. Notable works ...

) first appeared in ''

vol. 2'' #15 * San (with Matt Clark) first appeared in ''

vol. 6'' #2 *

Juston Seyfert Juston Seyfert is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Juston Seyfert first appeared in ''Sentinel'' #1 (April 2003) as part of Marvel's Tsunami Imprint. It was canceled after 12 issues, b ...

(with

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) first appeared in ''

'' #1 *Lauren Singh (with Mike Norton) first appeared in ''

'' #1

Notes

References

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Article: Eisner-Award Winning Dreamer: Sean McKeever
{{DEFAULTSORT:McKeever, Sean 1972 births American comics writers Living people Writers from Appleton, Wisconsin Eisner Award winners for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition People from Eagle River, Wisconsin