Shane Oakley is a British

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and comic book artist from

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

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Biography

Oakley began his career contributing to the alternative comics review ''

Deadline Magazine ''Deadline'' was a British comics magazine published between 1988 and 1995. Created by '' 2000 AD'' artists Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon, ''Deadline'' featured a mix of comic strips and written articles aimed at adult readers. ''Deadline'' sat ...

'' in the 1980s, where he created '' Fatal Charm'' with D'Israeli. In 1989 Oakley worked as the

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on issues 1 to 6 of '' Mister X'' volume two. Since then Oakley has contributed to several anthology titles, such as''

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, ...

'' and '' The Big Book of Urban Legends'', even drawing an issue of

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's legendary ''

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''.

Albion

Oakley is probably best known for his co-creation of the

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mini series ''

Albion Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than 'Britain' today. The name for Scot ...

'', with

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including '' Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', '' The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and '' From He ...

Leah Moore Leah Moore (born 4 February 1978) is a British comic book writer and columnist. The daughter of comics writer Alan Moore, she frequently collaborates with her husband, writer John Reppion, as Moore & Reppion. Biography Moore was born to comic ...

, and

John Reppion John Mark Reppion (born 1978) is an English comics writer. He is married to Leah Moore, the daughter of Alan Moore, and he has worked with both on the comic '' Albion''. John Reppion and Leah Moore have co-writing credits on '' Wild Girl'', a 6 ...

which ran from 2005 until 2006. The series revived many long forgotten UK comic book characters such as the

Steel Claw The Steel Claw was one of the most popular comic book heroes of British weekly adventure comics of the 1960s and 1970s. The character was revived in 2005 for ''Albion'', a six issue mini-series published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics. P ...

and

Grimly Feendish Grimly Feendish (alias The Rottenest Crook in the World) is a British comic book character created by Leo Baxendale in 1964, who originated in Baxendale's comic strip ''Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy'', published in the magazine ''Wham!''. He is Eagle-Eye' ...

, some of whom had not been in print since the 1950s.

Recent work

Oakley worked as a

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for

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's horror film ''Urbane''. In 2007 he illustrated an adaptation of

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's "

The Fall of the House of Usher "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in ''Burton's Gentleman's Magazine'', then included in the collection ''Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'' in 1840. The short story ...

" written by Dan Whitehead and published in

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's ''Nevermore'' anthology.

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' ''

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Tales'' #2 (published April 2008) featured a story entitled ''The Hiding Place'' written by

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and illustrated by Oakley. Oakley provided covers for several issues of ''

Tales'' and ''Zombie Tales''. He also provided the art for ''Channel Evil'', written by Alan Grant and co-published by Berserker Comics and Renegade Arts Entertainment.''Channel Evil''
at Renegade Arts Entertainment

Bibliography

* '' Mister X'' Volume Two #1–6 (written by Jeffrey Morgan,

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, 1989–1990) * '' Rock & Roll High School'' #1–2 (written by

Bob Fingerman Bob Fingerman (born August 25, 1964) is an American comic book writer/artist born in Queens, New York, who is best known for his comic series ''Minimum Wage'' (Fantagraphics Books). Career In 1984, while still a student at New York City’s Scho ...

with inks by

Jason Lutes Jason Lutes (born December 7, 1967)
at Comic Creator is an American

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, 1995) * ''

'' (plotted by

, written by

, 2005–2006 tpb ) * ''Channel Evil'' (with Alan Grant, 4-issue mini-series, Berserker Comics/Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2009) * "

" (with Dan Whitehead, in ''Nevermore'',

, 2012 )

Notes

References

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