Pat Olliffe

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Pat Olliffe
BornPatrick Olliffe
Nationality American
Area(s)Artist
Notable works
Untold Tales of Spider-Man
Spider-Girl

Patrick Olliffe is an American comic book artist and penciller. His most notable clients include Marvel Comics, [1] DC Comics, Disney Publishing, and Aftershock Comics.

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Career

Olliffe is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995) and Spider-Girl (1998).

He is also a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits include Spider-Girl Volume 8: Duty Calls Digest (Spider-Girl), Spider-Man: Saga of the Sandman, JSA Classified: Honor Among Thieves, and Avengers: Galactic Storm, Vol. 2. Other titles he has worked on include New Excalibur (2007), Last Planet Standing (2006), Last Hero Standing (2005), Nomad (1992), Thor (1991) and Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1994).

At DC Comics, he worked on a three-issue arc of JSA Classified with Jen Van Meter, was part of the artist rotation for 52 , and worked on 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen with Keith Giffen . [2]

Bibliography

Spider-Girl #53 cover. Art by Olliffe Spidergirl53.png
Spider-Girl #53 cover. Art by Olliffe

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References

  1. "Patrick Olliffe". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  2. "WWC, Day 1 - Injustice For All: Van Meter talks "JSA Classified"". CBR. 2005-08-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.