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| Stewart McKenny | |
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Stewart McKenny self-portrait | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | Clone Wars Adventures Super Friends |
Stewart McKenny is an Australian comic book artist, who has been described as "one of Australia's most prolifically published comic book artists". [1]
McKenny has worked on Star Wars comics, including Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures , as well as working with Eddie Campbell on Captain America . He is currently working for DC on the new children's title, Super Friends .
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Eddie Campbell is a British comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Chicago. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell, Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories collected in Alec: The Years Have Pants, and Bacchus, a wry adventure series about the few Greek gods who have survived to the present day. His graphic novel The Lovely Horrible Stuff, which playfully investigates our relationship with money, was published in July 2012 by Top Shelf Productions.
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McKenny’s British small press work includes contributions to FutureQuake . His cover for FutureQuake #6 was featured in a full-page reprint in the Judge Dredd Megazine (Feb 2006). In Australia, he has contributed to Zero Assassin , Tango Quattro , Pop Culture & Two Minute Noodles, Rex Hellwig and The Watch.
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Comics work includes:
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