Ted McKeever

Ted McKeever is an American writer and artist, best known for his work in the comic book industry. ^[1]

During his thirty years in comics, McKeever created, wrote and illustrated such titles as Transit, Eddy Current , ^[2] Plastic Forks, Metropol, Industrial Gothic , Miniature Jesus, and The Superannuated Man.

In 2016, after completing his semi-autobiographical series Pencil Head, he walked away from the comics industry for good. ^[3]

Bibliography

Creator series

• Transit (Vortex Comics, 1986)
• Eddy Current (Mad Dog Graphics, 1987–1988) ^[2]
• Plastic Forks (Marvel Comics, 1989–1990)
• Metropol (Marvel Comics, 1991–1992)
• Metropol A.D. (Marvel Comics, 1993)
• Industrial Gothic (DC Comics, 1995)
• Junk Culture (DC Comics, 1997)
• Faith (DC Comics, 1999–2000)
• Meta4 (Shadowline, 2010–2011)
• Mondo (Shadowline, 2011–2012)
• Miniature Jesus (Shadowline, 2013)
• The Superannuated Man (Shadowline, 2014–2015)
• Pencil Head (Shadowline, 2016) ^[4]

Other comics work

• untitled one-pager in Strip AIDS U.S.A. (Last Gasp, 1988)
• (with writer Dave Gibbons) "Survivor," in A1 #1 (Atomeka Press, 1989)
• "The Talk of Creatures," in A1 #2 (Atomeka Press, 1989)
• (with writer Peter Milligan) The Extremist (Vertigo, 1993)
• (with writer Rachel Pollack) Doom Patrol #75–79, 81–82, 84–87 (Vertigo, 1994–1995)
• "Engines" in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #74–75 (DC Comics, 1995)
• "Perpetual Mourning" in Batman Black and White #1 (DC Comics, 1996)
• (with writers Randy Lofficier, & Jean-Marc Lofficier) Superman's Metropolis (DC Elseworlds , 1997)
• (with writer Lydia Lunch) Toxic Gumbo (Vertigo, 1998)
• (with writers Randy Lofficier & Jean-Marc Lofficier) Batman: Nosferatu (DC Elseworlds, 1999)
• "A Life Less Empty," in The Matrix Comics Series 1 (WB Publishing, 1999)
• "Grave Wisdom," in Flinch #14 (Vertigo, 2000)
• "The King of Never Return," in The Matrix Comics Series 2 (WB Publishing, 2000)
• (with writer Keron Grant) "Day In... Day Out", in The Matrix Comics Series 2 (WB Publishing, 2000)
• "Memories of Green," in Marvel Knights Double Shot (Marvel Knights, 2002)
• (with writer Brian Michael Bendis) Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #12–13 (Marvel Comics, 2002)
• Spider-Man's Tangled Web #18 (Marvel Comics, 2002)
• (with writers Randy Lofficier & Jean-Marc Lofficier) Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon (DC Elseworlds, 2003)
• (with writer Joe Kelly) Enginehead (DC, 2004)
• (with writer Steve Niles ) Little Book of Horror: War of the Worlds (IDW Publishing, 2005)
• (with writer F. Paul Wilson) "Cuts," in Doomed #1 (IDW, 2006)
• (with writer Joe Harris) "Dr. Locrian's Asylum," The Nightmare Factory (Fox Atomic Comics, 2007)
• "Morgue Amore," in Legion of Monsters #1 (Marvel Comics, 2007)
• (inspired by Tori Amos' Under the Pink ) "Past The Mission," Comic Book Tattoo (Image Comics, 2008)
• "Modern Primitive," in Rampaging Wolverine #1 (Marvel Comics, 2009)
• "Breakfast All Day," in Astonishing Tales #1 (Marvel Comics, 2009)
• "So This Is How It Feels...," in The Mystic Hands of Dr. Strange #1 (Marvel Comics, 2010)
• "Bonebomb Babylon," in Savage Axe of Ares #1 (Marvel Comics, 2010)

References

1. Frier, Rachel E. (2013). "TRANSIT". Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Independents & Underground Classics. Salem Press. pp. 835–838. ISBN   9781587659515 – via EBSCOhost.
2. Kaczynski, Tom (July 12, 2018). "Eddy Current by Ted McKeever". The Comics Journal . Archived from the original on September 21, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
3. Dueben, Alex (August 29, 2016). "Ted McKeever Walks Away From Comics, Looks Back at Career". CBR . Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
4. Carroll, Tobias (January 29, 2016). "Pencil Head #1 by Ted McKeever". Paste Magazine . Archived from the original on July 16, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2025.

External links

• McKeever's blogpost on leaving the comics industry (Archived June 16, 2016, at archive.today)