Tradd Moore

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Tradd Moore
Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore at Stumptown Comics Festival 2013.jpg
Moore (right) with writer Justin Jordan at Stumptown Comics Festival 2013
Born (1987-10-31) October 31, 1987 (age 37)
Snellville, Georgia
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Notable works
The Complete Luther Strode , Silver Surfer: Black, The New World

Tradd Moore (born October 31, 1987) is an American comic book artist. His work has appeared in series published by Marvel Comics, Image Comics and DC Comics.

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Comics career

Moore graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2010. [1] While still in college he was discovered on DeviantArt by writer Justin Jordan, who pitched him the script for a new comic. [2] Their first collaboration, the six-issue action-horror series The Strange Talent of Luther Strode , was published in 2011 by Image Comics. A sequel, The Legend of Luther Strode was released the following year. [3]

Moore was then noticed by DC Comics, who asked him to illustrate an issue of the Batman anthology Legends of the Dark Knight . [4] In 2013 he also started working for Marvel Comics, drawing several covers for Deadpool . The same year he drew the second issue of writer Aleš Kot's espionage thriller Zero for Image Comics. [5] In 2014 Moore drew the first five issues of All-New Ghost Rider for Marvel's All-New, All-Different relaunch. [6] He also contributed covers for Kot's whole run on Secret Avengers .

The following year he reunited with writer Justin Jordan for the last installment in the Luther Strode trilogy, The Legacy of Luther Strode. [7] He also returned to Ghost Rider with a backup story in the first issue of the relaunch, and to Deadpool, creating the covers for the Deadpool vs. Thanos mini series.

In 2017 he illustrated the landmark issue #150 of Venom , [8] and continued to contribute covers for Marvel's Secret Warriors and IDW's Revolutionaries.

Moore returned to Image comics in 2018, co-plotting, penciling and inking the five-issue sci-fi action romance series The New World with writer Aleš Kot. [9]

In 2019 Moore collaborated with fellow Savannah College of Art alumnus Donny Cates on the five-issue series Silver Surfer: Black. [10] It was released to critical acclaim. [11]

In early 2020 it was revealed that The New World would be adapted into a movie by Warner Bros., with Jeremy O. Harris on screenwriting duties. [12] Later that year he wrote and illustrated a short story for the milestone issue #850 of The Amazing Spider-Man. [13] At 2022 San Diego Comic-Con it was announced that Moore's next project will be Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise, a four-issue miniseries that he will be both writing and illustrating. [14]

In June 2024, the Islay whisky distillery Ardbeg released a new whisky in collaboration with Tradd Moore. [15]

Bibliography

Interior work

DC Comics

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

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References

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