Graham Nolan (born March 12, 1962) is an American comic book artist, best known for work for DC Comics on Batman-related titles in the 1990s and his work on The Phantom Sunday strip. He frequently collaborates with writer Chuck Dixon.
| Graham Nolan | |
|---|---|
 Graham Nolan | |
| Born | March 12, 1962 Long Beach, New York, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Batman, Detective Comics with Chuck Dixon, The Phantom |
| Awards | Inkpot Award 2014 |
Biography
editNolan's first comics credit came in April 1985, when his work appeared in DC Comics' Talent Showcase #16, alongside Eric Shanower and Stan Woch (among others). Moving on to an issue of the Marvel Transformers comic, in 1988 he started a 12-issue run on DC's Power of the Atom comic. In June 1990, he launched John Ostrander and Tim Truman's Hawkworld comic, pencilling and inking it for 26 issues until late 1992. In 1992 he designed and co-created the Batman villain Bane. He also worked on many issues of Detective Comics, illustrating key parts of the KnightFall and KnightsEnd sagas featuring Azrael and Batman.[1]
Graham Nolan also did freelance work for the Dungeons & Dragons game, including The Mines of Bloodstone (1986), Egg of the Phoenix (1987), The Endless Stair (1987), and The Complete Book of Villains (1994).
In 1998 he created and published his own comic book, Monster Island. Nolan tried to get a reformatted version into newspaper syndication but was told they no longer were buying adventure or "continuity" strips. King Features, instead offered him the art duties on their existing long-running medical soap opera strip, Rex Morgan, M.D.[2] A couple months later he was offered the Sunday Phantom strip as well.[3]
He left the Phantom strip in 2006 to work on other projects.[4] He left Rex Morgan in 2013.
Since then Nolan has been busy writing and illustrating creator-owned projects like Joe Frankenstein for IDW, and Return to Monster Island for Ominous Press, as well as returning to Bane with Chuck Dixon for the 12-part series, Bane: Conquest.[5]
In 2009, he created the webcomic Sunshine State.[6]
Bibliography
editMoonstone Books
edit- The Phantom: The Graham Nolan Sundays Vol. 1
- The Phantom: The Graham Nolan Sundays Vol. 2
- The Phantom Annual #1
DC Comics
edit- Bane: Conquest #1–12 (2017–2018)
- Batman vol. 2 #23.4, 36 (2013–2015)
- Batman: Bane of the Demon (1998)
- The Batman Chronicles #8, 17, 19 (1997–1999)
- Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning (1997)
- Batman: Vengeance of Bane (1993)
- Batman: Vengeance of Bane II The Redemption (1995)
- Detective Comics #0, 650–653, 661–669, 671–678, 680–684, 687–688, 696–715, 717–718, 720–721 (1992–1998)
- Hawkworld #1–19, 21–26 (1990–1992)
- JLA Versus Predator with John Ostrander and Randy Elliott (2001)
- The Joker: Devil's Advocate (1996)
- Power of the Atom #7–18 (1988–1989)
- Superman: The Odyssey (1999)
Compass Comics
edit- Alien Alamo (2021)
- Monster Island (1998)
- The Chenoo (2020)
References
edit- ^ Wilding, Josh (March 24, 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Graham Nolan, Co-Creator Of Bane". Comic Book Movie. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ Tobin, Suzanne (May 16, 2003). "Comics: Meet the Artist". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "'Phantom' artist's work recalls childhood memories". The Washington Times. February 17, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ Dueben, Alex (October 9, 2008). "Graham Nolan on Returning to Comics". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ Ching, Albert (February 15, 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: Dixon & Nolan Return to Bane for New DC Series". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ Dueben, Alex (June 3, 2014). "Nolan Explores "Astro City" and the "Sunshine State"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
External links
edit- Graham Nolan at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- "Rex Morgan at King Features". Archived from the original on July 10, 2005. Retrieved July 20, 2005.
- "The Phantom at King Features". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07.
- "Graham Nolan bio at King Features". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- Interview with Futureal Studio[permanent dead link]
- Graham Nolan on Returning to Comics, Comic Book Resources, October 9, 2008
- Sunshine State webcomic
- "Article on the Phantomwiki". Archived from the original on April 18, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- "Graham Nolan :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on March 15, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2012.