Clayton Crain is an American comic book artist known for his digital painted work on

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books such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Carnage'', and also on the

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series ''

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''. Crain is also known for his work with Todd McFarlane, covers for DC, and his unique sketch cover acrylic paintings.

Early life

Clayton Crain grew up in Moxee, Washington with his parents and older sister. He was sketching on his schoolwork from a very early age and made the definitive choice to be a comic book illustrator at the age of 14 after seeing ''

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'' #315.

Career

Crain's career began with

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after he showed editor

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a 5-page original story board of his artwork. His first book was '' Shadowman'' issues 16–20. Crain went on to work on various projects for

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, Marvel Comics, and

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. Crain is working for

on the book ''

'', with writer

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Bibliography

Self-published

*''Impure'' #1-? *''342'' #1-?

Acclaim

*''Shadowman'' #16-20 (1998), his first professional work (as Klayton Krain)

Image

*''

Curse of the Spawn ''Curse of the Spawn'' is a spin-off of Todd McFarlane's popular ''Spawn'' comic book series. The book introduced other Hellspawns and characters in the " Spawniverse". It was published by Image Comics from September 1996–March 1999 and has been ...

'' #24-29 (1998–99) *'' Kiss Psycho Circus'' #18-31 (1999–2000) *''

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'', vol. 1, #34-36 *'' Sam & Twitch'' #14 *''No Honor'' #1-4 *''Universe'' #1-8 *''Tom Judge: End Of Days #1 *"Savior" 1-8 (2015)

Marvel

*''

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'' #538 (variant cover, 2007) *''

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'' #1-4 (unpublished) *'' Carnage'' #1-5 (2010–2011) *'' Carnage: U.S.A.'' #1-5 (2012) *''

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'' #29 (cover, 2006) *'' Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation'' miniseries, #1-6 (2005–06) *'' Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears'' miniseries, #1-6 (2007) *''

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'' miniseries, #4 (

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(cover, 2004) *'' Sensational Spider-man'' vol. 2 (interiors): #26, 28, 39-40; (covers): #27, #30-33 (2006-07) *''

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'', vol. 3, #10 (cover, 2004) *''

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'', Limited Series, #0 (interiors, cover) (2018) *''

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'', miniseries, #2 (cover, 2005) *'' Thunderbolts'' #114 (variant cover, 2007) *'' Ultimate Comics Fallout'' #4 (2011) *''

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'' #14 (cover, 2004) *''Venom/ Carnage'', miniseries, #1-4 (2004) *''

'' vol. 3 #1-6, 11-16, 21-25 (2009–2010)

Collections

Trade paperback collections include: *''

'': **'' Road to Damnation'' (

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, 6-issue mini-series, 2005, July 2006 ) **''

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'' (

, 6-issue mini-series, 2007, September 2007, )

References

External links

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