John Lucas is an American comic book inker and

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, whose style has been compared with that of

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and

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. A prolific freelance contributor to both DC and

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, Lucas has also produced a great deal of small press work, as well as "Valkyries" (with Steve Moore) for '' 2000 AD''.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''After Houdini'' (Insight Comics) *'' Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe R. Lansdale'' (

Mojo Press Mojo Press is a now-defunct small press which primarily published science fiction, horror, and western books and graphic novels between 1994 and 1999. History Mojo Press was founded in 1994 by publisher Ben Ostrander and managing editor Richa ...

) *''Before Houdini'' (Insight Comics) *'' Civil War: Front Line'' inker (

) * Codename: Knockout (

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) *'' Desperadoes'': "Epidemic" ( one-shot,

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) *'' Dick Tracy'' (syndicated strip,

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) * ''Drive-In 3: The Bus Tour'' (aka ''Drive-In 3'') ( Subterranean Press) * ''The Exterminators'' inker (Vertigo/DC Comics) *'' Fantastic Four Vol. 6 #7'' inker, with Aaron Kuder (

) *'' Forever Maelstrom'' (DC Comics) *'' Generation M'' inker (Marvel Comics) *''Living in Infamy'' (

Ludovico Technique ''A Clockwork Orange'' is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates ...

) *''Negative Burn'' #47 (

Caliber Press Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published over 1,300 comics in the decade following its inception and is ranked as one of America ...

) *''Occurrences: The Illustrated

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'' (Mojo Press) *'' Starman'' (DC Comics) *'' Star Trek'' (

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/DC Comics) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' (DC Comics) *'' Weird Business'' artist on "Green Brother" and inker (credited as Little Johny Lovecloud) on "Dinosaur Love" (Mojo Press) *''The Wild West Show'' (Mojo Press) *''

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'' (with Steve Moore, in '' 2000 AD'' #1377–1382, 2004) *''

X-Men Unlimited ''X-Men Unlimited'' was the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The purpose of this title was to run stories that fit between the main X-Men comics. The stories included all characters (heroes and villains) from the X-tit ...

Vol. 2'' (Marvel Comics)

References

Other sources
John Lucas
at 2000 AD online

External links

*
A Baker's Dozen With . . . John LucasComic Art GalleryPodcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008
*http://johnlucasart.wordpress.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, John Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Comics inkers American Splendor artists