Cliff Rathburn is an American

comic book artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

. He pencils, inks, colors and

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Career

Rathburn did some early work at

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. He later known for providing the greyscale coloring for

Robert Kirkman Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978)Löchel, Ingo"The Walking Dead: Die Comic-Serie – Robert Kirkman" Zauberspiegel. Retrieved February 17, 2013. is an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer. He is best known ...

's long-running series '' The Walking Dead'' at

Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-o ...

. Also at Image he did the artwork on Kirkman's ''Reaper'' and ''Brit'' one-shots before going on to provide the complete art for the first six issues of ''

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'', his first

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. In between he also worked at

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. Rathburn inked the pencils of

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and Tony Harris on '' The Authority'' and '' War Heroes'', respectively.

Awards

In 2011 Rathburn was awarded the Inkwell Awards' S.P.A.M.I. (Favorite Small Press and Mainstream-Independent) Award. In 2016, Rathburn was nominated for another S.P.A.M.I."2016 Winners"
Inkwell Awards. June 24, 2016.

Bibliography

* '' JLA'' #60 (pencils, with writer

Mark Waid Mark Waid (; born March 21, 1962) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on DC Comics titles '' The Flash'', ''Kingdom Come'' and '' Superman: Birthright'' as well as his work on ''Captain America'', '' Fantastic Four'' and ''Da ...

, and inks by

Paul Neary Paul Neary (born 1949) is a British comic book artist, writer and editor. His first work was for Warren Publishing in the 1970s before working with Dez Skinn at Marvel UK as well as work for '' 2000 AD''. He later became editor-in-chief of ...

, 1997) * '' DC 1st: Superman/

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'' (pencils, with writer

Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo. Biography K ...

, one-shot, DC, 2002) * '' Invincible'' #7, 28-31, 50, 56, 59, 61-65 (inks, with writer

and pencils by Ryan Ottley,

, November 2003, February–April 2006, June 2008, December 2008 - August 2009) * '' The Walking Dead'' #6- (regular colorist/greyscales, with writer Robert Kirkman, Image Comics, March 2004-ongoing) * ''Reaper'' (pencils, inks, & tones, with writer Robert Kirkman, one-shot, Image, 2004) * ''

: Red White Black and Blue'' (pencils, with writer Robert Kirkman, inks, & tones, one-shot, Image, 2004) * '' Fantastic Four: Foes'' (pencils, 6-issue

limited series Limited series may refer to: *Limited series, individual storylines within an anthology series *Limited series, a particular run of collectables, usually individually numbered * Limited series (comics), a comics series with a predetermined number ...

, 2005) * ''

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2099'' #1 ( Marvel Knights 2099, Marvel Comics, 2004) * ''Brit'' #1-6 (pencils, inks, & colors, with writer Bruce Brown, Image, 2007) *'' War Heroes'' #1- (with writer

Mark Millar Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ...

and pencils, by Tony Harris, Image, July–September 2008, October 2009-ongoing) * '' The Authority'' #8-9, 11- (inks, with writers

Dan Abnett Dan Abnett (born 12 October 1965) is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, sinc ...

/ Andy Lanning, and pencils by

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, May 2009 - ongoing) * ''Reaper 2'' (creator, writer, illustrator & letterer, one-shot, Image, 2011) * ''

Super Dinosaur ''Super Dinosaur'' is an American comic book series published by Image Comics' Skybound imprint beginning in 2011. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Jason Howard, who had previously worked together on Image's ''The Astou ...

'' #9- (inks, with writer

, and pencils by

Jason Howard ''Jason Howard'' is an American comic book artist known for such comics as '' Trees'' with Warren Ellis and ''The Astounding Wolf-Man'' with Robert Kirkman Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978)Löchel, Ingo"The Walking Dead: Die Comic- ...

, Image, March 2012 - ongoing)

References

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