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Michael Dalton "Mike" Allred (born 1962) 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 comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary ...
and writer. He is most well known for his
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creation Madman and for co-creating and drawing the comic book series ''iZombie''. His work often draws upon pop art, as well as commercial and comic art of the 1950s and 1960s.


Early life

Michael Dalton Allred was born in 1962 in
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. His father, Dale Leroy Allred (May 20, 1926 – October 5, 2007), was born in
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. He was a psychologist and professor at Umpqua Community College and the
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, and received a
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in 1959 at
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. Allred's mother, RaeBell Jenkins (née Bird; July 19, 1934 – February 17, 2014), was born in Bluebell, Utah. The two married in December 1951 in
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. In 1973, Allred's parents divorced, and he stayed with his father in
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, while his brothers and mother moved to
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. In 1980, he attended
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as an art major but switched to broadcasting fearing that he couldn't make a living as an artist.


Career

Mike Allred began his career as a radio host on KYES AM 950 (KY95) in Roseburg, Oregon. He later became a television reporter in Europe, and started drawing comics in 1989 with the 104-page
graphic novel A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics sc ...
''Dead Air'' ( Slave Labor Graphics). The story loosely followed his stint in radio as a sidebar to the true focus of the novel, the effects of post-nuclear war over a small Oregon town. He followed this up with his similarly titled works ''Graphique Musique'' (1990) and ''Grafik Muzik'' (
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1990–1991), in which he set out the style that he was to become known for with his most famous character, Madman. Madman first appeared as Frank Einstein in ''Creatures of the Id'' and ''Grafik Muzik'' published in 1990, but it wasn't until March 1992 that the first ''Madman'' miniseries debuted from
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in March 1992. The series gained further recognition with its move to
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in April 1994, and where it was relaunched as ''Madman Comics'' and went on to be nominated for several
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s. ''Madman Comics'' ran for 20 issues and ended in 2000. From 2007 to 2009, Image Comics published ''Madman: Atomic Comics'' for 17 issues. Allred drew part of the 1993 " Worlds' End" story arc in
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's '' The Sandman'' series. Allred appeared as himself in the 1997 feature film ''
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'' as part of the opening scene at a comic book convention, signing copies of his comic ''Madman''. He also provides the artwork for the fictional comic book ''Bluntman and Chronic''. Allred himself gained further mainstream attention with the science-fiction/rock-and-roll comic '' Red Rocket 7'' (Dark Horse, 1997) and his art for writer Peter Milligan's series ''
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'', which he began drawing in July 2001, and subsequently became '' X-Statix''. In 2000, AAA Pop published Allred's ''The Atomics'', featuring a group of beatniks with superpowers. Issue #116 of ''X-Force'', the first collaboration between Allred and Milligan, was the first Marvel comic book to not have the
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stamp of approval since 1971. In 2004 and 2005, Allred wrote and drew ''The Golden Plates'', an adaptation of the Book of Mormon. Allred is a Latter-Day Saint, and completed much of the work on this project in collaboration with his wife Laura Allred. Allred worked again with Neil Gaiman in 2009 on the
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feature in '' Wednesday Comics''. The ''Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special!'' was published in April 2011. Allred and writer
Matt Fraction Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of '' The Invincible Iron Man'', '' FF'', '' The Immortal Iron Fist'', '' Uncanny X-Men'', an ...
crafted a ''
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'' spinoff series, '' FF'', in 2013. The following year, Allred and writer
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launched a new ''
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'' series at Marvel. His comic book series '' iZombie'', which ran from 2010 to 2012, was adapted into a 2015 television series of the same name. Allred drew the 1960s variant cover for ''Action Comics'' #1000 (June 2018). His wife, Laura, frequently works as his
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. Mike Allred had worked with Mark Russell in 2022 and 2024 to make Superman: Space Age (2022), and Batman: Dark Age (2024).


Personal life

Allred was raised as a member of
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. He considers himself a
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, though a liberal-leaning one, and has stated that he still identifies with the beliefs. He considers the
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to be a phenomenal and fascinating story irrespective of its factual accuracy.


Awards

Allred's retro-styled artwork is a frequent nominee for comics awards such as the Harveys, the Eisners, and the
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. In his career, he has received: * 2005 Special AML Award for ''The Golden Plates'' * 2009
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* 2011 AML Award in the category of "Special Award in Graphical Narrative" for a lifetime of comic art * 2015 The television adaptation of his
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'' iZombie'' was the recipient of the Best New Fandom award at the 2015 MTV Fandom Awards * 2016 The Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One Shot (''
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'' #11) * 2021 The Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker ('' Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams'')


Bibliography

* ''Dead Air'' ( Slave Labor Graphics, 1989) * ''Graphique Musique'' #1–3 (Slave Labor Graphics, 1989–1990) * ''Creatures Of The Id'' #1 (
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, 1990) * ''Grafik Muzik'' #1–4 (Caliber Press, 1990–1991) * ''The Everyman'' (Epic Comics, 1991) * ''Madman'' #1–3 (Tundra Publishing, 1992) * ''Madman Adventures'' #1–3 (Tundra Publishing, 1992–1993) * ''Vertigo Visions: The Geek'' #1 (
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Vertigo Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspira ...
, 1993) * ''Vertical'' (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1993, with writer Steven T. Seagle) * ''Vertigo Jam'' #1 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1993) * ''Sandman'' #54 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1993, with writer
Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...
) * ''Madman Comics'' #1–20 (
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, 1994–2000) * '' Untold Tales of Spider-Man '96'' #1 (
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, 1996) * ''
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/Madman Hullabaloo'' #1–3 (DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics, 1997) * '' Red Rocket 7'' #1–7 (Dark Horse Comics, 1997–1998) * ''Feeders'' #1 (Dark Horse Comics, 1999) * '' The Atomics'' #1–15 (AAA Pop, 2000–2001) * '' Superman and Batman: World's Funnest'' #1 (DC Comics, 2001) * '' Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame'' #1 (DC Comics, 2001) * ''
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'' #116–123, 125-128 (
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, 2001–2002, with writer Peter Milligan) * '' Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' #4–5 (Marvel Comics, 2001) * ''
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'' vol. 3 #1–4 (inker) (DC Comics, 2002) * '' Just Imagine Stan Lee with Chris Bachalo Creating Catwoman'' #1 (inker) (DC Comics, 2002) * '' X-Statix'' #1–4, 6–9, 11–19, 21–26 (Marvel Comics, 2002–2004, with writer Peter Milligan) * ''Vertigo X Anniversary Preview'' #1 (DC Comics, 2003) * '' The Golden Plates'' #1-3 (AAA Pop, 2004-2005) * ''
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'' #7 (DC Comics, 2005) * ''Madman Atomic Comics'' #1–17 (Image Comics, 2007–2009) * ''
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'' #76 (DC Comics, 2008, with writer
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) * '' Wednesday Comics'' #1–12 (
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) (DC Comics, 2009, with writer Neil Gaiman) * '' Nation X'' #1 and 4 (Marvel Comics, 2009–2010) * '' iZombie'' #1–28 (Vertigo, 2010–2012) * '' Daredevil'' vol. 3 #17 (2012) * '' Wolverine and the X-Men'' #17 (2012) * '' FF'' vol. 2 #1–5, 7-8, 10-16 (Marvel Comics, 2013-2014) * '' Batman Black and White'' vol. 2 #4 (DC Comics, 2014) * ''
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'' vol. 7 #1–15 (Marvel Comics, 2014–2016) * ''Art Ops'' #1–5, 8, 12 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 2015–2016) * ''Silver Surfer'' vol. 8 #1–14 (Marvel Comics, 2016–2017) * '' Bug!: The Adventures of Forager'' #1–6 ( Young Animal, 2017) * ''
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Meets the
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'' #1 (DC Comics, 2017) * ''Infinity Countdown: Adam Warlock'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2018) * ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' Annual #1 (Marvel Comics, 2018) * ''Giant-Size X-Statix'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2019, with writer Peter Milligan) * '' Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams'' (Insight Comics, 2020) * ''X-Ray Robot'' #1–4 (Dark Horse Comics, 2020) * ''X-Cellent'' #1–5 (Marvel Comics, 2022, with writer Peter Milligan) * ''The X-Cellent'' #1–5 (Marvel Comics, 2023, with writer Peter Milligan) * ''Superman: Space Age'' #1-3 (
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, 2022–23) * ''Batman: Dark Age'' #1-6 (
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, 2024)


Covers only

*''Caliber Presents'' #15 (Caliber Comics, 1990) *'' Cheval Noir'' #39 (Dark Horse Comics, 1993) *''
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'' #164 (
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, 1993) *'' Hero Illustrated Special Edition'' #2 (Warrior Publications, 1994) *'' Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures'' #1 (Dark Horse Comics, 1994) *''
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'' #100–0, 100–5 (Dark Horse Comics, 1995) *'' Heartbreakers'' #3 (Dark Horse Comics, 1996) *'' Jay & Silent Bob'' #2 ( Oni Press, 1998) *'' Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #2 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 1999) *'' Empty Love Stories'' #2 (Funny Valentine Press, 1999) *'' Oni Press Summer Vacation Supercolor Fun Special'' #1 (Oni Press, 2000) *'' Comicology'' #2 (
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, 2000) *'' Oni Press Color Special'' #1–2 (Oni Press, 2001–2002) *''Madman Picture Exhibition'' #4 (AAA Pop Comics, 2002) *'' X-Statix'' #20 (Marvel Comics, 2004) *'' Spider-Man Unlimited'' vol. 2 #6 (Marvel Comics, 2005) *'' Marvel Knights 4'' #23–24 (Marvel Comics, 2005–2006) *'' X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl'' #1–5 (Marvel Comics, 2006) *''
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'' #9 (
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, 2007) *'' Spider-Man Fairy Tales'' #4 (Marvel Comics, 2007) *'' Popgun Volume 1'' (Image Comics, 2007) *''
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Annual'' #1 (Image Comics, 2008) *'' Jersey Gods'' #1, 4, 6–10, 12 (Image Comics, 2009–2010) *''
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'' #3 (Dark Horse Comics, 2009) *'' Fractured Fables'' gn ( Silverline Books, 2010) *'' Captain Action Season 2'' #1 ( Moonstone Books, 2010) *''
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'' #86 (DC Comics, 2010) *'' glamourpuss'' #19 (
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, 2011) *'' iZombie'' #12, 18, 21, 24 (DC Comics/Vertigo, 2011–2012) *'' The Next Issue Project'' #3 (Image Comics, 2011) *''
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'' #5 (
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, 2012) *'' It Girl! and the Atomics'' #1–12 (Image Comics, 2012–2013) *''
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: Silk Spectre'' #3 (DC Comics, 2012) *'' Happy!'' #1 (Image, 2012) *''
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'' #1 (IDW Publishing, 2012) *''
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'' #1–3, 5, 7 (DC Comics, 2013–2014) *'' All New Doop'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2014) *''Batman '66 Meets Steed And Mrs Peel'' #1-6 (DC Comics, 2016) *''Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special'' #1 (DC Comics, 2017) * ''Action Comics'' #1000 variant (DC Comics, 2018) *''Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive'' #1-4 (IDW Publishing, 2018-2019)


Other work


As artist

* ''
Mallrats ''Mallrats'' is a 1995 American buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Priscilla Barnes and Michael Rooker. It is the second film in the View Askewnive ...
'' (1995) (Opening sequence) * ''
Chasing Amy ''Chasing Amy'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams and Jason Lee. The third film in Smith's View Askewniverse series, the film is about a male comic a ...
'' (1997) (
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artwork) * ''
The Faculty ''The Faculty'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed and edited by Robert Rodriguez with a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster in her film debut, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Ha ...
'' (1998) (Logo for The Hornets football team) * ''Ingredients the Band – Bears Driving Trains'' (2006) (album cover) * ''Skyscape – Zetacarnosa'' (2009) (album cover) * '' iZombie'' (TV series) (2014) (Title sequence intro) * Christmas Party (2018) (
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album cover)


As writer

* ''Astroesque'' (1996) * ''G-Men from Hell'' (2000)


As musician

* The Gear – ''Son of Red Rocket Seven'' (1998) * The Gear – ''Left Of Center Of The Universe'' (2009)


References


Citations


Works cited

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External links

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Mike Allred Image Gallery
at Comic Art Community
Mike Allred
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

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