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As first reported by Bleeding Cool back in November. Thinking back over all the Hasbro-related comics and stories over my time at IDW, I'm remembering the time I almost got Ted McKeever to do a steampunk-era Transformers series That woulda really been something based on the one piece of art he created for it. Let's just say[...]

The Wachowskis also published a line of comics from creators including Geof Darrow and Steve Skroce who had worked on the Matrix movie, as Burlyman Entertainment, with a schedule that made Doomsday Clock look speedy and rushed. And now, twenty years later, the Wachowskis are reviving the comics wing of Burlyman Entertainment, to republish those Matrix[...]

Today is the last issue of Ted McKeever's limited series Pencil Head, from Image Comics It's also his last comic in general Last week, I talked to him in detail about his decision to leave When asked what led him there, he answered: "There's a few reasons Mostly because I'd reached a point in my life that I just felt[...]

Ted McKeever is a multi-talented creator, but my love for him stemmed from his realistic portrayal of the publishing world in his limited-series Pencil Head from Image Comics When I stumbled upon some surprising news on his blog, I was curious to know more Luckily, Ted was ready to talk. Christine Marie: Hi Ted[...]

Yes, I adore Ted McKeever's realistic look at the struggling artist/writer life in Pencil Head. This week brings us the fourth of five issues in the series Starting things off with the tagline of: "If you think things can't get worse…then you lack sufficient imagination." …McKeever knows how to grab your attention. Pencil Head #4 takes us on a brisk and violent[...]

Ted McKeever knows how to start a new issue of a comic His opening panel for the third issue of Pencil Head put a smile on my face, and I'm sure it will do the same for you…   Leading with the title "Don't Believe Everything You Hear," it's no surprise the amount of drama we get to experience with[...]

That's not the only thing Ted McKeever got right in the second issue of his series Pencil Head from Image Comics Starting with the subtitle "What Doesn't Kill You Leaves Horrible Scars," this issue continues to paint a realistic picture for how the comic book industry works particularly concerning the creators. Following main character, Poodwaddle through his creative[...]

Created, written, and illustrated by Ted McKeever, the comic is described as "A mostly true 5-issue series about the whacked-out world of comic books." In fact, you can find that statement on the cover Now, even though I don't write comics myself, I do work on other creative endeavors and am fascinated by other peoples[...]

This January will bring the release of cartoonist Ted McKeever's love letter to the comic book industry, entitled Pencil Head From Image Comics/Shadowline Pencil Head explores the whacked-out world of the comic book industry Readers journey along as witness to protagonist Poodwaddle's trials and tribulations of working, and sustaining, his place in the absurd world[...]

By David Dissanayake   Ted McKeever's Eddy Current series changed my life.  I discovered it early in my comics-reading, at a time when I was mostly reading superheroes and didn't fully understand all the different and exciting things happening in the broader medium.  McKeever's work found its way into my life at one of those perfect intersectional[...]

We've got a little more information now on a book that was announced at the Image Expo. In a new six-issue miniseries from Shadowline, Ted McKeever takes us into a dystopian world in The Superannuated Man. By the time most people realized it, they were no longer in charge of the world we know In an unspecified[...]

For the fourth (I think) time. Originally spinning out of Dave's time at Quality Communications working on Warrior, he and Garry Leach created Atomeka, to publish A1, containing the creator owned work of Alan Moore, Garry Leach, Brian Bolland, Warren Ellis, Steve Pugh, Ted McKeever, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Phil Winslade and many more, in a[...]

Announced by Image Comics at their San Diego Comic Con, a new comic, Mondo, by comics legend Ted McKeever Best known for works like the Extremist, Plastic Forks and his DC Elseworlds trilogy, he has a reputation for drawing very, very twisted and rotten human beings So that's good then! Announced by Image Comics at[...]