Sean Murphy (artist)

Sean Murphy is a cartoonist, artist based in Brooklyn, New York. His comic book work includes the miniseries "Batman/Scarecrow: Year One" with writer Bruce Jones for DC Comics and the graphic novel "Off Road" for Oni Press. Upcoming projects include the four issue miniseries "Outer Orbit" at Dark Horse Comics, two issues of "Teen Titans" for DC Comics and a creator-owned project called "Kael" which takes place in Ireland during the early 80s at the height of IRA terrorism. Recently his work has bridged outside of comics into animation development, writing, and other illustration assignments, including one for the UK based Land Rover.

Bibliography

Full-Length Comics

*"Outer Orbit" 4 issue miniseries (2006) as co-writer/co-artist/colorist with Zach Howard
*"Teen Titans" 2 issue arch as penciller/inker (2007)
*"Off Road" graphic novel (2005) as writer/artist
*"Grip" unpublished 1 issue Marvel book as penciller/inker with David VonAllman
*"Crush" 4 issue miniseries and TPB (2004) as penciller/inker
*"Batman/Scarecrow: Year One" 2 issue miniseries as penciller/inker
*"Shaun of the Dead" 4 issue miniseries and TPB (2006) as inker

Animation

*"Punk Rock Jesus" creator, co-producer, artistic director
*"Fanboyz" co-creator, background artist, character designer, voice actor

hort Comics

*"Batman/Superman Annual" as contributing artist
*"Angel Spotlight: Lindsey" as contributing artist
*"Star Wars Tales" #19 as contributing artist
*"Star Wars Tales" #15 as contributing artist
*"Noble Causes: Extended Family" as contributing artist

Covers & Pin-Ups

*"Spike vs. Dracula" 5 issue miniseries and TPB (2006), cover artist
*"Truth Serum" TPB (2006), pin-up

Illustration Work

* 5 page comic for Land Rover in Onelife magazine (UK)
* Advertising illustration for Nike
* Concept artwork Digilis with Peter Nelson

References

[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=540&PHPSESSID=0d36f1 Interview about "Outer Orbit" at Brokenfrontier.com]

[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=90519 Interview about "Outer Orbit" at Newsarama.com]

[http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=005699 Interview about "Outer Orbit" at The Pulse/Comicon.com]

[http://www.newsarama.com/Oni/OffRoad/OffRoad.htm Interview about "Off Road" at Newsarama.com]

[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26716 Interview about "Batman/Scarecrow: Year" at Newsarama.com]

Biography

*Born in Nashua, NH in 1980, Sean has lived near or around Boston until he left for college. He attended the Massachusetts College of Art and then transferred to the Savannah College of Art and Design where he earned his BA. He now lives in Los Angeles, California where he's focusing more on animation as well continuing his OGN career.

External links

* [http://www.seangordonmurphy.com Official Website]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=82881919 Myspace page]