John Lucas (comics)

John Lucas is an American comic book inker and penciller, whose style has been compared with that of Russ Heath and Jack Kirby.^[1]

Career

A prolific freelance contributor to both DC and Marvel Comics, Lucas has also produced a great deal of small press work, as well as "Valkyries" (with Steve Moore) for 2000 AD. Lucas currently lives in Searcy, Arkansas.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe R. Lansdale (Mojo Press)
• Civil War: Front Line inker (Marvel Comics)
• Codename: Knockout (Vertigo/DC Comics)
• Desperadoes: "Epidemic" (one-shot, Homage Comics)
• Drive-In 3: The Bus Tour (aka Drive-In 3) (Subterranean Press)
• The Exterminators inker (Vertigo/DC Comics)
• Forever Maelstrom (DC Comics)
• Generation M inker (Marvel Comics)
• Living in Infamy (Ludovico Technique)
• Negative Burn #47 (Caliber Press)
• Occurrences: The Illustrated Ambrose Bierce (Mojo Press)
• Starman (DC Comics)
• Star Trek (Wildstorm/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)
• Valkyries (with Steve Moore, in 2000 AD #1377–1382, 2004)
• X-Men Unlimited Vol. 2 (Marvel Comics)

References

Notes

Sources consulted

• John Lucas at 2000 AD online

External links

• John Lucas at the Comic Book DB
• A Baker's Dozen With . . . John Lucas
• Comic Art Gallery
• Podcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008
• http://johnlucasart.wordpress.com/