Happy Birthday: Shawn McManus

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Mon Jun 30, 2008 — by Aaron Rosenberg

Happy Birthday: Shawn McManus

The art's the [swamp] thing

Born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1958, Shawn McManus got his comic book start in the early 1980s, working for Heavy Metal. He illustrated two issues of the Alan Moore run on Swamp Thing, then went on to draw most of the "A Game of You" storyline in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.

McManus also drew issues of Omega Men, Batman, Doctor Fate, and the Thessaly limited series in The Sandman Presents. He has done work for Marvel Comics (Peter Parker Spider-Man and Daredevil), Dark Horse (Cheval Noir), First Comics (GrimJack), Image (Supreme), America’s Best Comics (Tom Strong), and others.

In 1985 he was nominated for a Jack Kirby Award for Swamp Thing #32.

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Andrew Pepoy (9:54 PM on Mon Jun 30, 2008)

I've inked him on both the Thessaliad and on Wild Girl. Great pencils and great fun to work on. Happy B-Day, Shawn!

Tom Fitzpatrick (9:46 AM on Tue Jul 1, 2008)

Not only did I enjoy his run on The Omega Men, Dr. Fate, The Man Called AX, The Sandman, but my personal favorites will always be "The Burial" in the Saga of the Swamp Thing.

Here's to hoping for not just many more returns, Mr. McManus, but more comic runs from you!

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