Clayton Crain (born 1975) is an American comic book artist known for his digital painted work on Marvel Comics books such as Ghost Rider, X-Force, and Carnage, and also on the Valiant Comics series Rai. Crain is also known for his work with Todd McFarlane, covers for DC, and his unique sketch cover acrylic paintings.
Early life
Clayton Crain grew up in Moxee, Washington with his parents and older sister. He was sketching on his schoolwork from a very early age and made the definitive choice to be a comic book illustrator at the age of 14 after seeing
The Amazing Spider-Man #315.
Career
Crain's career began with
Acclaim Comics after he showed editor
Fabian Nicieza a 5-page original story board of his artwork. His first book was
Shadowman issues 16–20. Crain went on to work on various projects for
Todd McFarlane, Top Cow Productions, Marvel Comics, and
DC Comics.
Crain works for Valiant Comics on the book Rai, with writer Matt Kindt.
Bibliography
Self-published
Acclaim
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Shadowman #16-20 (1998), his first professional work (as Klayton Krain)
Image
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Curse of the Spawn #24-29 (1998–99)
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Kiss Psycho Circus #18-31 (1999–2000)
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Darkness, vol. 1, #34-36
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Sam & Twitch #14
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No Honor #1-4
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Universe #1-8
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Tom Judge: End Of Days #1
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"Savior" 1-8 (2015)
Marvel
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Amazing Spider-Man #538 (variant cover, 2007)
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Ant-Man #1-4 (unpublished)
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Carnage #1-5 (2010–2011)
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#1-5 (2012)
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Four #29 (cover, 2006)
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miniseries, #1-6 (2005–06)
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miniseries, #1-6 (2007)
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Wolverine/The Punisher miniseries, #4 (Marvel Knights (cover, 2004)
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Sensational Spider-man vol. 2 (interiors): #26, 28, 39-40; (covers): #27, #30-33 (2006-07)
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Silver Surfer, vol. 3, #10 (cover, 2004)
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Spider-Geddon, Limited Series, #0 (interiors, cover) (2018)
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Toxin, miniseries, #2 (cover, 2005)
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Thunderbolts #114 (variant cover, 2007)
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Ultimate Fallout #4 (2011)
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Venom #14 (cover, 2004)
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Venom/Carnage, miniseries, #1-4 (2004)
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X-Force vol. 3 #1-6, 11-16, 21-25 (2009–2010)
Collections
Trade paperback collections include:
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