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Declan Shalvey (born 11 January 1982) is an Irish comics artist and writer. He has worked for Marvel Comics, drawing titles like Moon Knight, Thunderbolts and Deadpool. For Image Comics, he has collaborated with writer Warren Ellis on science fiction series Injection, and written crime comics set in Ireland, including Savage Town, with artist Philip Barrett, and Bog Bodies, with artist Gavin Fullerton.
He started his career in independent comics in Ireland and the UK. He made his debut with the superhero comic Hero Killers, written by Andy Winter, which won an Eagle Award for "Favourite Black and White British Comicbook" in 2006. The Eagle Awards 2006 His small press work includes the Irish noir comic Freakshow, written by Rob Curley,, Indie Review, 9 August 2008 which featured in the small press section of Judge Dredd Megazine, Contents of Judge Dredd Megazine #260 at 2000adonline.com contributions to the anthologies Your Round Presents: Tequila, Review of Your Round Presents: Tequila, Comics Bulletin, 27 August 2007 The Shiznit, and the Irish language comic Rí-Rá, and Tim Skinner: Total Scumbag, again with Andy Winter. Review of Tim Skinner: Total Scumbag at ComicRelated In 2008 he illustrated a graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, written by Jason Cobley, and in 2012 an adaptation of Sweeney Todd, written by Scottish writer Sean Michael Wilson, both for Classical Comics Talking Classical Comics with Declan Shalvey , Comics Bulletin, 20 November 2008 He moved into American comics in 2009, drawing ten of the first twelve issues of Boom! Studios' film spin-off comic 28 Days Later, written by Michael Alan Nelson.
In September 2010 he did his first work for Marvel, and over the next decade he drew numerous series for them, including Thunderbolts (2010–12), Fear Itself (2011), Dark Avengers (2012), Venom (2012–13), Winter Soldier (2013), Deadpool (2013), Moon Knight (2014), Groot (2015), and Return of Wolverine (2018), and writing (2016), and Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan (2017). Declan Shalvey at Marvel Comics In 2020 Marvel published Marvel Monograph: The Art of Declan Shalvey, a trade paperback collecting highlights of his work for the company. Marvel Monograph: The Art of Declan Shalvey, Marvel Comics
For DC Comics, he has drawn Northlanders (2011–12), and contributed to the anthology series American Vampire (2013), All-Star Batman (2016) and Batman and the Signal (2018), and the graphic novel Mad Max: Fury Road Inspired Artists Deluxe Edition (2015). Declan Shalvey at DC Comics For Dark Horse Comics, he has drawn issues of Conan the Barbarian (2012–13) and The Massive (2013), and contributed to Dark Horse Presents (2014) and the graphic novel Murder Book (2015). Declan Shalvey at Dark Horse Comics
He collaborated with writer Warren Ellis on the creator-owned science fiction series Injection, which ran for 15 issues from Image Comics in 2015–17. Injection at Image Comics He has also written two crime graphic novels set in Ireland, Savage Town, illustrated by Philip Barrett (2017), Savage Town at Image ComicsCraig Neilson-Adams, Declan Shalvey and Philip Barrett talk Savage Town (Interview), Big Comic Page, 20 August 2017 and Bog Bodies, illustrated by Gavin Fullerton (2020), Bog Bodies at Image ComicsDan Grote, , WMQ Comics, 15 May 2020 both published by Image.
Shalvey along with Jordie Bellaire created the poster for the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "One of Us".
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