Tony Moore (artist)

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Tony Moore

Moore at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born Michael Anthony Moore
Nationality American
Area(s) Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Pseudonym(s) Tony
Notable works
 The Walking Dead
The Exterminators
Fear Agent
Awards Eisner Award nominations:
2004: "Best New Series" (The Walking Dead)
2005: "Best Cover Artist" (The Walking Dead)
http://www.tonymooreillustration.com

Michael Anthony "Tony" Moore (born December 20, 1978) is an American comic book artist, whose work consists mainly of genre pieces, most notably in horror and science fiction, with titles such as Fear Agent, The Exterminators, and the first six issues of The Walking Dead.

Career

Moore and writer Robert Kirkman were asked to produce work for the Mattel-licensed Masters of the Universe property. Shortly afterward, they launched Brit and The Walking Dead at Image Comics. Although Moore ceased regular interior artist duties on The Walking Dead with #6, he continued to contribute to the title as cover artist through issue #24, and illustrated the covers for the series' first four collected volumes. Moore was nominated for two Eisner Awards for his work on The Walking Dead, (2004: "Best New Series",[1] and 2005: Best Cover Artist.[2]) Because of the popularity of the series, which increased considerably when it was adapted into a television series of the same name, Moore's original artwork for the series' early issues has gone up in value. On the March 28, 2013 episode of the VH1 reality television series For What It's Worth, Moore's original artwork for Page 7 of issue #1 was professionally appraised to be worth $20,000.[3]

Moore has since moved on to his own co-created properties, The Exterminators with Simon Oliver at DC/Vertigo,[4] and Fear Agent with Rick Remender at Dark Horse Comics, and has contributed covers to numerous titles, including Claudio Sanchez's The Amory Wars and Rob Zombie's Spookshow International. He has also contributed to Marvel Comics' titles Ghost Rider (with Jason Aaron), and Punisher (with Rick Remender). He also was the artist for the Venom series from 2010-2012, also written by Remender.[5]

On February 9, 2012, Moore filed a lawsuit alleging that in 2005, writer Robert Kirkman deceitfully engineered him into surrendering his rights to The Walking Dead comic book and eventual TV series in exchange for payments that never materialized. Kirkman said in a statement the following day that he and Moore "each had legal representation seven years ago and now he is violating the same contract he initiated and approved and he wants to misrepresent the fees he was paid and continues to be paid for the work he was hired to do."[6] Kirkman in turn sued Moore.[7] On September 24, 2012, the two released a joint statement saying they had reached a settlement "to everyone's mutual satisfaction."[7]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

Covers only

References

  1. ↑ 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Comic Book Awards Almanac
  2. ↑ 2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Comic Book Awards Almanac
  3. ↑ "Amoeba & John Azarian". For What It's Worth. Episode 6, VH1. March 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ Irvine, Alex (2008), "The Exterminators", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 67–70, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
  5. ↑ Flanagan, Josh (December 9, 2010). "Venom ONGOING by Rick Remender and Tony Moore". iFanboy.
  6. ↑ Molloy, Tim (February 10, 2012). "'Walking Dead's' Robert Kirkman Joked About Tricking Illustrators —- Then Got Sued by His". TheWrap.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Molloy, Tim (September 24, 2012). "'Walking Dead' Writer, Artist Settle Lawsuits". TheWrap.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
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