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Shawn Martinbrough

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About the Author

SHAWN MARTINBROUGH is the author of How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling, published by Penguin Random House, and an Eisner award nominated artist whose comic book projects include Batman: Detective Comics, Luke Cage Noir, The Black Panther: Man Without Fear, Hellboy, Promethee 13:13, and Thief of Thieves, and the graphic novel series co-created with Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, INVINCIBLE). Shawn is a Vanity Fair contributor and the writer of Batman, Red Hood & The Hill for DC Comics, which introduces multiple new characters to the Batman Universe, and a co-author of the new children’s book series Judge Kim and The Kids’ Court, published by Simon & Schuster.

Shawn created original concept art for the Marvel Black Panther Wakanda Atlas, the definitive guide to the Black Panther’s nation of Wakanda, written by Evan Narcisse.