Mike Allred

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Cover to the Madman Adventures collected edition

Mike Allred is a U.S. comic book artist and writer. He first rose to prominence with his work for small publishers including Slave Labor Graphics and Dark Horse Comics, especially for his character Madman. The Madman series later won a Harvey Award. He went on to gain further mainstream attention with the science-fiction/rock-and-roll comic Red Rocket 7 and his art for writer Peter Milligan's series X-Force a.k.a. X-Statix. He recently finished writing and drawing The Golden Plates, an adaptation of The Book of Mormon and drawing X-Statix Presents: Deadgirl. His wife, Laura, frequently works as his colorist. Allred's illustration style is heavily influenced by pop art and the commercial and comic book art of the 1950s and 1960s.

1 Work outside of Comics
- 1.1 Filmography
  - 1.1.1 As Artist
  - 1.1.2 As Writer
- 1.2 As Musician
2 Guest appearances
3 Other notes
4 External links

[edit] Work outside of Comics

[edit] Filmography

[edit] As Artist

Mallrats (1995) (title logo)
Chasing Amy (1997) (Bluntman and Chronic artwork)
The Faculty (1998) (logo for The Hornets football team)

[edit] As Writer

Astroesque (1996)
G-Men from Hell (2000)

[edit] As Musician

The Gear - Son of Red Rocket Seven (1998)

The Anarchist, a prominent character from X-Statix

[edit] Guest appearances

Allred appeared as himself in the movie Chasing Amy as part of the opening scene at a comic book convention, signing copies of his comic Madman. He also provides the artwork for the fictional comic book Bluntman and Chronic.

[edit] Other notes

Many have felt that the short-lived animated television show Freakazoid! was plagiarism of Madman. During the run of the show, Allred remained silent on the subject. However, in 2003, he spoke officially on the subject for the first time via the messageboard of his official website. (See External Links below)

Since 1998, Robert Rodriguez has owned the film rights to Madman. Both Allred and Rodriguez have teased the start of the film several times since then, with no actual production. Rodriguez has publicly stated that he intends for Allred to co-direct the film the same way Frank Miller co-directed the Sin City movie. (Interestingly, it was Allred who connected Rodriguez with Miller's attorney, thus making Sin City possible.) At the 2006 WonderCon in San Francisco, Allred announced that Madman the Movie was in pre-production and hoped to begin filming before the end of the year.