Bradley Parker (born 1961, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American cartoonist and painter. His works have been shown at the Kona Oceanfront Gallery and the La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles. Prior to his career as a painter, Parker was an illustrator in the film industry and a cartoonist, working for mainstream publishers such as DC, Marvel, and Chaos! Comics. He is also known for his LGBT-themed comics, sometimes published under the pen name Ace Moorcock. Early life Parker was born in 1961 and raised in Southern California. He later attended the art program at UCLA, where he discovered his future career path as a cartoonist. Following his departure from UCLA, he began work as an illustrator. Illustration In the 1980s, Parker's work appeared in several early volumes of Meatmen, and was featured on the back covers and frontispieces. His comics were also included in Gay Comix. In 1988, some of his work was collected in Oh Boy!, a 96-page book published by Leyland Publications. His comics appeared in gay porn magazines, including ongoing series for Freshmen, titled "Junior Jock Jackoff Jizz Juice Journal" and "Ace's Adventures in the Year 2000". Working in the film industry, he designed the on-screen monster for the film Jeepers Creepers, and worked with Rob Zombie on a music video for Ozzy Osbourne. In 1997, he produced full-color cover and interior art for Marvels: Code of Honor, a four-issue limited series written by Chuck Dixon for Marvel Comics. In 1998, he painted the art for DC Comics' Green Lantern: Fear Itself, a 96-page graphic novel written by Ron Marz. As an author, he has also collaborated on book projects with author SP Grogan, including Captain Crooked and Atomic Dreams at the Red Tiki Lounge. During the 1990s, he discovered the work of painter Robert Williams and the lowbrow art movement. Taking inspiration from this work, he began to apply his cartoonist skills to painting fine art pieces, and was eventually encouraged by a friend to hold his first art exhibition in Hollywood, California. In 2006, Parker later moved to Hawaii, where he focused on work inspired by Hawaiian tikis full-time. In 2012, he was one of the artists that featured in the seminal book Surf Graphics. Painting and souvenirs In Hawaii, Parker showed his works at the Kona Oceanfront Gallery in Kailua-Kona, where his pop surrealist paintings focusing on the Tiki theme were exhibited