Ted McKeever is an American artist known for his work in the comic book industry. A master of pen-and-ink, McKeever has also fully painted many comics. He is known for his distinct graphic style and "bold, angular lines, which gives his work a fantastic, almost Kafka-esque edge." McKeever's first professional comics work appeared in 1986 with Transit, published by Vortex Comics. His following thirty years in the industry also included such titles as Eddy Current, Plastic Forks, Metropol, Industrial Gothic, Junk Culture, and Faith. Over the years, McKeever collaborated with other creators, including Dave Gibbons, Peter Milligan, Jean-Marc Lofficier, and Rachel Pollack. McKeever cites his relationships with editors Archie Goodwin, Lou Stathis, Karen Berger, and Jim Valentino for much of his success in the industry. Life and career McKeever claims to have had no professional training, stating that he began drawing at age five, and cites no professional influences. His personal philosophy is "to never use another artist's work to copy off of. I've always felt that if art doesn't come out of your own head, then it's not truly your own." He came to comics after working for some years working in the journalism field, "first for ABC television as a courtroom artist, and then at the Miami Herald as an editorial artist." In the mid-1980s, at the Atlanta Fantasy Fair, McKeever showed editor Archie Goodwin some preliminary pages for Transit; Goodwin encouraged him to show the work to as many publishers as possible. As a result, the project was soon picked up by Vortex Comics and editor Lou Stathis. (Transit and McKeever's later series Eddy Current and Metropol tied into McKeever's shared Metropol universe.) McKeever's next project, Eddy Current was published by the short-lived publisher Mad Dog Graphics in 1987–1988. McKeever's next series, Plastic Forks, was originally destined for publication by Comico, but the company went out of business before publishing a single issue. Archie Goodwin, now at the Marvel Comics creator-owned imprint Epic Comics, brought Plastic Forks over to Epic. Metropol was published by Epic in 1991–1992; followed by Metropol A.D. (this last series appearing after Goodwin had left Epic). In 1994, McKeever connected with DC Vertigo Executive Editor Karen Berger, first working on The Extremist with writer Peter Milligan. McKeever then took over as artist of Doom Patrol volume 2, working with writer Rachel Pollack; McKeever drew most of the last 13 issues before the series