EdHannigan
Yes, that's me (above) with my good friend, Batman! Any resemblance to Santa Claus is an unfortunate accident. More about me and my fabulous life in comics below, but first, here's the links.. First, my web site covering my career in comics. There are links to art, sketches and more stuff than you can shake a stick at (and that's a lot!): Ed Hannigan's Comics Then there's my website containing artwork I have for sale, including cover re-creations, sketches and commissions: Spider & BatAnd you'll find a sample of pages from my Graphic Novel, Skull & Bones , which was published in 1991 by DC Comics at: Skull & Bones.  I started in comics in 1971, working for the late Sol Brodsky (a wonderful guy, by the way) on the Marvel British weekly reprints, doing lettering corrections and zip-a-tones. I met many great people at Marvel, some of whom are dear friends to this day. From the British books I progressed to penciling, drawing such books as The Spectacular Spider-Man, but mostly I drew covers and did cover roughs for other artists under the direction of John Romita Sr. I also did a little writing and lots of work for the Merchandising/Licensing folks. Around 1981 I started doing cover sketches for Dick Giordano at DC and after a while I became DC's cover editor. At DC I drew several books, mostly Annuals and inventory stories, but also the Green Arrow series written by Mike Grell. But mainly I continued my career of designing and drawing covers and working for the merchandising and licensing people. During this period I designed more covers than any other artist, and I may still hold that record (except for Jack Kirby in the Sixties). I also penciled the first five Legends of the Dark Knight, which was tremendously successful. After that I had the time to write and draw my graphic novel, Skull & Bones, published by DC, which unfortunately did not sell that well. I also wrote and drew an Elseworlds series, League of Justice and a couple of other things and continued doing cover sketches and merchandising assignments.  Sadly comics in the late Nineties was falling apart and when my DC contract was up I could no longer find much work. I did a few other things in the comics industry, but eventually looked elsewhere and got a job working for a publisher of informational booklets and folders in Massachusetts. I ended up with another group of great people and learned computer graphics programs like Photoshop, Freehand and QuarkXPress. It was a whole second career which I loved! After a while I started having strange symptoms of numbness in my fingers and legs and was eventually diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. At first it was only an annoyance but it got worse and worse. I worked there for nine years, but unfortunately they had a huge layoff and I lost my job. However, it worked out okay, because by that time my MS symptoms had gotten so bad that I was planning on quitting anyway. At least they had a good severance package. I qualified for Disability soon afterward. Now I do drawings and sketches that I sell on my web page (visit!). I live in New Hampshire with my wife and two kids and a beagle.
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| Dec 3rd, 2007 12:28 PM |
Skull & Bones poster on the way! |
| Jun 21st, 2007 5:32 PM |
Original Published Art pages for sale (Green Arrow Annual #2) |
| Jun 8th, 2007 11:13 PM |
It's been a while... |
| May 6th, 2007 1:51 PM |
New Sketch and Announcement... |
| Apr 22nd, 2007 3:41 PM |
More pages added to Skull & Bones 2 |
| Apr 8th, 2007 6:23 PM |
Uploaded 8 more pages to Skull & Bones 2 ! |
| Apr 1st, 2007 7:35 PM |
More Skull & Bones! Just added 8 pages.... |
| Mar 31st, 2007 2:00 PM |
Spider & Bat going strong... |
| Mar 25th, 2007 4:31 PM |
Ten more pages added to Skull& Bones 2 !!!! |
| Mar 24th, 2007 3:12 PM |
Finally! More Skull & Bones #2 pages added to Gallery... |
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[ Posted by ben on Mar 20th, 2007 1:22 AM ]...
Hi, Ed!
I received my Batgirl sketch today. I love it!
Thanks for all the great artwork you've created.  1 Reply [ Latest posted on March 20th, 2007 8:04 AM ]
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 [ Posted by EdHannigan on Mar 20th, 2007 8:04 AM ]...
Great! Glad you like it.
Anyone else who is wants some nice art for an affordable price, go here:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html
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[ Posted by erickent on Feb 6th, 2007 4:50 PM ]...
Sounds great. I just saw the first issue in my boxes today as well. Awesome stuff.
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[ Posted by erickent on Feb 5th, 2007 10:12 PM ]...
The Skull pages look great!
Eric 1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 6th, 2007 2:34 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Feb 6th, 2007 2:34 PM ]...
Thanks. I'll try to scan another bunch soon. |
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[ Posted by TheKrawler on Feb 4th, 2007 1:19 PM ]...
Welcome Ed, glad to have you here. have a good day.
Jarrod- 1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 4th, 2007 1:50 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Feb 4th, 2007 1:50 PM ]...
Thanks. Great to be here. |
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[ Posted by erickent on Jan 25th, 2007 6:10 PM ]...
Thanks for the add! I'm loving your website also! A bit of info on the cover of Batman 381, that is Nightslayer in the other Bat-suit. One of my favorite Batman covers so it was easy.
Eric 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 25th, 2007 6:56 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 25th, 2007 6:56 PM ]...
Ah! Thank you much. Did you unotice the Thing/Spidey piece? That is loosely based on that cover as per customer request. |
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[ Posted by Klebs on Jan 20th, 2007 10:01 PM ]...
Hey Ed.. I'm great fan of your Green Arrow work way back.
All you fans from Brazil are sending support, good wishes and health.
best
Klebs 3 Replies [ Latest posted on January 23rd, 2007 8:23 AM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 21st, 2007 1:31 PM ]...
Thank you very much. You are my second ComicSpace friend from Brazil! Are the comics there in English or Portuguese? |
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[ Posted by Klebs on Jan 22nd, 2007 8:29 PM ]...
Hey Ed.
All the books here are published in Portuguese.
But there are several comic shops where we can find the US version.
Thatīs where I got al your GA run last century, heheh.
Do you have any GA originals?
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 23rd, 2007 8:23 AM ]...
I have a few GA original pages but I generally don't sell original art. I sold off moat of my best stuff a few years ago when I really needed the money and want to hold on to what I have left to pass on to my kids.
Are you interested in anything in particular? I do have a Green Arrow cover re-creation (GA #5) on my web site and a couple of sketches. |
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[ Posted by RudyVasquez on Jan 20th, 2007 2:09 PM ]...
Great to see you here Ed! Beautiful work! 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 20th, 2007 9:38 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 20th, 2007 9:38 PM ]...
Thank you. |
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[ Posted by ben on Jan 20th, 2007 3:55 PM ]...
Hi, Ed! I'm a long time admirer of your work, especially your cover designs.
I'm sorry to hear about your MS. I have family and friends who have had this and I know how challenging it can be. 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 20th, 2007 9:38 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 20th, 2007 9:38 PM ]...
Thanks much. |
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[ Posted by Drockleberries on Jan 20th, 2007 12:13 AM ]...
thankyou for adding me...a rare and pleasant comicbook honor my good man :) 2 Replies [ Latest posted on January 20th, 2007 4:25 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 20th, 2007 11:59 AM ]...
You are quite welcome. I looked at your work and I like it. |
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[ Posted by Drockleberries on Jan 20th, 2007 4:25 PM ]...
hey thanks for take'n a peek at my work...I'm just now checking out your "skull and bones" graphic novel, which i wasn't aware of before now...beautifully illustrated :) |
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[ Posted by Cinar on Jan 13th, 2007 4:53 PM ]...
thanks for the add Mr. Hannigan.I grew up reading your Spider-Man issues.It's great to see you here.
Best
Yildiray Cinar 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 14th, 2007 7:56 AM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 14th, 2007 7:56 AM ]...
And thank you. It's great to be here. |
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[ Posted by MelikeAcar on Jan 13th, 2007 1:27 PM ]...
mr. hannigan,
thank you very much for the adding me sir!
:) 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 13th, 2007 4:43 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 13th, 2007 4:43 PM ]...
You are very welcome. And thank you. |
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[ Posted by PierreVilleneuve on Jan 10th, 2007 7:57 PM ]...
Thanks for adding me.
Loved your work ever since I first saw it in the pages of Green Arrow. 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 11th, 2007 10:56 AM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 11th, 2007 10:56 AM ]...
Thank you very much. |
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[ Posted by Joe_Prado on Jan 10th, 2007 10:45 AM ]...
Hi Mr. Hannigan! hello from Brazil and thanks a million for the add! I absolutely loved your work, and it was a huge influence for me during the 80s. Specially your use of black&white on the first appearence of Cloak&Dagger! Happy 2007! 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 10th, 2007 3:46 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 10th, 2007 3:46 PM ]...
Thanks. Say hello to Brazil for me! |
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[ Posted by cinemacomics on Jan 10th, 2007 1:10 PM ]...
Hey, thank you for the add, Ed!
--Jay 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 10th, 2007 3:45 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 10th, 2007 3:45 PM ]...
You're very welcome. |
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[ Posted by SChung1968 on Jan 10th, 2007 1:48 PM ]...
Thanks for the add, Ed.
Looking at those covers brought back some happy memories for me.
Steve Chung 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 10th, 2007 3:44 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 10th, 2007 3:44 PM ]...
Great. Glad you enjoyed them. |
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[ Posted by fireboy on Jan 10th, 2007 3:16 PM ]...
Your work stands the test of time. It's brought so much joy! Hope the new year brings health and happiness to you and yours. 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 10th, 2007 3:44 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 10th, 2007 3:44 PM ]...
Thank you very much. It feels good to be appreciated. Happy New Year. |
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[ Posted by ToxicShockComics on Jan 9th, 2007 7:46 PM ]...
Hey, thanks for the add, be sure to check out the book if you get the chance. Take care.
-Mike Storniolo
Toxic Shock Comics 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 10th, 2007 7:44 AM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 10th, 2007 7:44 AM ]...
Thanks. I'll try. Good luck. |
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[ Posted by ScottMcCullar on Jan 9th, 2007 8:32 PM ]...
Mr. Hannigan,
It is a pleasure to 'meet you' out here in cyberspace. I've been a long time fan of your work... especially with the first 20 issues of the monthly GREEN ARROW that you illustrated.
I just wanted to say hello and thank you.
Best regards,
Scott McCullar 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 10th, 2007 7:41 AM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 10th, 2007 7:41 AM ]...
And thank you for your comment. I'm glad people remember that Green Arrow run. Sure do wish they would reprint it as a Trade PB. |
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[ Posted by davidprice on Jan 9th, 2007 6:43 PM ]...
Mr. Hannigan -
I just want to say thank you for all of those wonderful Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Batman covers.
Take care of yourself,
David
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 10th, 2007 7:35 AM ]...
Thank you very much for the kind words. |
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[ Posted by smashoutcomics on Jan 9th, 2007 1:53 PM ]...
Hi Ed! I loved Green Arrow. I need to go back and re-read those.
Good to see you here! It says in your bio you have a beagle. We have a 2 year old named Zoey that we love to death, even when she's a brat. 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 9th, 2007 6:38 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 9th, 2007 6:38 PM ]...
Thanks for the reply. Our beagle is about six. Her name is Misty. Beagles can be quite crazy, but cute. |
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[ Posted by JimSalicrup on Jan 9th, 2007 9:14 AM ]...
Welcome to ComicSpace, Ed! 1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 9th, 2007 12:04 PM ]
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[ Posted by EdHannigan on Jan 9th, 2007 12:04 PM ]...
T'anks!
Looking forward to whatever there is to look forward to. |
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