1. Michael Dalton "Mike" Allred was born on 1962 and is an American comic book artist and writer.
21 Facts About Mike Allred
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Mike Allred is most well known for his independent comics creation Madman and for co-creating and drawing the comic book series iZombie.
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Michael Dalton Allred was born in 1962 in Roseburg, Oregon.
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Mike Allred's father, Dale Leroy Allred, was born in Portland, Oregon.
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Mike Allred was a psychologist and professor at Umpqua Community College and the University of Oregon, and received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1959 at Purdue University.
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Mike Allred's mother, RaeBell Jenkins, was born in Bluebell, Utah.
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In 1973, Mike Allred's parents divorced, and he stayed with his father in Eugene, Oregon, while his brothers and mother moved to Utah.
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Mike Allred began his career as a radio host on KYES AM 950 in Roseburg, Oregon.
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Mike Allred later became a television reporter in Europe, and started drawing comics in 1989 with the 104-page graphic novel Dead Air.
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Mike Allred followed this up with his similarly titled works Graphique Musique and Grafik Muzik, in which he set out the style that he was to become known for with his most famous character, Madman.
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Mike Allred drew part of the 1993 "Worlds' End" story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series.
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Mike Allred appeared as himself in the 1997 feature film Chasing Amy as part of the opening scene at a comic book convention, signing copies of his comic Madman.
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Mike Allred provides the artwork for the fictional comic book Bluntman and Chronic.
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In 2004 and 2005, Mike Allred wrote and drew The Golden Plates, an adaptation of the Book of Mormon.
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Mike Allred is a Latter-Day Saint, and completed much of the work on this project in collaboration with his wife Laura Mike Allred.
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Mike Allred worked again with Neil Gaiman in 2009 on the Metamorpho feature in Wednesday Comics.
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Mike Allred had worked with Mark Russell in 2022 and 2024 to make Superman: Space Age, and Batman: Dark Age.
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Mike Allred was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Mike Allred considers himself a Mormon, though a liberal-leaning one, and has stated that he still identifies with the beliefs.
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Mike Allred considers the Book of Mormon to be a phenomenal and fascinating story irrespective of its factual accuracy.
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Mike Allred's retro-styled artwork is a frequent nominee for comics awards such as the Harveys, the Eisners, and the Eagles.