Shawn Martinbrough is an Inkpot Award recipient and Eisner Award nominated artist whose comic book projects include; Batman: Detective Comics, Luke Cage Noir, The Black Panther, Hellboy, Anansi Boys and the NAACP Image Award nominated, bestselling kid’s book, Like Lava in My Veins published by Nancy Paulsen Books/ Penguin Kids.
Shawn illustrated “Thief of Thieves”, the graphic novel series co-created with Robert Kirkman (“The Walking Dead”, “INVINCIBLE”) and the Eisner award nominated “Prométhée 13:13”, published by Éditions Delcourt-Soleil and ABLAZE.
He is the writer of Red Hood: The Hill for DC Comics, co-author of Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court for Simon & Schuster and is currently writing and illustrating original graphic novels for Image Comics, Ignition Press and First Second/ 23rd Street Books.
Shawn has written and illustrated an original graphic novel thriller for Megascope / Abrams Books slated for a Spring 2027 release and has written a “Hellboy” miniseries set in Sicily, illustrated by Alberto Pagliaro for Dark Horse Comics, also releasing in 2027.
Shawn is a VANITY FAIR contributor and has created storyboards / key art for Netflix’s “Blood Brothers” documentary, executive produced by Kenya Barris and for “Mike Tyson: The Knockout” by Oscar-winning screenwriter, Executive Producer Geoffrey Fletcher and ABC News.
