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{{short description|American comic book artist}}
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'''Graham Nolan''' (born March 12, 1962) is an American [[comic book]] artist, best known for work for [[DC Comics]] on [[Batman]]-related titles in the 1990s and his work on ''[[The Phantom]]'' Sunday strip. He frequently collaborates with writer [[Chuck Dixon]].

==Biography==
Nolan's first comics credit came in April 1985, when his work appeared in [[DC Comics]]' ''Talent Showcase'' #16, alongside [[Eric Shanower]] and [[Stan Woch]] (among others). Moving on to an issue of the Marvel ''[[Transformers]]'' comic, in 1988 he started a 12-issue run on DC's ''[[Power of the Atom]]'' comic. In June 1990, he launched [[John Ostrander]] and [[Tim Truman]]'s ''[[Hawkworld]]'' comic, pencilling and inking it for 26 issues until late 1992. In 1992 he designed and co-created the Batman villain [[Bane (comics)|Bane]]. He also worked on many issues of ''[[Detective Comics]]'', illustrating key parts of the [[Batman: Knightfall|KnightFall]] and KnightsEnd sagas featuring [[Azrael (comics)|Azrael]] and [[Batman]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comicbookmovie.com/comics/dc_comics/exclusive-interview-with-graham-nolan-co-creator-of-bane-a56889#gs.op40h1 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Graham Nolan, Co-Creator Of Bane |last=Wilding |first=Josh |date=March 24, 2012 |website=Comic Book Movie |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>

Graham Nolan also did freelance work for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' game, including ''[[The Mines of Bloodstone]]'' (1986), ''[[Egg of the Phoenix]]'' (1987), ''[[The Endless Stair]]'' (1987), and ''[[The Complete Book of Villains]]'' (1994).

In 1998 he created and published his own comic book, ''Monster Island''. Nolan tried to get a reformatted version into newspaper syndication but was told they no longer were buying adventure or "continuity" strips. King Features, instead offered him the art duties on their existing long-running medical soap opera strip, ''[[Rex Morgan, M.D.]]''<ref>{{cite news |last=Tobin |first=Suzanne |date=May 16, 2003 |title=Comics: Meet the Artist |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/03/regular/style/comics/r_style_comics051603.htm |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> A couple months later he was offered the Sunday Phantom strip as well.<ref>{{cite news |title='Phantom' artist's work recalls childhood memories |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/feb/17/20060217-092131-4835r/ |work=[[The Washington Times]] |date=February 17, 2006 |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>

He left the ''Phantom'' strip in 2006 to work on other projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/graham-nolan-on-returning-to-comics/ |title=Graham Nolan on Returning to Comics |last=Dueben |first=Alex |date=October 9, 2008 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> He left ''Rex Morgan'' in 2013.

Since then Nolan has been busy writing and illustrating creator-owned projects like ''Joe Frankenstein'' for IDW, and ''Return to Monster Island'' for Ominous Press, as well as returning to Bane with Chuck Dixon for the 12-part series, ''Bane: Conquest''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-chuck-dixon-graham-nolan-bane-dc-comics/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Dixon & Nolan Return to Bane for New DC Series |last=Ching |first=Albert |date=February 15, 2017 |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref>

In 2009, he created the [[webcomic]] ''Sunshine State''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/nolan-explores-astro-city-and-the-sunshine-state/ |title=Nolan Explores "Astro City" and the "Sunshine State" |last=Dueben |first=Alex |date=June 3, 2014 |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Nolanphantomcover1.jpg|thumb|''[[The Phantom]]'' – The Graham Nolan Sundays Vol. 1]]

==Bibliography==

===Moonstone Books===
* ''[[The Phantom]]: The Graham Nolan Sundays Vol. 1''
* ''The Phantom: The Graham Nolan Sundays Vol. 2''
* ''The Phantom Annual'' #1

===DC Comics===
* ''Bane: Conquest'' #1–12 (2017–2018)
* ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' vol. 2 #23.4, 36 (2013–2015)
* ''Batman: [[Bane (comics)|Bane]] of the [[Ra's al Ghul|Demon]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Batman Chronicles]]'' #8, 17, 19 (1997–1999)
* ''Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning'' (1997)
* ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane'' (1993)
* ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane II The Redemption'' (1995)
* ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #0, 650–653, 661–669, 671–678, 680–684, 687–688, 696–715, 717–718, 720–721 (1992–1998)
* ''[[Hawkworld]]'' #1–19, 21–26 (1990–1992)
* ''JLA Versus Predator'' with [[John Ostrander]] and [[Randy Elliott]] (2001)
* ''[[The Joker: Devil's Advocate]]'' (1996)
* ''Power of the Atom'' #7–18 (1988–1989)
* ''[[Superman]]: The Odyssey'' (1999)

===Compass Comics===
* ''Alien Alamo'' (2021)
* ''Monster Island'' (1998)
* ''The Chenoo'' (2020)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=749|title=Graham Nolan}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/rmorgan/about.htm|archive-date=July 10, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050710235203/http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/rmorgan/about.htm|url-status=dead|title=Rex Morgan at King Features|access-date=July 20, 2005}}
*{{cite web|url=http://kingfeatures.com/comics/comics-a-z/?id=Phantom |title=The Phantom at King Features|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207165428/http://kingfeatures.com/comics/comics-a-z/?id=Phantom |archivedate=2013-12-07 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/rmorgan/bioMaina.htm|archive-date=November 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101132040/http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/rmorgan/bioMaina.htm|url-status=dead|title=Graham Nolan bio at King Features|access-date=January 2, 2014}}
*[http://www.futurealstudio.com/films/aidc/interviews/grahamnolan.html Interview with Futureal Studio]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18377 Graham Nolan on Returning to Comics], [[Comic Book Resources]], October 9, 2008
*[http://sunshinestatecomics.com/?p=146 ''Sunshine State'' webcomic]
*{{cite web|url=http://www.schapter.org/wiki/Graham_Nolan|archive-date=April 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418061950/http://www.schapter.org/wiki/Graham_Nolan|url-status=dead|title=Article on the Phantomwiki|access-date=March 13, 2011}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=7892|archive-date=March 15, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050315163844/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=7892|url-status=dead|title=Graham Nolan :: Pen & Paper RPG Database|access-date=June 22, 2012}}

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