Shawn Martinbrough is the author of “How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling”, published by Penguin Random House and an Eisner Award nominated artist whose comic book projects include; “Batman: Detective Comics”, “DMZ”, “Luke Cage Noir”, “The Black Panther: Man Without Fear” and “Hellboy”.

Characters co-created by Shawn are featured in “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”, “Deadpool”, the animated “Batman: Gotham Knights” and the television series; “GOTHAM”, “The GIFTED” and “BATWOMAN”.

Shawn is the artist of “Thief of Thieves”, the graphic novel series co-created with Robert Kirkman (“The Walking Dead”, “INVINCIBLE”) and the Eisner nominated “Prométhée 13:13”, published by comiXology / Delcourt / ABLAZE.

Shawn is a Vanity Fair contributor and the writer of “Red Hood” for DC Comics. His two part story revisits the Gotham City neighborhood of “The Hill” and introduces new characters to the Batman Universe.

Shawn is a co-author of “Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court”, an upcoming children’s book series from Simon & Schuster, currently writing and illustrating his first creator owned graphic novel for Megascope, the new Abrams Books imprint and illustrating an upcoming children’s book by NYTimes best-selling author Derrick D. Barnes for Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin.

An original thriller written by Shawn has been optioned by Freedom Road Productions and AGC Studios.

Shawn created storyboards and key art for Netflix’s “Blood Brothers” documentary, which explores the friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X and for “Mike Tyson: The Knockout” by Oscar-winning screenwriter, Executive Producer Geoffrey Fletcher and ABC News.

Shawn has been a featured guest and panelist at comic conventions in San Diego, New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, São Paulo, Rome, Algiers and Poland.

Shawn has given lectures about his career at Walt Disney Animation, Lockheed Martin, The Pentagon, TEDx Mid Atlantic, The International Spy Museum, The California African American Museum, The Society of Illustrators, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, Columbia University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Savannah College of Art & Design and The University of Michigan.

Inspired by his TEDx Talk, The George Lucas Foundation consulted with Shawn to develop the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Summer Studio, an intensive two week workshop with students in South Central, LA.

Shawn is an alumni of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and The School of Visual Arts.