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Liam Sharp ( May 2 , 1968 , is a British Comic Book Artist , writer, publisher, and some-time rock frontman. He lives in Derby , East Midlands ) with his wife Christina, and three children, Matylda, Lorcan and Jeff.

Liam Sharp made his debut in the '' for Todd McFarlane .

Liam has also worked on more mature themed books for Verotik , doing GOTH, Jaguar God and Frank Frazetta's "The Death Dealer". He briefly worked on a strip originated by Stan Winston .
More recently he created the Wildstorm series "The Possessed" with writer Geoff Johns . A strip for Heavy Metal magazine, entitled "A-crazy-A" featuring Playboy model Tiffany Taylor - for which he provided the art and the script. Likewise for a short story in Vampirella magazine called "Winter Rose".

In 2004 Liam set up his own publishing company, Mam Tor™ Publishing , with wife Christina McCormack to publish the artbook "Sharpenings: the Art of Liam Sharp".

After the early success with this, Sharp saw a hole in the comic book market for alternative independent comics, and together with designer Tom Muller and friend John Bamber set out to expand the company to start publishing more work. This saw the launch of the critically acclaimed and award winning anthology, "Mam Tor: Event Horizon™". Event Horizon features art by many top creators, such as Glenn Fabry, Brian Holguin, Ash Wood, Simon Bisley, Alan Grant and Steve Niles, to name a few. It also brought new talent like Emma Simcock-Tooth, Ali Pow3rs, Kev Crossley, Lee Carter and Dave Kendall into the limelight.

Liam's most recent project is illustrating the well received DC Vertigo comic '' Testament '' written by Douglas Rushkoff .


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