DEATH, MEGADETH Cover Artist Ed Repka To Appear At New York Comic Con
October 11, 2012, 11 years ago
Legendary metal artist Ed Repka (DEATH, MEGADETH) will participate in a signing session at the Little Punk People booth (#3319) at this year's New York Comic Con on Saturday, October 13th.
A connoisseur of the grotesque and proponent of supernatural realism, Ed Repka is known worldwide for his illustrations of Vic Rattlehead, Megadeth's skeletal mascot, which for over a decade has adorned CD covers, posters, t-shirts, and hordes of other metal merchandise.
Regarded as the undisputed king of thrash metal art of the '80's, he specializes in menacing reminders of impending apocalypse, and grim visions of the irradiated aftermath. His vibrant abuse of color and shadow, combined with darkly satirical characterizations form his distinctive style has garnered commissions from clients including: Atlantic Records, Brockum, Capital Records, Earache, Metal Blade, Ryko, Roadrunner, Screamin', Topps, and others for use on CD covers, video covers, posters, trading cards, t-shirts, toys, and comics.
In 2002 Repka became Art Director of NECA where he designs, sculpts, paints and directs the successful action figure lines, Headknocker bobble-head figures and other collectibles.
Repka graduated with honors from Parsons School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration. Two of his most famous album covers can be seen below:
