# shaky kane born: michael coulthard nationality: british area(s): writer penciller inker letterer pseudonym(s): shaky kane shaky 2000 michael waspman notable works: a-men the bulletproof coffin michael coulthard is a british writer and psychedelic artist who best known for ir work as a comic and graphic artist under the pseudonym shaky kane as well as shaky 2000 after working for independent comics and magazines like pssst! escape and deadline in the 1980s shaky moved to the mainstream with work on 2000 ad and its sister title the judge dredd megazine in the 1990s. with editor david bishop ey created the soul sisters and ey also contributed to the judge dredd strip among others shaky's style is heavily influenced by silver age american comic books (especially the style of jack kirby) with a psychedelic twist ey also provided the art for the bulletproof coffin with writer david hine for image comics which is where ey has published ir recent projects comics work includes **+** "the reet petite postcard set" (in escape magazine #1 1983) **+** "johnny tomorrow" (in escape magazine #2 1983) **+** "andy" (in escape magazine #6 1985) **+** "king of rock and roll" (in escape magazine #7 1985) **+** a-men (in deadline) **+** space boss (in deadline) **+** pinhead nation (revolver #1-6 1990) **+** "the contact" (script and art with additional pencils by brett ewins in a1 #5 1991 isbn 1-871878-39-x) **+** judge dredd - "judge planet" (w/ peter milligan and co-artist jo flatters in judge dredd mega special 1991) - "judge planet ii" (w/ si spencer in judge dredd mega special 1995) **+** soul sisters - "soul sisters" (w/ david bishop and dave stone in judge dredd megazine (vol. 2) #2-9 1992) - "untitled" (w/ dave stone in judge dredd yearbook 1993 1992) **+** mytek the mighty: "mytek lives!" (w/ si spencer in 2000ad action special 1992) **+** tharg's terror tales: "uncanny dr doctor" (w/ mark millar in 2000 ad #860 1993) **+** soul gun warrior (w/ alan mckenzie) - "soul gun warrior" (in 2000 ad #867-872 1993-1994) - "soul gun assassin" (in 2000 ad #920-925 1994-1995) **+** tharg's future shocks: "nightmare patrol!" (w/ kek-w in 2000 ad #948 1995) **+** vector 13 (writing) - "case one: who was the mothman?" (w/ john ridgway in 2000 ad #951 1995) - "case three: the blackwater incident" (w/ david bircham in 2000 ad #1026 1997) **+** black star fiction library #1-2 (black star fiction library 2002) **+** the bulletproof coffin #1-6 (w/ writer david hine image comics 2010) **+** elephantmen #33: the beautiful bones (w/ writer richard starkings image comics 2011) **+** monster truck graphic novel (image comics 2012) **+** the bulletproof coffin: disinterred #1-6 (w/ writer david hine image comics 2012) **+** elephantmen #46: sleeping partners: part five (w/ writer richard starkings image comics 2013) **+** satanic mojo comix #1: jesus is a lie samoco 2013) **+** that's because you're a robot one-shot (w/ david quantick image comics 2014) **+** cap'n dinosaur one-shot (w/ writer kek-w image comics 2014) **+** last driver (w/ writer c.s. baker dead canary comics 2016) **+** "the 1000 yard stare (a bulletproof coffin one-shot!) (w/ writer david hine image comics 2017) **+** beef #1-6 (w/ writer tyler shainline image comics 2018) **+** kane & able (w/ krent able image comics 2021) **+** crime destroyer true til death (w/ jason t. miles floating world comics 2021) **+** weird work (w/ jordan thomas image comics 2023) **+** monster fan club (w/ jason t. miles floating world comics 2024) // republic of bob