Chris Burnham

Born in Connecticut, Burnham grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he first discovered comics.[1] He studied at George Washington University.[2]

In 2002 Burnham moved to Chicago, where he started to work as a graphic designer.[2] Since then he has produced work for DC Comics, Marvel, Image, Boom! Studios and Moonstone Books. A film called Officer Downe, based on Casey's comic, was released on November 18, 2016.[3]

Interior comic work includes:

• Kolchak (with Dave Ulanski, Moonstone Books):
  • Tales of the Night Stalker #3: "More Creatures of Habit" (anthology, 2003)
  • Black & White & Red All Over (framing sequence, one-shot, 2005)
• Moonstone Monsters (anthology one-shots, Moonstone Books):
  • Sea Creatures: "Croaked" (with Ben Raab, 2003)
  • Witches: "The Witch in the Woods" (with William Messner-Loebs, 2004)
• Valentine: The Safecracker's Tale (with Nathan Allen, webcomic, The House Theatre of Chicago, 2005)
• Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame: "Inside Out" (with Stefan Petrucha, graphic novel, Moonstone Books, 2005)
• Comiculture Anthology Volume 2: "Suffer the Salt" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Mad Science Media, 2005)
• Ten Ton Studios' Jam Comic #1: "pages thirteen and twenty-five" (script and art, webcomic, Ten Ton Studios, 2005)
• Mystery Manor: Haunted Theatre #2-3: "Suicide Shift" (script and art, anthology, Silver Phoenix, 2006–2007)
• I Have 24 Hours to Live! (script and art, 24-hour webcomic, Ten Ton Studios, 2007)
• Elephantmen (with Richard Starkings, Image):
  • "Silent Running" (in #9, co-feature, 2007)
  • "Dark Heart" (in #16, 2009)
• Nixon's Pals (with Joe Casey, graphic novel, Image, 2008)
• Fear Agent #21: "A Mammoth Undertaker" (script and art, co-feature, Dark Horse, 2008)
• X-Men: Divided We Stand #2: "Idée Fixe" (with Duane Swierczynski, anthology, Marvel, 2008)
• X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1: "Boom" (with James Asmus, anthology, Marvel, 2008)
• Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special: "Project: Blockbuster!" (with Tom DeFalco, one-shot, Marvel, 2009)
• Days Missing #2: "September 12, 1815" (with David Hine, Archaia Studios, 2009)
• Hack/Slash (Devil's Due):
  • "Nightmare & Sleepy" (with Tim Seeley, in #29, co-feature, 2009)
  • "Butterface" (script, art by Stephen Molnar, in Trailers #2, anthology, 2010)
• Monster Truck (script and art, webcomic, self-published, 2009)
• Munden's Bar pages 45-52: "100 Years of Puberty" (with John Ostrander, anthology webcomic, ComicMix, 2010)
• The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 #1-7 (with Peter David and Claudio Sanchez, Boom! Studios, 2010)
• Officer Downe: "Tough Shit" (with Joe Casey, one-shot, Image, 2010)
• Snake Punch (script and art, 24-hour webcomic, Ten Ton Studios, 2010)
• Batman and Robin #16: "Black Mass" (with Grant Morrison, Cameron Stewart and Frazer Irving, DC Comics, 2011)
• Crack Comics #63: "A Matter of Some Gravity" (script and art, anthology, Image, 2011)
• Batman Incorporated (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics):
  • "Nyktomorph" (in vol. 1 #4 and 6-7, 2011)
  • Leviathan Strikes! (with Cameron Stewart, one-shot, 2011)
  • "Demon Star" (in vol. 2 #1-6, with Andres Guinaldo (#6), 2012–2013)
  • "Brand Building" (plot; dialogue by Grant Morrison, art by Frazer Irving, in vol. 2 #0, 2012)
  • "Most Wanted" (in vol. 2 #7-10 and 12-13, with Jason Masters (#7-10) and Andrei Bressan (#10), 2013)
  • "Interlude: A Bird in the Hand" (script, art by Jorge Lucas, in vol. 2 #11, 2012)
  • "Rending Machine" (script and art, in Batman Incorporated Special anthology one-shot, 2013)
• Heavy Metal #264: "Milk Run" (script and art, anthology, HM Communications, 2013)
• 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day 2014: "Judge Dredd: The Badge" (with Matt Smith, anthology, Rebellion, 2014)
• The Savage Dragon vol. 2 #200: "Conquering Heroes!" (with Erik Larsen, co-feature, Highbrow Entertainment, 2014)
• Nameless #1-6 (with Grant Morrison, Image, 2015)
• Secret Wars: E is for Extinction #1-4 (co-writer with Dennis Culver, art by Ramon Villalobos, Marvel, 2015)
• Black Light District: "Bizarro" (with Will Knox and Jesse Blaze Snider, anthology webcomic, 2016)
• Detective Comics vol. 2 #50: "The Eleven Curious Cases of Batman" (with Peter Tomasi, among other artists, co-feature, DC Comics, 2016)
• The Mighty Thor #700 (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Marvel, 2017)
• God Hates Astronauts: 3-D Cowboy's 2-D Spectacular!: "Criminowl Activity Fun!" (with Ryan Browne, anthology, Kickstarter, 2018)
• Die!Die!Die! #1-8 (with Robert Kirkman and Scott M. Gimple, Skybound, 2018–2019)

• Chris Burnham at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

• Official website