Ted McKeever's earliest works were self-published or put out through now-defunct companies. His first professional work appeared in 1987, when he published his series 'Transit' (Vortex Comics). This was followed in 1987-1988 by the 12 part series about asylum escapee 'Eddy Current' at Mad Dog Graphics.
In 1990 he moved over to Epic, where he created the surreal comic 'Plastic Forks', about animal experimentation. Also for Epic was the angels and demons comic book 'Metropol', that appeared in 1991 and 1992. McKeever teamed up with Peter Milligan to create 'The Extremist' at Vertigo in 1993. McKeever has also worked on several comic books dealing with alternative realities in the DC superhero universe, such as the 'Elseworlds' trilogy 'Superman's Metropolis', 'Batman: Nosferatu' and 'Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon' (with Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier).
Recent work include DC's 'Enginehead' (2004) with Joe Kelly and contributions to 'Little Book of Horror: War of the Worlds' (IDW, 2005), 'Doomed' (IDW, 2006) and 'Comic Book Tattoo' (Image Comics, 2008). Ted McKeever's graphic style is very distinct, drawing in bold, angular lines, which gives his work a fantastic, almost Kafka-esque, edge.
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