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Shannon's cover artwork
Kelsey Shannon (born 9 November 1975; age 49) is a comic book artist. He is from Louisiana and has been working in the comics industry since 1997. During that time, he worked on comics for Marvel and DC Comics including titles such as Batman Adventures and X-Men Unlimited. He has also worked for Nickelodeon as a concept designer and storyboard artist for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and for Reel FX on GI Joe.
He provided the cover art for IDW Publishing's "Focus on... Star Trek" issue, his only Star Trek work to date.