Karl Moline

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1973|06|26}}

| birth_place = Reston, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2024|9|11|51}}

| death_place = Clearwater, Florida, U.S.

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Karl Michael Moline (June 26, 1973 – September 11, 2024) was an American comic book artist who was the co-creator of Fray (along with Joss Whedon). He provided the artwork for Fray, as well as the associated Fray-centric story in Tales of the Slayers.

Early life

Moline graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |author-link=Rich Johnston |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Karl Moline, Co-Creator Of Fray & Route 666, Has Died At The Age Of 51 |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/karl-moline-co-creator-of-fray-route-666-has-died-at-the-age-of-51/#google_vignette |access-date=September 13, 2024 |website=Bleeding Cool}} He started penciling in 1995.[https://www.cbr.com/crossgen-hires-penciler-karl-moline/ CrossGen hires penciler Karl Moline]

Career

In 2001, he signed an exclusive contract with CrossGen where he penciled the horror book Route 666.

Following CrossGen's closure, he returned to mainstream comics providing pencils on a 2004 run of Marvel's Rogue and partnering with writer C. B. Cebulski on Marvel's limited series The Loners. In 2008 he returned to Dark Horse and Buffy to pencil the Fray storyline in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #16-19 "Time of Your Life".[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=13036 Moline Returns to the Fray in "Buffy: Season 8"]

Illness and death

Having received a kidney and pancreas transplant in 2015,{{Cite web |last=Mahadeo |first=Kevin |date=September 16, 2015 |title=Grell, Moline and More Helped by Hero Initiative |url=https://www.cbr.com/grell-moline-and-more-helped-by-hero-initiative/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |website=Comic Book Resources}} Moline had health issues since 2019.{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Karl Moline, Route 666 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fray Co-Creator, Passes Away |url=https://www.cbr.com/karl-moline-route-666-buffy-vampire-slayer-fray-obituary/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |website=Comic Book Resources}}

Moline lived near Tampa, Florida.{{Cite web |last=Borges |first=Jorge |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Clearwater Comic Con Returns, Now Located At Ross Norton Recreation Complex |url=https://www.tampafp.com/clearwater-comic-con-returns-now-located-at-ross-norton-recreation-complex/#google_vignette |access-date=September 13, 2024 |website=Tampa Free Press}} He died on September 11, 2024, at age 51.