THE NEPHEW OF LEGENDARY ILLUSTRATOR AND ARTIST EARL MORAN. MR. BURCHAM IS LISTED IN JERRY BAILS WHO`S WHO OF AMERICAN COMIC BOOK ARTISTS,THE COMIC BOOK SUPER STARS PUBLISHED BY KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS, AND THE ITALIAN ART BOOK GLAMOUR. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AT AGE SIXTEEN AS A PORTRAIT ARTIST AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER. AFTER A STINT IN THE U.S.NAVY HE GRADUATED FROM THE MIDWEST SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN AND BEGAN A LONG CAREER IN COMMERCIAL ART. LATER HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT INKER TO TONY DE`ZUNIGA ON SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN AND JOHNAH HEX. HE CREATED MANY NEW CHARACTERS DURING THE COMIC BOOM OF THE 1980`S. THE MOST NOTABLE THE SUPERNATURAL COSTUME HERO DARK WOLF, A PREDECESSOR TO SPAWN. IN THE 1990`S HE WORKED IN THE TOY INDUSTRY WORKING ON GODZILLA, TARZAN, JOHN CARTER OF MARS, MARS ATTACKS, CASPER, GUMBY AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS. RECENTLY HE HAS COMPLETED STORYBOARDS FOR AN UPCOMING MOVIE, ART FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND WAS FEATURED IN AN NYC ART SHOW. MR. BURCHAM IS NOW INDUCTED INTO THE OCC HALL OF FAME WITH FELLOW ARTISTS NEAL ADAMS, GRAY MORROW, CHESTER GOULD, ARCHIE GOODWIN AND MANY OTHER NOTED CREATORS.