Ed Repka’s works not only speaks for itself, it screams for itself! With its touches of comic book, monster movie poster and sci-fi/fantasy illustration, Ed’s influences are clear, but it’s his bold use of color and sense of visual narrative that makes his art rock!

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Regarded as the undisputed king of "Thrash" metal art of the '80's, he specializes in menacing reminders of impending apocalypse, and grim visions of the irradiated aftermath. His vibrant abuse of color and shadow combined with darkly satirical characterizations form his distinctive style which has garnered commissions from clients such as Atlantic Records, Brockum, Capital Records, Earache, Metal Blade, Revolver, Ryko, Roadrunner, Screamin', Super7, Topps, and others for use on CD covers, video covers, posters, trading cards, t-shirts, toys, and comics.

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A connoisseur of the grotesque and proponent of supernatural realism, Ed Repka is known worldwide for his illustrations of Vic Rattlehead, Megadeth's skeletal mascot, which for over a decade have adorned CD covers, posters, t-shirts, and hordes of other metal merchandise.

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Repka graduated with honors from Parsons School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration.

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In 2002 he became Art Director of NECA where he designs, sculpts, paints and directs the successful action figure lines, Headknocker bobble-head figures and other collectibles.

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He has been featured in Revolver, Noise, Metal Hammer, Horrorhound, Terrorizer, Dark City,Virus, Airbrush, S.O.D. and many other magazines and exhibits his paintings and ink drawing in fine art galleries from NYC to Oregon to Japan.