[1][2] During the course of his work on the book he co-created characters including Battle Beast,[3] Angstrom Levy, Conquest,[4] and Powerplex.

Ottley decided now was a great time to try to get into comics again and began actively building exposure for his work on the internet through the websites digitalwebbing.com and penciljack.com.

[6] Ottley penciled the first five issues of Kirkman and Todd McFarlane's Haunt, an ongoing series which debuted October 7, 2009.

[7] In 2012, Ottley was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #100, which was released July 11 at San Diego Comic-Con.

"[11] In 2021, Ottley was announced as the artist on that year's relaunched Hulk, teaming him with writer Donny Cates.