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Astonishing X-Men
''Astonishing X-Men'' is the name of four X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were limited series. The third volume, an ongoing series, began in 2004, with its first run written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassaday. It was then written by Warren Ellis with art by Simone Bianchi and Phil Jimenez. Daniel Way and Christos Gage then took over the title writing alternating stories. They were followed by James Asmus who wrote one issue, then Greg Pak, who took over for four issues in November 2011. Marjorie Liu wrote the final 21 issues of the series until its end at issue #68 in 2013. The title's fourth volume and second ongoing series launched in 2017 during the " ResurrXion" storyline. The first run was written by Charles Soule and illustrated by a rotating cast of artists. Matthew Rosenberg and artist Greg Land would then take over the series before its end in 2018. Volume 1 (1995 limited series) The original ''Astonishing X-Men'' was a four-issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cassaday
John Cassaday (; born 1971) is an American comic book artist, writer, and television director. He is best known for his work on the critically acclaimed '' Planetary'' with writer Warren Ellis, ''Astonishing X-Men'' with Joss Whedon, '' Captain America'' with John Ney Rieber, and '' Star Wars'' with Jason Aaron. Both Marvel Comics and DC Comics include many of Cassaday's iconic images in their marketing, and in their art and poster book collections. Marvel Comics-based animated films have made extensive use of his art. He has received multiple Eagle and Eisner Awards and nominations for his work. Early career A self-taught illustrator, Cassaday has listed his influences as, among others, NC Wyeth, classic pulp magazine-culture iconography, and popular music. He first attended film school and directed television news for five years. He spent one summer working a construction job while working on his portfolio. Cassaday's first published work appeared in 1994–1995 in comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Mackie
Howard Mackie (born January 22, 1958) is an American comic book editor and writer. He has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics and is best known as the co-creator of the Danny Ketch version of the Ghost Rider character. Early life Mackie grew up in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, mostly raised by his mother, as his father had died when he was seven.Adler, Matt. "It's Ghost Rider, but with a Ketch!" ''Marvel Spotlight: Ghost Rider'' (2006). Career Editor Mackie started his career in comics in 1984 as an assistant editor for Mark Gruenwald.Gruenwald, Mark. "Mark's Remarks," ''Avengers'' #276; ''West Coast Avengers'' #17; ''Iron Man'' #215 (February 1987). Early in Mackie's career, a running gag in Gruenwald's columns was that Mackie was a mysterious figure whose face no one at Marvel had ever seen.Gruenwald, Mark. "Mark's Remarks," ''Avengers'' #277; ''West Coast Avengers'' #18; ''Iron Man'' #216 (March 1987). Promoted in early 1987 to Managing Editor of Special Projects, Mackie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Pearson
Jason Trent Pearson (August 29, 1970 – December 19, 2022) was an American comic book creator, known for his series '' Body Bags'' and for his dynamic illustration work on books featuring characters such as the Legion of Super-Heroes, Spider-Man, Batman, and Deadpool. He was one of the founding members of Gaijin Studios. Career Jason Pearson's first published comics work was in 1991. His first and longest regular assignment, beginning that year, was working with Keith Giffen on ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' with scripters Tom and Mary Bierbaum, and inker Al Gordon. He later described Giffen as one of his mentors.Catching Up With Jason Pearson , , June 25, 2004 He developed ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Jimenez
Phil Jimenez (born July 12, 1970) is an award-winning American comics artist and writer known for his work as writer/artist on ''Wonder Woman'' from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005–2006 miniseries ''Infinite Crisis'', his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on '' New X-Men'' and ''The Invisibles,'' and his artistry for his 2021 critically acclaimed partnership with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick on '' Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons''. Early life Phil Jimenez was born and raised southern California. He attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York, where he majored in cartooning. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1991.Bussmann, Christopher. "What's in Store" ''Visual Arts Journal: School of Visual Arts Magazine'' vol. 18, no. 2; Fall 2010; Page 11 Career After graduating from SVA, Jimenez was hired by DC Comics Creative Director Neal Pozner at age 21, with his first published work illustrating four pages in the 1991 minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Bianchi (artist)
Simone Bianchi (born July 10, 1972"About" SimoneBianchi.com. Retrieved March 25, 2012.) is an Italian people, Italian comic book illustrator, Painting, painter, graphic designer and art instructor, known to Italian audiences for his work in comics, CD covers, music videos, TV commercials and role-playing games. His most popular Italian comics is (unfinished) trilogy ''Ego sum (comics), Ego Sum''. To American comic book readers, he is best known for his work on comics such as ''Detective Comics'', ''Green Lantern'' and ''Wolverine (comic book), Wolverine''. Bianchi's style is distinguished by his use of ink wash, or watercolor halftones,Weiland, Jonah (February 3, 2006) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Peterson
Brandon Peterson is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on Marvel Comics from Paterson New Jersey and Top Cow's '' Codename: Strykeforce'' in the 1990s. Career Peterson's early works for Marvel include a ''New Warriors'' annual and a fill-in in ''X-Factor'' in 1992. Later in the year, he had a short run in ''Uncanny X-Men'', drawing the title's issues of the "X-Cutioner's Song" storyline. Peterson left Marvel to join Top Cow, pencilling the ongoing title ''Codename: Strykeforce''. After the title's cancellation, he wrote and drew the creator-owned title '' Arcanum'', before returning to Marvel in 1999 to work on several X-Men spinoff mini-series. He left Marvel once more to become Art Director of CrossGen Comics, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Madureira
Joe Madureira (born December 1974), often called Joe Mad,Smith, Andrew (May 3, 2002). "Canceled Comics Cavalcade Catch-up". ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1485. p. 38 is an American comic book artist and game developer, best known for his work on ''Darksiders'', Marvel Comics' ''Uncanny X-Men'' and his creator-owned comic book ''Battle Chasers''. He is the founder of video game development companies Vigil Games and Airship Syndicate. Madureira's style combines Western comic book influences (most notably the influence of artist Arthur Adams) though it evolved to incorporate heavy influences from Japanese manga and video games.George, Richard (July 21, 2008)"Joe Madureira on Darksiders: Wrath of War" IGN. Page 2. Retrieved September 26, 2018. Early life Joe Madureira was born December 1974, and is of Portuguese descent. He attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. Career At age 16, while still in high school, Madureira started at Marvel Comics as an intern, working und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Soule
Charles Soule is a New York-based comic book writer, novelist, musician, and attorney. He is best known for writing '' Daredevil'', ''She-Hulk'', ''Death of Wolverine'', and various ''Star Wars'' books and comic series from Del Rey Books and Marvel Comics, and his creator-owned series ''Letter 44, Curse Words,'' and ''Undiscovered Country'', which he co-wrote with Scott Snyder, and as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics and ''Star Wars'' characters Ren, Blindspot, Inferno, and Lash. His debut novel, ''The Oracle Year'' was released by Harper Perennial on April 3, 2018. His follow-up novel, ''Anyone'' was released on December 3, 2019, also by Harper Perennial. His third novel, '' Star Wars: Light of the Jedi'', was released by Del Rey Books on January 6, 2021, debuting at #1 on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. In 2022, he was made a Creative Consultant for Lucasfilm. Early life Charles Soule attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his undergraduate de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Liu
Marjorie M. Liu is an American ''New York Times'' best-selling author and comic book writer. She is acclaimed for her horror fantasy comic '' Monstress'', and her paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels including ''The Hunter Kiss'' and ''Tiger Eye'' series. Her work for Marvel Comics includes '' NYX'', ''X-23'', '' Dark Wolverine'', and ''Astonishing X-Men''. In 2015 Image Comics debuted her creator-owned series ''Monstress'', for which she was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best New Series. In 2017 she won a Hugo Award for the first ''Monstress'' trade paperback collection. In July 2018 she became the first woman in the 30-year history of the Eisner Awards to win the Eisner Award for Best Writer for her work on ''Monstress''. Early life Marjorie M. Liu was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in Seattle, Washington.Liu, Marjorie M"About the Author" marjoriemliu.com, accessed December 29, 2010. Her father is Taiwanese, while her mother is an American of French, Scottish and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Pak
Greg Pak is an American comic book writer and film director. Pak is best known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including ''X-Men'' (most notably '' X-Treme X-Men''), several titles featuring the Hulk (including ''Planet Hulk'', which was one of the storylines eventually adapted into the film '' Thor: Ragnarok''), and Hercules.Truitt, Brian (February 21, 2013)"'Batman/Superman' showcases meeting of DC Comics icons" ''USA Today''. In 2019, Pak began writing ''Star Wars'' comics for Marvel. Early life Pak was born in Dallas, Texas, to a Korean-American father and a Caucasian mother. He graduated from Hillcrest High School. He studied political science at Yale University, where he wrote for the campus humor magazine, ''The Yale Record'', and was a member of the Purple Crayon improvisational group. In 1991, he went to study history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar with the intent of becoming a politician. He then entered New York University's graduate film program. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Asmus
James Asmus is a writer, actor and comedian known for his affiliation with such theaters as The Annoyance and the sketch group Hey You Millionaires, and for his work writing comic books such as ''Quantum and Woody'', ''Thief of Thieves'' and ''Gambit''. Career Asmus has written several plays for both the Annoyance Theater and The New Colony theater group in Chicago. The plays he has written include ''Love Is Dead'' (The Annoyance), ''Hearts Full of Blood'' (the New Colony) and ''Amelia Earhart Jungle Princes'' (The New Colony). Both ''Love is Dead'' and ''Hearts Full of Blood'' received remounts in the New York Fringe Fest, winning awards for Outstanding Music & Lyrics and Outstanding Achievement in Playwrighting respectively. Asmus is currently most prolific as a comic book writer, writing such comics as ''Gambit'' for Marvel Comics, ''Thief of Thieves'' for Image Comics, and ''Quantum & Woody'' for Valiant Entertainment. Awards and nominations * 2008 Fringe NYC Outstanding Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Gage
Christos N. Gage is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. He is known for his work on the TV series '' Daredevil'', ''Hawaii Five-0'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Numbers'' and the films '' The Breed'' and '' Teenage Caveman''. In the comics industry, he has done considerable work on the titles '' Angel & Faith'', ''Avengers Academy'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''The Superior Spider-Man'', Spider-Geddon and has written tie-in books for the "Civil War" and "World War Hulk" storylines. Early life Christos N. Gage is the son of Greek-born author and ''New York Times'' investigative journalist Nicholas Gage. His original family name is Gatzoyiannis. He was born in New York City, and grew up in Athens, Greece, and then North Grafton, Massachusetts. He attended Brown University, where he majored in American civilization. He received his MFA in Screenwriting from the AFI Conservatory. Career Film and television Gage, with Ruth Fletcher Gage, adapted the Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
