Alex Maleev ( Bulgarian: Алекс Малеев) is a

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illustrator, best known for the

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' series ''

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'' (vol. 2) with frequent collaborator

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Career

Coming from a fine arts background, Maleev made his first foray into comics in Bulgaria for ''Godan'' (''Годън'' in Bulgarian) and ''Carthel of Dead'' published in ''Riko'' magazine since 1991 and 1992, respectively. Upon arriving in the United States in 1995, he enrolled at

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where, within a month, he was promoted from first to second year status at the suggestion of instructor Alec Stevens. Maleev left the school in early 1996, already securing professional comics work on James O'Barr's

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(''Dead Time'' and ''Flesh and Blood'') and subsequently storyboarding the "Lost in Space" film at Continuity Associates before entering a successful run at DC Comics on ''Batman: No Man's Land''. In his comics, he sometimes references his Bulgarian origins. For example in '' Aliens vs. Predator'' alien eggs are stored in the cellar of a typical Bulgarian church. He first teamed with Bendis on

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's '' Sam and Twitch'' series in 2000-2001 before they were recruited for ''Daredevil''. In 2006, Maleev finished his run with Bendis in ''Daredevil'' and planned a collaboration with the writer on a new ongoing '' Spider-Woman'' series. Bendis and Maleev collaborated once again on the much delayed four part Halo: Uprising miniseries from

. Bendis and Maleev relaunched

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in 2011 with volume 4, and are currently working on the creator owned comic ''Scarlet'', under the Marvel imprint

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. Maleev also did art for the " New Avengers:

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" special, the January 2007 issue of the New Avengers, issue #26 and the one-shots, ''

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: The Confession'' and ''

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: Dark Reign''. He also did the artwork for the character Sylar on the TV show '' Heroes''. Often blending photographic and digital effects with drawing in his comics art, as with his work on ''Daredevil'', as well as watercolors and gouache, as on ''Spider-Woman''.

Works

Dark Horse Comics

* '' Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #3 ("Still Born", script and art, with co-author

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, 2003, collected in ''Volume 1'', 2003, ) * '' Hellboy & the B.P.R.D.'' #1-#5 (limited series) (with

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and

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, 2014—2015)

Image Comics

* '' Sam and Twitch'' #15-24 (with

, 2000–2001)

Marvel Comics

* ''

: The Confession'' (with Brian Michael Bendis, one-shot, 2007) * ''

'' (vol.2) #26-50, 56-81, 100 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2001–2006, 2007) * '' Halo: Uprising'' (with Brian Michael Bendis, 4-issue mini-series, 2007–2009, hardcover, May 2009, ) * '' Mighty Avengers'' #12-13 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2008) * '' New Avengers'' #26, #50 (with Brian Michael Bendis) * '' New Avengers:

'' (with Brian Michael Bendis, one-shot, 2003) * ''

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'' #20 (with

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, 2012) * ''

: Dark Reign'' (with Brian Michael Bendis, one-shot, 2009) * '' Spider-Woman'' (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2009–2010) * ''

'' #1-12 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2011) * '' Empire of the Dead: Act One'' (with George A. Romero, 2014) * ''International

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'' #1-7 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2016) * ''Infamous

'' #1-12 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2016-2017)

DC Comics

* ''

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Chronicles'' #12 ("Trapped" with Chris Renaud, 1998) * ''Detective Comics'' #723, 730 (with

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and Bob Gale, 1998–99) * ''Batman:

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'' #1 (with Bob Gale, 1999) * ''Shadow of the Bat'' #83 (with Bob Gale, 1999) * ''Batman'' #563 (with Bob Gale, 1999) * '' Superman vs.

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'' (with

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, three-issue mini-series, 2000) * ''Batman'' (vol. 2) #19-20 (backup stories with

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and James Tynion, 2013) * ''Batman: The Dark Knight'' (vol. 2) #22-25 (with

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, 2013) * ''Event Leviathan'' #1-6 (with

, 2019)

Icon (Marvel Imprint), later Jinxworld (DC Imprint)

* ''

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'' #1-ongoing (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2010–present)

Other editors

*''

: Dead Time'' (with James O'Barr/ John Wagner, 3-issue

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, 1996) *''The Crow: Flesh and Blood'' (with James O'Barr/ James Vance, 3-issue mini-series, Kitchen Sink Press, 1996)

Video Games

* '' Freedom Fighters'' cover art

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maleev, Alex Living people The Kubert School alumni Bulgarian comics artists Bulgarian illustrators Bulgarian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people)