Alitha E. Martinez is an American

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Archie Comics Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York."Get To Know: BFA Cartooning Faculty Member Alitha Martinez,"
School of Visual Arts website (April 8, 2021). For much of the latter half of the 1990s, Martinez worked as a background assistant/inker for other creators, with her earliest known work being her 1993 contribution to the series ''Cable (comics), Cable''. Martinez counts 1999 as her big break in comics when she was working as an assistant to Marvel editor Joe Quesada.Horne, Karama
"Indie Comics Spotlight: Alitha Martinez Has Been Here Before,"
''SyFyWire'' (Feb 15, 2018). Via this connection, she became the lead artist on ''Iron Man (comic book), Iron Man'', working on the book for the better part of 2000 and 2001. After a series of short stints and one-shots for the next few years, Martinez became a regular artist on the Season 2 and Season 3 List of Heroes graphic novels, ''Heroes'' webcomics produced in 2008–2009 to supplement the popular Heroes (American TV series), television show of the same name. Moving to DC Comics, Martinez co-created the villain Knightfall (comics), Knightfall in ''

'' #10 (August 2012). In recent years, she helped create the artwork, including cover art, for a special commemorative issue of ''Riverdale (2017 TV series), Riverdale'' by

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' ''Black Panther (comics), Black Panther'' title that was primarily written by Roxane Gay. In 2017, she was a guest artist for the Limited series (comics), limited series ''Lazarus (comics), Lazarus X+66'' from

, written by Greg Rucka. She also worked on five issues of Marvel Comics' ''Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur''. In 2019, Martinez released the series ''Omni'' with writer Devin K. Grayson for the Humanoids Publishing comic line. In 2020, art by Martinez was included in the exhibit ''Women in Comics: Looking Forward, Looking Back'' at the Society of Illustrators in New York City. Martinez is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts.

Personal life

Martinez is of Hondurans, Honduran and Curaçao people, Curaçao heritage. She has a son named Michael.

Awards

* 2018 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series (''World of Wakanda'') * 2018 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book

Bibliography (selected)

Archie Comics

* ''New Crusaders'' issues #3–5 (2013) – with writer Ian Flynn * ''Riverdale (2017 TV series), Riverdale One-Shot'' (2017) – with writer Will Ewing * ''Mighty Crusaders'' #1 (Dec. 2018) – with writer Ian Flynn

DC Comics

* ''Batgirl (comic book), Batgirl'' issues #7, 8, 10 (2012) – with writer Gail Simone * ''Vertigo Quarterly CMYK'' #1 (2014) – with writer Amy Chu * ''Represent: It's a Bird!'' (2020) — with writer Christian Cooper

Devil's Due Publishing

* ''Voltron (comics), Voltron: Defender of the Universe'' #9–11 (2004) – with writer Dan Jolley

Graphic Universe

* ''The Quest for Dragon Mountain: Book 16 (Twisted Journeys)'' (2010) – with writer Robin Mayhall

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Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
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* ''Faces, Part 1'' (2008) – with writer Mark Sable * ''Berlin'' parts 1 and 2 (2008) – with writer Christopher Zatta * ''Hindsight'' (2008) – with writer Oliver Grigsby * ''Foresight'' (2008) – with writer Zach Craley * ''Dreams Unto Death'' (2008) – with writer Christopher Zatta * ''The Sting of Injustice'' (2008) – with writer Christopher Zatta * ''Viewpoints'' (2008) – with writer Chuck Kim * ''The Caged Bird'' parts 1 and 2 (2008) – with writer Timm Keppler * What We Have Wrought (2009) – with writer Joseph Robert Donnelly

Humanoids/H1 (comics), H1

* ''Omni (comics), Omni'' issues #1–2 (2019) – with writer Devin K. Grayson

Image Comics

* ''Lazarus (comics), Lazarus: X+66'' #4 (2017) – with writers Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann

Marvel Comics

* ''Cable (comics), Cable 1999'' (1999) – with writers Michael Higgins (comics), Michael Higgins and Karl Bollers * ''Iron Man (comic book), Iron Man'' issues #28–40 (2000–2001) – with writers Joe Quesada and Frank Tieri (writer), Frank Tieri * ''Marvel Age, Marvel Age: Fantastic Four'' issues #3, 9, 10 (2005) – with writers Sean McKeever and Marc Sumerak * ''Black Panther: World of Wakanda'' issues #1–5 (2017) – with writer Roxane Gay * ''X-Men Gold, X-Men Gold Annual'' #1 (Mar. 2018) – with writers Marc Guggenheim and Leah Williams * ''Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'' #26, #44–47 (2018–2019) – with writer Brandon Montclare

NBM/Papercutz

* ''WWE Slam City Comics'' (2014) – with writer Mathias Triton * ''Papercutz (publisher), Papercutz Free Comic Book Day'' #11 (2016) – with writer Sarah Kuhn

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