Mahmud Anjum Asrar (born November 20, 1976 in Ankara, Turkey"About"
Mahmud A. Asrar Online Portfolio. Retrieved November 15, 2011.) is a Turkish comic book artist who is known for his work on American and non-American comic books. His American work includes pinups for '' Savage Dragon'' #124 and '' Invincible'' #20, and for co-creating, with writer Jay Faerber, the series ''

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'', which debuted in March 2007 from

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Early life

Asrar was born in Ankara, Turkey to an

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mother and a Pakistani father. He expressed an interest in art and comic books at an early age. He attended Hacettepe University from 1994–1996, majoring in Fine Arts and Graphics, and Anatolian University from 1996–2000, majoring in the same.

Career

Asrar came to the attention of writer Jay Faerber through his work on the independent

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, which led to his work on the

monthly series ''

'', which Faerber and Asrar co-created, and on which Asrar was the regular artist. Asrar's other Image Comics work includes ''Small Gods''. Asrar also pencilled ''

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: Cosmic Collision'', a

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written by Peter David, that was published in December 2008, by Marvel Comics. He was the artist on the '' Brightest Day: Atom''

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written by Jeff Lemire that leads into an ''Atom'' co-feature in ''

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'', and is currently the artist of '' Supergirl'' in the rebooted DC Universe. Starting in March 2013, Asrar will be the lead artist on '' Ultimate Comics: X-Men''.Richards, Dave (December 11, 2012)
"Asrar Draws on the 'Natural Resources' of 'Ultimate Comics X-Men'"
Comic Book Resources.

Bibliography

DC

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'' (Atom) #516-521 (2010–11) *''

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Giant-Size'' #1 (2011) *'' Brightest Day: The Atom Special'' #1 (2011) *'' Justice League of America'', vol. 4, 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists, 2009) *'' Supergirl'', vol. 6, #0-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-20 (2011–13)

Image

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'' #0-25 (2007–09) *'' Invincible'' #20 (2005) *'' Savage Dragon'' #124 (along with Erik Larsen) (2006) *''Small Gods: Outside The Box'', miniseries, #1-4 (2004)

Marvel

*'' All-New X-Men'' #20, #31-36, #40-41 (2014-2015) *'' Avengers: The Initiative'' #32 (2010) *''

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'', vol. 3, #34-35 (full art); Annual #1 (among other artists) (2008–10) *''

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'', miniseries, #1 (2010) *''

: Cosmic Collision'' (2009) *''

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: Siege'' (2010) *''

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'' #137 (2009) *'' X-Men'' #24-25 (2013) *'' War of Kings: Warriors'', miniseries, #1 (2009) *'' War Machine'', vol. 3, #6-7 (2009) *'' Wolverine and the X-Men'', vol. 2, #1-6 (2014) *''

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'' (2018) *'' Uncanny X-Men'' (2018-2019)

Other publishers

*''Alacakaranlik'' #2 (2006) *''Cyberage Adventures'' #2: "Jade Tiger" (2005, IHero Entertainment) *''

Digital Webbing Presents Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.Dylan Dog'' #9 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004) *''Nothingface'', graphic novel (Digital Webbing Press, 2004) *''Resimli Roman'' #2-3 (2005) *'' Rodeo Strip'' #1-6, 11 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004–06) *''

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: Jedi The Dark Side'', miniseries #1-5 (2011) *''Seruven'' #6 (2005) *''Warmageddon Quarterly'' #2-3 (2006, L Jamal Inc)

References

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