Alvin Lee is a Canadian

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known for his

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-styled art. Lee is the co-creator, along with writer

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of the character Agent X. Lee has worked under major comic book publishers including

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under the UDON label,

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studios as an independent publisher,

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and

Wildstorm Productions Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wildst ...

Career

Alvin Lee started his

career at 17, working as a

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, mostly for Pat Lee's art, and was co-founder of now defunct

Dreamwave Productions Dreamwave Productions was a Canadian art design studio and comic book publisher founded in 1996. Best known for its comic book adaptations of Transformers, the company shut down on January 4, 2005. History Brothers Pat Lee and Roger Lee founde ...

. Lee worked on titles such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

Warlands ''Warlands'' is a fantasy comic book series from the now-defunct production house, Dreamwave Productions, created by Pat Lee. It consists of four main series and several side stories. Warlands series have been published by Image Comics and Dreamwav ...

''. His first comic as

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was for ''

: Banished Knights''. In 2001, Lee joined

as a lead artist with the revival of

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comic books and Darkstalkers comic books. His talent has also led to the game art of two

video game titles,

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and the re-release of

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was also an independent publisher and worked as a contract studio releasing a few of Marvel & Wildstorm titles, Alvin was responsible for the

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/ Agent X redesign and Taskmaster's new costume design in 2002. He also worked on ''

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Assemble!'' #1, ''

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: Age of Apocalypse'', ''

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'' (vol. 3) #50 and

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's ''

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'' #7. Lee left the

Entertainment group as of mid-2007, and has worked with Marvel since. Most recently, Alvin has released Marvel's

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issues #14 & 15, filling in for Marvel penciller Clay Mann. In September 2010, Lee re-teamed with his former ''Deadpool'' and ''Agent X'' writer

for a run on ''

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'' at

. Recently, Alvin has joined Riot Games as a Principle Artist.

References

External links

Official Alvin Lee siteAlvin Lee on deviantARTAlvin Lee
at ComicBookDB.com
Comic Book Layout and Pencilling with Alvin Lee
at The Gnomon Workshop
Alvin Lee Gallery
- Comic Art Community {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Alvin Living people Artists from Windsor, Ontario Canadian comics artists Year of birth missing (living people)