Esad T. Ribić (born 10 November 1972) is a

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n comic book artist and animator, known for his work on various titles for

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, including '' Loki'', '' Silver Surfer: Requiem'', '' Sub-Mariner: The Depths'' and the 2015 ''

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''.

Early life

Esad T. Ribić was born in 1972 in

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Career

Ribić graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb as a graphic designer. He started making comics in the early 90s, doing shorts strips and illustrations for the Croatian '' Plavi'' magazine (

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) and German '' Gespenster Geschichten'' ( Bastei Verlag). Ribić also worked for

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as a film animator on such series as '' The Little Flying Bears'' and '' Lapitch the Little Shoemaker''. Ribić then illustrated four issues of MarvelComics' Loki in 2004. In 2011–2012, Ribić drew writer

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's run on '' Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates''. In January 2013 Ribić and writer

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started the series ''Thor: God of Thunder''. This series was voted as the 8th best Thor story by Comicbook.com. In 2015, Ribić was announced as one of the artists working on the new '' Méta-Baron'' series written by

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and Jerry Frissen, although his chapters were not released due to series cancellation. That May, he drew the ''Secret Wars'' limited series with writer Jonathan Hickman. The series was released to positive reviews, with critics praising the storyline, characters, action, and art styles. It was announced at the 2016 Image Expo that Ribić and

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would be the creative team on the

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series, ''VS'', which was released in February 2018. In 2019 Ribić both wrote and drew the '' Conan the Barbarian: Exodus'' one-shot. September 2019 saw the debut of the four-issue miniseries, ''King Thor'', on which Ribić re-teamed with Aaron. In August 2020, Marvel Comics announced that Ribić would draw the series '' Eternals'', which would debut in November 2020.

Bibliography

Interior work

*'' Code Name: Scorpio'' #1-4 (with Miljenko Horvatić,

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, 1996–1997) *'' Shotgun Mary: Son of the Beast'' (with Miljenko Horvatić, one-shot, Antarctic Press, 1997) *'' Warrior Nun Areala: Warrior Nun Frenzy'' #1-2 (with Miljenko Horvatić, Antarctic Press, 1998) *'' Strange Adventures'' vol. 2 #4: "Native Tongue" (with Brian Azzarello, anthology,

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, 2000) *'' Flinch'' #12: "Mondays" (with

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, anthology, Vertigo, 2000) *''

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'' #1-4 (with Robert Rodi, Vertigo, 2000) *'' X-Men: Children of the Atom'' #5-6 (with

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, Marvel, 2000) *'' The Brotherhood'' #1-3 (with X, Marvel, 2001) *''

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, 2002) *'' Loki'' #1-4 (with Robert Rodi, Marvel, 2004) *'' 24Seven Volume 1'': "Untitled" (script and art, anthology

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, Image, 2006) *''

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: Sub-Mariner'' #1-5: "The Depths" (with

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, Marvel, 2011) *'' Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates'' #1-9 (with

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(#5-6), Ultimate Marvel, 2011–2012) *'' Thor: God of Thunder'' #1-5, 7-11, 19-25 (with Jason Aaron, Agustin Alessio (#24), R. M. Guera and

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(#25), Marvel, 2013–2014) *'' X-Men: Battle of the Atom'' #2: "Chapter 10" (with Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Wood, among other artists, Marvel, 2013) *'' The Avengers'' vol. 5 #24: "Rogue Planet" (with Jonathan Hickman, Mike Deodato Jr.,

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, Marvel, 2014) *''

'' #1-9 (with Jonathan Hickman, Marvel, 2015–2016) *''

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'' #8 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2017) *'' The Unworthy Thor'' #4 (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' (with Jason Aaron and various artists, one-shot, Marvel, 2017) *'' VS'' #1-5 (with

, Image, 2018) *'' Conan the Barbarian: Exodus'' (script and art, one-shot, Marvel, 2019) *'' King Thor'' #1-4 (with Jason Aaron and various artists (#4), Marvel, 2019–2020) *'' Eternals'' #1- (with

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, Marvel, 2021)

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'' vol. 3 #1-6 (Marvel, 2003) *'' Kingpin'' #1-3 (Marvel, 2003) *'' NYC Mech'' #5 ( Image, 2004) *'' Black Panther'' vol. 3 #1-2, 20 (Marvel, 2005–2006) *'' Common Foe'' #1-3 (

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, 2005) *''

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'' #200 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #609 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #309 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Untold Tales of Punisher MAX'' #3 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Thor: God of Thunder'' #6, 12, 16-18 (Marvel, 2013–2014) *'' The Avengers'' vol. 5 #1-2 (Marvel, 2013) *''

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'' #15 (Marvel, 2013) *''

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'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2017) *'' Green Arrow'' vol. 5 #27 (

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribic, Esad Living people Croatian comics artists 1972 births Croatian animators Bosniaks of Croatia