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Gregory Capullo (; born March 30, 1962) is an American
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and
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, best known for his work on ''
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'' (1991–1992), '' X-Force'' (1992–1993), ''
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'' (1994), ''
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'' (1993–2000, 2003–2004) and ''
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'' (2011–2016). Greg Capullo also published his own creator-owned comic, ''
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'', published through
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. These were two three-issue miniseries. Apart from comics, Capullo has been involved in several projects such as pencilling for the
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albums ''
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'' and '' Something Wicked This Way Comes'', the
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album '' Follow the Leader'' and the
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album, '' Ten Thousand Fists''. He was also part of the crew who worked on the animated sequences in the 2002 film ''
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''.


Early life

Greg Capullo began drawing at an early age, and remembers that he drew his first drawing of
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when he was 4. His preference for Batman persisted into his adulthood, with his favorite
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graphic novel being
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's ''
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''. He decided he wanted to be a professional artist early, having been influenced by creators such as John Buscema,
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,
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. He also was influenced by artists outside of comics, such as painter
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, animator
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, and ''Mad Magazine''
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.


Career

Capullo's first comic work was a publication called ''Gore Shriek'', which was picked up and published by a comic book store in
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, called
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. ''Gore Shriek'' was a horror
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specifically labeled ''Not Intended for Children'' because of the violent and graphic nature of it. Due to the success of the small comic series, when it had ended, Capullo began work for
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where he worked on ''
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'', '' X-Force'', and '' What If?''. He worked with
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for three years on various works, before moving on to other publications and projects with different companies. Briefly after Capullo had started work with Marvel, he had begun smaller
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projects away from the company. He had started involvement with separate labels and anyone who would hire him for miscellaneous odd-jobs that needed completion.
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, who had left
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to co-found
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, noticed Capullo’s work on '' X-Force'', and convinced him become the
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on McFarlane’s comic, ''
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''. Capullo's first issue of the book was #16, then took over as pencil artist with issue #26. Capullo has since done the cover art and pencils for many Image publications, including various ''Spawn'' tie-ins and variants, and Capullo’s own miniseries, ''
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''. Capullo helped McFarlane in creating the artwork now seen on the two ''
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''-themed controllers. In February 2007,
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published ''The Art of Greg Capullo'', a hardcover book showcasing Capullo’s artwork, ranging from widely recognized cover art to unknown never released pencils, early submissions samples and personal sketches. Capullo provided layouts for Image's ''
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'', which debuted in October 2009. The pencils for the layouts were done by
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up until issue 6, when Greg Capullo then took over pencilling for the series and became the regular penciller, with inks done by Todd McFarlane.


2010s

In 2011 Capullo left the ongoing ''
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'' title in order to take on the art duties on ''Batman'' as part of DC Comics' 2011 company-wide title relaunch,
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, which paired him with writer
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. The two creators worked together on the series for five years, creating a number of critically and fan-acclaimed stories, and reinventing classic characters for DC’s then-new continuity.Gerding, Stephen (December 23, 2016)
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CBR.com. On September 9, 2013, he appeared as a special guest judge on "Skulls and Villains", a third season episode of the
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TV series ''
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''. Capullo is responsible for the art on
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albums ''
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'' and ''
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'', plus the first single " Lift Me Up" . He has also done artwork for heavy metal bands, Iced Earth and Disturbed. In 2013, he was named on
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's list of "The Best Tweeters in Comics" for his "invigoratingly aggressive" posts on Twitter. In April 2016 Snyder and Capullo's time on the Batman solo series ended with issue 51, and the series was relaunched with Tom King writing in May. In October 2016, Capullo revealed that he was working on a project that he described as "very Batman-centric, and very rock n’ roll." That December, he revealed that he signed a new contract with DC Comics. Dark Nights: Metal was announced at
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in April 2017. The series' first issue was released in June of the same year, and featured a reunion between Capullo and Snyder. Capullo drew all six issues of the series, which concluded in March 2018. Shortly before the release of the last issue of Metal, DC announced that Capullo would join Snyder for his Black Label book ''Batman: The Last Knight on Earth'', replacing the previously announced Sean Gordon Murphy. Capullo drew variant covers for the 2018 Justice League Dark series' first four issues. He also provided a variant cover for Snyder's The Batman Who Laughs miniseries, a spin-off of their Metal event. Capullo drew Snyder's 8-page story for Detective Comics' 1000th issue, which was the first in the book. He also provided the 2010s variant cover. In February 2019 the cover to the first issue of The Last Knight on Earth was revealed, and in March the first color interiors for the book were revealed at Wondercon, though Capullo frequently shared art in various stages of development on his social media. In July 2022, during San Diego Comic-Con 2022, it was announced that Capullo would be illustrating a new ''Batman/Spawn'' crossover, with McFarlane writing and releasing in December 2022.


Bibliography


Interior Work


Marvel Comics

*''What If?'' #2 (1989) *''Avengers Spotlight'' #39 (1990) *''
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'' #18-25, 27-29, 31-32, 35-39 (1991-1992) *'' X-Force'' #15-25 (1992-1993) *Stryfes Strike File #1 (1993) *X-Men Unlimited #1 (1993)


DC Comics

*''
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'' (Vol. 2) #0-11, 13-17, 19-27, 29-33, 35-43, 45-48, 50-51 (2011-2016) *'' Dark Nights: Metal'' #1-6 (2017-2018) *''Batman'' (Vol. 3) #50 (2018) *'' Swamp Thing Halloween Giant#1'' (2018) *''
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'' #1000 (story "Batman's Longest Case") (2019) *'' Batman: Last Knight on Earth'' #1-3 (2019) *'' Dark Nights: Death Metal'' #1-7 (2020-2021)


Image Comics

* ''
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'' #16-20, 26-37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49-75, 78-100, 174, 175, 193, 199-200, 300-301 (1993-2000, 2019) *''
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'' #1-3 (1994) *''
The Creech ''The Creech'' is an American three issue Sci-Fi/Horror comic book series published by Image Comics in 1997, followed by a subsequent three issue series in 2001. The series was created by Greg Capullo. The title character is an in vitro ''I ...
'' #1-3 (1997) *'' The Creech: Out For Blood'' #1-3 (2001) *''
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'' #1-5 (layouts only), 6-18 (2009-2011) *''
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'' #1-6, (2016-2017)


Cover Work


DC Comics

*''Green Lantern'' (Vol. 5) #1 (variant cover) (2011) *''Flash'' (Vol. 4) #2 (variant cover) (2011) *''Justice League'' (Vol. 1) #3 (variant cover) (2011) *''Batman'' vol.2 #12, #18, #52 (2012-2016) *''Detective Comics'' (Vol. 2) #15 (2013), #27 (2014) *''Detective Comics #27 Special Edition'' (2014) * ''Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' #1-9 (midtown comics variant covers) (2015-2017) *''Justice League Dark'' #1-4 (variant covers) (2018) *''Batman The Court Of Owls Saga Essential Edition'' (new cover) (2018) *''Detective Comics'' (Vol. 3) #1000 (2010s variant cover) *''The Batman Who Laughs'' #1 (variant cover) (2018) *''DC's Year of the Villain'' #1 (2019) *''Nightwing'' (Vol. 4) #62 (variant cover) (2019) *''
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'' #1 (2020) Gotham knights: gilded city. (variant) #1-6 (2022)


Image Comics

*''Image United'' #2 (variant cover) (2009) *''Medieval Spawn Witchblade'' (Vol. 2) #2 (variant cover) (2018)


Writer


Image Comics

* Creech #1-3 (1997) * Creech: Out For Blood #1-3 (2001)


References


External links

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Greg Capullo
Comic Art Community {{DEFAULTSORT:Capullo, Greg 1962 births Living people American comics artists Inkpot Award winners People from Schenectady, New York