Jen Bartel is an American illustrator and comic artist, best known for her work for
Marvel Comics
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and
Image Comics
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. She co-created the comic ''Blackbird'' for Image with
Sam Humphries
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Early life
Humphries was born in Annapolis, Maryland and grew ...
.
She won an Eisner Award for her work as a cover artist in 2019.
Career
Bartel was scouted for mainstream comics cover work after she published her fan art on social media platforms.
Bartel created the cover art for ''Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy'', and ''DC: Women of Action'', both published by Chronicle Books.
She created graphic designs for
Adidas
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brand shoes featuring the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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character
Captain Marvel,
and
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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character
Thanos
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tied in with the releases of the ''Captain Marvel'' and ''Avengers: Endgame'' films in 2019.
Bartel also created graphic designs for the
Puma and
Foot Locker
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Although established in 1974, and founded as a separate company in ...
corporation featuring
DC Extended Universe
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character
Harley Quinn
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timed to coincide with the release of the
DC Extended Universe
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film ''
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)''.
Awards
She won an Eisner Award for her work as a cover artist on Blackbird (
Image
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) and Submerged (Vault) in 2019, and was nominated in 2020.
In 2018, The Marvel Comic ''America'' to which Bartel contributed as one artist among 18 creators, was nominated for a GLAAD media award.
References
External links
Official Bartel website
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21st-century American women artists
American female comics artists
Image Comics
Living people
Shoe designers
Year of birth missing (living people)