June Brigman

June Brigman (born October 25, 1960)Miller, John Jackson
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is an American comic book artist and illustrator. She is best known for creating the preteen superhero characters Power Pack with writer Louise Simonson in 1984. Brigman was the artist of the syndicated newspaper strip ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' from 1995 to 2011 and in 2016 became the artist for the newspaper strip '' Mary Worth''.

Early life

June Brigman grew up in Atlanta. Her artistic influences included Stan Drake, Gil Kane, and Walt Simonson.Brigman profile
Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. She attended Georgia State University and the University of Georgia.

Career

Brigman broke into comics with AC Comics in 1983. A sample ''Astron'' story (eventually published by AC in 1986) earned her a job with DC Comics in 1984. Later, she worked instead for Marvel Comics, where she worked on '' Power Pack'', a series she penciled on and off until issue #17. For the next seven years, Brigman worked exclusively for Marvel, mostly on short runs; she also contributed illustrations to various editions of ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe''.

Brigman pencilled DC's '' Supergirl'' mini-series in 1994, following that with 1995's Dark Horse Comics' ''Star Wars'' mini-series ''River of Chaos'' (which was written by her former ''Power Pack'' collaborator Louise Simonson).

In 1995, Brigman took over as artist for the syndicated newspaper comic strip ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' and stayed on until the strip ended in 2011. In addition, she has illustrated (and colored) the '' Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'' comic strip for ''National Geographic World'' magazine. Brigman also illustrated a series of ''Star Wars'' novels and '' Choose Your Own Adventure'' books for Bantam Doubleday Dell. In 2005, Puffin Books published Brigman's '' Black Beauty'' adaptation graphic novel.

She returned to Marvel in 2010 with a new ''Power Pack'' story in ''Girl Comics'' #3, teaming up with Simonson again. Subsequently she pencilled two issues of ''Herc'' in 2011. For DC, she pencilled ''Convergence'' ''Superman: Man of Steel'' #1–2 (written by Louise Simonson) and '' Convergence'' ''Infinity Inc.'' #2 in 2015. From 2016 to 2017 she created several variant covers for different Marvel series. Also in 2016, Brigman became the artist of the '' Mary Worth'' newspaper comic strip.

As a teacher, Brigman has worked at times as an instructor at The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey, since 2005. She also worked part-time as a professor of sequential art at the Atlanta branch of Savannah College of Art and Design for several years until summer of 2018. As of 2021 she currently works as a professor of comic storytelling art at Kennesaw State University's School of Art and Design.

In 2018, she joined new comics publisher Ahoy Comics as penciller and cover artist of ''Captain Ginger'', written by Stuart Moore. The next year, she reunited with Simonson for a ''Power Pack'' oneshot for Marvel.

Her husband, Roy Richardson, inked, colored and lettered her syndicated strip ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' and did the same on ''Mary Worth''.

In April 2022, Brigman was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds'', a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Brigman teamed up with writer Louise Simonson to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for the anthology.

Bibliography

AC Comics

* ''Venture'' #1 (1986)

Ahoy Comics

* ''Captain Ginger'' #1–4 (2018–2019)
* ''Captain Ginger Season Two'' #1–6 (2020)
*'' FCBD: Dragonfly and Dragonflyman'' #1 (Captain Ginger story) (2019)

ComicMix

* ''Mine!'' OGN (Captain Ginger story) (2018)

CrossGen Comics

* ''Sojourn'' #12 (2002)
* '' Meridian'' #27–28, 31–32 (2002–2003)

Dark Horse

*''Star Wars: River of Chaos'' #1–4 (1995)

DC

*'' Convergence'' ''Infinity Inc.'' #2 (2015)
* ''Convergence'' ''Superman: Man of Steel'' #1–2 (2015)
*''General Mills Presents Justice League'' #3 (promo) (2016)
* ''Legion of Superheroes'' vol. 4 #37 (1992)
*'' New Talent Showcase'' #4 (1984)
*''New Titans'' #89 (1992)
*''Newstime'' #1 (1993)
*'' Supergirl'' #1–4 (1994)
*''Supergirl/Lex Luthor Special'' #1 (1993)
*''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #13 (1985)
*''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe: Update '87'' #4 (1987)

Marvel

*'' Alpha Flight'' #45–46, 49–50, 52, 100, ''Annual'' #2 (1987, 1991)
*'' Avengers Spotlight'' #38 (1990)
*'' Barbie'' #3–4, 8, 12, 19 (1991–1992)
*'' Barbie Fashion'' #5 (1991)
*'' Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' #8 (1992)
*'' Cheap Trick: Busted'' (promo) (1990)
*'' Classic X-Men'' #29 (1989)
*'' Cloak and Dagger'' #11 (1987)
*''Daredevil Annual'' #7–8 (1991–1992)
*''Fantastic Four'' #5 (2014)
*''Girl Comics'' #3 (Power Pack) (2010)
*'' Herc'' #7–8 (2011)
*'' Marvel Age'' ''Annual'' #1 (1985)
*''Marvel Comics Presents'' #36 (1989)
*'' Marvel Fanfare'' #25, 33 (1986–1987)
*''Marvel Illustrated: Swimsuit Issue'' #1 (1991)
*'' New Mutants'' #56, ''Annual'' #4 (1987–1988)
*'' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' #9, 12 (1983)
*'' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #5–8, 12–13, 19 (1986–1987)
*'' Power Pack'' #1–17, 44–45, ''Holiday Special'' (1984–1985, 1989, 1992)
*''Power Pack: Grow Up'' #1 (2019)
*''Savage Sword of Conan'' #100 (1984)
*'' Sensational She-Hulk in Ceremony'' #1–2 (1990)
*'' Solo Avengers'' # 9 ( Hellcat co-feature) (1988)
*''Spider-Man and Power Pack'' #1 (promo) (1984)
*'' Strange Tales'' #13–14 (Cloak and Dagger) (1988)
*'' Uncanny X-Men'' #204 (1986)
*'' Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #6 (1990)
*'' What The--?!'' #1 (1988)
*'' X-Factor'' #20 (1987)

Puffin Books

* '' Black Beauty'' GN (2005)

Teshkeel Comics

* '' The 99'' #4 (2008)

Topps

* ''The Marriage of Hercules and Xena'' #1 (1998)
* ''Return to Jurassic Park'' #9 (1996)

Notes

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Brigman bio
Lambiek.net's Comiclopedia

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1960 births
American women illustrators
American illustrators
American female comics artists
Inkpot Award winners
Living people
Artists from Atlanta
21st-century American women