Mahmud Anjum Asrar (born November 20, 1976 in

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"About"
Mahmud A. Asrar Online Portfolio. Retrieved November 15, 2011.) is a Turkish

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artist who is known for his work on American and non-American comic books. His American work includes pinups for ''

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'' #124 and ''

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'' #20, and for co-creating, with writer

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, the series ''

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'', which debuted in March 2007 from

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Early life

Asrar was born in Ankara, Turkey to an

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mother and a

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i father. He expressed an interest in art and comic books at an early age. He attended

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from 1994–1996, majoring in Fine Arts and Graphics, and Anatolian University from 1996–2000, majoring in the same.

Career

Asrar came to the attention of writer

through his work on the independent

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'' artist

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, which led to his work on the

monthly series ''

'', which Faerber and Asrar co-created, and on which Asrar was the regular artist. Asrar's other Image Comics work includes ''Small Gods''. Asrar also pencilled ''

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: Cosmic Collision'', a

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written by

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, that was published in December 2008, by

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. He was the artist on the ''

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written by

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that leads into an ''Atom'' co-feature in ''

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'', and is currently the artist of ''

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'' in the rebooted DC Universe. Starting in March 2013, Asrar will be the lead artist on '' Ultimate Comics: X-Men''.Richards, Dave (December 11, 2012)
"Asrar Draws on the 'Natural Resources' of 'Ultimate Comics X-Men'"
Comic Book Resources.

Bibliography

DC

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Giant-Size'' #1 (2011) *''

: The Atom Special'' #1 (2011) *''

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'', vol. 4, 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists, 2009) *''

'', vol. 6, #0-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-20 (2011–13)

Image

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'' #0-25 (2007–09) *''

'' #20 (2005) *''

'' #124 (along with

Erik Larsen Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book artist, writer, and publisher. He currently acts as the chief financial officer of Image Comics. He gained attention in the early 1990s with his art on Spider-Man series for Marvel ...

) (2006) *''Small Gods: Outside The Box'', miniseries, #1-4 (2004)

Marvel

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'' #20, #31-36, #40-41 (2014-2015) *'' Avengers: The Initiative'' #32 (2010) *''

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'', vol. 3, #34-35 (full art); Annual #1 (among other artists) (2008–10) *''

Realm of Kings "Realm of Kings" is a crossover comic book storyline published in 2010 by Marvel Comics. Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, it is a follow-up to the 2009 storyline "War of Kings" and introduced the setting known as the Cancerverse. Publicat ...

'', miniseries, #1 (2010) *''

: Cosmic Collision'' (2009) *''

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'' (2010) *''

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'' #137 (2009) *''

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'' #24-25 (2013) *''

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: Warriors'', miniseries, #1 (2009) *'' War Machine'', vol. 3, #6-7 (2009) *'' Wolverine and the X-Men'', vol. 2, #1-6 (2014) *''

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'' (2018) *''

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'' (2018-2019)

Other publishers

*''Alacakaranlik'' #2 (2006) *''Cyberage Adventures'' #2: "Jade Tiger" (2005, IHero Entertainment) *''

Digital Webbing Presents Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.Dylan Dog ''Dylan Dog'' is an Italian horror comics series created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Sergio Bonelli Editore since 1986. The series features the eponymous character, a paranormal investigator who takes on cases involving supernatural ele ...

'' #9 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004) *''Nothingface'', graphic novel (Digital Webbing Press, 2004) *''Resimli Roman'' #2-3 (2005) *'' Rodeo Strip'' #1-6, 11 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004–06) *''

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: Jedi The Dark Side'', miniseries #1-5 (2011) *''Seruven'' #6 (2005) *''Warmageddon Quarterly'' #2-3 (2006, L Jamal Inc)

References

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