Jamie McKelvie is a

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and illustrator, known for his both work on books such as '' Phonogram'', '' Young Avengers'' and ''

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'', and his approach to comic character design.

Career

Since 2003, McKelvie has collaborated with Kieron Gillen on a number of works. This started with a

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for the official PlayStation Magazine UK, entitled ''Save Point'', which ran for at least three years. Their first

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together was '' Phonogram'', a six-issue series in 2006, which was followed by two sequel series in 2008 and 2015 with Matt Wilson. The three worked together on a relaunch of '' Young Avengers'' for Marvel in 2013, and created the 45-issue series ''

'' between 2014 and 2019. His first creator-owned series as both writer and artist, '' Suburban Glamour'', was published in 2008, with Guy Major and

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as colourists. He has done various work for

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, including a run on ''

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'' with

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, and the ''X-Men: Season One'' graphic novel with Dennis Hopeless. McKelvie's artwork also graces the covers of the

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album ''

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'' and the single "Lost Weekend", and of two novels by writer

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Character design

McKelvie has redesigned a number of characters' costumes, including the 2012 redesign of long-time character

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, for a relaunch of the character as the new Captain Marvel, and in late 2013, the design for Kamala Khan's outfit when she becomes Ms Marvel. He has also made available his personal takes on

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and

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. McKelvie has said that he emphasises practicality when creating his Marvel designs, stating that he considers the "message a .character's design is putting across", and specifically for Ms. Marvel, the design reflects "the Captain Marvel legacy, and also her story and her background".

Works

Comics

Interior work

* "Loss" (with writer

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, in ''

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'', 144 pages,

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, April 2005, ) *''Long Hot Summer'' (with Eric Stephenson,

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, 96 pages, Image Comics, September 2005, ) * Phonogram (with Kieron Gillen, three volume

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, Image Comics, 2006, 2009, 2015): collected as: **''

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'' (collects Vol 1 #1–6 (2006), tpb, 144 pages, ) **'' The Singles Club'' (collects Vol 2 #1–7 (2009), tpb, 160 pages, ) **'' The Immaterial Girl'' (collects Vol 3 #1–6 (2016), tpb, 168 pages, ) **''The Complete Phonogram'', (collects Vol 1, 2 and 3 (2017) hb, 504 pages, ) *''Suburban Glamour'' (script and art, 4-issue mini-series, Image Comics, October 2007. tpb, 104 pages, Image, April 2008, ) * "Migas" (with writer

, Nightcrawler story in '' X-Men: Divided We Stand'' No. 1,

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, June 2008) *'' Cable'' (with writer

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, issues 11 and 12, Marvel Comics, 2009): collected within: **''X-Force/Cable: Messiah War'' (collects X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop #1–3, Cable #11–15, X-Force #14–16, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War One-Shot and X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook, tpb, 336 pages, ) *''Gotham Gazette'' (part, with writer Fabian Nicieza, issues Batman Dead? No. 1 and Batman Alive? No. 1,

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): collected within: **'' Batman: Battle for the Cowl (collects Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead? #1, Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1–3, Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1, tpb, 160 pages, ) *''

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'' Loki (with writer Kieron Gillen, one shot (April 2010), Marvel Comics): collected within: **''Siege: Thor'' (collects

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607–610, Siege: Loki and

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11, tpb, 144 pages, ) *'' Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'' (with writer Brian Michael Bendis, Co-Artist Issue 150, Marvel Comics) *'' Invincible Iron Man'' (with writer Matt Fraction, back up stories in issues 32 and 33, Marvel Comics) *''Generation Hope'' (with writer Kieron Gillen, issues 5 and 9, Marvel Comics): collected within: **''The Future's a Four Letter Word'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 120 pages, ) **''Schism'' (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages ) *'' Secret Avengers'' (with writer

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, issue 16, Marvel Comics, August 2011): collected within **''Run The Mission, Don't Get Seen, Save The World'' (collects #16–21, tpb, 144 pages, ) *''

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Season One'' (with writer Dennis Hopeless,

, 136 pages,

, March 2012, ) *''

'' (with writer Matt Fraction, issues 8–11): collected within **Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 136 pages, ) *'' Marvel Now Point One'' (part, with Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, 2012) *'' Young Avengers'' (with Kieron Gillen and Matt Wilson, Marvel Comics, 2013-4): collected as: **''Style > Substance'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, ) **''Alternative Cultures'' (collects #6–10, tpb, 112 pages, ) **''Mic-Drop at the Edge of Time and Space'' (collects #11–15, tpb, 112 pages, ) **Omnibus (collects #1–15, hb, 360 pages, ) *''

'' (with Kieron Gillen and Matt Wilson, Image Comics, 2014–2019): collected as: **''The Faust Act'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 180 pages, ) **''Fandemonium'' (Collects #6–11, tpb, 200 pages, ) **''Commercial Suicide'' (Collects #12–17, tpb, 200 pages, ) **''Rising Action'' (Collects #18–22, tpb, 168 pages, ) **''Imperial Phase (Part 1)'' (Collects #23–28, tpb, 200 pages, ) **''Imperial Phase (Part 2)'' (collects #29-33, tpb, 168 pages, 2018, ) **''Mothering Invention (''collects #34-39, tpb, 208 pages, 2018, ) **''Old is the New New'' (collects all specials, tpb, 232 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534308806) **''Okay'' (collects #40-45, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534312498) * "The Riddle" (with writer Kieron Gillen, in '' Batman Black and White'' vol. 5 #5, 8 pages,

, April 2021

Cover work

* '' Hack/Slash'' No. 11 (alternative cover) * '' Captain Marvel'' No. 7, 9 * '' Ms. Marvel'' No. 1 (alternative cover), No. 2-9 * '' Nightcrawler'' (2014–) No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 * '' evolutionary War: Omega' (2014), No. 1 * ''The Fuse'' No. 3 (alternative cover)

Games

*''Kudos 2'', Positech Games