Esad T. Ribić (born 10 November 1972) is a Croatian

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and animator, known for his work on various titles for

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, including ''

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'', '' Silver Surfer: Requiem'', '' Sub-Mariner: The Depths, Thor: God of Thunder'' and the 2015 ''

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''.

Early life

Esad T. Ribić was born in 1972 in

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and graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb as a graphic designer.

Career

He worked on computer games, illustrated SF books and had his work published in journals and newspapers such as '' Modra lasta'' and ''

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''. He started making comics in the early 90s, doing shorts strips and illustrations for the Croatian '' Plavi'' magazine (

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) and German '' Gespenster Geschichten'' ( Bastei Verlag). Ribić also worked for

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as a film animator on such series as '' The Little Flying Bears'' and '' Lapitch the Little Shoemaker''. After Zagreb Film downscaled, Ribić had problems getting paid in Croatia for his work. After Darko Macan and Edvin Biuković got an American contract in mid '90s, Ribić persisted in applying for comic book work abroad, and in 1996 he started work for Antarctic Press. A few years later, he was referred to DC/Vertigo by Biuković, and in 2000 he started working for Marvel Comics. Ribić illustrated four issues of MarvelComics'

in 2004. In 2011–2012, Ribić drew writer

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's run on '' Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates''. In January 2013 Ribić and writer Jason Aaron started the series ''Thor: God of Thunder''. This series was voted as the 8th best Thor story by Comicbook.com. In 2015, Ribić was announced as one of the artists working on the new '' Méta-Baron'' series written by

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and Jerry Frissen, although his chapters were not released due to series cancellation. That May, he drew the ''Secret Wars'' limited series with writer Jonathan Hickman. The series was released to positive reviews, with critics praising the storyline, characters, action, and art styles. It was announced at the 2016 Image Expo that Ribić and Ivan Brandon would be the creative team on the

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series, ''VS'', which was released in February 2018. In 2019 Ribić both wrote and drew the '' Conan the Barbarian: Exodus'' one-shot. September 2019 saw the debut of the four-issue miniseries, ''King Thor'', on which Ribić re-teamed with Aaron. In August 2020, Marvel Comics announced that Ribić would draw the series '' Eternals'', which would debut in November 2020. In April 2024, it was announced that Ribić would draw the miniseries '' Aliens vs. Avengers'', which pits Earth's mightiest heroes against the Xenomorphs. The first issue is set to debut July 2024.

Bibliography

Interior work

*'' Code Name: Scorpio'' #1-4 (with Miljenko Horvatić, Antarctic Press, 1996–1997) *'' Shotgun Mary: Son of the Beast'' (with Miljenko Horvatić, one-shot, Antarctic Press, 1997) *'' Warrior Nun Areala: Warrior Nun Frenzy'' #1-2 (with Miljenko Horvatić, Antarctic Press, 1998) *'' Strange Adventures'' vol. 2 #4: "Native Tongue" (with

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, 2000) *'' Flinch'' #12: "Mondays" (with Scott Cunningham, anthology, Vertigo, 2000) *'' Four Horsemen'' #1-4 (with Robert Rodi, Vertigo, 2000) *'' X-Men: Children of the Atom'' #5-6 (with Joe Casey,

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, 2000) *''

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'' #86: "Last Man Standing" (with Robert Weinberg, Marvel, 2000) *''

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Annual'' #24: "Share" (with

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and Fiona Avery, Marvel, 2000) *'' The Brotherhood'' #1-3 (with X, Marvel, 2001) *'' Ultimate X-Men'' #13-14 (with Chuck Austen,

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, 2002) *''

'' #1-4 (with Robert Rodi, Marvel, 2004) *'' 24Seven Volume 1'': "Untitled" (script and art, anthology

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, 2006) *'' Marvel Knights:

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'' #1-4: "Requiem" (with

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, Marvel, 2007) *'' Marvel Knights: Sub-Mariner'' #1-5: "The Depths" (with Peter Milligan, Marvel, 2008–2009) *'' Dark Reign: The List —

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'' (with Jason Aaron, one-shot, Marvel, 2009) *'' X-Men: Second Coming'' #2: "Chapter 2" (with Mike Carey, co-feature, Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #5-7: "Deathlok Nation" (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2011) *'' Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates'' #1-9 (with

and

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(#5-6), Ultimate Marvel, 2011–2012) *'' Thor: God of Thunder'' #1-5, 7-11, 19-25 (with Jason Aaron, Agustin Alessio (#24), R. M. Guera and

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(#25), Marvel, 2013–2014) *'' X-Men: Battle of the Atom'' #2: "Chapter 10" (with Jason Aaron,

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and Brian Wood, among other artists, Marvel, 2013) *'' The Avengers'' vol. 5 #24: "Rogue Planet" (with Jonathan Hickman, Mike Deodato Jr., Jackson Guice and

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, Marvel, 2014) *''

'' #1-9 (with Jonathan Hickman, Marvel, 2015–2016) *'' Civil War II'' #8 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2017) *'' The Unworthy Thor'' #4 (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' (with Jason Aaron and various artists, one-shot, Marvel, 2017) *'' VS'' #1-5 (with Ivan Brandon,

, 2018) *'' Conan the Barbarian: Exodus'' (script and art, one-shot, Marvel, 2019) *'' King Thor'' #1-4 (with Jason Aaron and various artists (#4), Marvel, 2019–2020) *'' Eternals'' #1-10, 12 (with

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, Marvel, 2021-2022)

Covers only

*'' Crimson Nun'' #1-4 ( Antarctic Press, 1997) *''

'' vol. 2 #181-189 (

, 2002–2003) *'' Terminator 3'' #2 (Beckett Comics, 2003) *''

'' vol. 3 #1-6 (Marvel, 2003) *'' Kingpin'' #1-3 (Marvel, 2003) *'' NYC Mech'' #5 (

, 2004) *''

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'' vol. 3 #1-2, 20 (Marvel, 2005–2006) *'' Common Foe'' #1-3 ( Desperado Publishing, 2005) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2005) *'' House of M'' #1-8 (Marvel, 2005) *'' Ghost Rider'' vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2005) *'' Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator'' #2 (

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, 2005) *'' Negative Burn Winter Special'' #1 (Desperado Publishing, 2005) *'' The Cross Bronx'' #1 (

, 2006) *''

Omnibus'' hc (Marvel, 2007) *''

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'' vol. 5 #11-12 (Marvel, 2007) *'' Daredevil'' #501-504 (Marvel, 2009–2010) *''

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'' #200 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #609 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #636, 688 (Marvel, 2010–2012) *'' Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword'' #1 (

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, 2010) *''

'' #1-4, 8-18 (Marvel, 2010–2012) *'' Astonishing Thor'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) *'' The Outlaw Prince'' gn (Dark Horse, 2010) *'' Ys la légende Volume'' 1-2 ( Soleil, 2011–2012) *'' John Carter: The World of Mars'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' X-O Manowar'' vol. 3 #1 ( Valiant, 2012) *'' Bloodshot'' vol. 3 #1, 3 (Valiant, 2012) *'' Avengers vs. X-Men'' #7 (Marvel, 2012) *''

'' #309 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Untold Tales of Punisher MAX'' #3 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Thor: God of Thunder'' #6, 12, 16-18 (Marvel, 2013–2014) *'' The Avengers'' vol. 5 #1-2 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Cable and X-Force'' #15 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Drifter'' #1 (Image, 2014) *''

'' vol. 4 #1-2 (Marvel, 2014–2015) *'' Avengers and X-Men: AXIS'' #6 (Marvel, 2015) *'' The Goddamned'' #3 (Image, 2016) *'' Civil War II'' #0 (Marvel, 2016) *'' Civil War II: Kingpin'' #1 (Marvel, 2016) *'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' #1, 6 (Marvel, 2016–2017) *''

'' vol. 5 #5-8 (Marvel, 2016–2017) *'' Infamous Iron Man'' #1 (Marvel, 2016) *'' Gamora'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' vol. 5 #27 (

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, 2017) *'' The Avengers'' #677 (Marvel, 2018) *'' The Mighty Thor'' #705 (Marvel, 2018) *'' The Avengers'' vol. 7 #1 (Marvel, 2018) *''

'' vol. 5 #1, 5-6 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Thanos Legacy'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *''

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'' vol. 6 #1-9, 11-13 (Marvel, 2018–2019) *''

'' vol. 5 #6 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2019) *''

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'' #1-ongoing (Marvel, 2019–...)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribic, Esad Living people Croatian comics artists 1972 births Marvel Comics people Croatian animators Bosniaks of Croatia