Yıldıray Çınar is a Turkish
comic book artist
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known for his work on the
American comic book ''
Noble Causes
''Noble Causes'' is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber, illustrated by a variety of artists and published by Image Comics.
The series follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero family in the Image Universe. ...
''.
Career

Çınar helped create a photocopy-
fanzine
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publishing group called Capa Comics group in 1997, to which he has continued to contribute up until today from time to time. Capa Comics group has established links with several bigger publishers today and both Yıldıray and his colleagues have published their work in national magazines on several occasions, under common banners of Capa Comics group and the other publisher.
His creations from this time include ''Sürgün'', ''Maskeli'', ''Karabasan'' and ''İman Limited''.
Although remaining in
Istanbul
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, Çınar started producing for the American comic book market. He was first hooked up with Digital Webbing Press and illustrated stories of ''Nothingface'' and ''Fist of Justice'' which appeared in numerous issues of the anthology
Digital Webbing Presents
Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.Digital Webbing
Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.Image Comics
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work began started with a pin-up he draw for ''
Savage Dragon
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'' #118. He subsequently illustrated a short story for ''Savage Dragon'' #126.
He later worked on
Jay Faerber
Jay Faerber (born 1972) is an American comic book and television writer. Faerber is known for his work on ''Generation X'' and ''New Warriors'' for Marvel Comics, and '' The Titans'' and '' Connor: Spotlight'' for DC Comics. He later wrote his ow ...
's Image series ''
Noble Causes
''Noble Causes'' is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber, illustrated by a variety of artists and published by Image Comics.
The series follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero family in the Image Universe. ...
'', on which he served as regular penciler beginning with #27.
After working on the
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...
series ''
Teen Titans
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'', he began as the regular artist on ''
Legion of Super-Heroes
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'', which debuted in 2010 under veteran ''Legion'' writer
Paul Levitz
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.
He has been named the artist, with writer Tom Taylor, of "Superior
Iron Man
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" at
Marvel
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* Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company
** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment
** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe
** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics
* ...
, starting November 2014.
Personal life
Çınar currently lives in
Istanbul
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.
Home page of Çınar's official website
; "About me" section; Accessed October 22, 2010.
Bibliography
Comics
*''Savage Dragon
The Savage Dragon is a fictional superhero created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic features the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon. The character first appear ...
'' #126 (short story)
*''Nothingface GN'' (Digital Webbing
Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.Digital Webbing Presents
Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.Noble Causes
''Noble Causes'' is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber, illustrated by a variety of artists and published by Image Comics.
The series follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero family in the Image Universe. ...
'' #27–40 (with Jay Faerber
Jay Faerber (born 1972) is an American comic book and television writer. Faerber is known for his work on ''Generation X'' and ''New Warriors'' for Marvel Comics, and '' The Titans'' and '' Connor: Spotlight'' for DC Comics. He later wrote his ow ...
, Image Comics
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, February 2007 - March 2009)
*''Tales of the Starlight Drive-In
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* ''Tales'' (album), a 1995 album by Marcus Miller
* ''Tales'' (film), a 2014 Iranian film
* ''Tales'' (TV series), an American television series
* ''Tales'' (video game), a 2016 point-and-click adventure ...
'' (Image Comics
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, July 2008)
*''Dynamo 5
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'' #14–16, 21–22 (with Jay Faerber, Image Comics, June–September 2008, April–June 2009)
*''Teen Titans
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'' #69, 71–76, 79–82 (pencils, with Sean McKeever
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Career
Since the end of his creator-owned teen drama series '' The Waiting Place'', which was published from 1997 to 20 ...
, DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...
, May–December 2009)
*''Action Comics
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'' #888 (cover, DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...
, May–December 2009)
*''Legion of Super-Heroes
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'' vol. 6 #1–16 (with Paul Levitz
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, DC Comics, May 2010, forthcoming)
*'' Fury of Firestorm'' #1–6, #9–12, #0 (DC Comics, 2011)
*'' Earth 2'' #7, #8, #13, #15.1 (DC Comics, 2012)
*''Batman/Superman
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'' #3 (DC Comics, 2013)
*'' Adventures of Superman'' #5 (DC Comics, 2013)
*''Worlds' Finest
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'' #9, #22 (DC Comics, 2013)
*''Supergirl
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'' #26-31 (DC Comics, 2014)
*''Superior Iron Man
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'' #1-4, 7, 9 (Marvel Comics
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, 2014-2015)
*'' Captain America: Steve Rogers (Vol. 1)'' #16 (Marvel Comics, 2017)
*''Metal Men
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'' #1-6 (DC Comics, 2016-)
*''Cable
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'' #4-5 (Marvel Comics, 2017)
*''Weapon X
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'' #12-14, #17-19, #22-23 (Marvel Comics, 2018)
*''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
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(Vol. 2)'' #5 (Marvel Comics, 2019)
*''Guardians of the Galaxy
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It may more specifically refer to:
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* Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team), the original 31st-century team f ...
Annual (Vol. 3)'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2019)
*''Uncanny X-Men
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'' #3, #6, #9 (Marvel Comics, 2019)
*''The Marvels'' #1-12 (Marvel Comics, 2021-2022)
*''Joe Fixit
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(Vol. 1)'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 2023)
Sketch cards
Sketch card
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work includes:
*''Women of Marvel Sketch Cards'' (Rittenhouse Archives, 2008)
*''Fantastic Four Archives Sketch Cards'' (Rittenhouse Archives, 2008)
*''X-Men Origins: Wolverine Sketch Cards'' (Rittenhouse Archives, 2009)
*''Spider-Man Archives Sketch Cards'' (Rittenhouse Archives, 2009)
Notes
References
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External links
*
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Yildiray Cinar
at Twitter
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Yildiray CINAR
at DeviantArt
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DeviantArt ...
Yıldıray Cinar
at MySpace
Yıldıray Cinar
at ComicSpace
Interview
by Jay Faerber
Jay Faerber (born 1972) is an American comic book and television writer. Faerber is known for his work on ''Generation X'' and ''New Warriors'' for Marvel Comics, and '' The Titans'' and '' Connor: Spotlight'' for DC Comics. He later wrote his ow ...
, Newsarama
Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US. In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website GamesRadar+, also owned by FutureUS.
History
N ...
, February 27, 2007
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People from Ankara
Living people
1976 births