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Frank Quitely

Birth nameVincent Deighan
BornJanuary 18, 1968
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Area(s)Penciller, Inker

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Biography

Quitely first worked upon the Scottish underground comics title, Electric Soup, in 1990. Electric Soup is the title of a Scottish underground Comic book series which was first published in He wrote and drew The Greens, a parody of The Broons strip published by D.C Thompson. The Broons is a comic strip within The Sunday Post newspaper which is published by D D C Thomson & Co Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing Oor Wullie, The Broons It is at this point that he adopted the pseudonym of Frank Quitely, as he claims that he didn't want his family to see his work, worried that they may have found it upsetting. Initially Electric Soup was only distributed locally in Glasgow, then it was picked up by John Brown Publishing for widespread national UK distribution. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

This brought Quitely's work to the attention of Judge Dredd Megazine editor David Bishop. Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British Comic magazine, launched in October 1990. David Bishop is an award-winning screenwriter and author Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s running such titles as the Judge Dredd He was given work on Shimura, written by Robbie Morrison, and Missionary Man, by Gordon Rennie, quickly rising to prominence and being voted among the fans' favourite five artists in an end-of-year survey. There is also a Japanese mathematician named Goro Shimura, a comedian Ken Shimura and an actor Takashi Shimura. Robbie Morrison is a British Comics writer most known for his work in 2000 AD and as the co-creator of popular character Nikolai Dante Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned Comics writer responsible for White Trash Moronic Inferno, as well as several Comic strips for By 1994 he had started work in various stories in Paradox Press's series of Big Book Of graphic novels, as well as work for Dark Horse Presents for Dark Horse Comics. Paradox Press is a division of DC Comics. It was designed to publish Graphic novels that were not of the superhero genre as comprises most of DC's publishing efforts Dark Horse Presents was the first Comic book published by Dark Horse Comics in 1986 and was their flagship title until its September 2000 Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics

His big break into American comics was Flex Mentallo, a Doom Patrol spin-off written by fellow Glaswegian Grant Morrison for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, in 1996. Flex Mentallo is a Comic book character who first appeared in 1990 in issue #35 of Grant Morrison 's run on Doom Patrol as a member The Doom Patrol is a Fictional Superhero team appearing in publications from DC Comics. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. Quitely's work proved very popular, and this launched him onto more work for Vertigo. Initially he was put to work on strips for anthology titles such as Weird War Tales, and drew four issues of Jamie Delano's 2020 Visions, as well as various covers for DC. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 Weird War Tales was a war Comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics which ran from September 1971 to June Jamie Delano (born 1954 in Northampton) is a British Comics Writer. 2020 Visions (sometimes called 20/20 Visions) is a science-fiction Comic book written by Jamie Delano He later drew his first full length graphic novel, Batman: The Scottish Connection, with writer Alan Grant. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Alan Grant (born 1949 is a Scottish Comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various

The year 2000 saw Quitely and Morrison collaborate again, on JLA:Earth 2. Once again, the graphic novel was met with a hugely positive critical response, and later that year Quitely took over from Bryan Hitch as artist on The Authority, with Mark Millar as writer. Bryan Hitch (born 1970 is a British Comic book artist He is the co-creator and artist of The Authority and The Ultimates The Authority is a Superhero Comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint Mark Millar (born December 24 1969 is an award-winning Scottish Graphic novelist born in Coatbridge. This run proved to be highly controversial, and Quitely's art suffered censorship by DC due mainly to the violent content of Millar's stories. In addition, the title was hampered by delays, due in part to Quitely's slow drawing speed and the time he took off to draw the final issue of Morrison's The Invisibles. The Invisibles is a mature readers Comic book series that was published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics from 1994 to [1]

New X-Men art by Quitely.
New X-Men art by Quitely. New X-Men refers to two Superhero Comic books published by Marvel Comics within the X-Men franchise

Quitely abruptly and controversially left The Authority, however, after receiving an offer from Marvel Comics to draw New X-Men, the lure of such a high-profile title and the chance to again team up with Grant Morrison too strong to resist. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc New X-Men refers to two Superhero Comic books published by Marvel Comics within the X-Men franchise The pair's first issue saw them dispense with many of the trappings the title was associated with, such as the colourful spandex costumes, and replace them with a more contemporary look and feel. Although provoking an initially hostile response from a section of X-Men fans, the run sold extremely well and brought the title the sort of critical acclaim it had not had for many years. However, Quitely's pace again drew criticism, as a title as high-profile as X-Men could not afford to delay issues while waiting for him to finish, and the three-year run was therefore characterised by the use of many fill-in artists. Despite this, Quitely also managed to find time to illustrate a Neil Gaiman-written story for the hardcover graphic novel, Sandman: Endless Nights. Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and The Sandman Endless Nights is a Graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman as a follow-up to his Sandman

Since leaving New X-Men, Quitely has drawn the mini series We3 in 2004, again in collaboration with Morrison. We3 is a three-issue American comic book mini-series by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, who describe its kinetic More than any other series in his career to date, this book was almost unanimously acclaimed by critics for its art and storytelling,[2] and further cemented Quitely's reputation. He has also written and drawn new installments of The Greens for the Scottish underground comic Northern Lightz, and in 2005 Morrison and Quitely designed a series of tarot cards for Intensive Care, the latest album by popstar Robbie Williams. The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock or similar names is typically a set of seventy-eight cards comprised of twenty-one trump cards, one Robert Peter Maximilian Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer

In December 2004, Quitely signed to a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics, where he is currently illustrating All Star Superman. All Star Superman is a Comic book series featuring Superman that premiered in November 2005. The twelve issue series, yet another collaboration with Morrison, began publication in November 2005, and has once again attracted near-unanimous praise. [3] At the Baltimore Comic Convention, it was announced that Morrison will continue with a variety of artists on the book. Meanwhile, he has continued to draw covers for Vertigo, for series including Bite Club, Books of Magick : Life During Wartime and the recent American Virgin.

Artistic style

Quitely's pencil work is sometimes "digitally inked" by Jamie Grant (WE3, All-Star Superman), with a darkening of the linework carried out in the digital realm in programs such as Photoshop rather than the more traditional use of actual Indian ink applied directly over the artwork. We3 is a three-issue American comic book mini-series by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, who describe its kinetic All Star Superman is a Comic book series featuring Superman that premiered in November 2005. "Indian ink" redirects here For the play by Tom Stoppard see Indian Ink (play. This technique was used to "ink" some of Quitely's art in his New X-Men run, and in the entirety of the WE3 and All Star Superman arc [4] [5] [6] [7].

Selected works

References

  1. ^ The Continuity Pages: The Authority > Mark Millar The Authority Era (2000-2002)
  2. ^ 31 October 2004
  3. ^ All Star Superman #1
  4. ^ Barbelith Underground > Comic Books > All-Star Superman
  5. ^ Barbelith Underground > Comic Books > All-Star Superman
  6. ^ Barbelith Underground > Comic Books > All-Star Superman
  7. ^ See the above 3 links to the Barbelith forum where colorist Jamie Grant discusses digitally inking Quitely's art
  8. ^ Note : the final issue; the series' third and final volume was numbered in reverse order

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