Joe Madureira
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 Madureira at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 2, 2010. |
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| Born | December 3, 1974 |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
| Pseudonym(s) | Joe Mad |
| Notable works | Battle Chasers Uncanny X-Men |
Joe Madureira (often called Joe Mad[1][2]), is a comic book writer/artist and game developer, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men and his creator-owned comic book Battle Chasers.
Madureira's style combines Western comic book influences with aspects of Japanese manga, and has been credited for helping the latter influence the American comic book industry.[3]
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[edit] Career
Madureira started at Marvel Comics as an intern,[4] working under editor Danny Fingeroth.[5] His first published work was an eight-page story for the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents, starring Northstar. He became the regular penciler on Uncanny X-Men in 1994 illustrating that book's installments of the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline.
He left Uncanny X-Men in 1997 to work on his own sword and sorcery series Battle Chasers for Wildstorm Comics' creator-owned Cliffhanger imprint (before it was sold to DC Comics).
Madureira produced a total of nine issues in four years (publishing two to three a year), a pace for which he was criticized.[2] He canceled Battle Chasers #10, and placed the series on indefinite hiatus after forming a game development company called Tri-Lunar with Tim Donley and Greg Peterson.
With Tri-Lunar, he created concept art on a game called Dragonkind which was canceled when Tri-Lunar went out of business. He then went to work for Realm Interactive, another start-up company, on Trade Wars: Dark Millennium. When Realm Interactive was acquired by NCsoft, he continued to contribute to the game as it evolved into Exarch, and was eventually released as Dungeon Runners. As Creative Director at THQ, he helped develop the game Darksiders, including designing the game's characters and settings, collaborator Joe Kelly wrote the game's script.[3]
Madureira returned to the comic book industry as the artist on Marvel's The Ultimates 3, with writer Jeph Loeb.[6] The second issue was published in January 2008, the third issue released on February 20, 2008. Ultimates 3 #4 came out on June 25, 2008.
In July 2007, Vigil Games' Darksiders was announced, of which Joe Madureira was creative director. It follows War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, on his quest to find out who prematurely triggered the apocalypse.[7] It was released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on January 5, 2010.[8]
Madureira has also provided cover artwork for Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, and the Sony PlayStation game Gekido: Urban Fighters.[9]
On June 13, 2011 it was announced on the Marvel.com live blog that he would be handling art duties on a new series written by Zeb Wells entitled Avenging Spider-Man.[5]
[edit] Personal life
Madureira has a daughter, born in the late 2000s.[5]
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1–4 (Marvel Comics, 1993)
- Uncanny X-Men #312–313, 316–317, 325–326, 328–330, 332, 334–338, 340–343, 345–348, 350 (Marvel Comics, 1994–1997)
- Battle Chasers #0, #1–9 (Cliffhanger, Image Comics, 1998–2001)
- Excalibur #57–58
- Ultimates 3 #1–5
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Look Who's Talking!"; Interview with Jeph Loeb; The Ultimates 3 #1; February 2008; Page 46.
- ^ a b Andrew Smith. "Canceled Comics Cavalcade Catch-up"; Comics Buyer's Guide #1485; May 3, 2002; Page 38
- ^ a b George, Richard. "Joe Madureira on Darksiders: Wrath of War", IGN, July 21, 2008
- ^ Arrant, Chris. "Marvel Interns Turned Pros: Tom Brevoort, Nick Lowe, David Gallaher and others talk about how their Marvel internships helped them break into comics", Marvel Comics, January 19, 2011
- ^ a b c Manning, Shaun. "Zeb Wells and Joe Mad Talk 'Avenging Spider-Man'", Comic Book Resources, June 13, 2011
- ^ George, Richard. "Exclusive: Ultimates 3 Debut Part One", IGN, July 24, 2007
- ^ Haynes, Jeff. "Darksiders: Wrath of War Preview: It's the end of the world as you know it, but everything isn't fine.", IGN, April 4, 2008
- ^ Goldstein, Hilary. "Darksiders: How the World Ends", IGN, June 9, 2008
- ^ Joe Madureira, Wizard World, accessed June 13, 2011.
[edit] References
- Curtin, Jack. "Steady Costumer." Wizard: The Guide to Comics #49. September 1995.
[edit] External links
- Joe Madureira at the Comic Book DB
- Examples of Madureira's work
- Video of Madureira sketching
- Trailer for Darksiders game
- Darksiders Developer Commentary
- Art interview
- 2008 Wizard World LA Preview Q&A
- 2008 Wizard World LA Ultimates interview, Comic Book Resources
| Preceded by John Romita, Jr. |
Uncanny X-Men artist 1994–1997 |
Succeeded by Chris Bachalo |
