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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Taumaturgo and the second or paternal family name is Borges.
Mike Deodato
Mike Deodato at Lucca Comics & Games 2014
BornDeodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho
(1963-05-23) May 23, 1963 (age 61)
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Area(s)Penciller
Pseudonym(s)Mike Deodato Jr.

Mike Deodato (/ˌdiːəˈdætoʊ/; born 23 May 1963 in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil), sometimes credited as Mike Deodato Jr., is the professional pseudonym of Brazilian comic book artist Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho.

Career

One of Deodato's first works was a 1993 photo-realistic comic book adaptation of the television series Beauty and the Beast published by Innovation Publishing. Deodato became famous in the North American comic book industry for his work with writer William Messner-Loebs on Wonder Woman. After his Wonder Woman project he had a short stint as the penciller of The Mighty Thor, where he worked with writer Warren Ellis, and later drew Glory for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios at Image Comics and Maximum Press.

While his style in the mid-1990s was highly reminiscent of Jim Lee, he has recently changed to a more simplified, photo-realistic and sometimes moody style. His first work with this new artistic identity was The Incredible Hulk, written by Bruce Jones. Since then, he has worked on the Doctor Strange spin-off Witches and became the regular penciller of The Amazing Spider-Man and The New Avengers. Deodato then took over as regular penciller for the Marvel title Thunderbolts with issue 110, once again collaborating with Warren Ellis. Deodato then became the regular artist for the Dark Avengers ongoing series which came out of the conclusion of Secret Invasion. With writer Ed Brubaker, he launched the ongoing series Secret Avengers in May 2010,[1] before returning to New Avengers.

in 2012 he became the penciller of The Avengers and The New Avengers.[2] Deodato worked with Jason Aaron on the eight-issue flagship comic of Marvel's 2014 crossover storyline, Original Sin. In 2017 Deodato drew the Astonishing X-Men ongoing series with writer Charles Soule. He drew the Infinity Wars limited series in 2018 with writer Gerry Duggan.[3]

in March 2019 Deodato announced that he would leave Marvel after his upcoming run on Savage Avengers. Deodato said "When I was a boy I dreamt to one day become a Marvel artist. I grew up reading Avengers, Captain America, Spider-Man and, since my father was already an artist in Brazil, I decided I would do the same, but drawing the heroes that made my childhood so great, "I've been living my dream with those characters for 24 years," he added. "I've loved every second of it."[4]

Bibliography

Dark Horse

DC

Image

  • Glory #1–10 (among other artists) (1995–96)
  • Jade Warriors #1–3 (1999–2000)
  • WildC.A.T.s #47 (along with Ed Benes) (1998)

Marvel

Other publishers

Covers work

  • A+X #1 (Variant Cover Only Marvel 2012)
  • Astonishing X-Men #8 (Marvel, 2017–)
  • Darth Vader Annual #2 (Marvel, 2017–)
  • Marvel Legacy #1 (Variant Cover Only Marvel 2016)
  • Prowler#10 (2016)

Notes

  1. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (December 23, 2008). "Mike Deodato Explores His Dark (Avengers) Side". Newsarama.
  2. ^ Ching, Albert (December 5, 2012). "Jonathan Hickman Brings the World to Marvel NOW! Avengers". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  3. ^ "Marvel's Infinity Wars Announcement Teases New Cosmic Character". Comic Book Resources.com. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  4. ^ "Mike Deodato Will Leave Marvel After Savage Avengers". Comic Book Resources.com. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  5. ^ White, Brett (March 6, 2015). "Bendis, Deodato launch Guardians of Knowhere during Secret Wars". Comic Book Resources.
  6. ^ "Red Giant to Release New Original Projects From Superstar Comic Artist Mike Deodato" (Press release). MarketWired. September 5, 2013.

References

Preceded by The Incredible Hulk artist
1996–1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by The Amazing Spider-Man artist
2004–06 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Avengers artist
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Moon Knight artist
2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Thunderbolts artist
2007–2008 		Succeeded by
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