Post by theanomaly on Aug 5, 2005 17:30:30 GMT -5
Marvel Comics may have just scored the first major “buzz” announcement of this weekend’s Wizardworld: Chicago, minutes ago announcing it has signed writer Jeph Loeb to an exclusive contract and that he’ll be working with artist Joe Madureira on a project.
Madureira was asked if he was exclusive to Marvel or just on board for this unnamed project. "It's just this one thing," he replied, "but there's a lot more to talk about."
* Newsarama Link: WW: Chicago – Jeph Loeb Exclusive & Joe Madureira Returns
* Comic Book Resources Link: WWC, DAY 1 - CUP O' JOE SECOND REPORT
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Madureira was asked if he was exclusive to Marvel or just on board for this unnamed project. "It's just this one thing," he replied, "but there's a lot more to talk about."
* Newsarama Link: WW: Chicago – Jeph Loeb Exclusive & Joe Madureira Returns
Madureira returns to Marvel after eight years. The creator became one of the 90’s most bankable artists as penciler of a three-year stint on Uncanny X-Men before leaving to form the Wildstorm creator-owned imprint “Cliffhanger” along with J. Scott Campbell (Danger Girl) and Humberto Ramos (Crimson).
Premiering in 1998, Madureira’s Battlechasers debuted as one of the industry’s bestselling series, and eventually ran nine issues that were increasingly marked by the amount of time that lapsed between publication as the artist’s involvement in the videogame industry began to demand more and more of his attention.
After Battlechasers, Madureira concentrated full-time on developing videogames, first for his own start-up Trilunar and most recently for NcSoft. While he’s contributed pin-ups and covers occasionally for publishers like Udon in recent years, today’s announcement that he’s returning to interior penciling of a work-for-hire project can definitely be regarded as an industry surprise.
Look for more details as they become available…
Premiering in 1998, Madureira’s Battlechasers debuted as one of the industry’s bestselling series, and eventually ran nine issues that were increasingly marked by the amount of time that lapsed between publication as the artist’s involvement in the videogame industry began to demand more and more of his attention.
After Battlechasers, Madureira concentrated full-time on developing videogames, first for his own start-up Trilunar and most recently for NcSoft. While he’s contributed pin-ups and covers occasionally for publishers like Udon in recent years, today’s announcement that he’s returning to interior penciling of a work-for-hire project can definitely be regarded as an industry surprise.
Look for more details as they become available…
* Comic Book Resources Link: WWC, DAY 1 - CUP O' JOE SECOND REPORT
A Joe Madureira cover for “House of M” (pictured below) was unveiled, displaying Spider-Man, Hulk and Wolverine. No, Loeb did not go on to say what his and Madureira's project was, but he later hinted that it probably had something to do with one of the characters on the cover displayed.
Madureira was asked if he'd ever finish “Battle Chasers.” The artist seemed disappointed that it never finished, but is content to let the book toil for now.
"It's one of those things that I think about every once in a while, and not having finished it bums me out... I would love to do it at some point, but it would be very far out."
Where has the artist been in the interim? Working in the video game industry as an art director, Madureira said. Most of the work he's done in the past couple years will probably never be seen, he said, unless it gets collected into an art book. But he did say he believes he's learned some “new tricks” while he was away.
Madureira was asked if he'd ever finish “Battle Chasers.” The artist seemed disappointed that it never finished, but is content to let the book toil for now.
"It's one of those things that I think about every once in a while, and not having finished it bums me out... I would love to do it at some point, but it would be very far out."
Where has the artist been in the interim? Working in the video game industry as an art director, Madureira said. Most of the work he's done in the past couple years will probably never be seen, he said, unless it gets collected into an art book. But he did say he believes he's learned some “new tricks” while he was away.
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?. Sure enough. He was there, sitting, looking just as cool as ever and calm. Of course i was reluctant to ask for a sketch because i didnt want to bother him but my lil bro did and he wasnt doing any. The guy is d**n NICE AND KIND, i swear if anyone has had problems with this guy it HAS to be because of either he was having a VERY bad day or whoever it was that was bothering him was being a jerk. I mean this guy can tolerate TONS of questions and he just seems to really get into conversation, ESPECIALLY about comics and games (big "duh" lol). It was a day i will never, ever forget, ever. Sigh.................................
