| Joe Madureira | |
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 Madureira at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 17, 2009. |
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| Born | December 3, 1974 |
| Area(s) | Writer, 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.
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Career
Madureira's 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 hold" 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.
Madureira returned to the comic book industry as the artist on Marvel's The Ultimates 3, with writer Jeph Loeb.[3][4] 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.[5] It is set to release on Xbox 360 and PS3 in early 2010.[6]
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- 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
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
- ^ Wizard: Loeb & Mad on Ultimates v3, Newsarama, August 30, 2005,
- ^ Exclusive: Ultimates 3 Debut Part One, IGN
- ^ Darksiders: Wrath of War Preview, IGN
- ^ Darksiders: How the World Ends, IGN
References
- Curtin, Jack. "Steady Costumer." Wizard: The Guide to Comics #49. September 1995.
- Joe Madureira at the Comic Book DB
External links
Interviews
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- IGN Darksiders Interview, IGN
- 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 |
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