Lee Bermejo
Lee Bermejo | |
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Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
Notable works |
Batman: Noël Before Watchmen: Rorschach Joker Lex Luthor: Man of Steel Wednesday Comics |
Awards |
IGN Comics Award Best Graphic Novel 2008 2015 Eisner Awards Best Short Story (nominated) |
Lee Bermejo is an American comic book artist whose published work includes interior illustrations and cover art.
Career
Lee Bermejo's career began in 1997 as an intern at WildStorm.[1] He is self-taught, with little formal art training.[2] His first credited comics work appeared in Gen¹³ #43 (Sept. 1999)[3] Together with writer Joe Kelly and co-artist Doug Mahnke, Bermejo crafted the "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" story in Action Comics #775 (March 2001). He and writer Brian Azzarello collaborated on the Lex Luthor: Man of Steel limited series in 2005[3] and the Joker graphic novel in 2008.[4] In 2009, Bermejo drew the Superman story in the Wednesday Comics limited series.[5][6] Bermejo both wrote and drew the Batman: Noël graphic novel in 2011.[7] He and Azzarello worked together again on the Before Watchmen: Rorschach limited series in 2012-2013.[8] In 2015, Bermejo launched the Suiciders series for Vertigo and We Are Robin for the main DC Comics line.[9][10]
Selected bibliography
Interior art
DC Comics
- 100 Bullets #26 (among other artists) (2001)
- Action Comics #775 (along with Doug Mahnke), #800, 836 (among other artists) (2001-2006)
- Batman Black and White vol. 2 #3 (2014)
- Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire #1-3 (2002)
- Batman: Noël, graphic novel (2011)
- Before Watchmen: Rorschach, miniseries, #1-4 (2012-2013)
- Gen¹³ #43-44; #66 (among other artists) (1999-2001)
- Gen¹³: Carny Folk #1 (2000)
- Global Frequency #9 (2003)
- Hellblazer #182-183 (2003)
- Joker, graphic novel (2008)
- Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, miniseries, #1-5 (2005)
- Mad Max: Fury Road: Inspired Artists (among other artists) (2015)
- Resident Evil: Fire & Ice, miniseries, #1-4 (2000–01)
- Robotech #0 (among other artists) (2003)
- Suiciders (2015)
- Superman vol. 2, (Lex Luthor) #202 (2004)
- Superman/Batman #75 (two-pages only) (2010)
- Superman/Gen 13 #1-3 (2000)
- Wednesday Comics (Superman, one-page each story) #1-12 (2009)
- Wildcats Annual #1 (2000)
Image Comics
- Resident Evil #1-3 (1998)
Marvel Comics
- Daredevil, vol. 2, #100 (among other artists) (2007)
- All-New X-Men, vol. 1, #25 (among other artists) (2014)
Cover work
- Adventures of Superman #575, 617-618
- Area 10 OGN (2010)
- Batman: Gotham Knights #50-55
- The Bronx Kill OGN (2010)
- Checkmate #1-5
- The Chill OGN (2010)
- Daredevil #88-93, 100
- Fear Itself Captain America 7.2 variant
- Dark Entries OGN (2009)
- Dark Reign Elektra #1-5
- Filthy Rich OGN (2009)
- Hellblazer #218, 221-238, 243-255
- The Stand: Captain Trips #1-5
- The Stand: American Nightmares #1-5
- X-Men: Legacy #220-224
- Fight Club 2 #1 variant
- Rumble #6 variant
Awards
- IGN Comics Award - Best Graphic Novel 2008 Joker (DC Comics)[11]
- 2015 Eisner Awards - Best Short Story for "Rule Number One" (nominated)[12]
References
- ↑ White, Brett (August 29, 2008). "Lee Bermejo Q&A". Wizard. Archived from the original on September 9, 2008.
- ↑ Thibault, Jason (May 11, 2009). "Lee Bermejo – Master of Pencil and Ink". OptimumWound.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012.
- 1 2 Lee Bermejo at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "2000s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 300. ISBN 978-1465424563.
Writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo took on the Clown Prince of Crime when they crafted this hardcover graphic novel about the Joker's latest release from Arkham Asylum.
- ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Wednesday Comics was a broadsheet anthology created to be reminiscent of the comic section in Sunday newspapers. It also brought together some of the medium's top creators...'Superman' with a script by John Arcudi, and art by Lee Bermejo.
- ↑ Renaud, Jeffrey (September 16, 2009). "Wednesday Comics: Arcudi & Bermejo". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
- ↑ Esposito, Joey (November 3, 2011). "Batman: Noël Review". IGN. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ↑ Gerding, Stephen (March 7, 2012). "DC Comics Releases Lee Bermejo Before Watchmen Art". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012.
- ↑ Johnston, Rich (July 1, 2013). "All Six New Vertigo Titles, Including Lee Bermejo's Suiciders And Caitlin Kittredge And Inaki Miranda's Coffin Hill". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
- ↑ Rogers, Vaneta (February 25, 2015). "We Are Robin Writer Bermejo Launches Suiciders At Vertigo". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Best Original Graphic Novel". IGN. n.d. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ↑ Arrant, Chris (July 11, 2015). "2015 Eisner Awards Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Lee Bermejo at the Comic Book DB
- Lee Bermejo at DC Comics
- Lee Bermejo at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Lee Bermejo at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators