American artist
Edward McGuinness is an American
comic book artist and
penciller , who has worked on books such as
Superman ,
Superman/Batman ,
Deadpool , and
Hulk . His pencil work is frequently inked by
Dexter Vines , and as such, their cover work carries the stylized signature "EdEx". McGuinness frequent collaborator, writer
Jeph Loeb , had characterized McGuinness' art style as incorporating elements of artists
Jack Kirby and
Arthur Adams .
Early life
McGuinness is a graduate of
Stoughton High School in
Stoughton, Massachusetts .[
citation needed ]
Career
McGuinness first gained recognition in the comic book industry with his work on
Deadpool and
Vampirella . His short run on
Wildstorm 's
Mr. Majestic resulted in work as the artist on the monthly Superman title with writer
Jeph Loeb . His run on the title included the "Emperor Joker"
[2] and "
Our Worlds at War "
[3] crossovers. Subsequent jobs included
Superman/Batman ,
[4] and the 2003
Wildstorm Comics ' miniseries,
Thundercats : Reclaiming Thundera . The
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies animated film was adapted from Loeb and McGuinness' opening story arc on the Superman/Batman title.
[5]
McGuinness and inker
Dexter Vines have teamed up on Superman/Batman ,
JLA Classified ,
Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America , and
Hulk vol. 2 (the last two series written by another frequent collaborator, Jeph Loeb).
McGuinness has also worked on titles such as
Wolverine '96 and
Fighting American .
In May 2006, McGuinness signed an exclusive two-year contract with
Marvel Comics . His first printed Marvel piece was a cover for the Marvel limited series
Civil War , and featured
Thor in his original outfit. He also drew a variant cover for the monumental
Captain America No. 25. McGuinness's first ongoing story under his new Marvel Contract was a 12-page Ultimate back-up featuring the
Hulk vs.
Wolverine .
Beginning in 2008, McGuinness drew the first six issues of a new Hulk series, during which he and writer Jeph Loeb introduced a new archenemy,
Red Hulk . McGuinness would sporadically draw 11 more issues of the series until issue No. 30 (April 2011). Loeb characterized McGuinness' art style thus: "He takes a little bit of Kirby, a taste of Arthur Adams, and then adds his own unique spin and it's awesome."
[6]
In 2013 he and writer
Jason Aaron started the series Amazing X-Men vol. 2.
[7]
He illustrated
Spider-Man/Deadpool in 2016–2017 with writer
Joe Kelly , The comic focuses on Deadpool and Spider-Man as they team up to face various threats.
[8]
In 2018 Marvel Comics relaunched a new volume of
Avengers , with McGuinness as artist.
[9]
In other media
Ed McGuinness' Hulk wallpaper
[10] is featured in the opening title sequence of the 2010
History Channel television series
Stan Lee's Superhumans .
[11]
DC Comics has released a number of
action figures and statues based McGuinness' rendering of its characters. These include a black and white statue of
Batman from the "Public Enemies" storyline that McGuinness illustrated while on
Superman/Batman ,
[12]
[13] and a
Hawkman action figure from the same storyline.
[14] Other action figures have been released based on his artwork from the subsequent "Vengeance" storyline, including
Bizarro ,
[15]
Power Girl ,
[16]
Joker and
Mr. Mxyzpltk .
[17] DC has also released
Justice League of America figures based on McGuinness' artwork, including
Superman , Batman,
Wonder Woman and
the Flash .
[18]
Personal life
McGuinness lives in
Maine with his wife and four children.
[19]
Bibliography
Interior work
Harris Comics
Vampirella Strikes #1-2 (1995)
Vengeance of Vampirella #21, 23-24 (1995–1996)
Awesome Comics
Arcana Studio
Boom! Studios
DC Comics
Marvel Comics
Amazing
X-Men vol. 2 #1-5, 8 (2014)
Astonishing X-Men vol. 4 #3 (2017)
The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 6 #6, 15–18, 27-30 (2022-2023)
The Avengers vol. 8 #1–6, 10–12, 18–20, 27–30, 32, 38, 50 (2018-2021)
Avengers: X-Sanction #1-4 (2011)
AvX : Vs. #3, 6 (2012)
Cable #58 (1998)
Captain America #616 (backup story, 2011)
Deadpool #1–9 (1997)
Fallen Son: Death of Captain America #2 (2007)
Guardians of The Galaxy vol. 3 #18–20 (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 4 #19 (among other artists, 2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Alpha #1 (2015)
Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Omega #1 (2015)
Hulk #1–6, 10–13, 19–24, 30 (2008-2011)
The Incredible Hulk vol. 1 #470-471, 600 (1998, 2009)
Marvel Legacy #1 (various artists, 2017)
Marvel Comics Presents #1 (among other artists, 2008)
Nova #1–5 (2013)
Spider-Man/Deadpool #1–5, #8–10, #13–14, #17–18 (2016-2017)
Stan Lee Meets
Dr. Doom #1 (backup story, 2006)
Ultimate Hulk Annual #1 (with
Marko Djurdjević , 2008)
Wolverine '96 (1996)
Wolverine vol. 3 #50 (backup story, 2007)
Wildstorm
Cover work
Action Comics #795, #811 (
DC , 2003)
Ant-Man #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2015)
Avengers : X-Sanction #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
Avengers: 1,000,000 B.C. #1 (Marvel, 2022)
All-Out Avengers #4 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2022)
Avenging Spider-Man #2 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
All-New X-Men #17 (
Marvel , 2013)
A+X #1–5 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #559 (Marvel, 2008), #612 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2009), #661–662 (Marvel, 2011), #797, 799 (variant covers only, Marvel, 2018)
The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 6 #6 (variant cover, Marvel, 2022), 14 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2022), 15-18 (variant covers, Marvel, 2022–2023), 27-30 (Marvel, 2023)
Astonishing
Thor #2-3 (Marvel, 2011)
Batman : Gotham Knights #22 (DC, 2001)
Captain America vol. 9 #24 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2020)
Captain America and Bucky #620, 624 (Marvel, 2008)
Captain Marvel #1–5 (Marvel, 2008)
Civil War #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
Dark Avengers: Ares No. 3 (Marvel, 2009)
Deadpool #1-9 (Marvel, 1997)
Death of Wolverine: Deadpool & Captain America #1 (Marvel, 2014)
Eternals Annual #1 (Marvel, 2008)
Gen13 #2 (DC, 2006)
Guardians of the Galaxy #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013)
Legendary
Star-Lord #2 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014)
Marvel Legacy #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2017)
Morbius The Living Vampire Vol 2 #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013)
Nightwing #62 (DC, 2001)
Superman : The Man of Steel #104 (2000)
Superman/ThunderCats (variant cover only, Wildstorm, 2004)
Spider-Gwen #25 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2015)
Spider-Man/Deadpool #1-5, 8–10, 13–14, 17-18 (Marvel, 2016–2017), 21 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2017)
Teen Titans #13-14 (DC, 2003)
Ultimate Captain America #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2011)
Hulk #1-6, #10-13, #19-30 (Marvel, 2008–2011)
The Incredible Hulk #470-471 (1998)
The Rise Of Ultraman #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2020)
Robin #148–149 (DC, 1993–1994)
Royals #3 (variant cover only,Marvel, 2017)
Red She-Hulk #58 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
Fall of the Hulks:
Red Hulk #1 (Marvel, 2010)
She-Hulk vol. 2 #22 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2007)
Thanos : Death Notes #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2022)
Thor vol. 3 #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2007)
Thor vol. 1 #620.1 (Marvel, 2011)
Thor vol. 6 #9 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2020)
What If? Fallen Son #1 (Marvel, 2008)
Wolverine #310 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
Wolverine Annual #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014)
World War Hulk :
X-Men #1-3 (Marvel, 2007)
References
^
Inkpot Award
^ Cowsill, Alan; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle .
Dorling Kindersley . p. 296.
ISBN
978-0-7566-6742-9 . A nine-part saga that stretched over all the Superman titles, starting in Superman No. 160 with script by Jeph Loeb and art by Ed McGuinness. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 300: "The multipart story 'Our Worlds at War' dominated the Superman books for the August and September [2001] cover dates...The opening chapter, written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Ed McGuinness, began with Superman investigating the missing Pluto."
^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 311: "Writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness created a tale befitting such A-list characters in 'Public Enemies', the six-part story that launched the new series."
^
"Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Hits 9.29.09" . Newsarama. June 29, 2009. Archived from
the original on July 2, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2012 .
^ George, Richard (November 27, 2007).
"Jeph Loeb's Red Hulk Interview" .
IGN .
^ DAVE RICHARDS (July 22, 2013).
"SDCC: Nightcrawler Returns In Aaron's "Amazing X-Men" " .
CBR.com . Archived from
the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020 .
^ Dave Richards (July 28, 2015).
"Kelly & McGuiness Unsheathe Razor Sharp Wits in "Spider-Man/Deadpool" " .
CBR.com . Archived from
the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020 .
^ Adams, Tim (July 3, 2020).
"Marvel Reveals Three More Artists Joining Ed McGuinness on Avengers" .
CBR.com . Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
^ McGuinness, Ed.
Hulk wallpaper at Comics Art Community. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Stan Lee's Superhumans ;
History Channel ; New episodes page. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Batman Black & White Statue Ed McGuinness
Archived July 17, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine ; Urban Collector. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Batman Black and White Statue by Ed McGuinness ; Alter Ego Comics. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Superman Batman Series 3 Hawkman Figure – Ed McGuinness DC Direct Public Enemies ;
Amazon.com . Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Superman/ Batman Series 4: With a Vengeance Bizarro Action Figure ; Amazon.com. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Superman/ Batman Series 5: Vengeance 2: Power Girl Action Figure ; Amazon.com. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Superman Batman Series 5 Joker and Mr. Mxyzpltk Figure 2 Pack – Ed McGuinness DC Direct With A Vengeance 2 [
permanent dead link ] ; Action Figure Perfect. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
Justice League of America Action Figure
Archived March 15, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine ;
Toys R Us ; March 27, 1981. Retrieved September 4, 2010
^
"Ed McGuinness" . DC Comics. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
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