Brazilian comics artist
Ivan Reis is a
Brazilian
comics artist . He is known for his work on comic books such as
Dark Horse Comics '
Ghost ,
Marvel Comics '
Captain Marvel and
Avengers Icons: The Vision and
DC Comics '
Action Comics ,
Green Lantern and
Aquaman series. According to collaborator
Geoff Johns , Reis's drawing style resembles those of
Alan Davis and
Neal Adams .
[1]
Career
For three years, Reis worked for
Maurício de Sousa in Brazil. He began his international career for
Dark Horse Comics working on
Ghost , starting with issue #17 and acting as regular artist until the series concluded with issue #36. Other work for Dark Horse included
The Mask , Time Cop , and
Xena . He later worked for
Lightning Comics .
[2]
At
Vertigo , he pencilled an issue of
Grant Morrison 's
The Invisibles .
[3] He became better known for
Lady Death at
Chaos! and
CrossGen . At
Marvel Comics , Reis worked on The
Thing &
She-Hulk : The Long Night , Avengers Icons:
Vision ,
Captain Marvel ,
Iron Man , The
Defenders , and The
Avengers .
Since 2004 Reis has worked for
DC Comics on
Action Comics ,
Teen Titans ,
Rann–Thanagar War ,
Superman , and
Infinite Crisis . Reis started pencilling
Green Lantern vol. 4 with issue #10 (May 2006).
[4] Reis left Green Lantern after issue #38 (March 2009) to draw the
Blackest Night limited series (June 2009 – May 2010)
[5] and its follow-up limited series
Brightest Day (July 2010 – June 2011).
[6]
[7] Reis was the regular penciller of writer
Geoff Johns ' run on
Aquaman vol. 7, which premiered in September 2011. Reis drew it for the first 13 issues before moving to
Justice League where he replaced
Jim Lee .
[8]
[9] Johns and Reis introduced the
Crime Syndicate of America into the New 52 continuity in Justice League #23 (Oct. 2013).
[10] Reis drew the first issue of Grant Morrison's
The Multiversity in 2014.
[11] Reis drew the first issue of
Brian Michael Bendis ' The Man of Steel limited series
[12] and collaborated with Bendis on the relaunched
Superman ongoing series in 2018.
[13]
On December 1, 2023, Reis was announced to be the tenth creator to join
Ghost Machine ,
[14]
[15] a
cooperative media company, whose formation had been announced in October at the
New York Comic Con , which would publish
creator-owned comics through
Image Comics .
[16]
[17] Reis would reunite with Johns on the
horror title Hyde Street , which Image Comics described as combining "Blackest Night's fantastic scope with Twilight Zone's thought-provoking drama." Reis illustrated variant covers for Ghost Machine #1,
[14]
[15] an anthology
ashcan comic to be published in January 2024, that would introduce Ghost Machine's four shared universes,
[18] including Hyde Street . The Hyde Street series would debut later that year.
[14]
[15] On December 3,
[19] Reis confirmed on his Instagram page that he was leaving DC Comics, after a 20 year stint with the publisher.
[20]
Bibliography
Chaos! Comics
Lady Death :
Alive #2 (with
Brian Pulido , 2001)
Dark Alliance #1–3 (with writer
John Ostrander , 2002)
Jade #1 (with writer
Brian Augustyn , 2002)
Judgement War #3 (with writers Brian Pulido and
Len Kaminski , 2000)
Last Rites #4 (with writer John Ostrander, 2002)
The Rapture #2–3 (with writers Brian Pulido and Len Kaminski, 1999)
CrossGen
Crux #21 (2003)
Lady Death: A Medieval Tale #1–6 (with writer Brian Pulido, 2003)
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Action Comics (Lana Lang) #812; (Superman) #813–819, 822–825 (with writer
Chuck Austen , 2004–05)
Aquaman , vol. 7, #1–13, #0 (with writer
Geoff Johns , 2011–12)
Batman , vol. 3, #6 (2016)
Blackest Night , miniseries, #0–8 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2009–10)
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps , miniseries, #3 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2009)
Brightest Day #1–14, 16–24 (with writers Geoff Johns and
Peter Tomasi , among other artists, 2010–11)
Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2005)
Cyborg #1–6 (with writer
David F. Walker , 2015–16)
DC Comics –
The New 52
FCBD Special Edition #1 (among other artists, 2012)
DC Comics: The New 52 Zero Omnibus (cover art, 2012)
DC Universe #0 (among other artists) (2008)
DC Universe: Rebirth #1 (among other artists; and variant cover artist first printing, 2016)
DCU Holiday Special #1 (among other artists) (2009)
52 #22 (Green Lantern backup story, with writer
Mark Waid , 2006); #51 (Justice League backup story, with writer Mark Waid, 2007)
Green Lantern , vol. 4, #10–17, 21–25, 29–38, Super Spectacular (with writer Geoff Johns, 2006–11)
Infinite Crisis , miniseries, #4–7 (among other artists) (2005–06)
Infinite Crisis Special: Rann–Thanagar War #1 (with writer
Dave Gibbons , 2006)
Justice League , vol. 2, #8, 12, 15–17, 19, 22–24, 26–28, 30, 35 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2012–14)
Justice League of America , vol. 4, #25 (with writer
Dwayne McDuffie , among other artists, 2008)
Justice League of America , vol. 5, #1, 4, 12–14, 17 (2017)
Justice League of America: Rebirth #1 (2017)
Justice League of America: The Atom - Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
Justice League of America:
Vixen - Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
Justice League of America: The
Ray - Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
Justice League of America:
Killer Frost - Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
Kamandi Challenge #5 (with writer
Bill Willingham , 2017)
The Man of Steel , miniseries, #1 (with writer
Brian Michael Bendis , 2018)
The Multiversity #1–2 (with writer
Grant Morrison , 2014–15)
Rann–Thanagar War miniseries, #1–6, Special #1 (with writer Dave Gibbons, 2005–06)
Superman , vol. 2, #223 (with writer
Mark Verheiden , 2006)
Superman , vol. 4, #14 (2017)
Superman , vol. 5, #1–15, 18-21, 25-28 (2018-2020)
Superman/Batman : Secret Files 2003 (with writer Geoff Johns)
Teen Titans /
Outsiders Secret Files 2003 (with writer Geoff Johns)
Teen Titans/
Legion Special #1 (with writers Geoff Johns and Mark Waid, 2004)
Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1 (among other artists) (2010)
Vertigo
WildStorm
Image Comics
Marvel Comics
The Avengers vol. 3 #52, 64 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2003), Annual 2001 (with writer
Kurt Busiek , 2001)
Avengers Icons: The
Vision , miniseries, #1–4 (with writer
Geoff Johns , 2002)
Captain Marvel vol. 3 #4, 9–12 (with writer
Peter David , 2003)
Defenders vol. 2 #12 (backup story, with writers Kurt Busiek and
Jo Duffy , 2002)
Quicksilver #7, 9 (1998)
The Supernaturals (with writer
Marc Andreyko ), five-issue limited series, 1998)
The Thing /
She-Hulk : The Long Night #1 (with writer
Todd DeZago , 2002)
References
^
"Geoff Johns Conquers the Universe" . Comic-Con Magazine .
San Diego Comic-Con International : 11. Winter 2010.
^
Ivan Reis at the
Grand Comics Database
^
Irvine, Alex (2008). "The Invisibles". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The Vertigo Encyclopedia . London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley . pp. 92–97.
ISBN
978-0-7566-4122-1 .
OCLC
213309015 .
^ Rogers, Vaneta (October 9, 2009).
"Reis of the Black Lanterns: Ivan Talks Blackest Night " .
Newsarama .
Archived from the original on December 8, 2013.
^ Cowsill, Alan (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle . London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley . p. 339.
ISBN
978-0-7566-6742-9 . Artist Ivan Reis handled the vast array of characters with amazing skill, bringing out the emotional core of Johns' brilliant script.
^ Rogers, Vaneta (February 19, 2009).
"Ivan Reis: Preparing for Blackest Night " . Newsarama.
Archived from the original on December 8, 2013.
^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 341: "Cowritten by Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi, and illustrated by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, and Joe Prado, Brightest Day was the start of the next chapter in the history of the DC Universe."
^
Johnston, Rich (August 14, 2012).
"Ivan Reis To Move From Aquaman To Justice League ?" .
Bleeding Cool .
Archived from the original on August 17, 2012.
^ Johnston, Rich (August 20, 2012).
"Geoff Johns To Leave Aquaman With Ivan Reis" . Bleeding Cool.
Archived from the original on October 24, 2012.
^ Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "2010s". Batman: A Visual History . London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley . p. 338.
ISBN
978-1465424563 . Writer Geoff Johns and artist Ivan Reis unveiled the true masterminds between the recent infighting among the various Justice Leagues.
^ Rogers, Vaneta (August 21, 2014).
"Vivisecting Multiversity With Ivan Reis & Joe Prado" . Newsarama.
Archived from the original on October 19, 2014.
^ Salvatore, Brian (May 30, 2018).
"Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, Art Team Behind The Man of Steel #1, Talk About What Makes Superman Special" . Multiversity Comics.
Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. This story has extra weight behind it, as it is Brian Michael Bendis's first big story at DC, and a sort of reset for the Superman status quo.
^ Rogers, Vaneta (July 9, 2018).
"Bendis' Superman Going to 'Farthest Reaches of Everything DC has to Offer' " .
Newsarama .
Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. With artist Ivan Reis on Superman , Bendis will be writing a story he calls 'very big, with big stories and big villains and big goings-on in the DC Universe, the kind of things only Superman can handle.'
^
a
b
c Dominguez, Noah (December 1, 2023).
"Image Comics' Ghost Machine Collective Adds Blackest Night Artist Ivan Reis" . SuperHeroHype.
Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023 .
^
a
b
c
"JUST ANNOUNCED: Superstar Artist Ivan Reis Joins GHOST MACHINE!" . Ghost Machine Productions. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023 – via
YouTube .
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Gustines, George Gene (October 12, 2023).
"A Comic Book Upstart Seeks to Shake Up the Industry" .
The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 .
Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023 .
^
"NYCC 2023: Ghost Machine Launches A Cooperative Media Company" . Graphic Policy. October 16, 2023.
Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023 .
^ Marsden, Megan (October 12, 2023).
"NYCC '23: GHOST MACHINE announces comic printing partnership with Image Comics" .
Comics Beat .
Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023 .
^ Reis, Ivan (December 3, 2023).
"(Untitled)" .
Instagram .
Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023 .
^ Brooke, David (December 2, 2023).
"Artist Ivan Reis reveals he no longer works for DC Comics" . AIPT .
Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023 .
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