Frank Quitely

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Biography

An example of Quitely's work on The Greens from Electric Soup.

Quitely first worked upon the Scottish underground comics title, Electric Soup, in 1990. He wrote and drew The Greens, a parody of The Broons strip published by D.C Thompson. It is at this point that he adopted the pseudonym of Frank Quitely, as he claims that he didn't want his family to see his work, worried that they may have found it upsetting. Initially Electric Soup was only distributed locally in Glasgow, then it was picked up by John Brown Publishing for widespread national UK distribution. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 422 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (607 × 863 pixel, file size: 149 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) scan This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 422 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (607 × 863 pixel, file size: 149 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) scan This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. ... Electric Soup #2, cover by Frank Quitely. ... Electric Soup #2, cover by Frank Quitely. ... The Broons is a comic strip within The Sunday Post, which is printed by D. C. Thomson & Co. ... D. C. Thomson & Co. ... John Brown Publishing is a British magazine publisher with a stable including Viz and Fortean Times. ...

This brought Quitely's work to the attention of Judge Dredd Megazine editor David Bishop. He was given work on Shimura, written by Robbie Morrison, and Missionary Man, by Gordon Rennie, quickly rising to prominence and being voted among the fans' favourite five artists in an end-of-year survey. By 1994 he had started work in various stories in Paradox Press's series of Big Book Of graphic novels, as well as work for Dark Horse Presents for Dark Horse Comics. Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ... David Bishop is the New Zealand born editor of British comics the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD. Generally agreed to have been the man who began to reverse the steep decline in sales suffered by both titles in the early 1990s, Bishop has been responsible for discovering many... Inspector Shimura is a Japanese Judge (a combination of policeman, judge and executioner) in Hondo-Cit, a futuristic version of Tokyo, in a long-running comic strip in the British science fiction anthology, the Judge Dredd Megazine. ... Robbie Morrison is a British comics writer most known for his work in 2000 AD and as the co-creator of popular character Nikolai Dante. ... Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy. ... Paradox Press is a division of DC Comics. ... Dark Horse Presents was the original comic book published by Dark Horse Comics and for years was their flagship title. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

His big break into American comics was Flex Mentallo, a Doom Patrol spin-off written by fellow Glaswegian Grant Morrison for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, in 1996. Quitely's work proved very popular, and this launched him onto more work for Vertigo. Initially he was put to work on strips for anthology titles such as Weird War Tales, and drew four issues of Jamie Delano's 2020 Visions, as well as various covers for DC. He later drew his first full length graphic novel, Batman: The Scottish Connection, with writer Alan Grant. The Cover of Flex Mentallo issue #1 Flex Mentallo is a comic book character who first appeared in 1990 in issue #35 of Grant Morrisons run on Doom Patrol as a member of the audience for Danny the Streets Perpetual Cabaret. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer and artist. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... ANThology is the first major label album by Alien Ant Farm. ... Weird War Tales was a comic book title published by DC Comics which ran from September 1971 to June 1983, numbering 124 issues. ... Jamie Delano Jamie Delano (born 1954, Northampton) is a British comics writer. ... Cover of 2020 Visions #1. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Alan Grant is a Scottish comic book writer born in 1949. ...

The year 2000 saw Quitely and Morrison collaborate again, on JLA:Earth 2. Once again, the graphic novel was met with a hugely positive critical response, and later that year Quitely took over from Bryan Hitch as artist on The Authority, with Mark Millar as writer. This run proved to be highly controversial, and Quitely's art suffered censorship by DC due mainly to the violent content of Millar's stories. In addition, the title was hampered by delays, due in part to Quitely's slow drawing speed and the time he took off to draw the final issue of Morrison's The Invisibles.^[1] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover to Ultimates (v2) #12. ... The Authority is a superhero comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. ... Mark Millar (born December 24, 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer born in Coatbridge. ... Cover to The Invisibles (v2) #1. ...

New X-Men art by Quitely.

Quitely abruptly and controversially left The Authority, however, after receiving an offer from Marvel Comics to draw New X-Men, the lure of such a high-profile title and the chance to again team up with Grant Morrison too strong to resist. The pair's first issue saw them dispense with many of the trappings the title was associated with, such as the colourful spandex costumes, and replace them with a more contemporary look and feel. Although provoking an initially hostile response from a section of X-Men fans, the run sold extremely well and brought the title the sort of critical acclaim it had not had for many years. However, Quitely's pace again drew criticism, as a title as high-profile as X-Men could not afford to delay issues while waiting for him to finish, and the three-year run was therefore characterised by the use of many fill-in artists. Despite this, Quitely also managed to find time to illustrate a Neil Gaiman-written story for the hardcover graphic novel, Sandman: Endless Nights. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... New X-Men refers to two superhero comic books published by Marvel Comics within the hugely popular X-Men franchise. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... New X-Men refers to two superhero comic books published by Marvel Comics within the hugely popular X-Men franchise. ... Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is an English author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many graphic novels. ... The Sandman: Endless Nights is a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman as a follow-up (but not a sequel) to his ground-breaking Sandman series. ...

Since leaving New X-Men, Quitely has drawn the mini series We3 in 2004, again in collaboration with Morrison. More than any other series in his career to date, this book was almost unanimously acclaimed by critics for its art and storytelling,^[2] and further cemented Quitely's reputation. He has also written and drawn new installments of The Greens for the Scottish underground comic Northern Lightz, and in 2005 Morrison and Quitely designed a series of tarot cards for Intensive Care, the latest album by popstar Robbie Williams. Cover artwork to the WE3 trade paperback. ... Visconti-Sforza tarot deck - The Devil card is a XX Century remake of the card missing from the original XV Century Deck The tarot is a set of cards featuring 21 trump cards and a special card called The Fool, in addition to the usual suit (face and pip) cards... Robbie Williams (born Robert Peter Williams on February 13, 1974) is a Grammy Award-nominated and fifteen time BRIT Award-winning English singer/songwriter. ...

In December 2004, Quitely signed to a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics, where he is currently illustrating All Star Superman. The twelve issue series, yet another collaboration with Morrison, began publication in November 2005, and has once again attracted near-unanimous praise.^[3] Meanwhile, he has continued to draw covers for Vertigo, for series including Bite Club, Books of Magick : Life During Wartime and the recent American Virgin. All Star Superman, launched in November 2005, is an ongoing comic book series featuring Superman, written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, digitally inked by Jamie Grant and published by DC Comics. ...

Artistic style and criticism

Quitely's pencil work is sometimes "digitally inked" by Jamie Grant (WE3, All-Star Superman), with a darkening of the linework carried out in the digital realm in programs such as Photoshop rather than the more traditional use of actual Indian ink applied directly over the artwork. This technique was used to "ink" some of Quitely's art in his New X-Men run, and in the entirety of the WE3 and All Star Superman miniseries ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}. Cover artwork to the WE3 trade paperback. ... All Star Superman, launched in November 2005, is an ongoing comic book series featuring Superman, written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, and published by DC Comics. ... Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) published by Adobe Systems. ... Indian ink (or India ink in American English) is a simple black ink once widely used for writing and printing, and now more commonly used for drawing, especially when inking comics. ...

Quitely employs a distinctively stylised approach to drawing human figures in particular, and from the beginning of his run on New X-Men - his first exposure to a notoriously critical audience, in this case X-Men fans - his work has tended to divide readers and critics. The majority of comics commentators have praised his craftsmanship,^[8] particularly the kinetic approach and level of detail brought to more recent work such as WE3 and All Star Superman. However, a number of fans posting on message boards and blogs have expressed their distaste for his stylised figures and perceived "ugly" faces,^[9] particularly in his X-Men work. In this latter case, Quitely's defenders tend to cite the enforced "rush" he was placed under while working on X-Men that is said to have affected his work; although detractors are also often critical of his notoriously slow rate of production.

Selected works

JLA:Earth 2 cover by Quitely.

• American Virgin (DC/Vertigo, covers #1-3 only, 2006)
• All Star Superman (DC, with Grant Morrison, 2005- )
• Bite Club (DC/Vertigo, covers only, 2004-)
• Books of Magick: Life During Wartime (DC/Vertigo, covers only, 2004-2005)
• WE3 (DC/Vertigo, with Grant Morrison, 2004-2005)
• Sandman: Endless Nights (DC/Vertigo, with Neil Gaiman, 2003)
• New X-Men (Marvel, with Grant Morrison, 2001-03)
• The Invisibles vol. 3, #1^[10] (DC/Vertigo, with Grant Morrison, 2000)
• The Authority (DC/Wildstorm, with Mark Millar, 2000-2001)
• JLA: Earth 2 (DC, with Grant Morrison, 2000)
• The Kingdom: Offspring (DC, with Mark Waid, 1998)
• Batman: The Scottish Connection (DC, with Alan Grant)
• Flex Mentallo (DC/Vertigo, with Grant Morrison, 1996)
• Inaba (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #26, 1996)
• Missionary Man (serialised in Judge Dredd Megazine, with Gordon Rennie)
• Shimura (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #37-39, 1993)
• Daredevil #65 (Marvel, one page only, 2004)
• The Greens (in Electric Soup, 1990)

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References

1. ^ http://www.sequart.com/authorityMILLAR.htm
2. ^ http://www.thexaxis.com/capsules/31Oct04.htm
3. ^ http://www.thexaxis.com/misc/allstarsuperman1.htm
4. ^ http://www.barbelith.com/topic/22644/from/490
5. ^ http://www.barbelith.com/topic/22644/from/630
6. ^ http://www.barbelith.com/topic/22644/from/665
7. ^ See the above 3 links to the Barbelith forum where colorist Jamie Grant discusses digitally inking Quitely's art
8. ^ http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=1049
9. ^ http://www.barbelith.com/topic/3072
10. ^ Note : the final issue; the series' third and final volume was numbered in reverse order

Barbelith is both an element in the comic book series The Invisibles by Grant Morrison and the online forum named after it initially conceived of as a space for the discussion of Morrisons works. ... A colorist is an artist who colors comic art reading it for production as a comic book. ...

External links

• Vertigo profile
• 2000 AD profile
• Frank Quitely Profile Interview
• Morrison and Quitely's designs for the Robbie Williams album Intensive Care.