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Jose Madureira (born December 3, 1974, in Philadelphia; pronounced [mædəˈrærə]), often simply called Joe Mad^[1], is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men and his creator-owned comic book Battle Chasers. is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... A penciller (or penciler) is one of a number of artists working within the comic industry. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... For the eponymous team and other X-Men comic books, see X-Men. ... Creator ownership is an arrangement in which the creator or creators of a work of fiction retain full ownership of the material, regardless of whether it is self-published or by a corporate publisher. ... Battle Chasers is an American fantasy comic book series by Joe Madureira, launched in April 1998. ...

Biography

In 1991 Marvel hired Madureira, a 16-year-old student at the High School of Art and Design, as an intern. His first published work was an eight-page story for the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents, starring Northstar. In the next few years, Madureira completed various assignments for Marvel's sprawling X-Men franchise. He became the regular penciler on Uncanny X-Men in 1994 and soon rose to become one of the most popular artists in the industry. As the Uncanny X-Men artist, Madureira designed the "Age of Apocalypse" uniforms, new manga-inspired costumes for the regular title (after Onslaught), as well as the Avengers' brief new designs after The Crossing. The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school located at 1075 Second Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ANThology is the first major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19, 2001 in the UK. // Their first single, Smooth Criminal, was a cover of Michael Jacksons song Smooth Criminal, which started to bring popularity to the band. ... Marvel Comics Presents is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1989 to 1995. ... This page relates to the superhero. ... The Age of Apocalypse is a popular X-Men story arc. ... This article is about the comics created in Japan. ... Onslaught is a fictional character, a psionic entity in the Marvel Comics universe created from the consciousness of two characters: Professor Charles Xavier, founder and leader of the X-Men, and the villainous mutant known as Magneto. ... The Avengers is a team of fictional superhero characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ...

He left Uncanny X-Men in 1997 to work on his own series Battle Chasers for Wildstorm Comics' creator-owned Cliffhanger imprint (before it was sold to DC Comics). Nine issues of the constantly-behind-schedule comic were released. The tenth issue was announced but never published. Madureira chose to abandon its publication, as it was to be the first part of a new storyline which he would not have been able to finish in light of other work to which he had committed. Battle Chasers is an American fantasy comic book series by Joe Madureira, launched in April 1998. ... Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ...

Joe then went on to work in the video game industry. Starting with the start-up company 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. During this time, he would occasionally contribute cover artwork for gaming magazines and comic books. Computer and video games redirects here. ... Trade Wars is the title, with some slight alteration in spelling and capitalization, of a series of computer games dating back to the early days of personal computing. ... NCsoft (KSE: 036570) is a South Korean based online computer game company. ... Dungeon Runners is a 3D Fantasy Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) developed by NCsoft. ...

Madureira returned to the comic book industry as the artist on Marvel's The Ultimates 3, with writer Jeph Loeb. ^[2] In late July 2007, the cover done by Joe Mad was featured on IGN.^[3] Joseph Jeph Siegbert Loeb III is an American motion picture and television producer/writer and award-winning comic book writer. ...

After leaving NCsoft, Madureira founded Vigil Games with several other ex-NCsoft employees. Vigil was acquired by THQ in March 2006. Vigil Games is an Austin, Texas based game development company owned by THQ. It was formed by comic artist Joe Madureira and David Adams. ... THQ Inc. ...

Impact

Madureira was dubbed one of the ten most influential comic artists of all time in the May 2002 issue of Wizard magazine. His inclusion was instantly contested by many comic book readers, as this list did not include many artists who are considered to have had a far more profound influence on the comics industry over a much longer period of time such as Hergé, Moebius and Katsuhiro Ōtomo. Dreamwave Productions founder Pat Lee claimed of Madureira, "When people think of the late '90s in comics, they will think of Joe Madureira."^{[citation needed]} Wizard or Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture (originally titled Wizard: The Guide to Comics and Wizard: The Comics Magazine) is a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wizard Entertainment. ... Georges Prosper Remi (May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Dreamwave Productions is a Canadian art design studio and comic book publisher, best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series. ... Patrick Pat C.K. Lee (born June 28, 1975) is a Canadian-born comic book artist, publisher, and co-founder of Dreamwave Productions. ...

The Ultimates 3

In December 2007, the first issue (in a series of five) of The Ultimates 3 was published, with Joe Madureira doing pencils, Christian Lichtner doing coloring, and written by Jeph Loeb. Joseph Jeph Siegbert Loeb III is an American motion picture and television producer/writer and award-winning comic book writer. ...

The second issue was published in January 2008,the third issue released on February 20, 2008 and the fourth issue june 25 2008.

Inspirations

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Madureira remarked his early style was heavily influenced by Arthur Adams in an interview with Wizard Magazine,^{[citation needed]} but his style evolved into one more influenced by manga and anime. In interviews, Madureira has mentioned that series such as Ghost in the Shell and Bastard!! are among his favorites.^{[citation needed]} His run on X-Men helped fuel interest in the United States towards Japanese entertainment during the late 1990s.^{[citation needed]} Arthur (Art) Adams is a comic book creator, best known for the series Monkeyman and OBrien published by Dark Horse. ... Wizard: The Comics Magazine is a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States. ... This article is about the comics created in Japan. ... Animé redirects here. ... Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ... This article is about the manga. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ...

Selected bibliography

• 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

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References

• Curtin, Jack. "Steady Costumer." Wizard: The Guide to Comics #49. September 1995.

Footnotes Wizard or Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture (originally titled Wizard: The Guide to Comics and Wizard: The Comics Magazine) is a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wizard Entertainment. ...

Joseph Jeph Siegbert Loeb III is an American motion picture and television producer/writer and award-winning comic book writer. ...

External links

• Video of Madureira sketching
• Trailer for Darksiders game