Jamie McKelvie
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jamie McKelvie is a British cartoonist and illustrator, known for his both work on books such as Phonogram, Young Avengers and The Wicked + The Divine, and his approach to comic character design.
Career
Since 2003, McKelvie has collaborated with Kieron Gillen on a number of works. This started with a comic strip for PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, entitled Save Point, which ran for at least three years.[1] The Guardian highlighted that Gillen and McKelvie "met in 2003 at a convention where Gillen was selling his first photocopied comics".[2] Their first comic book together was Phonogram, a six-issue series in 2006, which was followed by two sequel series in 2008 and 2015 with Matt Wilson.[3][4] The three worked together on a relaunch of Young Avengers for Marvel in 2013,[5] and created the 45-issue series The Wicked + The Divine between 2014 and 2019.[6] In 2021, GamesRadar+ highlighted that the duo has "worked together on-and-off for the past 17 years" and that their Batman short story Batman: Black and White #5 was their "first major project together since the conclusion of The Wicked + The Divine in 2019".[7]
His first creator-owned series as both writer and artist, Suburban Glamour, was published in 2008, with Guy Major and Matthew Wilson as colourists. He has done various work for Marvel Comics, including a run on Defenders with Matt Fraction, and the X-Men: Season One graphic novel with Dennis Hopeless.
McKelvie's artwork also graces the covers of the Art Brut album Brilliant! Tragic! and the single "Lost Weekend",[8][9][10] and of two novels by writer Mur Lafferty.[11] He has illustrated prints and tour posters for the band Chvrches and his art was animated in their music video for the new version of "Bury It" (2016) featuring Hayley Williams.[12][13]
Character design
McKelvie has redesigned a number of characters' costumes, including the 2012 redesign of long-time character Carol Danvers, for a relaunch of the character as the new Captain Marvel,[14] and in late 2013, the design for Kamala Khan's outfit when she becomes Ms Marvel.[15] In 2016, he designed the costumes for the time-displaced original five X-Men seen in X-Men: Blue (2017).[16] In 2023, he redesigned Kamala's costume after she joined the X-Men.[17][18] He has also made available his personal takes on Wonder Woman,[19] Iron Man[20] and Cyclops.[21]
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McKelvie has said that he emphasises practicality when creating his Marvel designs, stating that he considers the "message a [...] character's design is putting across",[22] and specifically for Ms. Marvel, the design reflects "the Captain Marvel legacy, and also her story and her background".[23] For the time-displaced X-Men, McKelvie commented that he "wanted to reference past incarnations of the characters, while at the same time coming up with something new and cohesive for the team".[16]
Works
Comics
Interior work
- "Loss" (with writer Amber Benson, in Four Letter Worlds, 144 pages, Image Comics, April 2005, Template:ISBN)
- Long Hot Summer (with Eric Stephenson, graphic novel, 96 pages, Image Comics, September 2005, Template:ISBN)
- Phonogram (with Kieron Gillen, three volume limited series, Image Comics, 2006, 2009, 2015): collected as:
- Rue Britannia (collects Vol 1 #1–6 (2006), tpb, 144 pages, Template:ISBN)
- The Singles Club (collects Vol 2 #1–7 (2009), tpb, 160 pages, Template:ISBN)
- The Immaterial Girl (collects Vol 3 #1–6 (2016), tpb, 168 pages, Template:ISBN)
- The Complete Phonogram, (collects Vol 1, 2 and 3 (2017) hb, 504 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Suburban Glamour (script and art, 4-issue mini-series, Image Comics, October 2007. tpb, 104 pages, Image, April 2008, Template:ISBN)
- "Migas" (with writer Matt Fraction, Nightcrawler story in X-Men: Divided We Stand No. 1, comics anthology, Marvel Comics, June 2008)
- Cable (with writer Duane Swierczynski, issues 11 and 12, Marvel Comics, 2009): collected within:
- X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (collects X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop #1–3, Cable #11–15, X-Force #14–16, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War One-Shot and X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook, tpb, 336 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Gotham Gazette (part, with writer Fabian Nicieza, issues Batman Dead? No. 1 and Batman Alive? No. 1, DC Comics): collected within:
- Batman: Battle for the Cowl (collects Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead? #1, Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1–3, Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1, tpb, 160 pages, Template:ISBN)
- SIEGE Loki (with writer Kieron Gillen, one shot (April 2010), Marvel Comics): collected within:
- Siege: Thor (collects Thor 607–610, Siege: Loki and New Mutants 11, tpb, 144 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (with writer Brian Michael Bendis, Co-Artist Issue 150, Marvel Comics)
- Invincible Iron Man (with writer Matt Fraction, back up stories in issues 32 and 33, Marvel Comics)
- Generation Hope (with writer Kieron Gillen, issues 5 and 9, Marvel Comics): collected within:
- The Future's a Four Letter Word (collects #1–5, tpb, 120 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Schism (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages Template:ISBN)
- Secret Avengers (with writer Warren Ellis, issue 16, Marvel Comics, August 2011): collected within
- Run The Mission, Don't Get Seen, Save The World (collects #16–21, tpb, 144 pages, Template:ISBN)
- X-Men Season One (with writer Dennis Hopeless, graphic novel, 136 pages, Marvel Comics, March 2012, Template:ISBN)
- Defenders (with writer Matt Fraction, issues 8–11): collected within
- Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 136 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Marvel Now Point One (part, with Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, 2012)
- Young Avengers (with Kieron Gillen and Matt Wilson, Marvel Comics, 2013-4): collected as:
- Style > Substance (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Alternative Cultures (collects #6–10, tpb, 112 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Mic-Drop at the Edge of Time and Space (collects #11–15, tpb, 112 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Omnibus (collects #1–15, hb, 360 pages, Template:ISBN)
- The Wicked + The Divine (with Kieron Gillen and Matt Wilson, Image Comics, 2014–2019): collected as:
- The Faust Act (collects #1–5, tpb, 180 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Fandemonium (Collects #6–11, tpb, 200 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Commercial Suicide (Collects #12–17, tpb, 200 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Rising Action (Collects #18–22, tpb, 168 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Imperial Phase (Part 1) (Collects #23–28, tpb, 200 pages, Template:ISBN)
- Imperial Phase (Part 2) (collects #29-33, tpb, 168 pages, 2018, Template:ISBN)
- Mothering Invention (collects #34-39, tpb, 208 pages, 2018, Template:ISBN)
- Old is the New New (collects all specials, tpb, 232 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534308806)
- Okay (collects #40-45, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534312498)
- "The Riddle" (with writer Kieron Gillen, in Batman Black and White vol. 5 #5, 8 pages, DC Comics, April 2021
Cover work
- Hack/Slash No. 11 (alternative cover)
- Captain Marvel No. 7, 9
- Ms. Marvel No. 1 (alternative cover), No. 2-9
- Nightcrawler (2014–) No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
- [Revolutionary War: Omega] (2014), No. 1
- The Fuse No. 3 (alternative cover)
Games
- Kudos 2, Positech Games
References
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- ↑ Wheeler, Andrew (9 January 2014). " Exclusive: Gillen & McKelvie Announce 'The Wicked + the Divine' For Image" Template:Webarchive. ComicsAlliance.
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- ↑ Khouri, Andy (4 March 2011). " Jamie McKelvie’s Art Brut Album Cover with Exclusive Kieron Gillen Commentary" Template:Webarchive. ComicsAlliance.
- ↑ " Art Brut's 'Brilliant! Tragic!' album cover art by Jamie McKelvie". Marvel.com. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ Reed, Patrick A. (1 September 2011). "Pop Music Comics: Brilliant! Tragic! (inspired by the songs Of Art Brut)". Depth of Field Magazine.
- ↑ Orbit Books (4 January 2013).Cover Story: THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NYC by Mur Lafferty
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External links
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- Jamie McKelvie at DC Comics
- Jamie McKelvie at Marvel Comics
- Jamie McKelvie at Twitter
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