Alitha Martinez
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Alitha E. Martinez is an American
Career
Martinez attended the School of Visual Arts in the mid-1990s. She has discussed the challenges she faced as often the only female student in her cartooning classes.[2]
For much of the latter half of the 1990s, Martinez worked as a background assistant/inker for other creators, with her earliest known work being her 1993 contribution to the series
After a series of short stints and one-shots for the next few years, Martinez became a regular artist on the Season 2 and Season 3 Heroes webcomics produced in 2008–2009 to supplement the popular television show of the same name.
Moving to DC Comics, Martinez co-created the villain Knightfall in Batgirl #10 (August 2012).
In recent years, she helped create the artwork, including cover art, for a special commemorative issue of
In 2019, Martinez released the series Omni with writer
In 2020, art by Martinez was included in the exhibit Women in Comics: Looking Forward, Looking Back at the Society of Illustrators in New York City.[10][2]
Martinez is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts.[11]
Personal life
Martinez is of
Awards
- 2018 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series (World of Wakanda)[12]
- 2018 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book[13]
Bibliography (selected)
Archie Comics
- New Crusaders issues #3–5 (2013) – with writer Ian Flynn
- Riverdale One-Shot (2017) – with writer Will Ewing
- Mighty Crusaders #1 (Dec. 2018) – with writer Ian Flynn
DC Comics
- Batgirl issues #7, 8, 10 (2012) – with writer Gail Simone
- Vertigo Quarterly CMYK #1 (2014) – with writer Amy Chu
- Represent: It's a Bird! (2020) — with writer Christian Cooper[14]
Devil's Due Publishing
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe #9–11 (2004) – with writer Dan Jolley
Graphic Universe
- The Quest for Dragon Mountain: Book 16 (Twisted Journeys) (2010) – with writer Robin Mayhall
Heroes
- Faces, Part 1 (2008) – with writer Mark Sable
- Berlin parts 1 and 2 (2008) – with writer Christopher Zatta
- Hindsight (2008) – with writer Oliver Grigsby
- Foresight (2008) – with writer Zach Craley
- Dreams Unto Death (2008) – with writer Christopher Zatta
- The Sting of Injustice (2008) – with writer Christopher Zatta
- Viewpoints (2008) – with writer Chuck Kim
- The Caged Bird parts 1 and 2 (2008) – with writer Timm Keppler
- What We Have Wrought (2009) – with writer Joseph Robert Donnelly
Humanoids/H1
- Devin K. Grayson
Image Comics
- Lazarus: X+66 #4 (2017) – with writers Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann
Marvel Comics
- Cable 1999 (1999) – with writers Michael Higgins and Karl Bollers
- Iron Man issues #28–40 (2000–2001) – with writers Joe Quesada and Frank Tieri
- Marvel Age: Fantastic Four issues #3, 9, 10 (2005) – with writers Sean McKeever and Marc Sumerak
- Black Panther: World of Wakanda issues #1–5 (2017) – with writer Roxane Gay
- Leah Williams
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #26, #44–47 (2018–2019) – with writer Brandon Montclare
NBM/Papercutz
- WWE Slam City Comics (2014) – with writer Mathias Triton
- Papercutz Free Comic Book Day #11 (2016) – with writer Sarah Kuhn
References
- ^ Regine L. Sawyer (March 25, 2015). "Women in Comics NYC Collective International: Women's History Month Spotlights – Alithea E. Martinez". CBR. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ a b "Get To Know: BFA Cartooning Faculty Member Alitha Martinez," School of Visual Arts website (April 8, 2021).
- ^ "TSL Comic Book Convo Presents: Comic Book Chats with Artists Alitha E. Martinez and The Franchize Jerry Gaylord". The Shadow League. December 23, 2015.
- ^ a b Horne, Karama. "Indie Comics Spotlight: Alitha Martinez Has Been Here Before," SyFyWire (Feb 15, 2018).
- ^ "Alitha Martinez: Comics," Marvel.com. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ Ron C. (February 28, 2017). "Check out a preview of Riverdale One Shot and more new Archie Comics on sale 3/1/17". Archie Comics. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ Wade, Cameron (13 October 2016). "See the First Page of World of Wakanda from Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates & Alitha Martinez". pastemagazine.com. Paste Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Lazarus: X+66 #4 (Of 6)". Image Comics. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ McMillan, Graeme. "'Omni' Lets Artist Alitha E. Martinez Create the Future of Comics," Hollywood Reporter (August 12, 2019).
- ^ "Women in Comics: Looking Forward and Back," Archived 2020-06-01 at the Wayback Machine Society of Illustrators website. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ "Alitha Martinez: Comic book artist: Pre-College Program BFA Cartooning," School of Visual Arts website. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ Petski, Denise. "Eisner Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List – Comic-Con," Deadline (July 21, 2018).
- ^ Herviou, Nicole (April 13, 2018). "Marvel's Black Panther: World of Wakanda Wins GLAAD Media Award". Comic Book Resources. Valnet Inc. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
External links
- Official website
- Alitha Martinez at the Grand Comics Database
- Alitha Martinez at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)