Frank Quitely
Vincent Patrick Deighan (born 1968),
Early life
Deighan was raised in
Career
Deighan worked up the Scottish underground comics title
Initially Electric Soup was only distributed locally in Glasgow, then it was picked up by
His first major work in American comics was
2000 saw Quitely and Morrison collaborate again, on JLA: Earth 2.[11] The graphic novel was met with positive critical response, and later that year Quitely took over from Bryan Hitch as artist on The Authority, with Mark Millar as writer.[9]
Quitely left The Authority to draw
In December 2004, Quitely signed to a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics, where he illustrated All-Star Superman.[17] The twelve issue series, yet another collaboration with Morrison, began publication in November 2005. Quitely and Morrison's work on the series won them the Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2006, with Quitely collecting another nomination for Best Penciller/Inker.[18] The series won Best Continuing Series in 2007 and 2009.[19] In 2008 Quitely illustrated the cover for the debut issue of Scottish underground comic Wasted.
In early 2009, Frank Quitely collaborated with the Scottish rock band
On 9 April 2011, Quitely was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the
That same month, he mentioned during a panel at WonderCon that although he had split his time equally between illustrating covers and interiors, he had recently been devoting more of his time to covers, due to back problems, and the difficulty that presented in meeting his deadlines.[26]
In 2012, Quitely was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for
Quitely was the artist on Jupiter's Legacy, a ten-issue, creator-owned miniseries published by Image Comics that premiered in September 2012. It is written by Mark Millar, who described the project as "his Star Wars", and a cross between The Lord of the Rings and a large-scale superhero crossover, albeit one that did not require the in-depth knowledge normally required of such stories, as it features entirely new characters.[28] On July 17, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given a series order for a television adaptation of Jupiter's Legacy.[29]
Quitely drew the fourth issue of Grant Morrison's The Multiversity limited series which was published in November 2014.[30][31]
In March 2017, an exhibition of his work was displayed at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.[3][4] A few months later, Quitely received an honorary degree as a Doctor of Letters from the University of Glasgow in recognition of his achievements.[5]
Personal life
Quitely married his high school sweetheart, Ann Jane Docherty, in 1994.[1][32][33] They live in Rutherglen[33] with their sons Vincent and Joseph,[32][33] and their daughter, Orla.[33] Quitely's son Vincent is also an artist who created art for local St Columbkille's RC Church [de] in 2011 while a pupil at Trinity High School.[34]
Quitely used to design his own hats and clothing.[33] For a long time, he eschewed social media, noting that the Twitter account @Frank_Quitely is unconnected with him.[35] In 2021, Quitely established official accounts on both Twitter and Instagram.[36][37]
Technique and materials
In a 2014 BBC News interview, Deighan, having developed a reputation for difficulty in meeting deadlines, stated while he did his drawing digitally, it did not reduce the time it took to complete his art, saying, "I have never been on a project where I've thought 'ach, this is rubbish', and not tried hard," he says, "It's not in my nature. The downside of that is that things take a while."[7]
Awards
- 2002: Won "Best Artist in Comics Today" National Comics Award[38]
- 2005: Won "Best Penciller/Inker"
- 2006: Won "Best New Series" Eisner Award for All-Star Superman with Grant Morrison[18]
- 2007:
- 2008: Won "Best Artist" Harvey Award for All-Star Superman[40]
- 2009:
Nominations
- 2001:
- "Best Penciller/Inker Team" Eisner Award for The Authority with Trevor Scott[43]
- "Best Serialized Story" Eisner Award for The Authority: The Nativity with Mark Millar[43]
- 2002: "Best Serialized Story" Eisner Award for E is for Extinction with Grant Morrison[44]
- 2003: "Best Artist in Comics Today" National Comics Award[45]
- 2004: "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist" for Destiny"[46]
- 2005:
- "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award for We3 and Bite Club (comics)[15]
- "Best Limited Series" Eisner Award for We3[15]
- 2006: "Best Penciller/Inker" Eisner Award for All-Star Superman[18]
- 2010: "Best Artist" Harvey Award for Batman and Robin[47]
Bibliography
Interior comic work includes:
- Electric Soup #1–17 (script and art, anthology, 1989–1992)
- Fleetway):
- Missionary Man (with Gordon Rennie, in vol. 2 #29–30 and 50–55, 1993–1994)
- Inspector Shimura (with Robbie Morrison, in vol. 2 #37–39, 1993)
- Judge Inspector Inaba (with Robbie Morrison, in vol. 3 #21, 1996)
- Dark Horse Presents #91–93: "Blackheart" (with Robbie Morrison, anthology, Dark Horse, 1994–1995)
- The Big Book of... (anthology, Paradox Press):
- "The Choking Doberman" (with Jan Harold Brunvand, in The Big Book of Urban Legends, 1994)
- "The Physicist and the Flying Saucers" (with Doug Moench, in The Big Book of Conspiracies, 1995)
- "A Visit with the Hanging Judge" (with Bronwyn Carlton, in The Big Book of Death, 1995)
- "Salvador Dali" (with Carl Posey, in The Big Book of Weirdos, 1995)
- "The Elephant Man" (with Gahan Wilson, in The Big Book of Freaks, 1996)
- "Ma Barker" (with George Hagenauer, in The Big Book of Little Criminals, 1996)
- "Cottingley Fairy Photos" (with Paul M. Yellovich, in The Big Book of Hoaxes, 1996)
- "Pavel Navrotsky's Pig Pen" (with Paul Kirchner, in The Big Book of Losers, 1997)
- "St. Polycarp: The Cult of Saints" (with John Wagner, in The Big Book of Martyrs, 1997)
- Vertigo, 1996)
- 2020 Visions #1–3 (with Jamie Delano, Vertigo, 1997)
- Weird War Tales vol. 2 #3: "New Toys" (with Grant Morrison, anthology, Vertigo, 1997)
- Gangland #1: "Your Special Day" (with Doselle Young, anthology, Vertigo, 1997)
- Batman: The Scottish Connection (with Alan Grant, one-shot, DC Comics, 1998)
- Shit the Dog #3: "Floaters" (script and art, anthology, Bad Press, 1998)
- Offspring (with Mark Waid, one-shot, DC Comics, 1998)
- Flinch (anthology, Vertigo):
- "Nice Neighborhood" (with Jen Van Meter, in #1, 1999)
- "Watching You" (with Bruce Jones, in #12, 2000)
- Heart Throbs vol. 2 #2: "Romancing the Stone" (with ILYA, anthology, Vertigo, 1999)
- Strange Adventures vol. 2 #1: "Immune" (with Robert Rodi, anthology, Vertigo, 1999)
- Northern Lightz #1–11 (various strips with Alan Grant, anthology, 1999–2005)
- Transmetropolitan #31 (with Warren Ellis, among other artists, Vertigo, 2000)
- JLA: Earth 2 (with Grant Morrison, graphic novel, DC Comics, 2000)
- Wildstorm, 2000–2001)
- The Invisibles vol. 3 #1: "Glitterdammerung"[Note 1] (with Grant Morrison, Vertigo, 2000)
- New X-Men #114–116, 121–122, 126, 135–138 (with Grant Morrison, Marvel, 2001–2003)
- Captain America: Red, White & Blue: "They Just Fade Away" (with Jeff Jensen, anthology graphic novel, Marvel, 2002)
- VII: Destiny" (with Neil Gaiman, a chapter in the graphic novel, Vertigo, 2003)
- 411 #1: "Tit-for-Tat" (with Mark Millar, anthology, Marvel, 2003)
- We3 #1–3 (with Grant Morrison, Vertigo, 2004–2005)
- All-Star Superman #1–12 (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics, 2006–2008)
- Batman and Robin #1–3: "Batman Reborn" (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics, 2009)
- Batman #700: "Time and the Batman: Today" (with Grant Morrison and Scott Kolins, co-feature, DC Comics, 2009)
- Madman 20th Anniversary Monster!: "The Grand Design" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Image, 2011)
- DC Universe: Legacies #8: "Snapshot: Revelation!" (with Len Wein, co-feature, DC Comics, 2011)
- Jupiter's Legacy vol. 1 #1–5 and vol. 2 #1–5 (with Mark Millar, Image, 2013–2015; 2016–2017)
- The Multiversity: Pax Americana: "In Which We Burn" (with Grant Morrison, one-shot, DC Comics, 2015)
- The Ambassadors #1 (with Mark Millar, Image, 2023)
Covers only
- Fleetway, 1996–1997)
- Negative Burn #38 (Caliber, 1996)
- DNA Swamp #1 (DNA Design, 1997)
- JLA Gallery #1 (DC Comics, 1997)
- Vertigo, 1997–1998)
- Vamps: Pumpkin Time #1–3 (Vertigo, 1998–1999)
- James Murphy's August #1 (Bigger Betty, 1998)
- The Foot Soldiers vol. 2 #3 (Image, 1998)
- Avengers Forever #4 (Marvel, 1999)
- Wildstorm, 2000–2001)
- Gen-Active #5 (Wildstorm, 2001)
- Wizard #117, 124, 140 (Wizard, 2001–2003)
- New X-Men #117–120, 127, 132–133 (Marvel, 2001–2003)
- Wizard Ace Edition: Uncanny X-Men #94 (Marvel, 2002)
- Wizard Special Edition: X-Men (Marvel, 2002)
- X-Statix #4 (Marvel, 2003)
- Puffed #1 (Image, 2003)
- Youngblood: Bloodsport #1 (Arcade, 2003)
- Anarchy for the Masses sc (Mad Yak Press, 2003)
- MVCreations, 2004)
- Bite Club #1–6 + Vampire Crime Unit #1–2 (Vertigo, 2004; 2006)
- Books of Magick: Life During Wartime #1–5, 7, 9, 11 (Vertigo, 2004–2005)
- Titan Books, 2005)
- Top Cow, 2005)
- Jonah Hex vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2006)
- American Virgin #1–3 (Vertigo, 2006)
- All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder#10 (DC Comics, 2008)
- Wasted #1 (Bad Press, 2008)
- Olympus #2 (Image, 2009)
- Birds of Prey #125 (DC Comics, 2009)
- Madame Xanadu #6 (Vertigo, 2009)
- Final Crisis Secret Files (DC Comics, 2009)
- Wonder Woman vol. 3 #27 (DC Comics, 2009)
- Batman and Robin #4–16 (DC Comics, 2009–2010)
- DCU Holiday Special 2009 (DC Comics, 2009)
- Judge Dredd Megazine #301 (Rebellion, 2010)
- Superman/Batman #75 (DC Comics, 2010)
- Green Lantern vol. 4 #60 (DC Comics, 2011)
- Teen Titans vol. 3 #89 (DC Comics, 2011)
- Liberty Annual'11 (Image, 2011)
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents vol. 3 #1 (DC Comics, 2011)
- Batman Incorporated vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2012)
- The Walking Dead#100 (Image, 2012)
- Channel Evil #3 (Renegade, 2012)
- Happy! #4 (Image, 2013)
- Django Unchained #5 (Vertigo, 2013)
- Elephantmen #50 (Image, 2013)
- House of Gold and Bones #4 (Dark Horse, 2013)
- Jupiter's Circle vol. 1 #1–6 + vol. 2 #1–6 (Image, 2015–2016)
- Super Sons#1 (DC Comics, 2017)
- Kid Lobotomy #1 (IDW Publishing, 2017)
- Kingsman: The Red Diamond #1 (Image, 2017)
- The Dark Knight III: The Master Race #9 (DC Comics, 2017)
- Klaus and the Crisis in Xmasville #1 (Boom! Studios, 2017)
- The Edge Off #1 (Cabal, 2018)
- Kick-Assvol. 4 #1 (Image, 2018)
- JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1 (DC's Young Animal, 2018)
- Mother Panic/Batman Special #1 (DC's Young Animal, 2018)
- Shade/Wonder WomanSpecial #1 (DC's Young Animal, 2018)
- Prodigy #1 (Image, 2018)
- The Green Lantern #1 (DC Comics, 2019)
- Sharkey the Bounty Hunter#1 (Image, 2019)
- Action Comics #1013 (DC Comics, 2019)
- Killtopia Volume 2 (BHP Comics, 2019)
- American Jesus: The New Messiah#1 (Image, 2019)
- The Batman's Grave #7 (DC Comics, 2020)
- Detective Comics #1027 (DC Comics, 2020)
- The Joker vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2021)
- Fire Power #12 (Image, 2021)
- Jupiter's Legacy: Requien #1 (Image, 2021)
- Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant #1 (DC Comics, 2022)
- Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin #2 (Dark Horse, 2022)
- Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army of the Dead #1 (DC Comics, 2022)
- Nemesis: Reloaded #1 (Image, 2023)
- The Ambassadors #2 (Image, 2023)
- Batman: Dark Age #1 (DC Comics, 2024)
- Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #3 (DC Comics, 2024)
See also
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Writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely brought the Crime Syndicate of America back to DC continuity in JLA: Earth 2.
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X-Men comics...seemed to lack the innovation and creative direction that had given the team such staying power. That all changed when respected writer Grant Morrison and talented artist Frank Quitely took center stage.
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- ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 314: "Writer Grant Morrison and longtime artistic collaborator Frank Quitely presented one of the year's most touching and original stories in WE3."
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- ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 324: "Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely unveiled one of the most original and well-received Superman series for years as they combined high-concept science-fiction elements with classic Silver Age concepts in their All Star Superman series."
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- ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 342: "Written by Grant Morrison with art by Tony S. Daniel, Andy Kubert, Frank Quitely, [David] Finch, and Richard Friend, this milestone issue of Batman featured an all-star roster of talent."
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The fourth issue of the series, 'Pax Americana' with art by Frank Quitely, colors by Nathan Fairbairn and letters by Rob Leigh, is probably the most widely anticipated of the series, and certainly the most-hyped.
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Notes
- ^ The final issue; the series' third and final volume was numbered in reverse order.
External links
- Frank Quitely at 2000 AD online
- Frank Quitely at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Frank Quitely Image Gallery at Comic Art Community
- Frank Quitely at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Frank Quitely at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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