Joshua Middleton
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 Middleton at the 2012 New York Comic Con. | |
| Born | Joshua Middleton Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Colourist |
Joshua Middleton (sometimes credited as Josh Middleton) is an artist and designer working in the animation, film, comics, and book industries. In 2004 he was nominated for an
Career
Middleton started his career as a comic book artist in 2000 as penciler for
After contributing covers and short stories to Marvel's X-Men Unlimited series beginning in late 2002, he signed an exclusive contract in 2003,[2] and created NYX with Joe Quesada as writer, but left the title after four issues in 2004 when his contract ran out.
Following his stint at Marvel he signed exclusively with
Middleton worked as one of the conceptual artists on the 2005 science fiction film Serenity.[3] Since then he has been working as an artist for Warner Bros. Animation. Middleton began working for WB Animation in October 2009 as a character designer, but was quickly promoted to be an art director for the Green Lantern: The Animated Series, where he has worked hand-in-hand with Bruce Timm to carve out the look and feel of the first Warner Brothers' CG television series.
In addition to his comic book work, Joshua Middleton has illustrated book covers for several major publishers, including
In late 2010, Middleton decided to leave animation and return to his work in comics.[4] Middleton has been the cover artist for the Aquaman and Batgirl series for DC Comics.[1] He drew the 1980s variant cover for Action Comics #1000 (June 2018).[5]
Bibliography
- Meridian #1–6 (with Barbara Kesel, CrossGen, 2000)
- Primal #nn (with Russell Uttley and Ben Oliver, Com.x, 2002)
- X-Men Unlimited (Marvel):
- "Sacrificial Worlds" (with Kaare Andrews, in #37, 2002)
- "Fear" (with Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, in #42, 2003)
- Sky Between Branches #0 (script and art, Com.x, 2002)
- NYX #1–4 (with Joe Quesada, Marvel, 2003–2004)
- UDON, 2004)
- Wildstorm, 2004)
- Superman/Shazam: First Thunder (with Judd Winick, DC Comics, 2005–2006)
- Vertigo, 2007)
- Outsiders: Five of a Kind: Metamorpho/Aquaman: "Rogue Elements" (with Tony Bedard and G. Willow Wilson, one-shot, DC Comics, 2007)
- Convergence: Wonder Woman #1–2 (with Larry Hama, miniseries, DC Comics, 2015)
Covers only
- X-Men Unlimited #40, 47, 49 (Marvel, 2003)
- New Mutants #1–6 (Marvel, 2003)
- Runaways #11–12 (Marvel, 2004)
- NYX #5–7 (Marvel, 2004–2005)
- Wildstorm, 2005)
- Serenity #3 (Dark Horse, 2005)
- Gotham Central #36 (DC Comics, 2006)
- Vertigo, 2006–2007)
- All-Flash vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2007)
- JLA: Classified#50–54 (DC Comics, 2008)
- Supergirl #34, 36–43, 45–51 (DC Comics, 2008–2009)
- Vixen: Return of the Lion#1–5 (DC Comics, 2009)
- The War that Time Forgot #8 (DC Comics, 2009)
- Wonder Woman vol. 3 #30 (DC Comics, 2009)
- Wonder Woman #611, 614 (DC Comics, 2011)
- Green Arrow vol. 5 #13–14 (DC Comics, 2011)
- Aquaman vol. 8 #1-present (DC Comics, 2016–present)
- Action Comics #1000 (DC Comics, 2018)
References
- ^ a b c Joshua Middleton at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ "Josh Middleton makes his Marvel, signs exclusive". Comic Book Resources. April 7, 2003. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.
Marvel Comics is pleased to announce that artist Joshua Middleton has agreed to an exclusive creator contract with the publisher through the year 2004.
- ^ Whedon, Joss, director (2005). Serenity (film). Universal Pictures. Closing credits
- ^ Arrant, Chris (February 2, 2011). "Joshua Middleton Announces Return to Comics from Animation". Newsarama. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.
Middleton decided in the fall of 2010 to leave animation and return to the freelance world. And return to comics.
- ^ "DC Unveils Final Variant For Action Comics #1000". Previews. Diamond Comic Distributors. March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Joshua Middleton's Blog
- Joshua Middleton at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Joshua Middleton at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Joshua Middleton at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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