Olivier Coipel

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Olivier Coipel
Coipel in Lisbon 2017
NationalityFrench
Area(s)Artist
Notable works
Legion of Super-Heroes
House of M
Thor

Olivier Coipel (French:

comic book artist, known for his work on books such as House of M, Legion of Super-Heroes and Thor
.

Career

Olivier Coipel started as a movie animator, working as an assistant on Balto and then The Prince of Egypt, then as a full animator at The Road to El Dorado.[1]

Among his influences are Arthur Adams.[2]

Coipel came to prominence and significant controversy as the artist of the American DC Comics book Legion of Super-Heroes during the tenure of writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning,[3] beginning with the "Legion of the Damned" story arc.

Coipel signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics in January 2005.[4] He was named in August 2005 as one of Marvel's "Young Guns," a group of artists that included Jim Cheung, David Finch, Trevor Hairsine, Adi Granov, and Steve McNiven, which according to Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, exhibited the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller."

One of Coipel's first major works at Marvel was

crossover limited series with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Coipel was then announced as artist on a new Thor ongoing series that launched in July 2007 with writer J. Michael Straczynski. The title was nominated for an Eisner in 2009 in the category for Best Continuing Series.[5] Coipel left the title in 2009 when it was announced Straczynski would be leaving. Coipel re-teamed with Bendis for the four-issue 2009 Marvel Comics event series Siege. In 2010, he provided art for a Magneto-focused backup story leading into the Young Avengers miniseries Avengers: the Children's Crusade, before returning to Thor in 2011, illustrating the first arc on Matt Fraction's The Mighty Thor.[6]

On April 9, 2011 Coipel was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the

Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on November 23, 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.[7]
In 2012, Coipel penciled issues #6–7 and #11 of the Marvel crossover miniseries Avengers vs. X-Men. Coipel drew issues 9–11 and 14 of The Amazing Spider-Man, which were published in 2014.

In November 2016 Coipel and writer Jason Aaron started the series The Unworthy Thor. The series follows the original Thor, who now refers to himself as Odinson, as he tries to find his purpose after relinquishing his name and title to Foster.[9]

Bibliography

Illustration by Olivier Coipel during the "House of M" storyline that ran in the X-Men books.

Interior work

Marvel Comics

DC Comics

Image Comics

Cover work

  • Black Panther #16 (Marvel
    , 2004–2005)
  • Batman: Lost #1 (DC, 2017)
  • Darth Vader #3 (Marvel, 2017)
  • Han Solo #4 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2016)
  • Hulk #5 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2008)
  • New Avengers annual (Variant cover only),
  • The Legion
    #1-4, 5, 6-8, 9, 10-12, 13
  • Legion Lost #10-12
  • Legion of Super Heroes
    vol. 4 #122-123, 125
  • Survive! #1 (Marvel, 2014)
  • Thor: Tales Of Asgard #1-6 (Marvel, 2009)
  • Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
    #155 (Marvel, 2004–2005)
  • Ultimate X-Men #61 (Variant cover only, Marvel)
  • What If? X-Men #1 (Marvel, 2007)
  • Wolverine: Weapon X #1 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2009)
  • X-Men #1 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2010)
  • Avengers vs. X-Men #6 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
  • The Eternals#1 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man #700 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
  • Thor God Of Thunder #4 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2012)
  • Superior Spider-Man
    #17 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2014)
  • Black Widow #18 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2016)
  • Civil War II #2 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2016)
  • Spidey #2 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2017)
  • Sacred Creatures #5 (Variant cover only, Image, 2017)
  • Batman #33,37,41-42 (Variant cover only, DC, 2017)
  • Kick-Ass Vol 4 #1 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2018)
  • Uncanny X-Men #600 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2018)
  • Invincible Iron Man #600 (Variant cover only, Marvel, 2018)
  • The Rise Of Ultraman #1 (Variant cover only, Marvel,2020)

Notes

  1. ^ "Olivier Coipel". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  2. ^ Chen, KangYi (2017). "Talking Art with Arthur Adams". POPCulture Online. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Giles, Keith (October 23, 2001). "Abnett, Lanning and Coipel talk 'The Legion'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved May 14, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Weiland, Jonah (January 20, 2005). "Young Gun Olivier Coipel Signs Exclusive with Marvel". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved May 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "2009 Eisner Award Nominees Announced". Comic Book Resources. April 7, 2009
  6. ^ Phegley, Kiel (January 17, 2011). "Marvel Makes Thor "Mighty"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved May 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ a b "Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten On The IGN Stage". IGN. April 14, 2011
  8. ^ "Guinness World Records at Kapow! Comic Con". Guinness World Records. April 9, 2011
  9. ^ Whitbrook, James (July 7, 2016). "The Original God of Thunder Is Back and Ready to Prove Himself in The Unworthy Thor". io9. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

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