Mahmud A. Asrar Explained
| Birth Date: | 20 November 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Ankara, Turkey[1] |
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Mahmud Anjum Asrar (born November 20, 1976) is an Austrian comic book artist who is known for his work on American and non-American comic books.[2]
His American work includes runs on Conan the Barbarian, King Conan, X-Men, X-Men Red, Wolverine & the X-Men, All-New All-Different Avengers and others for Marvel Comics, Supergirl and Batman vs Robin for DC Comics, and for co-creating, with writer Jay Faerber, the series Dynamo 5, which debuted in March 2007 from Image Comics.[1]
Early life
Asrar was born in Ankara, Turkey to an Austrian mother and a Pakistani father.[3] He expressed an interest in art and comic books at an early age.
He attended Hacettepe University from 1994 to 1996, majoring in fine arts and graphics, and Anatolian University from 1996 to 2000, majoring in the same.[1]
Career
Asrar came to the attention of writer Jay Faerber through his work on the independent anthology Digital Webbing Presents, and through a recommendation by Invincible artist Ryan Ottley, which led to his work on the Image Comics monthly series Dynamo 5, which Faerber and Asrar co-created, and on which Asrar was the regular artist. Asrar's other Image Comics work includes Small Gods.
Asrar also pencilled She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision, a one-shot written by Peter David, that was published in December 2008, by Marvel Comics.[2] He was the artist on the Brightest Day: Atom oneshot written by Jeff Lemire that leads into an Atom co-feature in Adventure Comics,[4] and is currently the artist of Supergirl in the rebooted DC Universe.[5] Starting in March 2013, Asrar was the lead artist on .[6]
Bibliography
DC
Image
Marvel
- All-New X-Men #20, #31-36, #40-41 (2014-2015)
- #32 (2010)
- Nova, vol. 3, #34-35 (full art); Annual #1 (among other artists) (2008–10)
- Realm of Kings, miniseries, #1 (2010)
- She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision (2009)
- Young Avengers: Siege (2010)
- Thunderbolts #137 (2009)
- X-Men #24-25 (2013)
- War of Kings: Warriors, miniseries, #1 (2009)
- War Machine, vol. 3, #6-7 (2009)
- Wolverine and the X-Men, vol. 2, #1-6 (2014)
- X-Men Red (2018)
- Uncanny X-Men (2018-2019)
Other publishers
- Alacakaranlik #2 (2006)
- Cyberage Adventures #2: "Jade Tiger" (2005, IHero Entertainment)
- Digital Webbing Presents #20, 25-26 (Digital Webbing Press, 2004–05)
- Dylan Dog #9 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004)
- Nothingface, graphic novel (Digital Webbing Press, 2004)
- Resimli Roman #2-3 (2005)
- Rodeo Strip #1-6, 11 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004–06)
- Star Wars: Jedi The Dark Side, miniseries #1-5 (2011)
- Seruven #6 (2005)
- Warmageddon Quarterly #2-3 (2006, L Jamal Inc)
External links
- Web site: Jay . Faerber . Jay Faerber . Faerber's Files: Mahmud A. Asrar . . March 7, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070701011404/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=104034 . July 1, 2007 . dead .
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040910054514/http://www.geocities.com/m_asrar1/about.html "About"
- Web site: Weiland . Jonah . Ain't Nothing but a Family Thing: Faerber Talks Dynamo 5 . . December 20, 2006 .
- Web site: Interview with Artist Mahmud Asrar, Comics Artist. Copic Marker. 14 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131205222823/http://www.copicmarker.com/interview-with-artist-mahmud-asrar-comics-artist. 5 December 2013. dead.
- Web site: Jeffrey . Renaud . Lemire Embiggens Ray Palmer . Comic Book Resources. April 13, 2010 . April 13, 2010 .
- News: Brian . Truitt . Supergirl gets a teenage makeover . USA Today. September 19, 2011 . September 22, 2011 .
- Richards, Dave (December 11, 2012). "Asrar Draws on the 'Natural Resources' of 'Ultimate Comics X-Men'". Comic Book Resources.
