| Ivan Reis | |
|---|---|
 Reis at the 2012 New York Comic Con | |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
Notable works | Action Comics Aquaman vol. 7 Blackest Night Brightest Day Ghost Green Lantern vol. 4 Justice League Rann–Thanagar War Avengers Icons: The Vision Captain Marvel |
Ivan Reis is a Brazilian comics artist. He is known for his work on comic books such as Dark Horse Comics' Ghost, Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel and Avengers Icons: The Vision and DC Comics' Action Comics, Green Lantern and Aquaman series. According to collaborator Geoff Johns, Reis's drawing style resembles those of Alan Davis and Neal Adams.[1]
Career
[edit]For three years, Reis worked for Maurício de Sousa in Brazil. He began his international career for Dark Horse Comics working on Ghost, starting with issue #17 and acting as regular artist until the series concluded with issue #36. Other work for Dark Horse included The Mask, Time Cop, and Xena. He later worked for Lightning Comics.[2]
At Vertigo, he pencilled an issue of Grant Morrison's The Invisibles.[3] He became better known for Lady Death at Chaos! and CrossGen. At Marvel Comics, Reis worked on The Thing & She-Hulk: The Long Night, Avengers Icons: Vision, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, The Defenders, and The Avengers.
Since 2004 Reis has worked for DC Comics on Action Comics, Teen Titans, Rann–Thanagar War, Superman, and Infinite Crisis. Reis started pencilling Green Lantern vol. 4 with issue #10 (May 2006).[4] Reis left Green Lantern after issue #38 (March 2009) to draw the Blackest Night limited series (June 2009 – May 2010)[5] and its follow-up limited series Brightest Day (July 2010 – June 2011).[6][7] Reis was the regular penciller of writer Geoff Johns' run on Aquaman vol. 7, which premiered in September 2011. Reis drew it for the first 13 issues before moving to Justice League where he replaced Jim Lee.[8][9] Johns and Reis introduced the Crime Syndicate of America into the New 52 continuity in Justice League #23 (Oct. 2013).[10] Reis drew the first issue of Grant Morrison's The Multiversity in 2014.[11] Reis drew the first issue of Brian Michael Bendis' The Man of Steel limited series[12] and collaborated with Bendis on the relaunched Superman ongoing series in 2018.[13]
On December 1, 2023, Reis was announced to be the tenth creator to join Ghost Machine,[14][15] a cooperative media company, whose formation had been announced in October at the New York Comic Con, which would publish creator-owned comics through Image Comics.[16][17] Reis would reunite with Johns on the horror title Hyde Street, which Image Comics described as combining "Blackest Night's fantastic scope with Twilight Zone's thought-provoking drama." Reis illustrated variant covers for Ghost Machine #1,[14][15] an anthology ashcan comic to be published in January 2024, that would introduce Ghost Machine's four shared universes,[18] including Hyde Street. The Hyde Street series would debut later that year.[14][15] On December 3,[19] Reis confirmed on his Instagram page that he was leaving DC Comics, after a 20 year stint with the publisher.[20]
Bibliography
[edit]Chaos! Comics
[edit]- Lady Death:
- Alive #2 (with Brian Pulido, 2001)
- Dark Alliance #1–3 (with writer John Ostrander, 2002)
- Jade #1 (with writer Brian Augustyn, 2002)
- Judgement War #3 (with writers Brian Pulido and Len Kaminski, 2000)
- Last Rites #4 (with writer John Ostrander, 2002)
- The Rapture #2–3 (with writers Brian Pulido and Len Kaminski, 1999)
CrossGen
[edit]- Crux #21 (2003)
- Lady Death: A Medieval Tale #1–6 (with writer Brian Pulido, 2003)
Dark Horse Comics
[edit]- Ghost #17–25, 28–31, 33–36 (1996–98)
- Xena: Warrior Princess #3 (with Mike Deodato) (1999)
DC Comics
[edit]- Action Comics (Lana Lang) #812; (Superman) #813–819, 822–825 (with writer Chuck Austen, 2004–05)
- Aquaman, vol. 7, #1–13, #0 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2011–12)
- Batman, vol. 3, #6 (2016)
- Blackest Night, miniseries, #0–8 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2009–10)
- Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps, miniseries, #3 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2009)
- Brightest Day #1–14, 16–24 (with writers Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi, among other artists, 2010–11)
- Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2005)
- Cyborg #1–6 (with writer David F. Walker, 2015–16)
- DC Comics – The New 52 FCBD Special Edition #1 (among other artists, 2012)
- DC Comics: The New 52 Zero Omnibus (cover art, 2012)
- DC Universe #0 (among other artists) (2008)
- DC Universe: Rebirth #1 (among other artists; and variant cover artist first printing, 2016)
- DCU Holiday Special #1 (among other artists) (2009)
- 52 #22 (Green Lantern backup story, with writer Mark Waid, 2006); #51 (Justice League backup story, with writer Mark Waid, 2007)
- Green Lantern, vol. 4, #10–17, 21–25, 29–38, Super Spectacular (with writer Geoff Johns, 2006–11)
- Infinite Crisis, miniseries, #4–7 (among other artists) (2005–06)
- Infinite Crisis Special: Rann–Thanagar War #1 (with writer Dave Gibbons, 2006)
- Justice League, vol. 2, #8, 12, 15–17, 19, 22–24, 26–28, 30, 35 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2012–14)
- Justice League of America, vol. 4, #25 (with writer Dwayne McDuffie, among other artists, 2008)
- Justice League of America, vol. 5, #1, 4, 12–14, 17 (2017)
- Justice League of America: Rebirth #1 (2017)
- Justice League of America: The Atom - Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
- Justice League of America: Vixen - Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
- Justice League of America: The Ray - Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
- Justice League of America: Killer Frost- Rebirth #1 (cover art, 2017)
- Kamandi Challenge #5 (with writer Bill Willingham, 2017)
- The Man of Steel, miniseries, #1 (with writer Brian Michael Bendis, 2018)
- The Multiversity #1–2 (with writer Grant Morrison, 2014–15)
- Rann–Thanagar War miniseries, #1–6, Special #1 (with writer Dave Gibbons, 2005–06)
- Superman, vol. 2, #223 (with writer Mark Verheiden, 2006)
- Superman, vol. 4, #14 (2017)
- Superman, vol. 5, #1–15, 18-21, 25-28 (2018-2020)
- Superman/Batman: Secret Files 2003 (with writer Geoff Johns)
- Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files 2003 (with writer Geoff Johns)
- Teen Titans/Legion Special #1 (with writers Geoff Johns and Mark Waid, 2004)
- Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1 (among other artists) (2010)
Vertigo
[edit]- The Invisibles, vol. 2, #18 (with writer Grant Morrison, 2000)
WildStorm
[edit]- The Authority vol. 3 #9 (backup story, with writer Christos Gage, 2009)
- WildCATS, vol. 2, #9 (backup story, with writer Christos Cage, 2009)
Image Comics
[edit]- Ghost Machine #1 (2024)
Marvel Comics
[edit]- The Avengers vol. 3 #52, 64 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2003), Annual 2001 (with writer Kurt Busiek, 2001)
- Avengers Icons: The Vision, miniseries, #1–4 (with writer Geoff Johns, 2002)
- Captain Marvel vol. 3 #4, 9–12 (with writer Peter David, 2003)
- Defenders vol. 2 #12 (backup story, with writers Kurt Busiek and Jo Duffy, 2002)
- Quicksilver #7, 9 (1998)
- The Supernaturals (with writer Marc Andreyko), five-issue limited series, 1998)
- The Thing/She-Hulk: The Long Night #1 (with writer Todd DeZago, 2002)
References
[edit]- ^ "Geoff Johns Conquers the Universe". Comic-Con Magazine. San Diego Comic-Con International: 11. Winter 2010.
- ^ Ivan Reis at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Irvine, Alex (2008). "The Invisibles". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The Vertigo Encyclopedia. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 92–97. ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1. OCLC 213309015.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (October 9, 2009). "Reis of the Black Lanterns: Ivan Talks Blackest Night". Newsarama. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013.
- ^ Cowsill, Alan (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Artist Ivan Reis handled the vast array of characters with amazing skill, bringing out the emotional core of Johns' brilliant script.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (February 19, 2009). "Ivan Reis: Preparing for Blackest Night". Newsarama. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013.
- ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 341: "Cowritten by Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi, and illustrated by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, and Joe Prado, Brightest Day was the start of the next chapter in the history of the DC Universe."
- ^ Johnston, Rich (August 14, 2012). "Ivan Reis To Move From Aquaman To Justice League?". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (August 20, 2012). "Geoff Johns To Leave Aquaman With Ivan Reis". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012.
- ^ Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "2010s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 338. ISBN 978-1465424563.
Writer Geoff Johns and artist Ivan Reis unveiled the true masterminds between the recent infighting among the various Justice Leagues.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (August 21, 2014). "Vivisecting Multiversity With Ivan Reis & Joe Prado". Newsarama. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014.
- ^ Salvatore, Brian (May 30, 2018). "Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, Art Team Behind The Man of Steel #1, Talk About What Makes Superman Special". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018.
This story has extra weight behind it, as it is Brian Michael Bendis's first big story at DC, and a sort of reset for the Superman status quo.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (July 9, 2018). "Bendis' Superman Going to 'Farthest Reaches of Everything DC has to Offer'". Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018.
With artist Ivan Reis on Superman, Bendis will be writing a story he calls 'very big, with big stories and big villains and big goings-on in the DC Universe, the kind of things only Superman can handle.'
- ^ a b c Dominguez, Noah (December 1, 2023). "Image Comics' Ghost Machine Collective Adds Blackest Night Artist Ivan Reis". SuperHeroHype. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ a b c "JUST ANNOUNCED: Superstar Artist Ivan Reis Joins GHOST MACHINE!". Ghost Machine Productions. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ Gustines, George Gene (October 12, 2023). "A Comic Book Upstart Seeks to Shake Up the Industry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ "NYCC 2023: Ghost Machine Launches A Cooperative Media Company". Graphic Policy. October 16, 2023. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ Marsden, Megan (October 12, 2023). "NYCC '23: GHOST MACHINE announces comic printing partnership with Image Comics". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ Reis, Ivan (December 3, 2023). "(Untitled)". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Brooke, David (December 2, 2023). "Artist Ivan Reis reveals he no longer works for DC Comics". AIPT. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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