Doug Braithwaite is a British comic book artist.

Doug Braithwaite
Doug Braithwaite at Paris Manga in 2011
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Justice
Universe X
Paradise X
Punisher

Career

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Braithwaite began his career working in the British comics industry starting with 2000 AD and A1; later he worked on Marvel's Earth X sequels, Universe X and Paradise X (with Alex Ross and Jim Krueger). His other works under Marvel include The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe and Punisher: MAX #13–18, with Garth Ennis.

He had been exclusively contracted at DC, but in 2008 he announced that when his contract deal ended he would sign as an exclusive artist with Marvel for three years with his first project being Secret Invasion: Thor with writer Matt Fraction.[dead link][1][2] While at DC he worked with Alex Ross and Jim Krueger again on the twelve-issue limited series JUSTICE, providing pencils and layouts.

In addition, he has illustrated issues of Ghost for Dark Horse Comics, Archer & Armstrong, for Valiant Comics, and Conan the Barbarian for Titan Comics.[3] In 2008 he illustrated a four issue run on The Brave and the Bold with David Hine.[4][5]

In April 2011 Braithwaite was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with Braithwaite and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock,[6] Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp,[7] who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist 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 23 November 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.[6]

Critical reception

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Braithwaite's art on Journey into Mystery during the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline was widely acclaimed.[8]

Bibliography

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2000 AD

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DC Comics

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Covers

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Image Comics

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Marvel Comics

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Covers

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Titan Comics

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Valiant Comics

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  • Operation: Stormbreaker #1 (Acclaim Comics, 1997)
  • Unity #1-4 (Valiant Entertainment, 2013-2014)
  • Armor Hunters #1-4 (Valiant Entertainment, 2014)
  • Imperium #1-4 (Valiant Entertainment, 2015)
  • Book of Death #1-4 (Valiant Entertainment, 2015)
  • Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1 (Valiant Entertainment, 2015)
  • Ninjak #10-13 (Valiant Entertainment, 2015-2016)
  • 4001 A.D.: Bloodshot #1 (Valiant Entertainment, 2016)
  • Bloodshot U.S.A. #1-4 (Valiant Entertainment, 2016)
  • X-O Manowar 2017 (Volume 4) #4-6 (Valiant Entertainment, 2017)

Notes

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  1. ^ "WW Philly '08: Doug Braithwaite, Newly Exclusive". Newsarama. 31 May 2008 Archived 12 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Khouri, Andy (1 June 2008). "WW Philly: Braithwaite Draws 'Secret Invasion: Thor'". Comic Book Resources.
  3. ^ "First Look At 'Conan The Barbarian' #5: New Story Arc, New Artist". comicon.com. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (27 August 2008). "David Hine on his Brave and the Bold Arc". Newsarama.
  5. ^ "David Hine: He's Brave as well as Bold". Comics Bulletin. 29 August 2008 Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b "Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten On The IGN Stage". IGN. 14 April 2011
  7. ^ "Guinness World Records at Kapow! Comic Con" Archived 15 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Guinness World Records. 9 April 2011
  8. ^ *Evans, Alex. "Journey into Mystery #622 – Review" Archived 30 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Weekly Comic Book Review. 13 April 2011

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