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Stuart Immonen is a Canadian comic book artist. He is best known for his work on ''Nextwave'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', ''The New Avengers'', and ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. His pencils are usually inked by Wade Von Grawbadger. ==Career== In 1988, he self-published a series titled ''Playground''; it was his first published work. He worked at several smaller comic book companies before being hired by DC Comics in 1993. Since then, Immonen has drawn such high-profile characters as Superman, the Hulk, and the X-Men. His work since 2004 includes stints on the titles ''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' and ''Ultimate X-Men'' with writers Warren Ellis and Brian K. Vaughan, as well as a 12-issue run pencilling ''Nextwave'', which again paired him with Warren Ellis. Stuart Immonen has also done work for Top Cow and Image Comics.〔 In 1993 and 1994, Immonen drew the ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and with writers Mark Waid and Tom McGraw created a new Legion continuity, beginning with a retelling of the team's origin story starting in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 4 #0 (Oct. 1994). In 1996, writer Karl Kesel and Immonen produced ''The Final Night'' limited series.〔Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 274: "In this four-issue miniseries by writer Karl Kesel and artist Stuart Immonnen, the heroes of the present united with the Legion of Super-Heroes and the New Gods in an attempt to stop a 'sun-eater'."〕 That same year, Immonen was one of the many creators who contributed to the ''Superman: The Wedding Album'' one-shot wherein the title character married Lois Lane.〔Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."〕 Immonen wrote and drew part of the ''Superman Red/Superman Blue'' one-shot which launched the storyline of the same name which ran through the various Superman titles.〔Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 283: "The special written by Dan Jurgens, Stuart Immonen, Karl Kesel, and Louise Simonson, with pencils by Stuart Immonen, Ron Frenz, Tom Grummett, Paul Ryan, and Jon Bogdanove."〕 Immonen ended his ongoing involvement with the Superman franchise with the ''Superman: End of the Century'' graphic novel in 2000 but returned to the character for the ''Superman: Secret Identity'' in 2004.〔 In 2000, Immonen was one of the founders of Gorilla Comics, a company formed with Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek and several others. Immonen and Busiek collaborated on the ''Shockrockets'' limited series and the ''Superstar: As Seen on TV'' one-shot but the company folded after a short time. In 2005, Immonen published ''50 Reasons to Stop Sketching at Conventions'', a series of fifty comics that detail why he no longer does sketches for fans. Besides self-publishing, Immonen also maintains a webcomic called ''Never as Bad as You Think'' which is co-authored by his wife, Kathryn. ''Moving Pictures'' - a webcomic co-authored by the Immonens - was published as a graphic novel by Top Shelf Productions in 2010. Immonen illustrated Marvel Comics' ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' from issue #111. to issue #133. He subsequently worked on ''The New Avengers'', from issue #55 to issue #64. He continued to be the series artist when ''The New Avengers'' relaunched during the "Heroic Age" storyline, and was the regular artist for the first seven issues, and later drew issue #11 as well. In 2011 Immonen illustrated Marvel's ''Fear Itself'' miniseries, which formed the core of a company-wide crossover storyline of the same name. In November 2012 he and writer Brian Michael Bendis started the series ''All-New X-Men''.〔Arrant, Chris (November 8, 2013). ("Inside Stuart Immonen’s All-New ALL-NEW X-MEN Costumes" ). Newsarama.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stuart Immonen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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