David Aja

David Aja
Nationality	Spanish
Area(s)	Artist
Notable works	The Immortal Iron Fist, Hawkeye
Awards	"Favourite Newcomer Artist" Eagle Award (2008) "Best Penciller/Inker" and "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award (2013)
http://www.davidaja.com

David Aja (born April 16, 1977) is a Spanish comic book artist, best known for his work on The Immortal Iron Fist and Hawkeye.

Biography

Aja obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and served as a member of the faculty of fine arts from 1995 to 2000.

He began working as a professional illustrator in Barcelona in 2000. He has conducted public lectures on illustration as Faculty of Fine Arts at both Universidad de Salamanca and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). His work includes CD covers, as well as computer graphics with collaborator Marcel-li Antúnez.

He and his wife, Pilar, live in Valladolid, Spain.

Aja did work for various Spanish publishers, such as:

• European Press, Publishers, and Magazines, which include El País, Men's Health, Rolling Stone, Cinemanía, Espasa, and Santillana
• El País newspaper
• Progresa (Promotora General de Revistas S.A.): Cinemania, Rolling Stone, Revista 40 and Blue Joven
• Hachette Filipacchi: Emprendedores and Ragazza
• Muy Extra and Reporter Corporate Publishing Company
• Covers illustrations: Espasa, Planeta, Oxford, Alfaguara, Aguilar, Ediciones B, Plaza & Janes, Punto de Lecture and Circulo de Lectores
• Illustrated books: Gaviota, Santillana, Anaya, Circulo de Lectores and Cruilla

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• X-Men Unlimited (anthology, Marvel):
  • "So This Guy Walks Up to a Fruit Whipz Counter..." (with David Hahn, in #11, 2005)
  • "Colossus: Dying Inside" (with C. B. Cebulski, in #14, 2006)
• Civil War: Front Line #3: "Futility" (with Paul Jenkins, co-feature, Marvel, 2006)
• Daredevil (Marvel):
  • "The Secret Life of Foggy Nelson" (with Ed Brubaker, in v2 #88, 2006)
  • "On the Costa da Morte" (with Ed Brubaker, in v2 #116, 2009)
  • "3 Jacks" (with Ann Nocenti, in v1 #500, co-feature, 2009)
  • "Game Room" (with Ann Nocenti, in Black & White anthology one-shot, 2010)
• The Immortal Iron Fist (with Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction, Marvel):
  • "The Immortal Iron Fist" (in Civil War: Choosing Sides anthology one-shot, 2006)
  • "The Last Iron Fist Story" (with Travel Foreman, John Severin, Russ Heath Jr. and Sal Buscema, in #1-6, 2007)
  • "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven" (with Roy Martinez, Scott Koblish, Kano, Tonči Zonjić and Javier Pulido, in #8-13, 2007)
  • "Happy Birthday Danny" (in #16, 2008)
• Giant-Size Wolverine: "House of Blood and Sorrow" (with David Lapham, Marvel, 2006)
• New Avengers #50 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2009)
• Thor #600: "To Asgard! Forever!" (with Stan Lee, co-feature, Marvel, 2009)
• Captain America #600: "One Year After" (with Ed Brubaker, among other artists, Marvel, 2009)
• Secret Avengers (Marvel):
  • "The Secret Life of Max Fury" (with Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark, in #5, 2010)
  • "No Zone" (with Warren Ellis and Raul Allen, in #18, 2011)
• Wolverine: Debt of Death (with David Lapham, one-shot, Marvel, 2011)
• Hawkeye #1-3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21-22 (with Matt Fraction, Marvel, 2012–2015)

Covers only

• Four #28 (Marvel, 2006)
• Invincible Iron Man #6, 8 (Marvel, 2008–2009)
• Immortal Weapons #1-5 (Marvel, 2009–2010)
• 5 Ronin #1-5 (Marvel, 2011)
• Black Panther: The Man without Fear #516 (Marvel, 2011)
• Green Arrow #12 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Red Skull #1-5 (Marvel, 2011–2012)
• X-O Manowar #1, 6 (Valiant, 2012)
• Bloodshot #1, 4 (Valiant, 2012)
• Archer & Armstrong #1, 3 (Valiant, 2012)
• Hawkeye #4-5, 7, 14, 16-18, 20 (Marvel, 2012–2014)
• Ivar, Timewalker #1 (Valiant, 2015)
• Karnak #1-ongoing (Marvel, 2015–...)

Awards

• 2008: Won the "Favourite Newcomer Artist" Eagle Award
• 2013: Won the categories "Best Penciller/Inker," along with artist Chris Samnee, and "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award
• 2014: Won "Best Cover Artist." Hawkeye #11, by Matt Fraction and Aja, won "Best Single Issue (Or One Shot)" Eisner Award

References

• David Aja at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Official website
• Meet & Greet: David Aja, Newsarama, August 8, 2006
• Iron Drawing Hand: Aja talks "The Immortal Iron Fist", Comic Book Resources, November 16, 2006