Jamie McKelvie

Jamie McKelvie
McKelvie at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, 10 October 2010.
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Notable works	The Wicked + The Divine Long Hot Summer Phonogram Young Avengers
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Jamie McKelvie is a British cartoonist and illustrator, known for his work on books such as Long Hot Summer, Phonogram, and Young Avengers.

Career

Since 2003, McKelvie has collaborated with journalist Kieron Gillen on a comic strip for the official PlayStation Magazine UK, entitled Save Point. He has worked on a number of projects for Image Comics, including Phonogram. His next major work was with colorist Guy Major and Matthew Wilson on his creator-owned series Suburban Glamour.

He has done various work for Marvel Comics, including a run on Defenders with Matt Fraction, and the X-Men: Season One graphic novel with Dennis Hopeless. In 2012 he redesigned the costume of long-time character Carol Danvers, for a relaunch of the character as the new Captain Marvel.^[1] He has collaborated with Gillen on a relaunch of Young Avengers for Marvel.^[2] Currently he and Gillen are working on a third volume of Phonogram, and on a new series called The Wicked + The Divine.^[3][4]

McKelvie's artwork also graces the covers of the Art Brut album Brilliant! Tragic! and the single "Lost Weekend",^[5][6][7] and of two novels by writer Mur Lafferty.^[8]

Bibliography

Comics

Interior work

• "Loss" (with writer Amber Benson, in Four Letter Worlds, 144 pages, Image Comics, April 2005, ISBN 1-58240-439-9)
• Long Hot Summer (with Eric Stephenson, graphic novel, 96 pages, Image Comics, September 2005, ISBN 1-58240-559-X)
• Phonogram (with Kieron Gillen, 2 volume limited series, Image Comics, 2006, 2009): collected as:
  • Rue Britannia (collects Vol 1 #1-6 (2006), tpb, 144 pages, ISBN 1-58240-694-4)
  • The Singles Club (collects Vol 2 #1-7 (2009), tpb, 160 pages, ISBN 1-60706-179-1)
  • The Immaterial Girl (expect 2015)
• Suburban Glamour (script and art, 4-issue mini-series, Image Comics, October 2007. tpb, 104 pages, Image, April 2008, ISBN 1-58240-878-5)
• "Migas" (with writer Matt Fraction, Nightcrawler story in X-Men: Divided We Stand No. 1, comics anthology, Marvel Comics, June 2008)
• Cable (with writer Duane Swierczynski, issues 11 and 12, Marvel Comics, 2009): collected within:
  • X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (collects X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop #1-3, Cable #11-15, X-Force #14-16, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War One-Shot and X-Men: Future History - The Messiah War Sourcebook, tpb, 336 pages, ISBN 0785131736)
• Gotham Gazette (part, with writer Fabian Nicieza, issues Batman Dead? #1 and Batman Alive? #1, DC Comics): collected within:
  • Batman: Battle for the Cowl (collects Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead? #1, Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1-3, Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1, tpb, 160 pages, ISBN 1-4012-2416-4)
• SIEGE Loki (with writer Kieron Gillen, one shot (April 2010), Marvel Comics): collected within:
  • Siege: Thor (collects Thor 607-610, Siege: Loki and New Mutants 11, tpb, 144 pages, ISBN 0-78514-814-0)
• Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (with writer Brian Michael Bendis, Co-Artist Issue 150, Marvel Comics)
• Invincible Iron Man (with writer Matt Fraction, back up stories in issues 32 and 33, Marvel Comics)
• Generation Hope (with writer Kieron Gillen, issues 5 and 9, Marvel Comics): collected within:
  • The Future's a Four Letter Word (collects #1-5, tpb, 120 pages, ISBN 0-78514-719-5)
  • Schism (collects #6-12, tpb, 168 pages ISBN 0-78515-242-3)
• Secret Avengers (with writer Warren Ellis, issue 16, Marvel Comics, August 2011): collected within
  • Run The Mission, Don't Get Seen, Save The World (collects #16-21, tpb, 144 pages, ISBN 0-78515-255-5)
• X-Men Season One (with writer Dennis Hopeless, graphic novel, 136 pages, Marvel Comics, March 2012, ISBN 0-78515-645-3)
• Defenders (with writer Matt Fraction, issues 8–11): collected within
  • Volume 2 (collects #7-12, tpb, 136 pages, ISBN 0-78515-853-7)
• Marvel Now Point One (part, with Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, 2012)
• Young Avengers (with Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, 2013-4): collected as:
  • Style > Substance (collects #1-5, tpb, 128 pages, ISBN 0-78516-708-0)
  • Alternative Cultures (collects #6-10, tpb, 112 pages, ISBN 0-78516-709-9)
  • Mic-Drop at the Edge of Time and Space (collects #11-15, tpb, 112 pages, ISBN 0-78518-530-5)
  • Omnibus (collects #1-15, hb, 360 pages, ISBN 0-78519-171-2)
• The Wicked + The Divine (with Kieron Gillen, Image Comics, 2014–): collected as:
  • The Faust Act (collects #1-5, tpb, 180 pages, ISBN 978-1-63215-019-6)
  • Fandemonium (Collects #6-11, tpb, 200 pages, ISBN 978-1-63215-327-2)

Cover work

• Hack/Slash No. 11 (alternative cover)
• Captain Marvel No. 7, 9
• Ms. Marvel No. 1 (alternative cover), No. 2-9
• Nightcrawler (2014–) No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
• [Revolutionary War: Omega] (2014), No. 1
• The Fuse No. 3 (alternative cover)

Games

• Kudos 2, Positech Games

Notes

1. Ching, Albert (22 March 2012). "Jamie McKelvie Details his Captain Marvel Redesign". Newsarama.
2. Richards, Dave (9 October 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Gillen & McKelvie Assemble New Volume of "Young Avengers"". Comic Book Resources.
3. Gillen, Kieron (27 September 2012). "Oh, Our Meeting Lit a Fuse in My Heart, Devoured Me". Phonogram.
4. Wheeler, Andrew (9 January 2014). " Exclusive: Gillen & McKelvie Announce 'The Wicked + the Divine' For Image". Comics Alliance.
5. Khouri, Andy (4 March 2011). " Jamie McKelvie’s Art Brut Album Cover with Exclusive Kieron Gillen Commentary". Comics Alliance.
6. " Art Brut's 'Brilliant! Tragic!' album cover art by Jamie McKelvie". Marvel.com. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
7. Reed, Patrick A. (1 September 2011). "Pop Music Comics: Brilliant! Tragic! (inspired by the songs Of Art Brut)". Depth of Field Magazine.
8. Orbit Books (4 January 2013).Cover Story: THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NYC by Mur Lafferty

References

• Jamie McKelvie at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Official website
• Jamie McKelvie's Workblog
• Jamie McKelvie at the Comic Book DB
• Jamie McKelvie on Tumblr
• McKelvie, Jamie (31 March 2009). "Digital Creator Spotlight – Jamie McKelvie". Marvel.com.

Interviews

• Moondaughter, Wolfen (February 2005). "Let Me Introduce You: Jamie McKelvie". Sequential Tart.
• Rappaport, Adrienne (September 2005). "Jamie McKelvie". Sequential Tart.
• Khouri, Andy (11 July 2007). "'A Life Less Ordinary: McKelvie's 'Suburban Glamour'". Comic Book Resources.
• Storm, Marc (11 February 2009). "Cable: Independent Spirit". Marvel.com.