Jamie McKelvie
{{Short description|British illustrator of comic books and graphic novels}}
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Jamie McKelvie is a British cartoonist and illustrator, known for his both work on books such as Phonogram, Young Avengers and The Wicked + The Divine, and his approach to comic character design.
Career
Since 2003, McKelvie has collaborated with Kieron Gillen on a number of works. This started with a comic strip for PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, entitled Save Point, which ran for at least three years.{{Cite web | title = Ten questions with Kieron Gillen | author = Greg Burgas | work =Comic Book Resources | date = 26 August 2006 | access-date = 3 November 2017 | url = https://www.cbr.com/ten-questions-with-kieron-gillen/ }} The Guardian highlighted that Gillen and McKelvie "met in 2003 at a convention where Gillen was selling his first photocopied comics".{{Cite news |last=Mackay |first=Emily |date=2015-08-10 |title=Florence the superhero: the comics giving pop stars superpowers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/10/phonogram-comics-wicked-and-divine-immaterial-girl-kieron-gillen-jamie-mckelvie-interview |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Their first comic book together was Phonogram, a six-issue series in 2006, which was followed by two sequel series in 2008 and 2015 with Matt Wilson.{{Cite web |date=2015-01-09 |title=Phonogram for summer return - Image Expo |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/comics/a620406/phonogram-immaterial-girl-arriving-in-summer-2015-image-expo/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Shiach |first=Kieran|date=2017-01-19 |title=The Impact Of Gillen, McKelvie And Wilson's 'Phonogram' |url=https://comicsalliance.com/impact-music-comics-phonogram-mckelvie-gillen-wilson/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=ComicsAlliance |language=en}} The three worked together on a relaunch of Young Avengers for Marvel in 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=41439|title=EXCLUSIVE: Gillen & McKelvie Assemble New Volume of "Young Avengers"|date=9 October 2012|author=Richards, Dave|website=Comic Book Resources}} and created the 45-issue series The Wicked + The Divine between 2014 and 2019.Wheeler, Andrew (9 January 2014). [http://comicsalliance.com/the-wicked-and-the-divine-kieron-gillen-interview-jamie-mckelvie-image-expo/ " Exclusive: Gillen & McKelvie Announce 'The Wicked + the Divine' For Image"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429061046/http://comicsalliance.com/the-wicked-and-the-divine-kieron-gillen-interview-jamie-mckelvie-image-expo/ |date=29 April 2015 }}. ComicsAlliance. In 2021, GamesRadar+ highlighted that the duo has "worked together on-and-off for the past 17 years" and that their Batman short story Batman: Black and White #5 was their "first major project together since the conclusion of The Wicked + The Divine in 2019".{{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=2021-01-15 |title=Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie take on Batman |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-kieron-gillen-jamie-mckelvie/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=GamesRadar+ |language=en}}
His first creator-owned series as both writer and artist, Suburban Glamour, was published in 2008, with Guy Major and Matthew Wilson as colourists. 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.
McKelvie's artwork also graces the covers of the Art Brut album Brilliant! Tragic! and the single "Lost Weekend",Khouri, Andy (4 March 2011). [http://comicsalliance.com/jamie-mckelvie-art-brut-album-cover-kieron-gillen/ " Jamie McKelvie’s Art Brut Album Cover with Exclusive Kieron Gillen Commentary"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110112336/http://comicsalliance.com/jamie-mckelvie-art-brut-album-cover-kieron-gillen/ |date=10 November 2013 }}. ComicsAlliance.[https://archive.today/20130909205606/http://marvel.com/images/gallery/story/16191/images_from_the_marvel_life_art_brut/image/876457 " Art Brut's 'Brilliant! Tragic!' album cover art by Jamie McKelvie"]. Marvel.com. Retrieved 9 September 2013.Reed, Patrick A. (1 September 2011). [http://www.depthoffieldmagazine.com/2011/09/01/pop-music-comics-brilliant-tragic-inspired-by-the-songs-of-art-brut/ "Pop Music Comics: Brilliant! Tragic! (inspired by the songs Of Art Brut)"]. Depth of Field Magazine. and of two novels by writer Mur Lafferty.Orbit Books (4 January 2013).[http://www.orbitbooks.net/2013/01/04/cover-story-the-shambling-guide-to-new-york-cit-by-mur-lafferty/ Cover Story: THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NYC by Mur Lafferty] He has illustrated prints and tour posters for the band Chvrches and his art was animated in their music video for the new version of "Bury It" (2016) featuring Hayley Williams.{{Cite web |last=Shiach |first=Kieran |date=2016-07-11 |title=CHVRCHES Team With Jamie McKelvie For 'Bury It' Music Video |url=https://comicsalliance.com/chvrches-jamie-mckelvie-bury-it-music-video/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=ComicsAlliance |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Brodsky |first=Rachel |date=11 July 2016 |title=Chvrches 'Bury It' and Rise Above in Animated Video Featuring Hayley Williams |url=https://www.spin.com/2016/07/chvrches-bury-it-animated-video-hayley-williams/ |access-date=6 June 2022 |work=Spin}}
=Character design=
McKelvie has redesigned a number of characters' costumes, including the 2012 redesign of long-time character Carol Danvers, for a relaunch of the character as the new Captain Marvel,{{cite news|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/captain-marvel-design-jamie-mckelvie.html|work=Newsarama|author=Ching, Albert|title=Jamie McKelvie Details his Captain Marvel Redesign|date=22 March 2012}}. and in late 2013, the design for Kamala Khan's outfit when she becomes Ms Marvel.{{cite web|title=P:R Approved: Jamie McKelvie's Ms. Marvel|url=http://www.tencentticker.com/projectrooftop/2013/11/06/pr-approved-jamie-mckelvies-ms-marvel/|website=Project Rooftop|access-date=8 May 2016}} In 2016, he designed the costumes for the time-displaced original five X-Men seen in X-Men: Blue (2017).{{Cite web |last=Lovett |first=Jamie |date=November 29, 2016 |title=Exclusive: Jamie McKelvie Gives The X-Men: Blue Team New Costumes |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/x-men-blue-costumes-jamie-mckelvie/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en}} In 2023, he redesigned Kamala's costume after she joined the X-Men.{{Cite magazine |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=July 14, 2023 |title=The Marvels star Iman Vellani is writing a new Ms. Marvel comic |url=https://ew.com/books/iman-vellani-writing-new-ms-marvel-comic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714134310/https://ew.com/books/iman-vellani-writing-new-ms-marvel-comic/ |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |access-date=July 14, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |date=July 14, 2023 |title=Ms. Marvel will come back from the dead for new comic series written by her MCU actor |url=https://www.polygon.com/23794887/new-ms-marvel-comic-mutant-mcu-actor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714232927/https://www.polygon.com/23794887/new-ms-marvel-comic-mutant-mcu-actor |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} He has also made available his personal takes on Wonder Woman,{{cite web|title=Wonder Woman by Jamie McKelvie|url=http://www.tencentticker.com/projectrooftop/2006/04/26/wonder-woman-by-jamie-mckelvie/|website=Project Rooftop|access-date=8 May 2016|date=26 April 2006}} Iron Man{{cite web|title=Jamie McKelvie's Iron Man|url=http://www.tencentticker.com/projectrooftop/2014/07/02/jamie-mckelvies-iron-man/|website=Project Rooftop|access-date=8 May 2016}} and Cyclops.{{Cite web| title = Jamie McKelvie Presents…X-Men's Cyclops with Moustache| work = ifanboy.com| date = 31 May 2011| access-date = 26 July 2017| url = http://ifanboy.com/articles/jamie-mckelvie-presents-x-mens-cyclops-with-moustache/}}
McKelvie has said that he emphasises practicality when creating his Marvel designs, stating that he considers the "message a [...] character's design is putting across",{{cite web|author1=Albert Ching|title=Jamie McKelvie Details his CAPTAIN MARVEL Redesign|url=http://www.newsarama.com/9263-jamie-mckelvie-details-his-captain-marvel-redesign.html|website=Newsarama|access-date=8 May 2016|date=22 March 2012}} and specifically for Ms. Marvel, the design reflects "the Captain Marvel legacy, and also her story and her background".{{cite web|title=STEWART, MCKELVIE & MORE TALK COSTUME DESIGN IN MODERN COMICS|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/stewart-mckelvie-more-talk-costume-design-in-modern-comics|website=Comic Book Resources|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602234027/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/stewart-mckelvie-more-talk-costume-design-in-modern-comics|url-status=dead}} For the time-displaced X-Men, McKelvie commented that he "wanted to reference past incarnations of the characters, while at the same time coming up with something new and cohesive for the team".
Works
=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, three volume limited series, Image Comics, 2006, 2009, 2015): 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 (collects Vol 3 #1–6 (2016), tpb, 168 pages, {{ISBN|1-63215-679-2}})
- The Complete Phonogram, (collects Vol 1, 2 and 3 (2017) hb, 504 pages, {{ISBN|1-53430-151-8}})
- 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? No. 1 and Batman Alive? No. 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 and Matt Wilson, 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 and Matt Wilson, Image Comics, 2014–2019): 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}})
- Commercial Suicide (Collects #12–17, tpb, 200 pages, {{ISBN|978-1-63215-631-0}})
- Rising Action (Collects #18–22, tpb, 168 pages, {{ISBN|978-1-63215-631-0}})
- Imperial Phase (Part 1) (Collects #23–28, tpb, 200 pages, {{ISBN|978-1-63215-631-0}})
- Imperial Phase (Part 2) (collects #29-33, tpb, 168 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1534304738}})
- Mothering Invention (collects #34-39, tpb, 208 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|9781534308404}})
- Old is the New New (collects all specials, tpb, 232 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534308806)
- Okay (collects #40-45, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534312498)
- "The Riddle" (with writer Kieron Gillen, in Batman Black and White vol. 5 #5, 8 pages, DC Comics, April 2021
==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
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