lee Weeks

{{short description|American comics artist (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox comics creator

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| caption = Weeks at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 9, 2010

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|21}}

| birth_place = Augusta, Maine

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| nationality = American

| area = Penciler, Inker, Writer

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| notable works = The Batman Chronicles: Gauntlet
Daredevil
Gambit
Spiderman: Death and Destiny
Superman: Lois and Clark

| awards = Haxtur Award: Best Short Story (with Bruce Jones and Josef Rubinstein - 2003
Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award (2019))}}

Lee Weeks (born October 21 1962) is an American comics artist known for his work on such titles as Daredevil.

Career

Lee Weeks attended The Kubert School{{cite web|url= http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=WEEKS%2c+LEE|title= Weeks, Lee|first= Jerry|last= Bails|authorlink= Jerry Bails|date= n.d.|work= Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070511205344/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=WEEKS%2c+LEE|archivedate= May 11, 2007|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}} and made his professional comics debut penciling, inking, and lettering a short story ("Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk") in Tales of Terror #5 (March 1986), a horror anthology published by Eclipse Comics.{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Lee+Weeks|title= Lee Weeks}} He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on the Daredevil series (1990–1992), where he pencilled the Last Rites storyline.{{cite book|last = Manning|first = Matthew K.|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1990s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = Dorling Kindersley|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 258|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= Culminating in the anniversary 300th issue, Daredevil would finally gain the upper hand against longtime foe Wilson Fisk (the Kingpin) in this moody tale by writer D. G. Chichester and penciller Lee Weeks.}} It featured the fall of the Kingpin and is a sequel of sorts to Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's Born Again.{{cite web|url= http://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Weeks|title= Interview With Lee Weeks|first= Kuljit|last= Mithra|date= February 1998|publisher= Manwithoutfear.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305161039/http://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Weeks|archivedate= March 5, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}

He collaborated with writer Howard Mackie on the Gambit limited series in 1993–1994.Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 265: "Everyone's favorite smooth-talking Cajun, Gambit, made his way into his first miniseries by writer Howard Mackie and artist Lee Weeks." At Dark Horse Comics, Weeks drew the Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter and Tarzan vs. Predator: At the Earth's Core crossovers.{{cite web|url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/weeks_lee.htm|title= Lee Weeks|date= 2015|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120506170540/http://lambiek.net/artists/w/weeks_lee.htm|archivedate= May 6, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}} Back at Marvel, he wrote and drew the Spider-Man: Death and Destiny limited series in 2000{{cite book|last = Cowsill|first = Alan|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 2000s|title = Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging|publisher = Dorling Kindersley|year = 2012|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 257|isbn = 978-0756692360|quote= Lee Weeks handled the story and the art for a three-part miniseries that mixed events form the original The Amazing Spider-Man issues with new material.}} and worked with Tom DeFalco on Spider-Man: The Mysterio Manifesto the following year.Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 260: "The identity of the latest Mysterio to menace Spider-Man was revealed in a three issue miniseries written by Tom DeFalco and drawn by Lee Weeks."

Other Marvel Comics titles he has contributed to include Justice (1988–1989), The Destroyer (1989–1990), Spider-Man's Tangled Web (2002), Captain America vol. 4 #17-20 (with writer Dave Gibbons) (2003), The Incredible Hulk vol. 3 (2002, 2005) and the five-part Captain Marvel (2008) mini-series.

In a brief period with DC Comics, Weeks penciled the 1997 48-page bookshelf format book, The Batman Chronicles: Gauntlet, which was written by Bruce Canwell.{{cite book|last= Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dougall|first2=Alastair, ed.|chapter= 1990s|title= Batman: A Visual History|publisher= Dorling Kindersley|year= 2014|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 231|isbn= 978-1465424563|quote= Written by Bruce Canwell with art by Lee Weeks, this prestige-format one-shot showed Dick Grayson, hoping to take up the mantle of Robin, engaged in a fast-paced, dangerous game of hide-and-seek with Batman.}} He also worked as a storyboard artist for Superman: The Animated Series.This is mentioned in the DVD commentary of the episode "Apokolips Now Part 2"

Weeks is the subject of the seventeenth volume of the Modern Masters series published by TwoMorrows Publishing in 2008.{{cite book|last1= Field|first1= Tom|last2= Nolen-Weathington|first2= Eric|title= Modern Masters Volume 17: Lee Weeks|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|year= 2008|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|pages= 128|isbn= 978-1893905948}}

Weeks is the writer and artist of "Angels Unaware", the opening three issue storyline of the eight-issue, Marvel anthology miniseries Daredevil: Dark Nights.{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=46005|title= Lee Weeks Rebuilds Daredevil's Dark Nights|first= Kiel|last= Phegley|date= June 11, 2013|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151020034813/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=46005|archivedate= October 20, 2015|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}} James Hunt of Comic Book Resources gave the first issue four and a half out of five stars. While Hunt praised Weeks' writing, he stated, "It's Weeks' art which really sells the story. Weeks is a very visual storyteller whose ideas translate fantastically onto the page, whether it's the ambiance of snow-covered streets or the fluid, weighty action scenes. The world looks grimy, yet ethereal. It's clear that the artists have a rock-solid grip on the character."{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=6080|title= Daredevil: Dark Nights #1|first= James|last= Hunt|date= June 10, 2013|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151004042421/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=6080|archivedate= October 4, 2015|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}} The second issue was also given four and a half out of five stars by CBR's Kelly Thompson, who called it "hauntingly beautiful and surprisingly complex in the way it addresses the ideas of being a superhero", and that the storyline is a "fantastic" look at the character.{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=6184|title= Daredevil: Dark Nights #2|first= Kelly|last= Thompson|author-link=Kelly Thompson|date= July 5, 2013|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151004015639/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=6184|archivedate= October 4, 2015|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}} He worked on Superman: Lois and Clark in 2015 with writer Dan Jurgens.{{cite web|url= http://www.newsarama.com/26353-dan-jurgens-explains-the-goals-of-bringing-back-the-pre-new-52-superman-lois-for-real.html|title= Dan Jurgens Explains the Goals of Bringing Back the Pre-New 52 Superman & Lois For Real|first= Vaneta|last= Rogers|date= October 15, 2015|publisher= Newsarama|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151017131548/http://www.newsarama.com/26353-dan-jurgens-explains-the-goals-of-bringing-back-the-pre-new-52-superman-lois-for-real.html|archivedate= October 17, 2015|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= Jurgens and artist Lee Weeks are bringing the older, married, pre-reboot versions of Clark Kent and Lois Lane onto DC's Prime Earth in the new ongoing, Superman: Lois and Clark.}} In 2017, Weeks drew a Batman/Elmer Fudd one-shot.{{cite web|url= http://www.cbr.com/review-batman-elmer-fudd-one-shot/|title= Review: King & Weeks' Batman/Elmer Fudd Is Comics Noir At Its Finest|first= Meg|last= Downey|date= June 28, 2017|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170805130454/http://www.cbr.com/review-batman-elmer-fudd-one-shot/|archivedate= August 5, 2017|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= The creative team of Tom King, Lee Weeks and Lovern Kindzierski have created an heir to famous existential character meditations like Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? in the pages of….well, Batman/Elmer Fudd #1.}}

Awards

In 2003, Lee Weeks shared the Haxtur Award for "Best Short Story" with Bruce Jones and Josef Rubinstein.{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/haxtur03.php|title= 2003 Haxtur Awards|date= n.d.|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150919011639/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/haxtur03.php|archivedate= September 19, 2015|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}

In 2019, Weeks was awarded the Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award, having received 31% of the votes for that category.{{cite web|url= https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/2019-inkwell-awards-voting-results-and-ceremony/|title= 2019 Inkwell Awards Voting Results and Ceremony|first= Bob|last= Almond|date= April 13, 2019|publisher= First Comics News|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190527140728/https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/2019-inkwell-awards-voting-results-and-ceremony/|archivedate= May 27, 2019|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}

Bibliography

=Dark Horse Comics=

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  • Comics' Greatest World: Ghost (#3) (1993)
  • Comics Greatest World: Monster (#4) (1993)
  • Comics Greatest World: Pit Bulls (#2) (1993)
  • Comics Greatest World: X (#1) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Barb Wire (#9) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Catalyst: Agents of Change (#8) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Division 13 (#13) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Hero Zero (#14) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: King Tiger (#15) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Mecha (#6) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Motorhead (#12) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Out of the Vortex (#16) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Rebel (#5) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: The Machine (#10) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Titan (#7) (1993)
  • Comics' Greatest World: Wolf Gang (#11) (1993)
  • Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter #1–2 (1992)
  • Tarzan vs. Predator at the Earth's Core #1–4 (1996)

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=DC Comics=

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=Eclipse Comics=

=Marvel Comics=

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