Croatian comic book artist and animator (born 1972)
Esad T. Ribić (born 10 November 1972[ 1] ) is a Croatian comic book artist and animator, known for his work on various titles for Marvel Comics , including Loki , Silver Surfer: Requiem , Sub-Mariner: The Depths , Thor: God of Thunder and the 2015 Secret Wars .
Early life
Esad T. Ribić was born in 1972 in Zagreb , Croatia .[ 2]
Career
Ribić graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb as a graphic designer. He started making comics in the early 90s, doing shorts strips and illustrations for the Croatian Plavi magazine (Vjesnik ) and German Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag ). Ribić also worked for Zagreb Film as a film animator on such series as The Little Flying Bears and Lapitch the Little Shoemaker .
Ribić then illustrated four issues of MarvelComics' Loki in 2004. In 2011–2012, Ribić drew writer Jonathan Hickman 's run on Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates .
In January 2013 Ribić and writer Jason Aaron started the series Thor: God of Thunder .[ 3] This series was voted as the 8th best Thor story by Comicbook.com.[ 4]
In 2015, Ribić was announced as one of the artists working on the new Méta-Baron series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jerry Frissen , although his chapters were not released due to series cancellation.[ 5] [ 6]
That May, he drew the Secret Wars limited series with writer Jonathan Hickman. The series was released to positive reviews, with critics praising the storyline, characters, action, and art styles.[ 7]
It was announced at the 2016 Image Expo that Ribić and Ivan Brandon would be the creative team on the science fiction series, VS ,[ 8] which was released in February 2018.[ 9]
In 2019 Ribić both wrote and drew the Conan the Barbarian: Exodus one-shot.[ 10] September 2019 saw the debut of the four-issue miniseries, King Thor , on which Ribić re-teamed with Aaron.[ 11]
In August 2020, Marvel Comics announced that Ribić would draw the series Eternals , which would debut in November 2020.[ 12]
In April 2024, it was announced that Ribić would draw the miniseries Aliens vs. Avengers , which pits Earth's mightiest heroes against the Xenomorphs . The first issue is set to debut July 2024.[ 13]
Bibliography
Interior work
Code Name: Scorpio #1-4 (with Miljenko Horvatić, Antarctic Press , 1996–1997)
Shotgun Mary: Son of the Beast (with Miljenko Horvatić, one-shot , Antarctic Press, 1997)
Warrior Nun Areala: Warrior Nun Frenzy #1-2 (with Miljenko Horvatić, Antarctic Press, 1998)
Strange Adventures vol. 2 #4: "Native Tongue" (with Brian Azzarello , anthology , Vertigo , 2000)
Flinch #12: "Mondays" (with Scott Cunningham , anthology, Vertigo, 2000)
Four Horsemen #1-4 (with Robert Rodi , Vertigo, 2000)
X-Men: Children of the Atom #5-6 (with Joe Casey , Marvel , 2000)
Cable #86: "Last Man Standing" (with Robert Weinberg , Marvel, 2000)
Uncanny X-Men Annual #24: "Share" (with Scott Lobdell and Fiona Avery , Marvel, 2000)
The Brotherhood #1-3 (with X , Marvel, 2001)
Ultimate X-Men #13-14 (with Chuck Austen , Ultimate Marvel , 2002)
Loki #1-4 (with Robert Rodi, Marvel, 2004)
24Seven Volume 1 : "Untitled" (script and art, anthology graphic novel , Image , 2006)
Marvel Knights : Silver Surfer #1-4: "Requiem" (with J. Michael Straczynski , Marvel, 2007)
Marvel Knights : Sub-Mariner #1-5: "The Depths" (with Peter Milligan , Marvel, 2008–2009)
Dark Reign: The List — Wolverine (with Jason Aaron , one-shot, Marvel, 2009)
X-Men: Second Coming #2: "Chapter 2" (with Mike Carey , co-feature, Marvel, 2010)
Uncanny X-Force #5-7: "Deathlok Nation" (with Rick Remender , Marvel, 2011)
Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #1-9 (with Jonathan Hickman and Brandon Peterson (#5-6), Ultimate Marvel, 2011–2012)
Thor: God of Thunder #1-5, 7-11, 19-25 (with Jason Aaron, Agustin Alessio (#24), R. M. Guera and Simon Bisley (#25), Marvel, 2013–2014)
X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2: "Chapter 10" (with Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Wood , among other artists, Marvel, 2013)
The Avengers vol. 5 #24: "Rogue Planet" (with Jonathan Hickman, Mike Deodato Jr. , Jackson Guice and Salvador Larroca , Marvel, 2014)
Secret Wars #1-9 (with Jonathan Hickman, Marvel, 2015–2016)
Civil War II #8 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2017)
The Unworthy Thor #4 (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Marvel, 2017)
Marvel Legacy (with Jason Aaron and various artists, one-shot, Marvel, 2017)
VS #1-5 (with Ivan Brandon , Image , 2018)
Conan the Barbarian: Exodus (script and art, one-shot, Marvel, 2019)
King Thor #1-4 (with Jason Aaron and various artists (#4), Marvel, 2019–2020)
Eternals #1-10, 12 (with Kieron Gillen , Marvel, 2021-2022)
Covers only
Crimson Nun #1-4 (Antarctic Press , 1997)
Wolverine vol. 2 #181-189 (Marvel , 2002–2003)
Terminator 3 #2 (Beckett Comics, 2003)
Wolverine vol. 3 #1-6 (Marvel, 2003)
Kingpin #1-3 (Marvel, 2003)
NYC Mech #5 (Image , 2004)
Black Panther vol. 3 #1-2, 20 (Marvel, 2005–2006)
Common Foe #1-3 (Desperado Publishing , 2005)
Toxin #1 (Marvel, 2005)
House of M #1-8 (Marvel, 2005)
Ghost Rider vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2005)
Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator #2 (Dynamite , 2005)
Negative Burn Winter Special #1 (Desperado Publishing, 2005)
The Cross Bronx #1 (Image , 2006)
Silver Surfer Omnibus hc (Marvel, 2007)
Moon Knight vol. 5 #11-12 (Marvel, 2007)
Daredevil #501-504 (Marvel, 2009–2010)
X-Factor #200 (Marvel, 2010)
Thor #609 (Marvel, 2010)
The Amazing Spider-Man #636, 688 (Marvel, 2010–2012)
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #1 (Dark Horse , 2010)
Uncanny X-Force #1-4, 8-18 (Marvel, 2010–2012)
Astonishing Thor #1 (Marvel, 2010)
The Outlaw Prince gn (Dark Horse, 2010)
Ys la légende Volume 1-2 (Soleil , 2011–2012)
John Carter: The World of Mars #1 (Marvel, 2011)
X-O Manowar vol. 3 #1 (Valiant , 2012)
Bloodshot vol. 3 #1, 3 (Valiant, 2012)
Avengers vs. X-Men #7 (Marvel, 2012)
Wolverine #309 (Marvel, 2012)
Untold Tales of Punisher MAX #3 (Marvel, 2012)
Thor: God of Thunder #6, 12, 16-18 (Marvel, 2013–2014)
The Avengers vol. 5 #1-2 (Marvel, 2013)
Cable and X-Force #15 (Marvel, 2013)
Drifter #1 (Image, 2014)
Thor vol. 4 #1-2 (Marvel, 2014–2015)
Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #6 (Marvel, 2015)
The Goddamned #3 (Image, 2016)
Civil War II #0 (Marvel, 2016)
Civil War II : Kingpin #1 (Marvel, 2016)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1, 6 (Marvel, 2016–2017)
Black Panther vol. 5 #5-8 (Marvel, 2016–2017)
Infamous Iron Man #1 (Marvel, 2016)
Gamora #1-5 (Marvel, 2017)
Green Arrow vol. 5 #27 (DC Comics , 2017)
The Avengers #677 (Marvel, 2018)
The Mighty Thor #705 (Marvel, 2018)
The Avengers vol. 7 #1 (Marvel, 2018)
Thor vol. 5 #1, 5-6 (Marvel, 2018)
Thanos Legacy #1 (Marvel, 2018)
Fantastic Four vol. 6 #1-9, 11-13 (Marvel, 2018–2019)
Uncanny X-Men vol. 5 #6 (Marvel, 2019)
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2019)
Conan the Barbarian #1-ongoing (Marvel, 2019–...)
References
^ "Esad Ribić" . Enciklopedija stripovi.com.
^ "STRIP DIJALOG Esad Ribić" . alu.unizg.hr (in Croatian). Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb . Retrieved 10 September 2020 .
^ Ching, Albert (August 7, 2012). "Past, Present & Future Thor Star in Aaron's God of Thunder " . Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013 .
^ "10 Greatest Thor Stories of All Time" .
^ "Press Release: Esad Ribic and Mukesh Singh join METABARON" . Humanoids Publishing . October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015.
^ https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1579464 [permanent dead link ] . Comic Art Fans.
^ "Secret Wars Reviews" . ComicBookRoundup.com . Retrieved 2019-06-26 .
^ "IMAGE EXPO: Ivan Brandon, Esad Ribic Launching New Sc-Fi Title, 'VS" . CBR.com . April 6, 2016. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020 .
^ "VS" . ComicBook Roundup. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020 .
^ Liam Nolan, Tim (May 22, 2019). "EXCLUSIVE: New Conan Series Reveals the Cimmerian's First Epic Adventure" . CBR.com . Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ Stephen Gerding (June 12, 2019). "EXCLUSIVE: Aaron & Ribic's King Thor Battles [SPOILER] For the Final Time" . CBR.com . Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ Adams, Tim (August 19, 2020). "Marvel Launches Eternals in November With Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribić" . Bleeding Cool . Archived from the original on October 6, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020 .
^ "Jonathan Hickman teases Marvel's upcoming 'Aliens vs. Avengers' comic" . EW.com . Retrieved 2024-04-18 .
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