Chris Batista
Chris Batista is an American comic book artist, known for his work on a number of titles for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including Steel, Spaceknights and Thunderbolts.
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Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Penciller |
Notable works | Spaceknights The Legion Robin |
Career
Batista is an alumnus of Manhattan's School of Visual Arts, having studied under Klaus Janson, who helped obtain for him his first professional work.[1]
Titles Batista has contributed to include Steel (1993–1995),[2] Spider-Man 2099 (1994), Spaceknights (2000–2001), Thunderbolts (2002–2003), The Legion (2003–2004), JLA (2005) and has provided art for several issues of DC Comics weekly year-long comic book series 52 (2006–2007).
He also penciled an arc of DC's Robin with Chuck Dixon.[3] He has recently pencilled the second volume of Booster Gold, starring the eponymous time-traveling hero.
Personal life
Batista resides in New York City.[1]
Bibliography
- Marvel Swimsuit Special #2 (pencils, Marvel Comics, 1993)
- X-Factor #88-89, Annual #8 (pencils, with Peter David, Marvel Comics, March 1993 - May 1993)
- X-Men Adventures #7-8, 10, 15 (pencils, with Ralph Macchio/Mark Edward Edens, Marvel Comics, June 1993 - January 1994)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #139-140 (pencils, with Larry Hama, Marvel Comics, August 1993 - September 1993)
- Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #3 (pencils, with Geoff Isherwood/Scholly Fisch, Marvel Comics, 1993)
- Steel #0, 1-3, 5-8, 9-10 (Covers) 11-13, 15-16 (pencils, with Jon Bogdanove/Louise Simonson, DC Comics, February 1994 - June 1995)
- Spider-Man Magazine #1 (pencils, with Kelly P. Corvese, Marvel Comics, March 1994)
- Worlds Collide #1 (pencils, with Dwayne McDuffie/Ivan Velez Jr. /Robert L. Washington III, DC/Milestone, July 1994)
- Spider-Man 2099 #22-23 (with Peter David, Marvel Comics, August–September 1994)
- Justice League Quarterly #17 (DC Comics, Winter 1994)
- X-Men #14 (with Ralph Macchio/Fabian Nicieza, Marvel Comics, March 1995)
- Black Lightning #7 (with Tony Isabella, DC Comics, August 1995)
- Deathstroke #52 (with Marv Wolfman, DC Comics, October 1995)
- Shi: Senryaku #2 (with Kurt Busiek/Gary Cohn, Crusade Comics, October 1995)
- Vampirella Pin-Up Special #1 (Harris Comics, October 1995)
- Extreme Justice #10,12-14 (Covers, with Christopher Priest, DC Comics, November 1995 - March 1996)
- Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear #1 (with Roger Stern, DC Comics, December 1995)
- Doomsday Annual #1 (with Louise Simonson, DC Comics, 1995)
- Vengeance of Vampirella #22 (with Tom Sniegoski, Harris Comics, January 1996)
- Justice League Task Force #30-33 (Covers, with Ivan Velez Jr., DC Comics, December 1995 - March 1996)
- Green Lantern #84, 90, 107 (with Ron Marz, DC Comics, March 1997 - December 1998)
- Professor Xavier and the X-Men #16 (cover), 17-18 (with Jorge González, Marvel Comics, February 1997 - April 1997)
- JLA Gallery (One-Shot) (DC Comics, July 1997)
- Turok: Tales of The Lost Land #1 (with Fabian Nicieza, Valiant Comics, April 1998)
- Magnus Robot Fighter #15 (with D.G. Chichester/Tom Peyer, Valiant Comics, July 1998)
- Trinity Angels #8-9, 11-12 (with Kevin Maguire, Crusade Comics, February 1998 - February 1999)
- BlackJack: Blood and Honor TPB (with Alex Simmons, Dark Angel Productions, December 1999)
- Spaceknights (script and art, with co-author Jim Starlin, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, October 2000 - February 2001)
- Spider-Girl #39 (with Tom Defalco, Marvel Comics, December 2001)
- Shi: The Illustrated Warrior #2 (with Billy Tucci/Craig Shaw Gardner, Crusade Comics, 2002)
- Iron Man #49 (with Frank Tieri, Marvel Comics, February 2002)
- Marvel Universe: Millennial Visions #1 (Writer/Artist, Marvel Comics, February 2002)
- Captain Marvel #28 (with Peter David, Marvel Comics, March 2002)
- The Order #2 (with Kurt Busiek/Jo Duffy, Marvel Comics, May 2002)
- JLA/JSA Secret Files and Origins #1 (with Joe Kelly, DC Comics, January 2003)
- Thunderbolts #66, 68, 72, 74 (with Fabian Nicieza, Marvel Comics, August 2002 - January 2003)
- JLA-Z #1 (with Mike McAvennie, DC Comics, November 2003)
- The Legion #19-23, 25-30, 32-33 (with Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, DC Comics, June 2003 - July 2004)
- Firestorm #6 (with Justin Gray/Jimmy Palmiotti, DC Comics, December 2004)
- Aquaman #23-24 (with John Ostrander, DC Comics, December 2004 - January 2005)
- JLA #115-119 (with Allan Heinberg/Geoff Johns, DC Comics, August–November 2005)
- Hawkman #47-49 (with Justin Gray/Jimmy Palmiotti, DC Comics, February 2006 - April 2006)
- 52 (comics)#52 #5, 10, 17, 20, 29, 31, 40, 45, 52 (art, with writers Geoff Johns/Grant Morrison/Greg Rucka/Mark Waid and layouts by Keith Giffen, DC Comics, June 2006 - May 2007)
- Teen Titans #47 (with Adam Beechen, DC Comics, July 2007)
- Superman Confidential #8-9 (with Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, DC Comics, December 2007 - January 2008)
- Robin #170-174 (with Chuck Dixon, DC Comics, March–July 2008)
- Superman/Batman Annual #2 (with Len Wein, DC Comics, March 2009)
- The Last Days of Animal Man (with Gerry Conway, 6-issue limited series, DC Comics, July–December 2009)
- Titans #21 (with J. T. Krul, DC Comics, March 2010)
- Wonder Woman #41 (with Gail Simone, DC Comics, April 2010)
- Booster Gold #32-35, #37-39, #41-43 (with J.M. DeMatteis/Keith Giffen, DC Comics, July 2010-June 2011)
- Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #12 (with Peter Tomasi, DC Comics, September 2011)
- Batman Beyond #8 (with Adam Beechen, DC Comics, October 2011)
- Legion: Secret Origin #1-6 (with Paul Levitz, DC Comics, December 2011-May 2012)
- Spaceknights(2012) (script and art, with co-author Jim Starlin, 3-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, December 2012 - February 2013)
- Flash #23.1 (with Brian Buccellato, DC Comics, November 2013)
- Stormwatch #28 (Cover, with Jim Starlin, DC Comics, April 2014)
- Green Lantern Corps #30 (with Van Jensen/Scott Kolins, DC Comics, June 2014)
Notes
- Chris Batista Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Wizard World, accessed April 21, 2011.
- Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Steel finally stepped out of Superman's shadow in his own ongoing series by writers Jon Bogdanove and Louise Simonson, and artist Chris Batista.
CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) - Rogers, Vaneta (October 11, 2007). "Chris Batista Moving to Robin". Newsarama. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
References
External links
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- Chris Batista at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Chris Batista at Comic Vine
Preceded by Patrick Zircher |
Thunderbolts artist 2002 (with Patrick Zircher) |
Succeeded by Manuel Garcia |
Preceded by David Baldeon |
Robin artist 2008 |
Succeeded by Joe Bennett |