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| Axel Alonso | |
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 Alonso at the December 21, 2010 press conference to announce the "Fear Itself" event at Midtown Comics Times Square in Manhattan. | |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Editor |
| Awards | 2004 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Editor 2006 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Editor 2010 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Editor |
Axel Alonso is American comic book creator, known mostly for his work as an editor at DC Comics from 1994 - 2000, and at Marvel Comics from 2000 to the present. At DC, he edited books such as Doom Patrol, and a number of books published under their Vertigo line, such as Animal Man, Hellblazer, Preacher and 100 Bullets. At Marvel Comics, he edited Spider-Man and X-Men related books before ascending to Senior Editor in 2009, Vice President, Executive Editor in 2010, and Editor-in-Chief in January 2011, replacing Joe Quesada. He has also done work as a writer and inker.
Career
Alonso worked as a journalist and magazine editor for years before he entered the comic book industry. One day, I saw an ad in The New York Times for DC Comics editors and thought it would be fun to interview, never thinking he would actually be offered a job.[1]
Alonso's first published work for DC Comics was Doom Patrol #80 and Animal Man #73, which were published in July 1994, the latter of which was part of the company's Vertigo line, which publishes books in genres such as horror and fantasy aimed at mature readers. Other Vertigo titles he edited until 1999 included Garth Ennis' Preacher, Black Orchid, Kid Eternity, Hellblazer, Unknown Soldier, 100 Bullets and Human Target.
In late September 2000 Alonso went to work at DC's main competition, Marvel Comics as Senior Editor,[2][3] where he worked on Spider-Man books such as The Amazing Spider-Man and Peter Parker: Spider-Man. His first published work as editor was the Amazing Spider-Man trade paperback that collected issues #30 - 32 of that title, and was published in 2001.
Alonso spent more than a decade as an editor at Marvel Comics, working on some of its most notable characters. He became a senior editor in 2009, and helped oversee critically acclaimed runs on The Amazing Spider-Man and X-Men, such as "Messiah CompleX" and "Curse of the Mutants", as well as stories featuring the Western character Rawhide Kid. Although primarily an editor, he also wrote Spider-Man: One More Day Sketchbook, a 2007 tie-in book to the "Spider-Man: One More Day" storyline. He also inked issues 3 and 4 of the 2008 miniseries NYX: No Way Home, and helped create the Marvel MAX line for mature readers.[3]
He was promoted to Vice President, Executive Editor in early 2010, and oversaw cross-promotional projects such as the ESPN The Magazine, which depicted several noteworthy NBA athletes reborn as superheroes.[1][3][4]
In July 2010 Alonso and fellow Marvel editor Tom Brevoort began a weekly column on Comic Book Resources called "Marvel T&A", a new installment of which appears every Friday, along with Joe Quesada's "Cup O' Joe" column.[5][1]
On January 4, 2011, Alonso was named editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, replacing Joe Quesada,[3] who was named Chief Creative Officer the previous June.[4]
Awards
Wins
- 2004 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Editor[6]
- 2006 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Editor[7]
- 2010 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Editor[8]
Nominations
References
- ^ a b c Phegley, Kiel. "Alonso Named Marvel Editor-In-Chief", Comic Book Resources, January 4, 2011
- ^ Quesada, Joe. "Marvel T&A: Tributes & Teasers", Comic Book Resources, September 24, 2010
- ^ a b c d Moore, Matt. "Marvel Promotes Axel Alonso to Editor-in-Chief", ABC News, January 4, 2011
- ^ a b "Marvel's JOE QUESADA Promoted to Chief Creative Officer", Newsarama, June 2, 2010
- ^ Quesada, Joe. "Introducing Marvel T&A!", Comic Book Resources, July 9, 2010
- ^ Patty, Shawn. "2004 Eagle Awards Winners", Comics Bulletin, November 11, 2004
- ^ 2006 Eagle Awards winners, eagleawards.co.uk, accessed January 5, 2011.
- ^ "2010 Eagle Award winners", The Beat, October 30, 2010
- ^ 2007 Eagle Awards winners, eagleawards.co.uk, accessed January 5, 2011.
- ^ 2008 Eagle Awards winners, eagleawards.co.uk, accessed January 5, 2011.
External links
- Axel Alonso at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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