Esad Ribić
Croatian comic book artist and animator (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Croatian comic book artist and animator (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Esad T. Ribić | |
|---|---|
Ribić at the 2012 New York Comic Con | |
| Born | 1972 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Colourist |
Notable works | Loki Thor: God of Thunder Secret Wars |
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]
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