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Austrian comic book artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mahmud Anjum Asrar (born November 20, 1976) is an Austrian comic book artist who is known for his work on American and non-American comic books.[2]
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Asrar at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 16, 2011 | |
| Born | November 20, 1976 Ankara, Turkey[1] |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
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His American work includes runs on Conan the Barbarian, King Conan, X-Men, X-Men Red, Wolverine & the X-Men, All-New All-Different Avengers and others for Marvel Comics, Supergirl and Batman vs Robin for DC Comics, and for co-creating, with writer Jay Faerber, the series Dynamo 5, which debuted in March 2007 from Image Comics.[1]
Asrar was born in Ankara, Turkey to an Austrian mother and a Pakistani father.[3] He expressed an interest in art and comic books at an early age.
He attended Hacettepe University from 1994 to 1996, majoring in fine arts and graphics, and Anatolian University from 1996 to 2000, majoring in the same.[1]
Asrar came to the attention of writer Jay Faerber through his work on the independent anthology Digital Webbing Presents, and through a recommendation by Invincible artist Ryan Ottley, which led to his work on the Image Comics monthly series Dynamo 5, which Faerber and Asrar co-created, and on which Asrar was the regular artist. Asrar's other Image Comics work includes Small Gods.
Asrar also pencilled She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision, a one-shot written by Peter David, that was published in December 2008, by Marvel Comics.[2] He was the artist on the Brightest Day: Atom oneshot written by Jeff Lemire that leads into an Atom co-feature in Adventure Comics,[4] and is currently the artist of Supergirl in the rebooted DC Universe.[5] Starting in March 2013, Asrar was the lead artist on Ultimate Comics: X-Men.[6]
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