Stuart Immonen

Stuart Immonen studied at York University. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is comic. Stan Drake, Andrew Loomis and Pruett Carter are recorded as an influence. Works named in the authority record are The Final Night and Fear Itself. Distinctions recorded are Inkpot Award, Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist and Canadian Comic Book Hall of Fame.

• Born — 1967 • Write — y • Pencil — y • Ink — y • Color — y • Notable Works — * Action Comics • The Adventures of Superman • Nextwave • The Amazing Spider-Man • Ultimate X-Men • Ultimate Spider-Man • Fear Itself • Empress • Website — http: www.immonen.ca • Spouse — Kathryn Immonen

Stuart Immonen grew up in a Finnish Canadian family in Canada. The first comics he read as a child were Disney comics and Harvey Comics. He would later seek out superhero comics from Marvel Comics. Sporadic distribution in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of an eclectic sense of taste in titles, as he was often only able to find a few issues available per series. A later increase in self-publishing in Toronto spurred him to pursue a career in comics following his studies at university.

Immonen's first published work was the self-published series titled Playground which was released in 1988. From 1990 through 1992, he drew several issues of Rock 'N' Roll Comics for Revolutionary Comics, including issues on Prince, 2 Live Crew and Public Enemy, ZZ Top, Anthrax, and more. He worked at several smaller comic book companies before being hired by DC Comics in 1993. Since then, Immonen has drawn such high-profile characters as Superman, the Hulk, and the X-Men. His work since 2004 includes stints on the titles Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men with writers Warren Ellis and Brian K. Vaughan respectively, as well as a 12-issue run pencilling Nextwave, which again paired him with Warren Ellis. Stuart Immonen has also done work for Top Cow and Image Comics. In 1993 and 1994, Immonen drew the Legion of Super-Heroes and with writers Mark Waid and Tom McGraw created a new Legion continuity, beginning with a retelling of the team's origin story starting in Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #0 (Oct. 1994). In 1996, writer Karl Kesel and Immonen produced The Final Night limited series. That same year, Immonen was one of the many creators who contributed to the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot wherein the title character married Lois Lane. Immonen wrote and drew part of the Superman Red/Superman Blue one-shot which launched the storyline of the same name which ran through the various Superman titles. Immonen ended his ongoing involvement with the Superman franchise with the Superman: End of the Century graphic novel in 2000 but returned to the character for the Superman: Secret Identity limited series in 2004. In 2000, Immonen was one of the founders of Gorilla Comics, a company formed with Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek and several others. Immonen and Busiek collaborated on the Shockrockets limited series and the Superstar: As Seen on TV one-shot but the company folded after a short time. In 2005, Immonen published 50 Reasons to Stop Sketching at Conventions, a series of fifty comics that detail why he no longer does sketches for fans. Besides self-publishing, Immonen also maintains a webcomic called Never as Bad as You Think which is co-authored by his wife, Kathryn. In 2010, Top Shelf Productions released Moving Pictures a graphic novel drawn by Immonen and co-authored by him and his wife Immonen illustrated Marvel Comics' Ultimate Spider-Man from issue #111 to issue #133. He subsequently worked on The New Avengers from issue #55 to issue #64. He continued to be the series artist when The New Avengers relaunched during the "Heroic Age" storyline and was the regular artist for the first seven issues as well as issue #11. In 2011, Immonen illustrated Marvel's Fear Itself miniseries which formed the core of a company-wide crossover storyline of the same name. In November 2012, he and writer Brian Michael Bendis started the series All-New X-Men. In 2014, Immonen drew the six-issue limited series, All-New Captain America, for Marvel's Avengers NOW! relaunch. From 2017 to 2018 he drew The Amazing Spider-Man #25 to 31, 789 to 791, 794, and 797 to 800, which included long-time series writer Dan Slott's last major storyline, titled "Go Down Swinging".

• Action Comics #738–748, 750–755, 758 (1997-1999) • Adventures of Superman #520–525, 527–535, 537–538, 541, 543–544, 546–550, 576–577 (1995–2000) • The Final Night miniseries #1–4 (1996) • Inferno miniseries #1–4 (1997) • Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant (Legion of Super-Heroes) #2 (2000) • Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #39–50, 52–56, 58–61, 0, 94, Annual #6 (full art); #94, Annual #4–5 (among other artists) (1993–1997) • Legionnaires #10 (among other artists) (1994) • Plunge #1–6 (2020) • Secret Files President Luthor #1 (2001) • Showcase '93 (Martian Manhunter) #10 (1993) • Showcase '95 (Supergirl) #1–2 (1995) • Showcase '96 (King Faraday) #12 (1996) • Starman vol. 2 #14 (among other artists) (1995) • Superman vol. 2 #87–88 (1994) • Superman and Batman: World's Funnest (among other artists) (2001) • Superman: End of the Century (2000) • Superman Forever #1 (1998) • Superman Metropolis Secret Files (among other artists) (2000) • Superman Red/Superman Blue (among other artists) (1998) • Superman Secret Files #2 (1999) • Superman: Secret Identity, miniseries, #1–4 (2004) • Superman: The Wedding Album (among other artists) (1996) • Superman/Toyman (1994) • Superman Villains Secret Files (1998)

• All-New Captain America #1–6 (2014–2015) • All-New X-Men #1–5, 9–14, 16–18, 22–24, 26–29 (2012–2014) • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 4 #25–31, 789–791, 794, 797–800 (2017–2018) • The Avengers vol. 3 #0, #26 (1999–2000) • Captain America vol. 3 #50 (2002) • Empress (2016) (Icon Comics imprint) • Fantastic Four vol. 3 #42, 55–56, 569 (2001–2009) • Fear Itself miniseries #1–7 (2011) • Hero Initiative: Mike Wieringo Book ("Fantastic Four" feature) (among other artists, 2008) • The Incredible Hulk Annual #20 (1994) • The Incredible Hulk vol. 3 #44–49 (2002–2003) • Marvel Comics Presents vol. 2 (Hellcat) #1–4 (2007–208) • The Mighty Thor vol. 2 #33, 38–42, 44 (2001–2002) • The New Avengers #55–60 (full art); #61–62 (with Daniel Acuña) (2009–2010) • The New Avengers vol. 2 #1–7 (2010–2011) • Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. #1–12 (2006–2007) • Secret Avengers #21 (2012) • Spider-Man/Gen 13 (1996) • Spider-Man Unlimited #6 (2005) • Star Wars vol. 2 #8–12 (2015) • Ultimate Fantastic Four #7–12, Annual #2 (2004–2006) • Ultimate Spider-Man #111–133 (2007–2009) • Ultimate X-Men #54–57, 59–65 (2005–2006) • What If vol. 2 (Spider-Man) #76 (1995) • Wonder Man Annual #1 (1992) • X-Men vol. 2 Annual #1 (among other artists) (1992)

• The Beatles Experience #1–8 (Revolutionary Comics, 1991) • Superstar: As Seen on TV! (Image Comics/Gorilla Comics, 2001) • Shockrockets #1–6 (Image Comics/Gorilla Comics, 2000) • Sojourn #7 (CrossGen, 2002)