Olivier Coipel

Olivier Coipel
Coipel at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010.
Nationality	French
Area(s)	Artist
Notable works	Legion of Super-Heroes Thor

Olivier Coipel is a French comic book artist.

Career

Coipel came to prominence and significant controversy as the artist of the American DC Comics book Legion of Super-Heroes during the tenure of writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning.,^[1] beginning with the Legion Lost story arc. Despite complaints about his art style by long-time Legion of Super-Heroes fans - who felt his style was "too rough and unrefined", leading to more than one prominent critic to refer to him as "Ol' Scratchy" - Coipel continued to draw the series when it was relaunched under the new title The Legion.

Coipel signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics in January 2005,^[2]. He was named in August 2005 as one of Marvel's "Young Guns," a group of artists that, according to Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller." Other "Young Guns" included Jim Cheung, David Finch, Trevor Hairsine, Adi Granov, and Steve McNiven.

One of Coipel's first major works at Marvel was House of M, an eight issue New Avengers / X-Men crossover limited series with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Coipel was then announced as artist on a new Thor ongoing series that launched in July 2007 with writer J. Michael Straczynski. Coipel left the title in 2009 when it was announced Straczynski would be leaving. Coipel re-teamed with Bendis for the four-issue 2009 Marvel Comics event series Siege. In 2010, he provided art for a Magneto-focused backup story leading into the Young Avengers miniseries Avengers: the Children's Crusade, before returning to Thor in 2011, illustrating the first arc on Matt Fraction's The Mighty Thor.^[3]

Bibliography

Illustration by Olivier Coipel during the "House of M" storyline that ran in the X-Men books.

Marvel Comics

• Avengers #65-70, 77-78, 80-81
• Black Panther #16 (Cover only)
• House of M #1-8
• Marvel Spotlight: Daniel Way/Olivier Coipel
• New Avengers #3 (Variant Cover Only), 23
• Ultimate X-Men #61 (Variant Cover Only)
• New Avengers Annual #1
• Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man #1 (Lead Story)
• Uncanny X-Men #448-449
• Young Guns Sketchbook 2004
• Thor #1-6, 9-12, 600
• Hulk #5 (Variant Cover Only)
• Siege #1-4
• The Mighty Thor #1-6

DC Comics

• The Legion #1-4, 5 (cover), 6-8, 9 (cover), 10-12, 13 (cover), 14
• Legion Lost #1-3, 4 (cover), 5, 6 (cover), 8, 9 (cover), 10-12
• Legion of Super Heroes vol. 4 #122-123, 125 (cover)
• Legionnaires #78-81
• Legion Worlds #1 (backup)

Notes

1. ^ Abnett, Lanning and Coipel talk 'The Legion', Comic Book Resources, October 23, 2001
2. ^ Young Gun Olivier Coipel Signs Exclusive with Marvel, Comic Book Resources
3. ^ Marvel Makes Thor "Mighty", Comic Book Resources

References

• Olivier Coipel at Marvel
• Interview: "J'aime reprendre des personnages que je ne connais pas"

External links

• Olivier Coipel at the Comic Book DB

Persondata
Name	Coipel, Olivier
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Short description	French comic book artist
Date of birth	living
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