Alex Maleev

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Alex Maleev

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Cover to Daredevil (v2) #46, by Alex Maleev. The cover was modifed by Marvel to remove the character Typhoid Mary's exposed nipple before being released.

Alex Maleev is a comic book illustrator of Bulgarian descent best known for the Marvel Comics' series Daredevil Vol. 2, collaborating with writer Brian Michael Bendis.

Maleev has a distinct drawing style of dark, grainy imagery, which gives his work the 16mm-camera look of old-fashioned documentary.

In 2006, Maleev finished his run with Bendis in Daredevil and planned a collaboration with the writer on a new ongoing Spider-Woman series. Bendis and Maleev collaborated once again on the four part Halo: Uprising miniseries from Marvel Comics. He first teamed with Bendis on Todd McFarlane's Sam and Twitch series.

Maleev also did art for the comic book The Crow: Dead Time, The Crow: Flesh & Blood, the New Avengers "Illuminati" special, the January 2007 issue of the New Avengers, issue #26 and the one shot, Civil War: The Confession.

The basic rulebook of the World of Darkness gothic roleplaying game Vampire the Requiem features prominently Maleev's art at the beginning of each chapter.

In his comics, he sometimes references his Bulgarian origins. For example in Aliens vs. Predator alien eggs are storage in the cellar of typical Bulgarian church.

In Bulgaria he is famous for Godan (Годън in Bulgarian) and Carthel of Dead published in Riko magazine since 1991 and 1992, respectively.