Chris Batista
| Chris Batista | |
|---|---|
 Batista at the Big Apple Convention, May 21, 2011. | |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
Notable works |
Spaceknights The Legion Robin |
Chris Batista is an American comic book artist, known for his work on a number of titles for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including Steel, Spaceknights and Thunderbolts.
Career
Batista is an alumnus of Manhattan's School of Visual Arts, having studied under Klaus Janson, who helped obtain for him his first professional work.[1]
Titles Batista has contributed to include Steel (1993–1995),[2] Spider-Man 2099 (1994), Spaceknights (2000–2001), Thunderbolts (2002–2003), The Legion (2003–2004), JLA (2005) and has provided art for several issues of DC Comics weekly year long comic book series 52 (2006–2007).
He also penciled an arc of DC's Robin with Chuck Dixon.[3] He is currently penciling the ongoing series Booster Gold, starring the eponymous time-traveling hero.
Personal life
Batista resides in New York City.[1]
Bibliography
- Steel #1-3, 5-8, 11-13, 15-16 (pencils, with Jon Bogdanove/Louise Simonson, DC Comics, February 1994 - June 1995)
- Spider-Man 2099 #22-23 (with Peter David, Marvel Comics, August–September 1994)
- Spaceknights (script and art, with co-author Jim Starlin, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, October 2000 - February 2001)
- Thunderbolts #66, 68, 72, 74 (with Fabian Nicieza, Marvel Comics, August 2002 - January 2003)
- The Legion #19-23, 25-30, 32-33 (with Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, DC Comics, June 2003 - July 2004)
- JLA #115-119 (with Allan Heinberg/Geoff Johns, DC Comics, August–November 2005)
- 52 #5, 10, 17, 20, 29, 31, 40, 45, 52 (art, with writers Geoff Johns/Grant Morrison/Greg Rucka/Mark Waid and layouts by Keith Giffen, DC Comics, June 2006 - May 2007)
- Robin #170-174 (with Chuck Dixon, DC Comics, March–July 2008)
- The Last Days of Animal Man (with Gerry Conway, 6-issue limited series, DC Comics, July–December 2009)
- Titans #21 (with J. T. Krul, DC Comics, March 2010)
- Wonder Woman #41 (with Gail Simone, DC Comics, April 2010)
- Booster Gold #32-35, #37-39, #41-43 (with J.M. DeMatteis /Keith Giffen, DC Comics, July 2010-June 2011)
- Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #12 (with Peter Tomasi, DC Comics, September 2011)
- Legion: Secret Origin #1-6 (with Paul Levitz, DC Comics, December 2011-May 2012)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chris Batista, Wizard World, accessed April 21, 2011.
- ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "Steel finally stepped out of Superman's shadow in his own ongoing series by writers Jon Bogdanove and Louise Simonson, and artist Chris Batista."
- ↑ Rogers, Vaneta (October 11, 2007). "Chris Batista Moving to Robin". Newsarama.
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chris Batista. |
- Chris Batista at the Comic Book DB
- Chris Batista at the DC Comics Database
- Chris Batista at Comic Vine
| Preceded by Patrick Zircher |
Thunderbolts artist 2002 (with Patrick Zircher) |
Succeeded by Manuel Garcia |
| Preceded by David Baldeon |
Robin artist 2008 |
Succeeded by Joe Bennett |
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