Jen Bartel

Jen Bartel is an American illustrator and comic artist, best known for her work for Marvel Comics and Image Comics. She co-created the comic Blackbird for Image with Sam Humphries.[1] She won an Eisner Award for her work as a cover artist in 2019.

Career

Bartel was scouted for mainstream comics cover work after she published her fan art on social media platforms.[2]

Bartel created the cover art[3] for Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy, [4] and DC: Women of Action, both published by Chronicle Books.[5]

She created graphic designs for Adidas brand shoes featuring the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Captain Marvel,[6][7] and Marvel Cinematic Universe character Thanos tied in with the releases of the Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame films in 2019.[8]

Bartel also created graphic designs for the Puma and Foot Locker corporation featuring DC Extended Universe character Harley Quinn [9][10] timed to coincide with the release of the DC Extended Universe film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).

Awards

She won an Eisner Award for her work as a cover artist on Blackbird (Image) and Submerged (Vault) in 2019, and was nominated in 2020.[11][12]

In 2018, The Marvel Comic America to which Bartel contributed as one artist among 18 creators, was nominated for a GLAAD media award.[13]

References
  1. Brown, Tracy (September 5, 2018). "See exclusive 'Blackbird' art from Sam Humphries and Jen Bartel's comic series set in L.A." Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  2. Elderkin, Beth; Fye, Eleanor (September 14, 2018). "Artist Jen Bartel on Turning Fan Art Into a Comics Career and Paying It Forward". io9. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. "How 'Women of the Galaxy' Puts Spotlight on 'Star Wars' Favorites". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  4. "Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy Book Announced". StarWars.com. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  5. https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/dc-women-of-action
  6. Puc, Samantha (March 4, 2019). "Jen Bartel Teases Captain Marvel Adidas Shoe Collection". ComicsBeat. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  7. Whitbrook, James (March 7, 2019). "Jen Bartel Designed Captain Marvel Sneakers and By Hala, They're Good". io9. Archived from the original on March 8, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  8. Arrant, Chris (April 25, 2019). "ADIDAS Rolling out THANOS Sneakers Designed by JEN BARTEL". Newsarama. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  9. "DC Comics and Puma Team Up for New Birds of Prey Shoes". DC. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  10. Durant, Lisa (2020-01-24). "DC Comics and Puma announce a pair of Birds of Prey shoes". Asap Land. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  11. Whitbrook, James (July 19, 2019). "Here Are Your 2019 Eisner Awards Winners". io9. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  12. https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2020-eisner-awards-nominations
  13. https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/29/nominees
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