Jen Bartel

Jen Bartel
Born
Los Angeles, United States
Occupation
  • Illustrator
Websitewww.jenbartel.com

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 two Eisner Awards for her work as a cover artist in 2019 and 2022.

Personal life

Jen Bartel was born in Los Angeles and is from Korean and Japanese descent.[2][3] She spent her childhood, from first grade up to graduating high school in South Korea.[4][5] She identifies as queer.[6][7]

Career

Bartel was scouted for mainstream comics cover work after she published her fan art on social media platforms.[8]

Bartel created the cover art[9] for Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy,[10] and DC: Women of Action, both published by Chronicle Books.[11]

She created graphic designs for Adidas brand shoes featuring the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Captain Marvel,[12][13] and Marvel Cinematic Universe character Thanos tied in with the releases of the Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame films in 2019.[14]

Bartel also created graphic designs for the Puma and Foot Locker corporation featuring DC Extended Universe character Harley Quinn[15][16] timed to coincide with the release of the DC Extended Universe film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).

In 2021 Bartel created a Marvel variant cover collection to celebrate Women's History Month. She created eight covers that showed off some othe most popular Marvel female characters.[17] Starting in 2022, Bartel was the main cover artist for Rainbow Rowell's She-Hulk.[18]

In 2023, she continued her freelance work with Marvel. As part of the annual Hellfire Gala event, Bartel was commissioned by Marvel with designing a new gala outfit for Captain Marvel. It was included as a variant cover with Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest #1.[19] With the new relaunch of the Captain Marvel volume that coincided with The Marvels, she was tasked with redesigning with the characters' costume using her own previous design as the base.[20][21]

Awards and nominations

She has won two Eisner Awards for her work as a cover artist on Blackbird (Image) and Submerged (Vault) in 2019 and in 2022 for her Wonder Woman and Women of Marvel covers.[22][23][24] Besides her two wins she was nominated in 2020 and 2023 for the same award.[25][26][27]

In 2018, The Marvel Comic America to which Bartel contributed as one artist among 18 creators, was nominated for a GLAAD media award.[28]

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. ^ Brown, Tracy (September 5, 2018). "See exclusive 'Blackbird' art from Sam Humphries and Jen Bartel's comic series set in L.A." L.A. Times. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  3. ^ Fadroski, Kelli Skye (July 15, 2019). "SDCC 2019: How cosplay, panels reflect growing diversity of comic characters and creators". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  4. ^ Webster, Andrew (February 6, 2016). "Artist Jen Bartel wants to burn your retinas with her neon world". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  5. ^ Kaplan, Avery (August 1, 2019). "INTERVIEW: Jen Bartel on BLACKBIRD, strong female characters, and storytelling influences". ComicsBeat. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "NYCC '18: These Amazing Artists Celebrate Queerness and You Should Check Them Out". ComicsBeat. May 10, 2018. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  7. ^ Peters, Danielle (August 15, 2019). "SVA and Flame Con: 2019 Preview". School of Visual Arts. Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "How 'Women of the Galaxy' Puts Spotlight on 'Star Wars' Favorites". The Hollywood Reporter. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  10. ^ "Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy Book Announced". StarWars.com. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  11. ^ "DC: Women of Action".
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "DC Comics and Puma Team Up for New Birds of Prey Shoes". DC. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  16. ^ Durant, Lisa (2020-01-24). "DC Comics and Puma announce a pair of Birds of Prey shoes". Asap Land. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  17. ^ Staff, Attractions Magazine (2021-02-01). "Artist Jen Bartel pays tribute to the women of Marvel". Attractions Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  18. ^ Schreur, Brandon (May 19, 2022). "Artist Jen Bartel Releases She-Hulk 'Shipping Template' for Thirsty Fan Art". CBR. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  19. ^ Brooke, David (April 19, 2023). "2023 Hellfire Gala takes over July Marvel Comics with new variant covers revealed". AIPT. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  20. ^ Schedeen, Jesse (June 16, 2023). "Captain Marvel: Marvel Comics Reveals Carol Danvers' Bold New Costume". IGN. Archived from the original on October 12, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  21. ^ Alverson, Brigid (June 16, 2023). "Jen Bartel redesigna Carol Danvers for new 'CAPTAIN MARVEL' Series". ICv2. Archived from the original on June 28, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Puc, Samantha (July 23, 2022). "Meet the winners of the 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 23, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  24. ^ "2022 Eisner Awards". Locus. July 26, 2022. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  25. ^ "2020 Eisner Awards Nominations". 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  26. ^ Schedeen, Jesse (July 25, 2023). "Comic-Con 2023: DC Wins Big at the Eisner Awards". IGN. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  27. ^ "SDCC '23: The 2023 Eisner Awards Winners". ComicsBeat. July 22, 2023. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  28. ^ "GLAAD Media Awards Nominees #glaadawards".