Pete Woods
American comic book artist
Peter Woods is an American comic book artist ,[ 1] known for his work on titles such as Backlash , Deadpool , Robin , Catwoman , Amazons Attack , and Action Comics .
Career
Woods worked as an intern for Wildstorm comics in April 1996 working under artist Jim Lee . Here he got his first major comics work filling in on Stormwatch and Wetworks in 1996, before getting a short run on Backlash in 1997. He moved over to Marvel Comics to draw a few issues of Excalibur before starting a critically acclaimed[ 2] run on Deadpool with Joe Kelly . He was then picked up by DC Comics for a four-year stint on Robin , from 2000 to 2004, followed by an exclusive contract in 2001[ 3] and further work in DC titles.[ 4]
He later partnered with other Portland, Oregon area artists and formed Mercury Studio in 2002.[ 5] [ 6] Mercury Studio increased in membership and changed its name to "Periscope Studios" in June 2007,[ 7] [ 8] but remains a collective of cartoonists, illustrators, writers, concept designers, graphic novelists and storyboard artists based in Portland, Oregon. His wife, Rebecca, whom he met at Wildstorm, is also a part of the Portland studio.[ 9]
Woods would then become one of the artists in the Superman family of titles, working on the "New Krypton " arc in Action Comics and the Last Stand of New Krypton mini-series. He returned Action Comics in 2010, alongside writer Paul Cornell .[ 10]
Awards
1998: Deadpool #11 was nominated for the "Best Single Issue or Story" Harvey Award [ 2]
Bibliography
DC Comics
Action Comics #837, 840–843, 871–873, 890–892, 894–898, 900 (2006–2011)
Amazons Attack (2007)
Batman: Arkham Unhinged #10 (2012)
Catwoman vol. 2 #44–52 (2005–2006)
Countdown #16–14 (along with Tom Derenick) (2008)
DC 1st: Green Lantern (along with Jamal Igle ) (2002)
DCU Infinite Holiday Special (Superman/Batman) #1 (2007)
Detective Comics #790–800, 810 (2004–2005)
Green Lantern /Power Girl : Circle of Fire (2000)
Harley Quinn #8–9, 13 (2001)
Infinity, Inc. #8–10 (2008)
Joker: Last Laugh #1 (2001)
Legion Lost vol. 2 #1–7, 9–14, 0 (2011–2012)
Justice League vol. 3 #34–36, 40, 42–43 (2017–2018)
Justice League of America's Vibe #5 (2013)
Red Hood and the Outlaws vol. 2 #26–31, 33–36 (2018–2019)
Robin #74–80, 82–85, 87–91, 93–94, 97–100, 102, 104–109, 111–120 (2000–2004)
Secret Six vol. 2 #6 (2009)
Smallville #5 (among other artists) (2004)
Superman #601–602, 650–653 (2002–2006)
Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #1–3 (2010)
Superman: New Krypton Special (among other artists) (2008)
Superman: World of New Krypton (along with Ron Randall) (2009–2010)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps : Superman Prime (along with Jerry Ordway ) (2007)
Marvel Comics
Other publishers
References
^ Beatty, Scott; Dixon, Chuck. The Joker's Last Laugh (Batman) . DC Comics . ISBN 978-1-4012-1784-6 .
^ a b 1998 Harvey Award Nominees Archived October 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , The Harvey Awards
^ "Woods Exclusively DC" . Comics Sutra . May 2001. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2010 .
^ Cronin, Brian (April 15, 2008). "Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – W" . Comic Book Resources . Retrieved July 8, 2009 .
^ Verzemnieks, Inara (March 2, 2005). "Real superheroes: Artists of Portland's Mercury Studio" . Seattle Times . Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009 .
^ Verzemnieks, Inara (June 14, 2007). "Mercury Studio Story" . The Oregonian . Retrieved July 8, 2009 .
^ Wolk, Douglas (August 7, 2007). "Portland's Periscope Is Up" . Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2009 .
^ Dilworth Jr., Joseph (April 24, 2008). "Exclusive Interview With Periscope Studios" . Pop Culture Zoo . Archived from the original on November 10, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009 .
^ "Pete Woods" . Lambiek Comiclopedia . April 13, 2012. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012.
^ Renaud, Jeffrey (March 23, 2010). "Woods Takes Flight on "Action Comics" " . Comic Book Resources . Retrieved July 24, 2010 .
^ Pete Woods at the Grand Comics Database
^ Couto, Anthony (December 15, 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: Pete Woods Joins Archie As New Series Artist" . Comic Book Resources . Retrieved December 16, 2016 .
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