Comments on: A Month of Art Stars - Marcos Martin

By: Jonny K

Jonny K — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:50:28 +0000

Actually, it was then I realised I liked Doctor strange, and that the three odd little minis (The Oath, because I like BKV, X-Statix, because I like them, and Defenders the Giffen/DeMattis serie, becuase I liked those creators), meant that there had actually been a lot of good Strange Stories under the radar...

By: Marc Kandel

Marc Kandel — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:28:13 +0000

Or at least since that X-Statix Dead Girl mini where she teamed up with him to deal with some resurrected Marvels.

By: Marc Kandel

Marc Kandel — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:27:28 +0000

You'll be even happier to discover its just about the best Dr. Strange yarn anyone's written in ages.

By: Justin Davis

Justin Davis — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:22:29 +0000

My love of Breach is well documented here. A sadly underbought and underrated book. Marcos Martin is definitely one of the reasons I love it so much. I recently picked up Doctor Strange: The Oath, and even thought I've never read a Doctor Strange book before, I'm really looking forward to it if just to see Martin's beautiful art.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:57:14 +0000

He MADE that Dr. Strange mini. I want him on every book possible.

By: Ariel S.

Ariel S. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:07:32 +0000

Marcos Martin la rompe!

Nothing else to add

By: K-Dubb

K-Dubb — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:24:14 +0000

Awesome. Thanks for the bio - I only became aware of the guy's work when he did the Dr. Strange mini-series. I'll have to go back and check for some of the earlier stuff. His work on Spider-Man has been, well, amazing.

By: Spidey_82

Spidey_82 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:36:34 +0000

Loved his work on Doctor Strange: The Oath and the Captain America 65th anniversary special.

By: DubipR

DubipR — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:33:17 +0000

Once again, another solid choice.
Marco's pages express so much with such minimal pencil and pen strokes, it's a crime. I look forward to more.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:37:20 +0000

Crash-Man, don't know if you know this but ASM comes out 3x monthly now, so there's a constantly rotating team of writers and artists. That's how Martin can get slotted in for a few issues every few months.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:10:17 +0000

Great as those Dr. Strange pages are, he gets even better as the series progresses. Why Marvel didn't turn that book into an ongoing, I'll never know.

By: Tanwer

Tanwer — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:45:45 +0000

I've followed Martin's work since his early begins here in Spain, I have fond memories of an eight pages portfolio showcasing some X-Men pin-ups inserted in the middle of a post-Jim Lee X-men issue (in its spanish edition, of course).

Those portfolios were a great addition to the books most of the time, some of the artists involved were Jesus Merino (Superman), Rafa Garres (Lobo) and Javier Pulido (Catwoman).

Maybe I'll scan, upload and link some of it later.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:36:40 +0000

Good call - good artist

By: Crash-Man

Crash-Man — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:34:50 +0000

Excellent stuff. He's great for Spider-Man.

But what do you mean they can fit him in whenever he's ready? Does he draw one-shots? (I'm out out of the ASM loop...)