Frank Quitely
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Frank Quitely (January 18, 1968 - ) is the pseudonym of Scottish comic book artist Vincent Deighan. He was born in Glasgow, City of Glasgow.
His work includes stints drawing The Authority, (with writer and fellow Scot Mark Millar), New X-Men and The Invisibles. He is a frequent collaborator with Scottish writer Grant Morrison, most recently on the Vertigo series WE3.
Unlike many of his fellow comic artists, Frank Quitely does not use technology to enhance his artwork. He, reportedly, does not own a computer.
Currently he is signed to a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics, where he is hard at work drawing All-Star Superman. The twelve issue series, written by Grant Morrison, will be see publication towards the end of 2005.
Quitely, a practising Catholic, is married with two children.
An incomplete list of his works
- WE3 (2004-2005) with writer Grant Morrison
- New X-Men Marvel Comics (various issues) with writer Grant Morrison
- Batman: The Scottish Connection
- Missionary Man (serialised in 2000AD) with writer Gordon Rennie
- Shimura (serialised in 2000AD)
- Flex Mentallo (DC/Vertigo) again with Grant Morrison
- JLA: Earth 2 (again DC Comics), An original Graphic Novel with writer Grant Morrison
- The Authority (DC/Wildstorm) with writer Mark Millar
- Sandman: Endless Nights with writer Neil Gaiman and various artists
- The Invisibles Vol 3, No 1 (actually the final issue)
- Daredevil #65 (Marvel Comics) and various artists
External links
- Vertigo profile (http://www.dccomics.com/features/endlessnights/quitely.html)
- Frank Quitely Batman Gallery (http://batman.manyfacesof.com/index.cfm?faces=home.gallery&gallery=10)
- unofficial site (http://www.popcultureshock.com/quitely/)
- The Greens webcomic (http://www.northernlightz.com/comic_issue6_the_greens.htm)Template:Comics-creator-stub