Mike Deodato

Mike Deodato
Born	Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho 23 May 1963 (1963-05-23) (age 48) Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Area(s)	Penciller
Pseudonym(s)	Mike Deodato Jr.

Mike Deodato (born May 23, 1963 in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil), sometimes credited as Mike Deodato Jr., is the professional pseudonym of Brazilian comic book artist Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho.

Biography

One of Deodato's first works was a 1993 photo-realistic comic book adaptation of the television series Beauty and the Beast published by Innovation Publishing. Deodato became famous in the North American comic book industry for his work with writer William Messner-Loebs on Wonder Woman. After his Wonder Woman project he had a short stint as the penciller of The Mighty Thor, where he worked with writer Warren Ellis, and later drew Glory for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios at Image Comics and Maximum Press.

While his style in the mid-90s was highly reminiscent of Jim Lee, he has recently changed to a more simplified, photo-realistic and sometimes moody style. His first work with this new artistic identity was The Incredible Hulk, written by Bruce Jones. Since then, he has worked on the Doctor Strange spin-off Witches and became the regular penciller of The Amazing Spider-Man and The New Avengers. Deodato then took over as regular penciller for the Marvel title Thunderbolts with issue 110, once again collaborating with Warren Ellis.^[1] Deodato then became the regular artist for the Dark Avengers ongoing series which came out of the conclusion of Secret Invasion. He is now the regular artist on the series Secret Avengers written by Ed Brubaker which debuted in May 2010.^[2]

Bibliography

Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:

Dark Horse

• Lady Death vs. Vampirella
• Star Wars Tales 7
• Xena #9-14

DC

• Batgirl Annual #1 (2000)
• Batman #570 (1999)
• Batman 80-Page Giant #3 (among other artists) (2000)
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87 (1999)
• Detective Comics #736 (1999)
• Legends of the DC Universe (Wonder Woman) #4-5 (1998)
• Wonder Woman, vol. 2, #0, 85, 90-100 (1994–95)

Image

• Glory #1-10 (among other artists) (1995–96)
• Jade Warriors #1-3 (1999–2000)
• WildC.A.T.S. #47 (along with Ed Benes) (1998)

Marvel

• Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man) #509-529; (Harry Osborn) #546 (2004–08)
• Avengers #380-382, 384-385, 387-388, 390-391, 393-395, 397-402 (1994–96)
• Avengers, vol. 3, (Incredible Hulk) #61-62 (2003)
• Avengers: The Crossing (1995)
• Captain America #616 (among other artists) (2011)
• Dark Avengers #1-16 (2009–10)
• Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus (along with Terry Dodson) (2009)
• Dream Police (2005)
• Elektra #1-19 (1996–98)
• Elektra: Flashback (1997)
• Incredible Hulk #447-453 (1996–97)
• Incredible Hulk, vol. 2, #50-54, 60-65, 70-72 (2003–04)
• Incredible Hulk: Hercules Unleashed (1996)
• Journey Into Mystery #503-506, 508-511 (1996–97)
• Moon Knight, vol. 2, #20 (2008)
• New Avengers #17-20 (2006)
• New Avengers, vol. 2, #9 (along with Howard Chaykin) (2011)
• New Avengers Finale (among other artists) (2010)
• Punisher: War Journal, vol. 2, #4 (2007)
• Secret Avengers # 1-4, 6-10 (2010–11)
• Spider-Man Unlimited #21-22 (1998)
• Thor #491-502 (1995)
• Thunderbolts #110-121 (2007–08)
• Thunderbolts Prelude (1997)
• Tigra, miniseries, #1-4 (2002)
• Ultimates Annual #2 (2006)
• Witches, miniseries, #1-4 (2004)
• Wolverine, vol. 2, Annual #2 (2008)
• Wolverine: Origins #28-30 (2008–09)
• X-Men: Legacy #212 (along with Scot Eaton) (2008)
• X-Men: Original Sin (2008)
• X-Men Unlimited (Nightcrawler) #32 (2001)
• X.S.E., miniseries, #1-4 (1996–97)

Other Publishers

• Beauty and the Beast (Innovation)
• Death Kiss (Unknown)
• Lady Death #5-8 (Chaos!)
• Lady Death vs. Vampirella: Uncommon Ground (Chaos)
• Lost in Space (Innovation)
• Mack Bolan: The Executioner (unknown)
• Purgatori (Chaos!)
• Quantum Leap (Innovation)
• Samuree, vol. 2, #3 (Continuity)
• Turok (Valiant)

Notes

1. ^ Updated - Confirmed: Ellis & Deodata On Thunderbolts, Newsarama, June 10, 2006
2. ^ Mike Deodato Explores His Dark [Avengers] Side, Newsarama, December 23, 2008

References

• Mike Deodato at the Grand Comics Database
• Mike Deodato Jr. at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Glass House Graphics
• Mike Deodato page at Marvel Digital Comics

Interviews

• Marvel Gazette Interview

Preceded by Angel Medina	The Incredible Hulk artist 1996-1997	Succeeded by Adam Kubert
Preceded by John Romita, Jr.	The Amazing Spider-Man artist 2004–06	Succeeded by Ron Garney
Preceded by Steve McNiven	New Avengers artist 2006	Succeeded by Howard Chaykin
Preceded by Javier Saltares	Moon Knight artist 2008	Succeeded by Mark Texeira
Preceded by Tom Grummett	Thunderbolts artist 2007–2008	Succeeded by Fernando Blanco

Persondata
Name	Filho, Deodato Taumaturgo Borges
Alternative names	Deodato, Mike (pseudonym)
Short description	Brazilian comic book artist
Date of birth	May 23, 1963
Place of birth	Campina Grande, Paraíba
Date of death
Place of death