Mahmud A. Asrar

Mahmud A. Asrar
Asrar at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 16, 2011.
Born	November 20, 1976 (1976-11-20) (age 34) Ankara, Turkey
Nationality	Pakistani-Austrian
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Dynamo 5
Official website

Mahmud Anjum Asrar (born November 20, 1976, in Ankara, Turkey^[1]) is a Turkish-born comic book artist of Pakistani and Austrian^[2] ethnicity, who is known for his work on American and non-American comic books.

His American work includes pinups for Savage Dragon #124 and Invincible #20, and for co-creating, with writer Jay Faerber, the series Dynamo 5, which debuted in March 2007 from Image Comics.^[1]

Early life

Asrar was born in Ankara, Turkey to an Austrian mother and a Pakistani father. He expressed an interest in art and comic books at an early age.

He attended Hacettepe University from 1994–1996, majoring in Fine Arts and Graphics, and Anatolian University from 1996–2000, majoring in the same.^[1]

Career

Asrar came to the attention of writer Jay Faerber through his work on the independent anthology Digital Webbing Presents, and through a recommendation by Invincible artist Ryan Ottley, which led to his work on the Image Comics monthly series Dynamo 5, which Faerber and Asrar co-created, and on which Asrar is the regular artist. Asrar's other Image Comics work includes Small Gods.

Asrar also pencilled She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision, a one-shot written by Peter David, that was published in December 2008, by Marvel Comics.^[2] He was be the artist on the Brightest Day: Atom oneshot written by Jeff Lemire that leads into an Atom co-feature in Adventure Comics^[3] and is currently the artist of Supergirl in the rebooted DC Universe.^[4]

Bibliography

Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:

DC

• Adventure Comics (Atom): #516-521 (2010-11)
• Atom (Ray Palmer) Giant-Size #1 (2011)
• Brightest Day: The Atom Special #1 (2011)
• Justice League of America, vol. 4, 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists, 2009)
• Supergirl, vol. 6, #1-present (2011)

Image

• Dynamo 5 #0-25 (2007-09)
• Invincible #20 (2005)
• Savage Dragon #124 (along with Erik Larsen) (2006)
• Small Gods: Outside The Box, miniseries, #1-4 (2004)

Marvel

• Avengers: The Initiative #32 (2010)
• Nova, vol. 3, #34-35 (full art); Annual #1 (among other artists) (2008-10)
• Realm of Kings, miniseries, #1 (2010)
• She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision (2009)
• Young Avengers: Siege (2010)
• Thunderbolts #137 (2009)
• War of Kings: Warriors, miniseries, #1 (2009)
• War Machine, vol. 3, #6-7 (2009)

Other publishers

• Alacakaranlik #2 (2006)
• Cyberage Adventures #2: "Jade Tiger" (2005, IHero Entertainment)
• Digital Webbing Presents #20, 25-26 (Digital Webbing Press, 2004-05)
• Dylan Dog #9 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004)
• Nothingface, graphic novel (Digital Webbing Press, 2004)
• Resimli Roman #2-3 (2005)
• Rodeo Strip #1-6, 11 (Rodeo Kitap, 2004-06)
• Star Wars: Jedi The Dark Side, miniseries #1-4 (2011)
• Seruven #6 (2005)
• Warmageddon Quarterly #2-3 (2006, L Jamal Inc)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} "About". Mahmud A. Asrar Online Portfolio. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
2. ^ ^{a b} Weiland, Jonah (December 20, 2006). "Ain't Nothing but a Family Thing: Faerber Talks Dynamo 5". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8898. 
3. ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (April 13, 2010). "Lemire Embiggens Ray Palmer". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25682. Retrieved April 13, 2010. 
4. ^ Truitt, Brian (September 19, 2011). "Supergirl gets a teenage makeover". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-09-19/Supergirl-gets-a-teenage-makeover-with-new-comic-series/50467308/1. Retrieved September 22, 2011. 

References

• Mahmud A. Asrar at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Official website
• Mahmud A. Asrar at the Comic Book DB
• Faerber, Jay (March 7, 2007). "Faerber's Files: Mahmud A. Asrar". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=104034. 

Persondata
Name	Asrar, Mahmud Anjum
Alternative names
Short description	Pakistani-Austrian comic book artist
Date of birth	November 20, 1976
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death