| Art Thibert | |
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 Thibert at WonderCon 2013 | |
| Born | Arthur Thibert |
| Area(s) | Writer,Penciller,Inker |
Notable works | X-Men titles, Black and White, Ultimate Spider-Man, Chrono Mechanics |
| Awards | Wizard Fan Award (2001, 2002) Inkwell Award for Props Award (2011) |
Arthur Thibert (/tiːˈbɛər/[1]) is an Americancomic book artist, primarily known as afreelanceinker, although he has a substantial résumé as apenciler and has even written some comics. Thibert is best known for his work as an inker forMarvel Comics on their variousX-Men titles during the 1990s.
Thibert broke into comics in 1986, as an inker forWaRP Graphics'Myth Adventures. He truly latched on to the industry in 1989, becoming regular inker (overDan Jurgens' pencils) forDC'sThe Adventures of Superman until 1991.
From 1991 to 2004 (with a break from 1993 to 1995), Thibert inked almost exclusively for Marvel, many of those years spent on theirX-Men titles. He inkedX-Factor for much of 1991, and was the regular inker ofX-Men vol. 2 in 1992.
From 1993 to 1995, Thibert associated himself with the "upstart"Image Comics, where he primarily inked covers, for such titles asSpawn,Supreme,Team Youngblood, andBrigade.
Returning to Marvel, Thibert inkedCarlos Pacheco onX-Men vol. 2 from 1996 to 1998. He also returned toX-Factor in 1997. In addition, during the 1990s Thibert inked over twenty issues ofThe Uncanny X-Men. From 1999 to 2000, Thibert inked virtually the entire run ofBishop: The Last X-Man (over pencillerGeorges Jeanty). He was the regular inker ofUltimate X-Men in 2001 (overAdam Kubert), and again from 2003 to 2004 (overDavid Finch).
Other regular inking duties Thibert performed during this period includedFantastic Four vol. 3 (overSalvador Larroca) from 1998 to 2000; andUltimate Spider-Man (overMark Bagley's pencils) from 2000 to 2004.
In 2005, Thibert moved back to DC, where he inked theOutsiders from 2005 to 2007, mostly over Matthew Clark's pencils. During this period he also penciled and inked covers forThe Flash. In 2007, Thibert was the regular inker ofThe Flash: The Fastest Man Alive; and in 2008 he returned to inking Mark Bagley on DC'sTrinity title.
In 1994, Image also published three issues of Thibert's own titleBlack and White.
In 2004, Image published one issue of Thibert's creator-owned seriesChrono Mechanics (co-written with Rich Birdsall), a light-hearted adventure series about four very different individuals (human and otherwise) that were brought together to "fix" time.[2] In 2006,Alias Enterprises published four more issues of the title.
Both titles would later be revived by Thibert through crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo in 2018 and 2019.
Thibert owns and operates Art Thibert's Hack Shack Studios, a California-based art and design studio serving the "television, advertising, comic book, and movie industries. Notable clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, MGM,TV Guide, and MTV." Projects in the works from Hack Shack includeRock 'N' Roll Botz,Kid Everything, andThe Nightmare Files.[3]
Thibert has twice won theWizard Fan Award for Favorite Inker, in 2001 and 2002. In addition, he was nominated for a 1992Eisner Award for Best Inker (for his work onThe Uncanny X-Men). In 2011 Thibert was awarded the Props Award for inker deserving more recognition by theInkwell Awards.[4]
As inker, unless otherwise noted
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