| David Finch | |
|---|---|
 Finch in 2025 | |
| Area | Writer,Penciller,Inker |
Notable works | Batman: The Dark Knight New Avengers Batman |
| Awards | 2009Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist |
| Spouse | Meredith Finch |
| Official website | |
David Finch is acomics artist known for his work onTop Cow Productions'Cyberforce, as well as numerous subsequent titles forMarvel Comics andDC Comics, such asNew Avengers,Moon Knight,Ultimatum, andBrightest Day.[1] He has provided album cover art for the bandDisturbed, and done concept art for films such asWatchmen.[1]
David Finch started his comics career drawingTop Cow Productions'Cyberforce,[2] after series creator and studio founderMarc Silvestri ceased his run as writer/artist on that book. Finch co-createdAscension with Matt "Batt" Banning.[3] He later worked on the first three issues ofAphrodite IX withDavid Wohl.[2]
In 2003, Finch returned to comics for a year-long arc onUltimate X-Men with writerBrian Michael Bendis. Following that, the duo moved on toThe Avengers, where they destroyed Marvel's premiere superhero team[4] and then relaunched it asNew Avengers featuring a radically different cast.[5] OnAvengers, Finch's presence doubled sales starting with his first issue.[6]
Finch worked on the revampedMoon Knight series with novelistCharlie Huston[2] His run onMoon Knight skyrocketed this title into the main Marvel universe and saw it sell over five times the titles previous releases.[6] he then illustratedFallen Son: The Death of Captain America #4, featuringSpider-Man. This was followed by theUltimatum limited series for theUltimate Marvel line. In addition to interior comics work, he has drawn several covers including those of "World War Hulk";X-Men #200 and the "X-Men: Messiah Complex"storyline; and theX-Infernus miniseries.[2]
Finch illustrated the cover toDisturbed's 2008 album,Indestructible, as well as doing concept design for the film adaptation ofAlan Moore'sWatchmen.
In January 2010, Finch left Marvel and became aDC Comics exclusive artist.[7] Finch collaborated withGrant Morrison onBatman #700 (Aug. 2010) an oversized anniversary issue.[8] In July 2010 DC announced that Finch would be writing and drawing a new ongoing series entitledBatman: The Dark Knight, the first story arc of which deals with the detective's more supernatural cases.[9][10] The series launched with a January 2011 cover date,[11] but was relaunched in November of that same year as part of the company-wide rebootThe New 52.[12]
In July 2012, as part ofSan Diego Comic-Con, Finch was one of six artists who, along with DC co-publishersJim Lee andDan DiDio, participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of theSyfy reality television competition seriesFace Off, in which special effects were tasked to create a new superhero, with Finch and the other DC artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar, was featured inJustice League Dark #16 (March 2013),[13][14] which was published January 30, 2013.[15] The episode premiered on January 22, 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season.[16]
Finch andGeoff Johns launched a newJustice League of America series[2][17] and theForever Evil limited series in 2013.[18] Finch and his wife,Meredith Finch, took over the creative duties onWonder Woman beginning with issue #36 (Jan. 2015), their first collaborative effort.[19]
As part of theDC Rebirth relaunch of DC's titles, Finch teamed with writerTom King to launch theBatman vol. 3 series in June 2016.[20][21]
In 2020, Finch drew the 1950s variant cover for The Joker 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular #1 (June 2020). That July, Marvel Comics announced that it had acquired the publishing rights to theAlien andPredator franchises, for which Finch created two teaser posters.[22]
Finch was influenced by illustratorGerald Brom.[23]
Finch lives inOntario.[24] His wife is named Meredith,[25] and they have three sons.[26]
Finch won a 2008Eagle Award for Best Cover for his work onWorld War Hulk 1A.[27]
He won theJoe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist in 2009.[28]
In 2017, Finch andTom King won anEisner Award for the Best Short Story "Good Boy" inBatman Annual #1.[29]
Finch was given aYellow Kid Award in 2000, presented atLucca Comics & Games.[30]
Writer Brian Michael Bendis would turn the Avengers' world on its end with this shocking new crossover event drawn by artist David Finch.
Spider-Man had always been thought of as a solo hero and one who wouldn't work well in a team. Writer Brian Michael Bendis shattered that myth in the mid-2000s when he made Spidey a member of the New Avengers.
Written by Grant Morrison with art by Tony S. Daniel, Andy Kubert, Frank Quitely, [David] Finch, and Richard Friend, this milestone issue ofBatman featured an all-star roster of talent.
Starting in November, Finch will take the reins ofBatman: The Dark Knight, a new ongoing Batman title featuring the hyper-detailed and kinetic artwork Finch has become known for plus his unique and yet classic interpretation of the Caped Crusader.
Writer/artist David Finch saw the birth of his own Batman title in the form of this new ongoing series that allowed the popular artist to explore his own Batman stories.
Azzarello and Chiang hand over the keys to the Amazonian demigod's world to the just-announced husband-and-wife team of artist David Finch and writer Meredith Finch.Archive requires scrolldown
As part of DC's Rebirth relaunch, King is joined by superstar artist David Finch on the now bi-weeklyBatman.
Tom King and David Finch won Eisner Awards for their Best Short Story 'Good Boy' inBatman Annual #1.
| Preceded by | Cyberforce artist 1994–1997 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | The Avengers artist 2004–2005 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by n/a | New Avengers artist 2005–2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by n/a | Batman: The Dark Knight artist 2011–2013 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Wonder Woman vol. 4 artist 2015–2016 | Succeeded by |
