Jamie McKelvie
McKelvie at theNew York Comic Con 2010
Area	Cartoonist, Writer,Penciller,Inker,Letterer
Notable works	The Wicked + The Divine Long Hot Summer Phonogram Young Avengers
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Jamie McKelvie is a Britishcartoonist and illustrator, known for his both work on books such asPhonogram,Young Avengers andThe Wicked + The Divine, and his approach to comic character design.

Since 2003, McKelvie has collaborated withKieron Gillen on a number of works. This started with acomic strip forPlayStation Official Magazine – UK, entitledSave Point, which ran for at least three years.^[1]The Guardian highlighted that Gillen and McKelvie "met in 2003 at a convention where Gillen was selling his first photocopied comics".^[2] Their firstcomic book together wasPhonogram, a six-issue series in 2006, which was followed by two sequel series in 2008 and 2015 withMatt Wilson.^[3][4] The three worked together on a relaunch ofYoung Avengers for Marvel in 2013,^[5] and created the 45-issue seriesThe Wicked + The Divine between 2014 and 2019.^[6] In 2021,GamesRadar+ highlighted that the duo has "worked together on-and-off for the past 17 years" and that theirBatman short storyBatman: Black and White #5 was their "first major project together since the conclusion ofThe Wicked + The Divine in 2019".^[7]

His first creator-owned series as both writer and artist,Suburban Glamour, was published in 2008, with Guy Major andMatthew Wilson as colourists. He has done various work forMarvel Comics, including a run onDefenders withMatt Fraction, and theX-Men: Season One graphic novel withDennis Hopeless.

McKelvie's artwork also graces the covers of theArt Brut albumBrilliant! Tragic! and the single "Lost Weekend",^[8][9][10] and of two novels by writerMur Lafferty.^[11] He has illustrated prints and tour posters for the bandChvrches and his art was animated in their music video for the new version of "Bury It" (2016) featuringHayley Williams.^[12][13]

McKelvie has redesigned a number of characters' costumes, including the 2012 redesign of long-time characterCarol Danvers, for a relaunch of the character as the new Captain Marvel,^[14] and in late 2013, the design for Kamala Khan's outfit when she becomesMs Marvel.^[15] In 2016, he designed the costumes for thetime-displaced original five X-Men seen inX-Men: Blue (2017).^[16] In 2023, heredesigned Kamala's costume after she joined the X-Men.^[17][18] He has also made available his personal takes onWonder Woman,^[19]Iron Man^[20] andCyclops.^[21]

McKelvie has said that he emphasises practicality when creating his Marvel designs, stating that he considers the "message a [...] character's design is putting across",^[22] and specifically for Ms. Marvel, the design reflects "the Captain Marvel legacy, and also her story and her background".^[23] For the time-displaced X-Men, McKelvie commented that he "wanted to reference past incarnations of the characters, while at the same time coming up with something new and cohesive for the team".^[16]

• "Loss" (with writerAmber Benson, inFour Letter Worlds, 144 pages,Image Comics, April 2005,ISBN 1-58240-439-9)
• Long Hot Summer (withEric Stephenson,graphic novel, 96 pages, Image Comics, September 2005,ISBN 1-58240-559-X)
• Phonogram (withKieron Gillen, three volumelimited series, Image Comics, 2006, 2009, 2015): collected as:
  • Rue Britannia (collects Vol 1 #1–6 (2006),tpb, 144 pages,ISBN 1-58240-694-4)
  • The Singles Club (collects Vol 2 #1–7 (2009), tpb, 160 pages,ISBN 1-60706-179-1)
  • The Immaterial Girl (collects Vol 3 #1–6 (2016), tpb, 168 pages,ISBN 1-63215-679-2)
  • The Complete Phonogram, (collects Vol 1, 2 and 3 (2017) hb, 504 pages,ISBN 1-53430-151-8)
• Suburban Glamour (script and art, 4-issue mini-series, Image Comics, October 2007. tpb, 104 pages, Image, April 2008,ISBN 1-58240-878-5)
• "Migas" (with writerMatt Fraction,Nightcrawler story inX-Men: Divided We Stand No. 1,comics anthology,Marvel Comics, June 2008)
• Cable (with writerDuane Swierczynski, issues 11 and 12, Marvel Comics, 2009): collected within:
  • X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (collects X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop #1–3, Cable #11–15, X-Force #14–16, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War One-Shot and X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook, tpb, 336 pages,ISBN 0785131736)
• Gotham Gazette (part, with writerFabian Nicieza, issues Batman Dead? No. 1 and Batman Alive? No. 1,DC Comics): collected within:
  • Batman: Battle for the Cowl (collects Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead? #1, Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1–3, Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1, tpb, 160 pages,ISBN 1-4012-2416-4)
• SIEGE Loki (with writer Kieron Gillen, one shot (April 2010), Marvel Comics): collected within:
  • Siege: Thor (collectsThor 607–610, Siege: Loki andNew Mutants 11, tpb, 144 pages,ISBN 0-78514-814-0)
• Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (with writer Brian Michael Bendis, Co-Artist Issue 150, Marvel Comics)
• Invincible Iron Man (with writer Matt Fraction, back up stories in issues 32 and 33, Marvel Comics)
• Generation Hope (with writer Kieron Gillen, issues 5 and 9, Marvel Comics): collected within:
  • The Future's a Four Letter Word (collects #1–5, tpb, 120 pages,ISBN 0-78514-719-5)
  • Schism (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pagesISBN 0-78515-242-3)
• Secret Avengers (with writerWarren Ellis, issue 16, Marvel Comics, August 2011): collected within
  • Run The Mission, Don't Get Seen, Save The World (collects #16–21, tpb, 144 pages,ISBN 0-78515-255-5)
• X-Men Season One (with writer Dennis Hopeless,graphic novel, 136 pages,Marvel Comics, March 2012,ISBN 0-78515-645-3)
• Defenders (with writer Matt Fraction, issues 8–11): collected within
  • Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 136 pages,ISBN 0-78515-853-7)
• Marvel NowPoint One (part, with Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, 2012)
• Young Avengers (with Kieron Gillen and Matt Wilson, Marvel Comics, 2013-4): collected as:
  • Style > Substance (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages,ISBN 0-78516-708-0)
  • Alternative Cultures (collects #6–10, tpb, 112 pages,ISBN 0-78516-709-9)
  • Mic-Drop at the Edge of Time and Space (collects #11–15, tpb, 112 pages,ISBN 0-78518-530-5)
  • Omnibus (collects #1–15, hb, 360 pages,ISBN 0-78519-171-2)
• The Wicked + The Divine (with Kieron Gillen and Matt Wilson, Image Comics, 2014–2019): collected as:
  • The Faust Act (collects #1–5, tpb, 180 pages,ISBN 978-1-63215-019-6)
  • Fandemonium (Collects #6–11, tpb, 200 pages,ISBN 978-1-63215-327-2)
  • Commercial Suicide (Collects #12–17, tpb, 200 pages,ISBN 978-1-63215-631-0)
  • Rising Action (Collects #18–22, tpb, 168 pages,ISBN 978-1-63215-631-0)
  • Imperial Phase (Part 1) (Collects #23–28, tpb, 200 pages,ISBN 978-1-63215-631-0)
  • Imperial Phase (Part 2) (collects #29-33, tpb, 168 pages, 2018,ISBN 1534304738)
  • Mothering Invention (collects #34-39, tpb, 208 pages, 2018,ISBN 9781534308404)
  • Old is the New New (collects all specials, tpb, 232 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534308806)
  • Okay (collects #40-45, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ISBN 1534312498)
• "The Riddle" (with writerKieron Gillen, inBatman Black and White vol. 5 #5, 8 pages,DC Comics, April 2021

• Hack/Slash No. 11 (alternative cover)
• Captain Marvel No. 7, 9
• Ms. Marvel No. 1 (alternative cover), No. 2-9
• Nightcrawler (2014–) No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
• [Revolutionary War: Omega] (2014), No. 1
• The Fuse No. 3 (alternative cover)

• Kudos 2, Positech Games

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