| Jim Cheung | |
|---|---|
Cheung at the 2016New York Comic Con | |
| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) |
| Area | Penciller |
| jimcheungart | |
Jim Cheung (/tʃʌŋ/CHUNG; born 1972) is a British[1]comic book artist, known for his work on the series such asScion,New Avengers: Illuminati,Young Avengers andAvengers: The Children's Crusade.
He co-created theMarvel Comics superhero team theYoung Avengers, including its members:Kate Bishop,Hulkling,Iron Lad,Patriot (Eli Bradley),Speed, andWiccan.
Cheung worked on several Marvel series during the mid- to late 1990s. He also worked onScion forCrossgen Comics in the early 2000s. He later returned to Marvel, where he illustrated the five-issueNew Avengers: Illuminati mini-series for Marvel Comics, and then pencilled two more issues ofNew Avengers.He was named in August 2005 as one of Marvel's "Young Guns", a group of artists that, according to Marvel Editor-in-ChiefJoe Quesada, have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller". Other "Young Guns" includeOlivier Coipel,David Finch,Trevor Hairsine,Adi Granov andSteve McNiven.[2]Cheung illustrated the 2010-2012 miniseriesAvengers: The Children's Crusade.[3]In addition to interior comics work, he has drawn several covers including those of "Avengers vs. X-Men", "Spider-Men" and theYoung Avengers.
In 2015, Marvel enlisted Cheung to create anAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster for a panel devoted to that TV series at that year'sSan Diego Comic-Con.[4]He drew theDead No More: The Clone Conspiracy limited series in 2016 with writerChristos Gage andDan Slott.[5]
In February 2018, Cheung created promo art for a relaunchedMarvel Universe, called theFresh Start.[6]That March, it was announced that Cheung would be the artist on a relaunchedJustice League series.[7]