1. Joe Madureira, often called Joe Mad, is an American comic book artist and game developer, best known for his work on Darksiders, Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men and his creator-owned comic book Battle Chasers.
15 Facts About Joe Madureira
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Joe Madureira is the founder of video game development companies Vigil Games and Airship Syndicate.
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Joe Madureira was born December 1974, and is of Portuguese descent.
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Joe Madureira attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.
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At age 16, while still in high school, Joe Madureira started at Marvel Comics as an intern, working under editor Danny Fingeroth.
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In 1993 Joe Madureira penciled the first Deadpool mini-series, The Circle Chase.
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Joe Madureira became the regular penciler on Uncanny X-Men in 1994.
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Joe Madureira left Uncanny X-Men in 1997 to work on his own sword and sorcery series Battle Chasers for Wildstorm Comics' creator-owned Cliffhanger imprint.
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Joe Madureira produced a total of nine issues in four years, a pace for which he was criticized.
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Joe Madureira then went to work for Realm Interactive, another start-up company, on Trade Wars: Dark Millennium.
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Joe Madureira returned to the comic book industry as the artist on Marvel's The Ultimates 3, with writer Jeph Loeb.
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In July 2007, Vigil Games' Darksiders was announced, of which Joe Madureira was creative director.
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Joe Madureira has provided cover artwork for Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, and the Sony PlayStation game Gekido: Urban Fighters and Darkened Skye.
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Joe Madureira would write the issue and produce the cover art, while Ludo Lullabi would provide the interior art.
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Joe Madureira has a daughter, who was six years old as of June 2011.