Michael Avon Oeming

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Michael Avon Oeming
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NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Powers
The Mice Templar
The Cross Bronx
Thor
https://michaelavonoeming.com/

Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer.

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Career

Oeming is a fan of ancient mythology, having written or drawn several projects centering on the Norse gods.[ citation needed ] He frequently collaborates with long-time friend Bryan J. L. Glass and with Brian Michael Bendis. He is part of the M.O.B. crew of comic book creators, along with David Mack, Brian Bendis and Daniel Berman.[ citation needed ]

His 1998 comic book Bulletproof Monk was made into a film of the same name.

The previous mentioned collaborations are The Mice Templar from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass, [1] and Powers from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include Rapture, on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma, [2] and The Victories, both for Dark Horse Comics.

As of 2010, he was employed as a staff member of Valve, working on Left 4 Dead , Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 webcomics.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Oeming has a son, Ethan and currently resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife, fellow writer/artist Taki Soma. [3]

Bibliography

Writing

Art

Writing and art

Awards

Nominations

Notes

  1. The M I C E T E M P L A R//Oeming-Glass Archived 9 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Piccione, Sebastian (11 July 2008). Michael Avon Oeming Interview. Fanboy Buzz.
  3. Behrens, Web (1 April 2011). "Superheroic sisters". Time Out Chicago .
  4. Avon Oeming, Michael. "Mac Update comic". Valve . Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  5. Avon Oeming, Michael. "Loose Canon". Valve . Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. "Loose Canon". Valve. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  7. Avon Oeming, Michael. "The Sacrifice". Valve . Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  8. 1 2 "2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 19 October 2012.]

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