Ming Doyle | |
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![]() Doyle at HeroesCon 2013 | |
Born | 1984 (age 40–41) |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Known for | Comics illustration |
Notable work | Anatomy of a Metahuman, Constantine: The Hellblazer, Two Graves |
Spouse | [ citation needed ] |
Children | 1 [1] |
Ming Doyle is an American comic book illustrator and writer. Her works, including Anatomy of a Metahuman, have been published by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Candlewick Press. [2]
Multiversity Comics praised Doyle's work for its "heavily lined, brushed inks" and the "sense of awe" it creates by "showing superheroics in an otherwise rather realistic setting". [3]
Ming Doyle was born in Boston in 1984 to an Irish-American sailor and a Chinese Canadian librarian. [4] [5]
In 2007, she graduated from Cornell University with a dual concentration BFA in painting and drawing. [4]
Aside from Marvel, DC, and Candlewick, Doyle's workplaces have included Boom! Studios, Image Comics, Tokyopop, [4] Valiant Comics, [6] [7] and Dark Horse Comics. [8]
She describes her 2011 work, Tantalize, [9] as her first full-length graphic novel. [5]
DC universe magician John Constantine's series was relaunched as Constantine: The Hellblazer, written by Doyle and James Tynion IV in June 2015. [10]
The Mary Sue interviewed Doyle in 2015 at Boston Comic Con. She described her life as a freelancer and stated that her dream projects include creating comics about Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles; Namor; and Gambit. [11]
In 2018, Doyle illustrated the 160-page DC Comics: Anatomy of a Metahuman , written by S. D. Perry and Matthew K. Manning. [12]
In 2023, she contributed to Two Graves, "the first volume of a new series from writer Genevieve Valentine and illustrated by Annie Wu and Ming Doyle". It was published by Simon & Schuster and also included essays by N.K. Jemisin, Veronica Schanoes, and Stephanie Lai. [13]