Murewa Ayodele

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Murewa Ayodele
Born (1994-06-15) June 15, 1994 (age 30)
Osun State, Nigeria
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
New Men, My Grandfather Was a God, I Am Iron Man, Storm

Murewa Ayodele (born June 15, 1994) [1] [ unreliable source ] is a Nigerian comics writer who has worked for small press and Marvel Comics. He often works with Nigerian artist Dotun Akande, with whom he co-founded Collectible Comics NG, a Nigerian comic book studio. [2] Their comic New Men was nominated for the Nommo Award for Best Graphic Novel. [3]

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Career

Ayodele has worked professionally in comics for over ten years. [4] He and artist Dotun Akande met at Redeemer's University, where they began making comics together. [5] Their studio, Collectible Comics NG, created a number of comics including Anarchy, GodKiller, Cliff: Lust and Gravity, Utopia and more. [6]

In 2019, he and Akande released New Men, [7] a "soft biopunk thriller" set in Africa in the year 2030. In 2020, it was released in America by Action Lab Comics. [8] [9]

In 2021, he and Akande launched the Webtoon My Grandfather Was a God. [10] This gained them attention from Marvel Comics, who hired them to do the 2023 five-issue mini-series I Am Iron Man for Iron Man's 60th anniversary. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] In 2024, it was announced that they would release their next comic, Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods, through Oni Press. [16] [17] [18]

In May 2024, Ayodele was announced as the writer for the upcoming Storm series set during the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch with artist Lucas Werneck. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Personal life

Ayodele is Yorubu and grew up in Osun State. [24] He went to Redeemer's University, where he got a degree in computer science. [1]

Bibliography

Collectible Comics NG

Independent Comics

Marvel Comics

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