| Murewa Ayodele | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 15, 1994 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]
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]
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]