Jerome Opeña
Jerome Opeña is a Filipino comic book artist best known for his numerous collaborations with writer Rick Remender.
Early life
Opeña was born in the Philippines, and spent most of his childhood in Taiwan, where his father worked for an international agricultural organization that was based there. When Opeña was approximately 16, his family moved to the United States, where he has lived ever since.[1] Opeña attended art school for four years, and graduated when he was 24 years old.[2]
Career
After he graduated from art school, Opeña "floated around for a few years, did a lot of odd jobs here and there and the occasional illustration or concept art job", as well as some comic work.[2] Opeña began work full time in the industry in 2005 when he met Rick Remender, with whom he has collaborated on many of his projects.[citation needed]
Bibliography
Interior comic work includes:
- Star Wars Tales #13: "The Sith in Shadow" (with Bob Harris, Dark Horse, 2002)
- Métal Hurlant #3: "Who's Dreaming Now?" (with Alejandro Jodorowsky, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2003)
- Rocket Comics: Ignite #1: "Bad Medicine" (with Stuart Moore, Rocket, 2003)
- Lone #1-4, 6 (with Stuart Moore, Rocket, 2003–2004)
- Strange Girl #8 (with Rick Remender, Image, 2006)
- Fear Agent (with Rick Remender, Image/Dark Horse):
- "Re-Ignition, Part Four" (with Tony Moore, in #4, 2006)
- "My War" (in #5-10, 2006–2007)
- "Hatchet Job" (with Kieron Dwyer, in #17-19 and 21, 2007–2008)
- Wolverine (one-shots, Marvel):
- Dangerous Games: "Purity" (with Rick Remender, 2008)
- Flies to a Spider: "Swallowed the Spider" (with Gregg Hurwitz, 2009)
- Punisher v8 #1-5: "Living in Darkness" (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2006)
- Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1-6: "Shock and Awe" (with Gregg Hurwitz, Marvel, 2009)
- Deadpool #1000: "Appetite for Destruction" (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2010)
- Uncanny X-Force #1-4, 14-18 (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2010–2012)
- Avengers v5 #1-3 (with Jonathan Hickman, Marvel, 2013)
Covers only
- The Incal #7 (Humanoids Publishing, 2001)
- Fear Agent #20 (Dark Horse, 2008)
- Avengers vs. X-Men #4, 8, 12 (Marvel, 2012)
- Uncanny X-Force #25-32 (Marvel, 2012)
- Captain America v7 #1 (Marvel, 2013)
Notes
- ^ Cruz, Jiggy (September 21, 2011). "The Uncanny Jerome Opeña". YAHOO! Philippines.
- ^ a b Matadeen, Renaldo (May 21, 2012). "CBNAH Interview: Jerome Opena". wizard is Oz.
References
External links
- Jerome Opeña at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)