Kevin Maguire (born September 9, 1960)[2] is an Americancomics artist, known for his work on series such as Justice League, Batman Confidential, Captain America, and X-Men.
Maguire's other collaborations with Giffen and DeMatteis include The Defenders at Marvel in 2005, a DC Retroactive: Justice League - The '90s one-shot in 2011, and a series of Metal Men back-up stories in the 2009 revival of the Doom Patrol.
Maguire and George Pérez alternated as artists of the New 52 revival of the Worlds' Finest series, written by Paul Levitz.[8] He departed the series with #12.Maguire was to have reunited with Giffen and DeMatteis on the 2013 Justice League 3000 series,[9] but was removed from the project by DC.[10] He moved to Marvel for a short time, working on various projects with Brian Michael Bendis, but would return to DC in 2018 joining writer Marc Andreyko as the artist on Supergirl vol. 7 as of issue #21 (Oct. 2018).[11]
Critical reception
In 2015, comedian and late night talk show host Seth Meyers named Maguire as his favorite comic book artist.[12] Meyers previously collaborated with Maguire and Bill Hader on the 2008 Spider-Man one-shot comic Spider-Man: The Short Halloween.
Writer Marc Andreyko praised Maguire stating "Basically, the right artist for any project is Kevin Maguire. He's an absolute genius, an underappreciated genius."and "He has some of the best grasp of facial expressions and character acting of almost any artist working in the business."[11]
2.John Jackson Miller. Comics Industry Birthdays Comics Buyer's Guide, June 10, 2005, retrieved December 12, 2010^
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4.Matthew K. Manning. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle Dorling Kindersley, 2010^
5.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 251: "The lauded Giffen/DeMatteis era of the Justice League came to a dramatic close with 'Breakdowns', a sixteen-part storyline that crossed through the pages of both Justice League America and Justice League Europe.^
6.Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 311: "In 2003, writers J. M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen and original artist Kevin Maguire worked on a six-part series reuniting [their version of] the team."^
7.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 254: "Marv Wolfman supplied the scripts for each issue, while the art was handled by Kevin Maguire, Gabriel Morrissette, Adam Hughes, Michael Netzer, Kerry Gammill, and Phil Jimenez."^
