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Sana Takeda

Sana Takeda

Japanese illustrator and comic book artist

Sana Takeda (born 1977) is a Japanese illustrator and comic book artist[1] known for her work on the Hugo Award[2] winning series Monstress.

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Biography

Takeda was born in Niigata,[3][4] and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. At age 20 Takeda started working as a 3D CGI[5] designer for Sega, creating pictures of soccer and NBA athletes.[5] She became a freelance artist when she was 25.[3] After sending her portfolio to C. B. Cebulski, she began working on several projects for Marvel Comics, including X-Men, Venom, Civil War II[6] and Ms. Marvel.[3] In 2006-2008 she worked with C. B. Cebulski on their creator-owned series Drain.[7] In 2010 she started to work with Marjorie Liu on X-23[5] for Marvel Comics and in 2013 the two started to work on their creator-owned series Monstress.

The artists identified by Takeda as major influences include: Kuniyoshi Utagawa’s ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Shigeru Mizuki’s yōkai (Japanese spirits) art, and illustrations of Ishihara Gōjin.[8][4]

Bibliography

Interior art

  • X-Men Fairy Tales #1 (Marvel, 2006)
  • Drain (Image Comics, 2006-2008)
  • X-Men Divided We Stand #1, part 2 (Marvel, 2008)
  • Ms. Marvel Vol. 2 #39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48-50 (Marvel, 2009-2010)
  • Web of Spider-man Vol. 2 #9-11 (Marvel, 2010)-
  • X-Men Forever Annual (with colorist Simone Peruzzi, Marvel, 2010)
  • What If? Dark Reign (Marvel, 2010)
  • X-23 Vol. 3 #3, 7, 10-12, 17-19 (Marvel, 2010-2011)
  • Incredible Hulks #621, part 2 (Marvel, 2011)
  • Venom Vol. 2 #13.2 (Marvel, 2012)
  • Soulfire: Shadow Magic Volume 1 (Aspen Comics, 2013)
  • Civil War II: Choosing Sides #6, part 2 (Marvel, 2016)
  • Monstress (Image Comics, 2015-2022)
  • The Night Eaters (Abrams, 2022)

References

  1. [1]
    "Google knowledge graph". www.google.com.
  2. [2]
    "MONSTRESS Wins 2017 HUGO AWARD". Newsarama. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  3. [3]
    Liu, Marjorie; Tekada, Sana (2017). Monstress Vol. 2. Image Comics. ISBN 9781534305465.bio
  4. [4]
    Kelts, Roland (19 March 2017). "Breaking the comic book glass ceiling". The Japan Times. Retrieved 25 January 2018.image Archived 2017-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    Harper, David (9 February 2016). "Sana Takeda on the Beauty and Darkness of Monstress - SKTCHD". SKTCHD. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Sana Takeda". marvel.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. [7]
    Rogers, Vaneta (15 November 2006). "NEWSARAMA.COM: ONE TO WATCH: SANA TAKEDA". Archived from the original on 15 November 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. [8]
    "Gojin Ishihara – 26 Japanese 70's illustrations to scare kids". 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.


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