COMICS: Bryan Hitch To Leave Marvel After Ten Years

COMICS: Bryan Hitch To Leave Marvel After Ten Years

The prolific artist best known for his work at Marvel on The Ultimates has announced that he will be leaving the publisher after a decade of service and promises a big announcement in the next few days.

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By JoshWilding - Dec 30, 2011 04:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics



Since November 28, artist Bryan Hitch has been promising big changes in 2012 via his Twitter account and on December 3 began a 31 day countdown to some sort of announcement. While there's still a few days to go until that deadline, he yesterday revealed that he will be leaving Marvel Comics after working for the publisher for over ten years.

"In two days time, an amazing decade at Marvel closes for me," Hitch told his followers on the social networking site. "What a wonderful time to have joined the party. Very proud and honored." He went on to thank those he's worked with over the past decade and confirmed that he has finished work on the Age of Ultron/Ultron War story with Brian Michael Bendis.

Rumours are now running rampant as to what his announcement may be, with many speculating that it'll be some sort of creator owned project (possibly with Mark Millar) or even a shock move to DC. Stay tuned and we'll be sure to keep you updated.


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marvelwienr
marvelwienr - 12/30/2011, 4:53 AM
first
Amazo
Amazo - 12/30/2011, 5:00 AM
^^^ Nonce
Sparrowsabre7
Sparrowsabre7 - 12/30/2011, 5:01 AM
It'll be a shame to see him leave, he co-created my favourite comic of all time (The Ultimates) I had rather hoped he'd at least come back for one last hurrah with the Ultimates.
SageMode
SageMode - 12/30/2011, 5:09 AM
Oh well, never really was a fan of his art anyway. Adios.
Helena
Helena - 12/30/2011, 5:10 AM
The bright side is that his last arc in Marvel isn't going to suffer the same problem that most of his work there did, excruciating delays.
socialmyth
socialmyth - 12/30/2011, 5:50 AM
@Nomis... If you'd like to see his take on some DC characters, Bryan did a short stint with Mark Waid on the JLA monthly book plus they also did the oversized book JLA: Heaven's Ladder. Good stuff!
Ceejay
Ceejay - 12/30/2011, 5:59 AM
Best Artist they ever had in the last 30 years, someone who actually has a clue about anatomy, shadows and perspective.

Thank christ he's leaving the spandex shite behind, I hope he starts drawing some REAL comics now!
CBArtist
CBArtist - 12/30/2011, 6:21 AM
A lot of his early works reminded me a lot of Alan Davis'.
Ancar
Ancar - 12/30/2011, 6:31 AM
Going to DC - Superman, PLEASE, mothasuckers!!!
redleaf
redleaf - 12/30/2011, 7:21 AM
His style suits DC better.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/30/2011, 7:44 AM
good artist,dc can have him if marvel wants that style of art just hire the original alan davis.
Durango95
Durango95 - 12/30/2011, 8:07 AM
How is he the best artist in the last 30 years? Bullshit, I say.
Slider13
Slider13 - 12/30/2011, 8:08 AM
He's not going to DC, it would've made way more sense to get in on the ground floor with one or their new "52" launches. My guess is the creator owned route with Millar. Stay tuned...
Seejay
Seejay - 12/30/2011, 8:33 AM
Hes Thor drawings are second to none.

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Seejay
Seejay - 12/30/2011, 8:37 AM
Sorry for the spelling. "His" :)

Anyways, he always manage to portray Thor in the way he is meant, that is "powerful".
Dedpool
Dedpool - 12/30/2011, 10:03 AM
Always thought his DC stuff was better anyway. I love Hitch's art though.

@ Slider13- If he was new to them yes, but he had runs on JLA, and some other DC stuff.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/30/2011, 11:26 AM
Loved The Ultimates. I hope he does another collaboration with Millar soon.
GLprime2814
GLprime2814 - 12/30/2011, 12:19 PM
A lot of the comments sound like if he had died or something, lol
batmanrises
batmanrises - 12/30/2011, 1:15 PM
From Bleeding Cool:

“In two days time, an amazing decade at Marvel closes for me. What a wonderful time to have joined the party. Very proud and honoured.”

He has not said yet what his plans are for the future, only that,

“So naturally new horizons beckon. Boy ate(sic) they something. See you there.”

As many have pointed out, there's a peculiar part of that phrase about his next project that bears repeating:

Boy Are They Something......

BATS.

Take it with a grain of salt.
HannibalKing
HannibalKing - 12/30/2011, 1:43 PM
Too bad he didn't move over to DC for the nu52. Can you imagine Hitch's work on any of those titles?
It would've killed in sales, big time!
Gutts81
Gutts81 - 12/30/2011, 3:03 PM
You all are wrong! Hitch has been on point since Authority and has been cold as frucking ice since then. I hope the best for this guy cause Ultimates was my shyt!
FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey
FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey - 12/30/2011, 3:57 PM
I like Bryan Hitch a lot. Oh well...
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 12/30/2011, 4:51 PM
One of the best artists today, quite sad because The Ultimates was great, and I liked his run on Fantastic Four. And etc., etc. Overall, I love his work on Marvel.

But I don't mind if he returns to DC. JLA with him was quite a gold. Let's see.
SCURVYDOG619
SCURVYDOG619 - 12/30/2011, 6:42 PM
If Hitch took over on Stormwatch,I would not be mad...Now,if they were going to bring back the Authority with Millar...Yeah,that'd be great.
loki668
loki668 - 12/30/2011, 10:41 PM
He's going to draw a gritty reboot of the Archie comics.

Lord Loki has spoken
Jefferys
Jefferys - 12/31/2011, 1:25 AM
Goodbye Mr. Hitch; I hope you make a great switch. As long as it's not DC, than you're all good to me.
UncleTee
UncleTee - 12/31/2011, 1:03 PM
Oooh a new creator-owned collab with Millar would be very interesting.
TheRabbit
TheRabbit - 12/31/2011, 4:25 PM
hes good but he's not good enough to replace Greg Capullo on Batman sorry best artist and best writer combo of all time in my book would love to see it run for the next 5 years or plus
EarOne
EarOne - 12/31/2011, 11:33 PM
GREAT...now, he can go back and save the new Justice League monthly, at DC.
Howlett
Howlett - 1/1/2012, 5:28 PM
I hope he will draw Wonder Woman with Bryan Azarello.
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