Alex Maleev is a Bulgarian-born comic book illustrator, best known for the Marvel Comics' series Daredevil (vol. 2), collaborating with writer Brian Michael Bendis.
Maleev has a distinct drawing style of dark, grainy imagery, which gives his work the 16mm-camera look of old-fashioned documentary.
Maleev became famous in Bulgaria for Godan (Годън in Bulgarian) and Carthel of Dead published in Riko magazine since 1991 and 1992, respectively. In his...
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Alex Maleev is a Bulgarian-born comic book illustrator, best known for the Marvel Comics' series Daredevil (vol. 2), collaborating with writer Brian Michael Bendis.
Maleev has a distinct drawing style of dark, grainy imagery, which gives his work the 16mm-camera look of old-fashioned documentary.
Maleev became famous in Bulgaria for Godan (Годън in Bulgarian) and Carthel of Dead published in Riko magazine since 1991 and 1992, respectively. In his comics, he sometimes references his Bulgarian origins. For example in Aliens vs. Predator alien eggs are stored in the cellar of a typical Bulgarian church.
In 2006, Maleev finished his run with Bendis in Daredevil and planned a collaboration with the writer on a new ongoing Spider-Woman series. Bendis and Maleev collaborated once again on the much delayed four part Halo: Uprising miniseries from Marvel Comics. He first teamed with Bendis on Todd McFarlane's Sam and Twitch series.
Maleev also did art for the comic book The Crow: Dead Time,...
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