Michael Choi (comics)

Michael Choi (comics)
Choi sketching Big Barda at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 17, 2009.
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Colorist
Pseudonym(s)	Mike Choi
Notable works	Witchblade X-23 X-Force

Michael Choi is a comic book artist known for his work on books such as Witchblade, X-23, X-Force.

Career

Michael Choi is originally from Chicago, Il. He spent the first seven years of his life there. Then he moved to somewhere else in Il. Now, he lives in Arizona. He runs.

Choi penciled a six-issue Marvel entitled X23: Target X miniseries.

Michael Choi joined Marvel and penciled Uncanny X-Men from issue #495 to issue #499 with writer Ed Brubaker.

In the April 2007 issue of Wizard Magazine (#186) Choi was named number 10 of the "Hot 10 Artists" for his work on X-23: Target X. Said the magazine, "Choi pulls up the rear with his newly popular, vibrant pencils."

Choi previewed his creator-owned series, Chomperstompers, on Twitter, before its debut at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.^[1]

Personal life

Mike Choi's sister, Mary H.K. Choi, is a comic book writer, known for her work on books such as Lady Deadpool from Marvel Comics.^[1]

As of July 2010, Choi was engaged to fellow comics creator Sonia Oback but they parted ways and now is married to Michelle Catalao .^[1]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• Witchblade (Top Cow, 2001–2006):
  • "LXIV-LXV" (with David Wohl, Francis Manapul, Joel Gomez and Romano Molenaar, in #64-65, 2003)
  • "Road Trip, Part Two" (with David Wohl, Francis Manapul and Joel Gomez, in #69, 2003)
  • "Death Pool, Part One" (with David Wohl, Francis Manapul, Joel Gomez and David Nakayama, in #70, 2003)
  • "Strength and Weakness, Part One" (with Troy Hickman, in #76, 2004)
  • "Witch Hunt" (with Ron Marz, in #80-85, 2004–2005)
  • "Partners" (with Ron Marz, in #88, 2005)
  • "Fugitive" (with Ron Marz, in #89-91, 2005)
  • "10th Anniversary" (with Ron Marz and various artists, in #92, 2005)
  • "Reflections" (with Ron Marz, in #93, 2006)
  • "True Confessions" (with Ron Marz, in #96, 2006)
  • "Old Habits" (with Ron Marz, in #97-98, 2006)
  • "C" (with Ron Marz and various artists, in #100, 2006)
• The Magdalena v2 #3 (with Brian Holguin, Eric Basaldua and David Nakayama, Top Cow, 2003)
• Knights of the Jaguar: A Tale from the Legend of Diablo (with Robert Place Napton, one-shot, 2004)
• The Darkness #7: "In Search of the Blue Goldfish, Part One" (with Paul Jenkins and Eric Basaldua, 2004)
• Tomb Raider: The Series #45: "Inner Demons" (with David Bonny, Top Cow, 2004)
• X23: Target X #1-6 (with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, Marvel, 2007)
• X-Men #204: "Blinded by the Light, Epilogue" (with Mike Carey, Marvel, 2007)
• Uncanny X-Men #495-499: "Divided" (with Ed Brubaker and Ben Oliver, Marvel, 2008)
• X-Force (Marvel, 2008–2010):
  • "Old Ghosts" (with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, in #7-10, 2008–2009)
  • "Not Forgotten" (with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, in #17-20, 2009)
  • "Second Coming" (with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, in #26-28, 2010)
• X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, one-shot, 2009)
• Nation X #2: "Wish You Were Here" (with C.B. Cebulski and Jim McCann, Marvel, 2010)
• Astonishing Thor #1-5 (with Robert Rodi, Marvel, 2011)

Covers only

• The Magdalena #3 (Top Cow, 2001)
• Tomb Raider: The Series #16 (Top Cow, 2001)
• Helios: In with the New #3 (Top Cow, 2006)
• Witchblade #101, 113-115 (Top Cow, 2006–2008)
• The Darkness: Level #5 (Top Cow, 2007)
• First Born #1 (Top Cow, 2007)
• Marvel Comics Presents #4 (Marvel, 2008)
• The Darkness #5 (Top Cow, 2008)
• Dark Avengers #2 (Marvel, 2009)
• Fusion #1, 3 (Top Cow, 2009)
• Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #1 (Top Cow, 2009)
• War Machine #7 (Marvel, 2009)
• Dark Wolverine #76 (Marvel, 2009)
• War of Kings #5-6 (Marvel, 2009)
• Dark Reign: The List - Wolverine #1 (Marvel, 2009)
• Dark X-Men #4 (Marvel, 2010)
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7 (Marvel, 2010)
• X-Men: Legacy #236 (Marvel, 2010)
• Ultimate Comics: Thor #1 (Marvel, 2010)
• Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #1-2 (Marvel, 2011)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Ching, Albert. "Mike Choi Previews CHOMPERSTOMPERS on Twitter", Newsarama, July 15, 2010

References

• Michael Choi at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Michael Choi at the Comic Book DB
• Mike Choi blog page
• Michael's Original Art Dealer page
• Michael's DeviantArt page
• Michael's Chomperstompers page

Persondata
Name	Choi, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Korean comic book artist
Date of birth
Place of birth	Seoul, Korea
Date of death
Place of death