From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover to Ultimates (v2) #12. Art by Bryan Hitch.

Bryan Hitch (1970) is a British comic book artist. He is the acclaimed artist/co-creator of The Authority, and, currently, Marvel's The Ultimates. His long list of credits include The Sensational She-Hulk, X-Men, Superman and Stormwatch. His work for Marvel UK includes Action Force, Doctor Who (1988), Mys-Tech Wars and Death's Head.

Hitch is famous for his "widescreen" art. His trademarks are highly detailed, but dynamic double-splash pages and his emotive facial close-ups. They convey the feeling that one is rather watching a big-budget Hollywood movie than reading a comic. He's infamously late when it comes to handing in pages. His run on JLA was riddled with fill-in artists, and while he's drawn every issue of The Ultimates,there are frequently months between issues. He's completed 24 issues of the series in roughly 5 years, far below the average for most artists in the industry although there was a several month gap between the first and second volumes of the series. This lateness has been explained by co-worker Brian Michael Bendis as a result of his busy homelife. In the months following the start of Ultimates his wife gave birth to their first child.

Hitch was a character design artist for the Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2 films. He also was a character design artist for the video game Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction; he was brought aboard the project due to his definitive rendition of the Hulk in The Ultimates. He was also hired by the BBC as the concept artist for the 2005 relaunch of the Doctor Who television series, having particular input into the design of the TARDIS interior set. He has also provided artwork that served as the cover of Empire, a British movie magazine doing a featured article on comic book movies.

Like Millar, Hitch is exclusive to Marvel comics well into the forseeable future; however, both himself and Millar have expressed their desire to re-invent Superman as a creative team.

• Thing/She-Hulk: The Long Night one shot, 2003

• Bryan Hitch Profile Interview
• Bryan Hitch's Website w/ Paul Neary

This profile of a comics artist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.