Frank Cho (born Duk Hyun Cho; 1971) is a Korean-American

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and

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writer and illustrator, known for his series '' Liberty Meadows'', as well as for books such as '' Shanna the She-Devil'', '' Mighty Avengers'' and ''

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'' for

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, and ''Jungle Girl'' for

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. Cho is noted for his

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, precise lines, and depictions of curvaceous women.

Early life

Frank Cho was born near

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, South Korea in 1971Nolen-Weathington, Eric. ''Modern Masters Volume 14: Frank Cho'' TwoMorrows Publishing; 2007 to Kyu Hyuk Cho and Bok Hee Cho. He has two brothers, Rino and Austin. The family moved to the

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when he was sixShin, (2010)
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in search of better economic opportunities. Cho was raised in Beltsville, Maryland. His parents had college degrees, but because they did not speak English well, they took whatever jobs they could to support the family. His mother worked in a shoe factory, and his father was a carpenter during the day and a janitor at a Greyhound Bus station at night. Because money was scarce, Cho, who describes his latchkey childhood as "rough", was relegated to finding his own extracurricular entertainment. When Cho was ten, his older brother, Rino, brought some

s home, and Cho started copying the art. When a friend saw that Cho could reproduce the artwork without tracing it, he urged Cho to illustrate comics for a living. Cho refined his abilities without formal training beyond some basic art classes. He found inspiration in Depression-era comics such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and in the work of artists such as

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, Andrew Loomis,

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and

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. After graduating from High Point High School in 1990, he attended

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and was offered a scholarship to the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, which he declined because he disliked the school's academic focus. Cho's parents were not particularly supportive of Cho's interest in art, so he placated them by transferring to the University of Maryland School of Nursing, which he says was his parents' idea.Shin (2010)
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/ref> Cho graduated with a B.S. in Nursing in 1996.

Career

1990s

Cho wrote and drew a cartoon strip called ''Everything but the Kitchen Sink'' in the weekly

newspaper ''The Owl'', where he was also comics editor. At the

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, he drew the daily strip ''University²'' for ''

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'', the student newspaper. During his final year in college, in 1994 or 1995, Cho received his first professional comic book assignment, doing short stories for '' Penthouse Comix'' with Al Gross and Mark Wheatley. The trio conceived of a six-part "raunchy sci-fi fantasy romp" called ''The Body'', centering on an intergalactic female merchant, Katy Wyndon, who can transfer her mind into any of her "wardrobe bodies", empty mindless vessels that she occupies to best suit her negotiations with the local alien races that she encounters while traveling the galaxy trading and seeking riches. The story was never published for a number of reasons. After graduation, Cho adapted elements of ''University²'' for use in a professionally syndicated strip, '' Liberty Meadows''. Cho signed a 15-year contract with

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, which he later realized was unusually long and, perhaps jokingly, blamed on having a bad lawyer. After five years of doing ''Liberty Meadows'', Cho grew weary of the arguments with his editor over the censorship of the strip, as well as the pressure of the daily deadlines, and pulled the strip from syndication in December 2001, though he continued to print it uncensored in book form. In 1999, Cho attracted controversy when, while serving as one of the jurors for the third annual Ignatz Awards, which are awarded to small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers, he nominated his own book ''Liberty Meadows''. Writer

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, one of the original jurors and developers of the award, criticized that year's jury for their lack of support and acknowledgment of independent works, and for allowing self-nomination. Brubaker also questioned whether the guidelines he and Expo board member Chris Oarr had developed for the Awards were provided to that year's judges. ''

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'' reacted to this by saying that this revealed some flaws in the Ignatz nomination system, but Cho defended his decision, stating that in his opinion few of the submissions he received as a judge were deserving of nomination, and that the Ignatz coordinator he consulted instructed him to use his own judgment, as there were no rules against self-nomination. Cho eventually won two Ignatz Awards that year for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Comic, and although he did not cast the winning vote, he called his self-nomination a mistake he would not repeat.

2000s

As he worked on ''Liberty Meadows'', he also did occasional cover work or anthology work for other publishers. These included ''Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special'' for

in 2000, '' The Savage Dragon'' #100 and ''

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'' #46 in 2002, '' Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #6 in 2003 and '' Invincible'' #14 in 2004. He then began doing full interior work on other ''Spider-Man'' books for Marvel, including issues #5 and 8 of '' Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and ''The Astonishing Spider-Man'' #123, also in 2005. Marvel Comics' then-senior editor Axel Alonso, who had been impressed by ''Liberty Meadows'', approached Cho about revamping the third-string character Shanna the She-Devil, a scantily clad jungle lady who first appeared in the early 1970s, as a college-educated defender of wildlife and opponent of firearms. Cho, seeing possibilities, recast Shanna in a seven-issue, 2005 miniseries as an Amazonian naïf, the product of a Nazi experiment with the power to kill dinosaurs with her bare hands but an unpredictable lack of morality. The miniseries was originally meant to feature uncensored nude drawings of the heroine, but Marvel later decided against this, and had Cho censor his already completed pages for the first five issues. However, Cho has indicated on his website that Marvel plans to release a hardcover collection under its MAX imprint which will contain the uncensored artwork. Cho then penciled issues 14 and 15 of Marvel's ''

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'' in 2006, and illustrated the first six issues of

' 2007 relaunch of '' Mighty Avengers'' with writer Brian Bendis. He is the plotter and cover artist of

's ''Jungle Girl''. Cho drew issues 7–9 of ''

'', which were published in 2009. In 2010–2011, Cho illustrated writer

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's run on '' New Ultimates'' for Marvel Comics. In 2011 he worked on the miniseries ''X-Men: Schism'' with writer Jason Aaron.

2010s

In January 2013, as an expansion of the

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initiative, Marvel premiered '' Savage Wolverine'', a series written and illustrated by Cho that stars both

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and co-stars Shanna the She-Devil and

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. The "

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"–type story that comprises the first five issues is intended to evoke a "classic adventure feel", and is inspired by the ''

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'' films and the pulp horror of H.P. Lovecraft's

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. In April 2015, Cho posted on his website an image he had drawn on a sketch cover of '' Spider-Gwen'' of that character on all fours, with her rear end pointing upward, which mirrored a '' Spider-Woman'' cover by Milo Manara that had caused a controversy the previous November. The Cho image drew criticism from ''Spider-Gwen'' writer Robbi Rodriguez, who, while expressing appreciation of Manara's work, feared that such an image might drive away prospective female readers. Sam Maggs of The Mary Sue also criticized Cho because the character Spider-Gwen is a teenager. Other artists like J. Scott Campbell and

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defended Cho. Cho parodied the controversy by drawing the character

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in the same pose on a sketch cover of that character's series. In April the following year, Cho revisited the controversy by illustrating the character Cammy in the same type of pose on the cover of Udon Studios' '' Street Fighter Legends'' #1. When asked if these controversies hurt his career, Cho replied that the publicity tripled the traffic on his website, increased attention given to him by convention organizers and convention attendees, and led to an increase in job offers. Johnston, Rich (May 3, 2016)
"Talking To Frank Cho, Man Of Outrage, About Attracting Women"
Bleeding Cool. In February 2016, Marvel premiered '' Totally Awesome Hulk'', a series written by

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and drawn by Cho which sees teenager

become the newest incarnation of the Hulk. Cho drew the first four issues of the series, his final page of which represented the end of his 14-year exclusivity contract with Marvel. He was then hired by DC Comics to draw

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s of the first 24 issues of ''

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'' as part of the company's

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initiative. However, Cho quit the project in July following the completion of the sixth issue's cover, due to conflicts with series writer

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, who objected to the sexualized manner in which Wonder Woman was depicted in Cho's illustrations. As of May 2016, Cho was writing and drawing ''Skybourne'' for

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, a five-issue creator-owned miniseries that Cho describes as "a cross between '' Highlander'', ''

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'', and

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." The story focuses on a god trying to find the one weapon that can kill him, the mythical sword

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, before it is found by others. At the time Cho was also writing and drawing another creator-owned book, ''World of Payne'' with his co-creator, Tom Sniegoski, for Flesk Publications. ''World of Payne'' stars Lockwood Payne, a psychic private investigator, and modern day sorcerer from an ancient society of witches and wizards who with his urgent care expert friend Doctor Hurt, and the beautiful witch-in-training Michelle, find themselves embroiled in strange misadventures in the world of the occult. Cho describes the book part prose novel and part comic, and "a cross between

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and

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with a dash of

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." ''Skybourne'' #1 was published September 7,Johnton, Rich (September 7, 2016)
"Frank Cho's Skybourne #1 Is Out Today From Boom! – Here's All The Covers"
Bleeding Cool. while ''World of Payne'' was set to premiere in late 2016.

Technique and materials

Cho produces his artwork on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Pad, which has a

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surface. To pencil his artwork, Cho uses a Pentel mechanical pencil with 0.7mm HB lead. To ink his work, he uses black Micron Pigma pens, sizes 01 and 08. For erasure, he uses both a Vanish eraser and a kneaded eraser.

Personal life

Cho met his first wife, Cari Guthrie, when they served together on a student residence council at the University of Maryland. They were married in 1999. Their first child was born in 2001 and their second in 2004. They lived in

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. Cho and Cari separated in 2008 and divorced in 2009, after which Cho temporarily moved to a nearby apartment to be close to his two children, and began dating Mara Rose, a film major he first met when she cared for his kids. Cho identifies as a "life-long liberal Democrat and advocate for free speech and equal rights."

Awards

* 1994 College Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz Award * 1999

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for Outstanding Artist (for ''Liberty Meadows'' #1) * 1999 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic (for ''Liberty Meadows'' #1) * 2001

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's Award for Best Comic Book * 2001 National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Book Illustration * 2002 Max & Moritz Medal for Best International Comic Strip * 2006 Haxtur Award for Best Artist * 2006 Haxtur Award for Best In Show * 2006 Eagle Award for Best Artist (for ''Liberty Meadows'' and ''Shanna the She-Devil'') * 2006 Eagle Award for Best Artist for Best In Show (for ''Liberty Meadows'' and ''Shanna the She-Devil'') * 2008 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Artist: Pencils * 2011 The

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for the documentary ''Creating Frank Cho's World'' * 2011 The Daily Record Influential Marylander Award for Communications * 2017 Ringo Award for Best Cover Artist * 2023 Doylean Honors for Best Illustration

Nominations

* 2000

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for Best Cover Artist * 2006

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for Best Artist * 2006 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist * 2006 Harvey Award for Best Cover Artist * 2006 Haxtur Award for Best Cover Artist * 2006 Haxtur Award for Best Humor

Bibliography

Story and art

DC

* ''Superman and Batman: World's Funnest'', one-shot (among other artists) (2000) * ''The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong'', one-shot (among other artists) (2003)

Marvel

* ''

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'' Special #1 (among other artists) (2002) * '' Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' #5, 8 (artist) (2004–05) * '' Shanna, the She-Devil'', miniseries, #1–7 (writer, artist) (2005) * ''

'' #14–15 (artist) (2006) * '' Mighty Avengers'' #1–6 (artist) (2007–08) * ''

'', vol. 3, #7–9, ''King-Size'' #1 (artist) (2008–09) * '' New Ultimates'', miniseries, #1–5 (artist) (2010–11) * ''

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: Schism'', miniseries, #2 (artist) (2011) * '' Avengers vs. X-Men'', #0 (artist) (2012) * '' Savage Wolverine'' #1–5 (writer, artist) (2013) * '' X-Men: Battle of the Atom'' #1 (artist, with

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) (2013) * ''

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'' Annual #1 (artist) (2014) * '' The Totally Awesome Hulk'' #1–4 (artist) (2015–16)

Other publishers

* ''University²'' (writer, artist; in ''

'',

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1994–1995) * '' Liberty Meadows'' #1–26 (writer, artist; Insight Studios, 1999–2002) * ''Liberty Meadows'' #27–37 (writer, artist; Image Comics, 2002–2006) * '' Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset'' #6 (artist; America's Best Comics, 2001) * '' More Fund Comics'': "Road to Home", graphic novel (writer, artist; Sky Dog Press, 2003) * ''Zombie King'' #0 (writer, artist; Image Comics, 2005) * ''50 Girls 50'' #1–4 (co-writer, designer; Image, 2011) * ''Skybourne'' #1–5 (writer, artist; BOOM Studios, 2016–2018) * ''Fight Girls'' #1–5 (writer, artist; AWA/Upshot Studios, 2021)

Cover art

* '' Cavewoman: Jungle Tales'' #1 (

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, 1998) * '' Jingle Belle's All Star Holiday Hullabaloo'' #1 ( Oni Press, 2000) * '' Hammer of the Gods'' #1 (Insight Studios, 2001) * ''Blue Line Pro's Sketch'' #12 (Blue Line Pro, 2001) * '' Codename: Knockout'' #1 (

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, 2001) * '' Cavewoman: Pangaean Sea'' #1 (Basement, 2001) * ''Footman 15: Fairy Fire'' #1 (Bald Guy Studios, 2002) * '' The Amazing Spider-Man v2'' #46–48 (

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, 2002–2003) * ''Opposite Forces'' #4 (Funny Pages Press, 2003) * '' PvP'' #1–2, 16 (

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, 2003–2005) * '' Trouble'' #1 (Marvel, 2003) * '' Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #6 (

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, 2003) * '' Invincible'' #14 (Image, 2004) * ''

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'' (Sky Dog Press, 2004) * ''

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'' #80 (

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, 2004) * '' Marvel Knights 4'' #13 (Marvel, 2005) * ''

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'' #3, 8, 18 (Marvel, 2005–2006) * ''

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'' #461 (Marvel, 2005) * '' Nodwick'' #30 (Henchman, 2005) * ''Image Holiday Special '05'' (Image, 2005) * '' Ms. Marvel'' #1–5 (Marvel, 2006) * ''

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'' #13 (

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, 2006) * '' Savage Red Sonja: Queen of the Frozen Wastes'' #1–4 (Dynamite, 2006) * '' Fear Agent: The Last Goodbye'' #1 (Dark Horse, 2007) * '' The Irredeemable Ant-Man'' #7 (Marvel, 2007) * ''Jungle Girl'' #0–5 (Dynamite, 2007–2008) * ''Killing Girl'' #1 (Image, 2007) * '' Ultimates 3'' #3 (Marvel, 2008) * '' Mighty Avengers'' #7 (Marvel, 2008) * '' Conan the Cimmerian'' #1–9 (Dark Horse, 2008–2009) * ''

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'' #41 (Marvel, 2008) * ''

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'' #6 (Marvel, 2008) * ''Jungle Girl Season 2'' #1–5 (Dynamite, 2008–2009) * ''

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'' #561 (Marvel, 2009) * '' Masquerade'' #1 (Dynamite, 2009) * '' Jennifer's Body'' (

, 2009) * '' The Astounding Wolf-Man'' #18 (Image, 2009) * '' War Heroes'' #3 (Image, 2009) * '' Dark Reign: The List – Avengers'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) * ''Dark Reign: The List – Daredevil'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) * ''Dark Reign: The List –

'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) * ''Dark Reign: The List –

'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) * ''Dark Reign: The List – Punisher'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) * ''Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) * ''Dark Reign: The List –

'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) * ''Dark Reign: The List –

'' #1(Marvel, 2010) * '' Hit-Monkey'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) * ''

'' #21 (Marvel, 2010) * '' The Incredible Hulk'' #608 (Marvel, 2010) * '' Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) * '' Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates'' #1, 3, 5 (Marvel, 2011) * ''50 Girls 50'' #1–4 (Image, 2011) * ''The Incredible Hulks'' #629 (Marvel, 2011) * ''

'' #663–664 (Marvel, 2011) * ''

'' #159 (Marvel, 2011) * '' X-Men: Schism'' #1, 3–5 (Marvel, 2011) * '' Wolverine & the X-Men'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) * '' Uncanny X-Men v2'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) * '' Miracleman'' #2 (Marvel, 2015) * ''

'' #1–6 (DC, 2016) * ''

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'' #2 (DC, 2016) * ''Harley and Her Gang of Harleys'' #4–6 (DC, 2016) * ''Harley Quinn: Harley Loves Joker'' #1–2 (DC, 2018) * '' Reborn'' #1 ( variant) (Image, 2016) * ''

'' #8–56, 60–75 (DC, 2017–2020) * '' Dejah Thoris'' #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2018) * ''

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'' #799–800 (Marvel, 2018) * '' The Incredible Hulk'' #717 (Marvel, 2018) * ''

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'' #48,50,71 (DC, 2018, 2019) * '' Extermination'' #2 (Marvel, 2018) * '' Punisher'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) * ''

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'' #7 (Marvel, 2018) * '' The War of the Realms '' #1 (Marvel, 2019) * ''

'' #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2019) * ''

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'' #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2019) * ''

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'' #3 (Marvel, 2019) * '' Catwoman: 80th Anniversary'' (DC, 2020) * ''Action Comics'' #1026 ('' Wonder Woman 1984'' variant) (DC, 2020) * '' Punchline'' #1 (DC, 2020) * ''

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'' #5 (Marvel, 2021) * '' Eternals'' #1 (Marvel, 2021) * '' Wonder Woman Black & Gold'' #1 (DC, 2021) * ''ET:ER'' #2 (Upshot/AWA Studios, 2022) * ''Redemption'' #1 (Upshot/AWA Studios, 2022) * '' Moon Knight:Black White & Blood'' #1 (Marvel, 2022) * '' She-Hulk Omnibus'' #3 (Marvel, 2022) * ''Absolution'' #1 (Upshot/AWA Studios, 2022) * ''Ascencia'' #13 (Wake Entertainment, 2022) * '' Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special'' #1 (DC, 2022) * ''Poison Ivy'' #1 (DC, 2022) * '' Daredevil'' #7 (Marvel, 2023) * ''

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'' #30 (Marvel, 2023) * ''300: 25th Anniversary'' #1 (Dark Horse, 2023) * ''Batman'' #134 (DC, 2023) * ''Batman: The Brave and The Bold'' #1 (DC, 2023) * ''Catwoman'' #55 (DC, 2023) * ''Green Arrow'' #1 (DC, 2023) * ''Poison Ivy'' #13 (DC, 2023)

Books

* ''University Squared: The Angry Years'', Insight Studios Group, 1996 (author, artist) * ''Frank Cho Illustrator'', Insight Studios, 2000 (author, artist) * ''Liberty Meadows, Big Book of Love'', Insight Studios, 2001 (author, artist) * ''Liberty Meadows Book 1, Eden'', Image, 2003 (author, artist) * ''Liberty Meadows Book 2, Creature Comforts'', Image, 2003 (author, artist) * ''Liberty Meadows Book 3, Summer of Love'', Image, 2004 (author, artist) * ''Liberty Meadows Book 4, Cold, Cold Heart'', Image, 2005 (author, artist) * ''Women: Selected Drawings & Illustrations'', Image, 2006 (author, artist) * ''Modern Masters Volume 14: Frank Cho'', TwoMorrows Publishing, 2007 * ''Jungle Queens Art Book'', Brand Studio Press, 2008 (author, artist) * ''Mars Maidens Art Book'', Brand Studio Press, 2008 (author, artist) * ''Apes and Babes Volume 1'', Image, 2009 (author, artist) * ''Liberty Meadows Sundays Book 1'', Image, 2012 (author, artist) * ''Women Book 2: Selected Drawings & Illustrations'', Image, 2013 (author, artist) * ''Drawing Beautiful Women: The Frank Cho Method'', Flesk Publications, 2014 (author, artist) * ''Frank Cho's Savage Wolverine, Artist Edition'', IDW 2018 (author, artist) * ''Ballpoint Beauties'', Flesk Publications, 2019 (author, artist) * ''Marvel Monograph: The Art of Frank Cho'', Marvel, 2020 (artist) * ''The Art of Frank Cho: Twenty Year Retrospective'', Flesk Publications, 2020 (author, artist) * ''Outrage, Book 1'', Comic Sketch Art, 2021 (author, artist) * ''Outrage, Book 2: More Outrage'', Comic Sketch Art, 2022 (author, artist) * ''What Child Is This?'', HarperCollins, 2022 (artist)

References

External links

*
Frank's entry in Lambiek Comiclopedia

"Creating Frank Cho's World"
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