Pasqual Ferrándiz Arroyo (born March 24, 1961), known by the pen-name Pasqual Ferry (sometimes credited as Paschalis, Pascual or Pascal Ferry), is a Spanish

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and

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Biography

Ferry was interested in comics from an early age, stating his first love in comics "was Franquin, Mézières, especially and Moebius". Ferry's interest in superhero comics came after a visit to the offices of

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in New York. In Spain, Ferry worked for Albert Rué's animation studio, as well as publishing work in a number of Spanish comic magazines. In 1993, Ferry created the character Plasmer with writer Glenn Dakin for an eponymous 4-issue miniseries for

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. When Marvel UK closed in 1995, Ferry moved to working for Marvel Comics. After providing fill-in for several issues of

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-related comics, he launched the first ''

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'' series in 1997 with

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and

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, and would provide pencils on 15 of the 19 issues. In 1999, Ferry provided pencils on all nine issues of a

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miniseries, written by

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. After leaving Marvel, Ferry worked on several

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, including ''

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'' (1994), ''

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'' (2000) and ''

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'' (2004). In 2005, he and writer

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began work on the ''

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'', which re-introduced the Shilo Norman version of the character. However, due to scheduling issues, he was only able to do the first issue. In mid-2006, Ferry became the new artist on

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's ''

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'' with writer Mike Carey. In 2010, Ferry became the regular artist on

's ''

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'' teamed with writer

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. In 2016, Ferry launched a crowdfunding campaign for a creator-owned comic entitled ''ALICE'', inspired by Lewis Caroll’s ''

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''. In 2019, Ferry provided the primary cover art for the

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series '' Chrononauts: Futureshock''. In 2021, Ferry partnered with

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on a new ''

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'' series for Marvel titled ''Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow''. In March 2023, Ferry launched a new ''

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'' ongoing series with writer Jed MacKay.

Bibliography

DC

* ''

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'' #18 (with

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, 2019) * '' Mr. Miracle'' #1-2, Seven Soldiers of Victory (with

and

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, 2005–06) * ''

: Planet Heist'' (pencils, with

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and colors by

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, 8-issue limited series, 2004–2005) * ''

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'' #26 (with Mark Schultz, 2004) * ''

'' #771, 786-788, 792-793, 798, 800, 803-810 (2000–04)

Marvel

* ''

'' (with Jed MacKay, 2023–present) * '' Namor: Conquered Shores'' #1-5 (with

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, 2022-2023) * ''

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: Spider's Shadow'' (with

, 2021) * ''

'' (with

, 2010-2012) * '' Ender's Game: Battle School'' (with Chris Yost, 2008–2009) * '' Ultimate Iron Man II'' #1-5 (with

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, 2008) * ''

'' #33-38, 42-46 (with Mike Carey, 2006–07) * ''Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men'' #1-2 (with Mike Carey, 2006) * ''

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Special'' #1 (with

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, 2005) * ''

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'' #24 (with

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, 2006) * ''

'' #68 (with

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& Steve Seagle, 1997) * '' Fantastic Four 2099'' #6-8 (with Ben Raab &

Terry Kavanagh Terrence "Terry" Kavanagh ( ) is an American comic book editor and writer. Career Kavanagh was a Marvel Comics editor from 1985 to 1997. Titles he edited during that time included ''Marvel Comics Presents'' and ''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L ...

, 1996) * '' Plasmer'' #1-4 (with Glenn Dakin, 1993)

References

External links

Ferry's work on Marvel.com

Ferry's work on DC.com

profile/bibliography about the artist * *
Ferry's blog
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