Cynthia Martin is a comic book artist

Comic Book Artist

Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...

 best known for her work on the Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 Star Wars

Star Wars (comics)

Comic books based on Star Wars have been published by Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics.-Marvel:The Marvel published a series of Star Wars comic books from 1977 to 1986, lasting 107 issues and 3 annuals....

title during its waning years in the mid-1980s. She was one of the few women working in mainstream American comics during that time.

Martin's clean lines and strong sense of movement during action scenes set her apart from other Star Wars artists of the time. Her work displayed the influence of Japanese manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 long before it became common in American comics.

Career

The first comic Martin worked on was the Ms. Victory Special #1 (AC Comics

AC Comics

AC Comics is a comic book publishing company started by Bill Black.AC Comics specializes in reprints of Golden Age comics from now-defunct companies whose properties lapsed into public domain and were not reprinted elsewhere...

, 1985). She then got the Star Wars assignment, where she did the covers for issues 92 and 93, and then the pencils for most of the issues between 94 and 107. Besides AC and Marvel, Martin has worked for DC Comics

DC Comics

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, Eclipse Comics

Eclipse Comics

Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market...

, First Comics

First Comics

First Comics was an American comic-book publisher that was active from 1983–1991, known for titles like American Flagg!, Grimjack, Nexus, Badger, Dreadstar, and Jon Sable...

, Topps Comics

Topps Comics

Topps Comics is a division of the American trading card publisher and gum/candy distributor the Topps Company, Inc. that published comic books from 1993–1998, beginning its existence during a short comics-industry boom that attracted many investors and new companies...

, Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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, and a number of other small presses.

In recent years, Martin has been illustrating early-reader "graphic biographies" for Capstone Press. She also illustrated Edge Books: How to Draw Comic Heroes ISBN 978-1429600743. According to her bio on Silver Phoenix Entertainment, Martin's currents projects include books for ABDO Publications and the graphic novel Shadowflight.

On May 1, 2010, Cynthia was inducted as an Honorary Member of the 501st Legion

501st Legion

The 501st Legion is an international fan-based organization dedicated to the construction and wearing of screen-accurate replicas of Imperial Stormtrooper armor, Imperial officer uniforms, Clone Troopers and other villains and nefarious characters from the Star Wars universe...

 international costuming organization in recognition of her contributions to the Star Wars saga.

Marvel

• Star Wars 92, 93 (covers only), 94-97, 100-101, 104-107
• Web of Spider-Man
  Web of Spider-Man
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  2, 4, 33
• Marvel Comics Presents
  Marvel Comics Presents
  Marvel Comics Presents was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995; it returned for a second volume in 2007-2008.-Volume 1:The first volume was released on a biweekly basis and lasted for 175 issues...
  
  60-67
• The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously until it was...
  
  295
• Midnight Sons
  Midnight Sons
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  1
• Spectacular Spider-Man 133

DC Comics

• Wonder Woman
  Wonder Woman
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  45, 50, 52, 60, Annual 2
• War of the Gods
  War of the Gods (comics)
  War of the Gods was an American four-issue comic book mini-series published by DC Comics in 1991.Primarily centered on the character Wonder Woman, this storyline was intended to celebrate the character's 50th anniversary. It was written and drawn by George Pérez, who would leave the Wonder Woman...
  
  1, 2
• Blue Beetle
  Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
  Blue Beetle is the second Blue Beetle, a superhero who was originally published by Charlton Comics and later picked up by DC Comics...
  
  3, 6

Eclipse Comics

• Total Eclipse
• California Girls 6
• Dragonflight

Other publishers

• Atilla the Ham (Modanim Company) production
• Big Guy and Rusty (Sony Children's Entertainment) storyboards
• Crossroads
  Crossroads (comics)
  Crossroads was a five-issue limited series published in 1988 by First Comics.Crossroads made use of various First Comics published characters, including Sable, Badger, Grimjack, Dreadstar, and Nexus. The stories, written by Steven Grant, Mike Baron, and Roger Salick, were intertwined, although...
  
  (First Comics
  First Comics
  First Comics was an American comic-book publisher that was active from 1983–1991, known for titles like American Flagg!, Grimjack, Nexus, Badger, Dreadstar, and Jon Sable...
  
  ) 1
• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Claypool Comics
  Claypool Comics
  Claypool Comics is an American comic book publishing company created in 1993, known for publishing such titles as Peter David's Soulsearchers and Company and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark comics, as well as Richard Howell's Deadbeats and, , Phantom of Fear City...
  
  ) 9, 25
• Fan Base (Komikwerks
  Komikwerks
  Komikwerks is a comic publisher founded in 2000 by animation professional Shannon Denton and Internet design professional Patrick Coyle.The website, Komikwerks.com went live on March 5, 2001...
  
  )
• Go Girls (Dark Horse Comics
  Dark Horse Comics
  Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
  
  ) 1-3 (cover art)
• Jason Goes To Hell (Topps Comics
  Topps Comics
  Topps Comics is a division of the American trading card publisher and gum/candy distributor the Topps Company, Inc. that published comic books from 1993–1998, beginning its existence during a short comics-industry boom that attracted many investors and new companies...
  
  ) 1
• Psi Kix (Krislin Company) storyboards
• SPECWAR (Peter Four Productions) colorist
• Wild Irish Roses (Conari Press)
• Zoombies (Boom Studios)

Capstone Press graphic novels

• Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor
• George Washington: Leading a New Nation
• Helen Keller: Courageous Advocate
• Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist
• Sacagawea: Journey into the West
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Track Star
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women's Rights Pioneer
• Booker T. Washington: Great American Educator
• Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communication System
• Story of the Statue of Liberty
• Story of the Star-Spangled Banner
• Nathan Hale: Revolutionary Spy
• Max Axiom, Super Scientist: Sound
• Max Axiom, Super Scientist: Adaptation
• Max Axiom, Super Scientist: Food Chains
• Max Axiom, Super Scientist: Magnetism
• Max Axiom, Super Scientist: Global Warming

External links

• Cynthia West at Comic Vine