James Stokoe

James Stokoe (born September 4, 1985) is a Canadian comic book artist who is known for his work on such titles as Wonton Soup, Orc Stain and Godzilla: The Half-Century War.
Along with Corey Lewis, Brandon Graham and Marley Zarcone, he's a part of a studio/collective called "Yosh Comics".

Bibliography

Early work

• Otakorp:
  • Otazine #1: "Smokedown" (w/a, anthology, 2005)
  • Snack Comix #1: "Krill or be Krilled" (w/a, 2006)
• Rival Schools #1-2 (of 4) (backgrounds, w/a: Corey Lewis and Erik Ko, UDON, 2006)

Image Comics

• 24Seven Volume 1: "Fire Breathing City" (a, with Brandon Graham, anthology graphic novel, 224 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-5824-0636-7)
• Popgun Volume 1: "Express Elevator to Hell Tour" (w/a, anthology graphic novel, 455 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-5824-0824-6)
• Comic Book Tattoo: "Mr. Zebra" (a, with Rantz Hoseley, anthology graphic novel, 480 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-5824-0965-X)
• Orc Stain (w/a, 2010–...) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-5, tpb, 168 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6295-X)
• Tokyopop Presents: King City #7: "Power Plant" (w/a, co-feature, 2010) collected in King City (tpb, 424 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6510-X)
• Prophet #39: "Diehard" (a, with Brandon Graham, among other artists, Extreme Studios, 2013) collected in Volume 4: Joining (tpb, 168 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5254-1)

Other publishers

• Wonton Soup (w/a, tpb, 224 pages, Oni Press, 2014, ISBN 1-6201-0166-1) collects:
  • Volume 1 (tpb, 200 pages, Oni Press, 2007, ISBN 1-9326-6460-2)
  • Volume 2 (tpb, 184 pages, Oni Press, 2009, ISBN 1-9349-6420-4)
• Marvel:
  • Marvel Knights: Strange Tales II #3: "Silver Surfer" (w/a, anthology, 2011) collected in Strange Tales II (hc, 144 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4822-1; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4823-X)
  • 100th Anniversary Special: The Avengers (w/a, one-shot, 2014) collected in Marvel: The 100th Anniversary (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-5413-2)
  • Secret Wars:
    • Siege #1 (of 4) (a, with Kieron Gillen, among other artists, 2015) collected in Secret Wars — Battleworld: Siege (tpb, 144 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9549-1)
    • Battleworld #4: "Silver Surfer vs. Galactus" (w/a, anthology, 2015) collected in Secret Wars Journal & Battleworld (tpb, 248 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9580-7)
  • Moon Knight v6 #5: "Welcome to New Egypt, Part Five" (a, with Jeff Lemire, among other artists, 2016) collected in Volume 1: Lunatic (tpb, 120 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9953-5)
• Godzilla (IDW Publishing):
  • The Half-Century War #1-5 (w/a, 2012–2013) collected as Godzilla: The Half-Century War (tpb, 124 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-6137-7595-4; hc, 152 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6314-0321-4)
  • Godzilla in Hell #1 (of 5) (w/a, anthology, 2015) collected as Godzilla in Hell (tpb, 120 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6314-0534-9)
• Sullivan's Sluggers (a, with Mark Andrew Smith, graphic novel, 200 pages, Kickstarter, 2012, ISBN 0-9882-3250-2)^[1][2][3]
• Think of a City page 45 (a, with Steve Orlando, Internet art project, 2015)

Unfinished projects

• Fire for Effect (w/a, a Heavy Metal pitch, 200?)^[4]
• Nomad of the Domes (w/a, 2007–2008)^{[5][4][6][7][8]}
• War Wonton Soup (w/a, spin-off, 2008–2009)^[4][7]
• Murderbullets (w/a, anthology entry turned five-book series, 2008–2009)^[9]
• Orc Stain:
  • "Long Scar's Heat" (w/a, short story for the first trade paperback, 2010)^[10]
  • Poison Thrower (w/a, Bowie Yaramund-centered one-shot, 2011–2012)^[6][11][7]
  • "The Calling" (w/a, short story, 2014)^[8]
• Spider-'Nam (w/a, "Spider-Man in Vietnam" fan comic, 2011–2012)^[6][11]
• I Will Tell You About Dionysus (w/a, 2013–2014)^[8][12]

Covers only

• Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths #2 (IDW Publishing, 2011)
• Cinema Sewer #26 (Robin Bougie, 2013)
• Helheim #2 (Oni Press, 2013)
• Monstrosity #2 (Kickstarter, 2014)
• Rogue Trooper #1-4 (IDW Publishing, 2014)
• What if...? — Age of Ultron #2 (Marvel, 2014)
• The Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1 (IDW Publishing, 2014)
• Legendary Star-Lord #11 (Marvel, 2015)
• Thor v4 #2 (Marvel, 2015)
• Cluster #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)
• Zombies vs. Robots #2-4 (IDW Publishing, 2015)
• Secret Wars: Battleworld #1-3 (Marvel, 2015)
• Secret Wars: Attilan Rising #2 (Marvel, 2015)
• Prophet Volume 4 tpb (Image, 2015)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. v4 #11 (Marvel, 2015)
• Drax #2 (Marvel, 2016)
• Judge Dredd v2 #3 (IDW Publishing, 2016)
• Godzilla: Oblivion #1-5 (IDW Publishing, 2016)
• Head Lopper #3 (Image, 2016)
• Birthright #15 (Image, 2016)

References

Interviews

• Tramountanas, George (March 8, 2007). "Wonton Soup – An Adventure in Sci-Fi Cooking with James Stokoe". Comic Book Resources. 
• Arrant, Chris (June 30, 2009). "James Stokoe: Getting His Won Ton On". Newsarama. 
• Wigler, Josh (October 10, 2009). "James Stokoe Makes an 'Orc Stain'". Comic Book Resources. 
• McGuirk, Brendan (January 7, 2010). "Writer/Artist Takes on Fantasy Tropes in Image's Orc Stain". Newsarama. 
• Wigler, Josh (December 16, 2010). "Collecting Stokoe's "Orc Stain"". Comic Book Resources. 
• Marshall, Rick (May 6, 2011). "James Stokoe Debuts His Troll Hunter Poster And Original Art!". MTV.com. 
• Novi, Magazine (March 8, 2012). "THE OTHER KIND OF PERFECT: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES STOKOE". 
• Staff, Writer (June 21, 2012). "GODZILLA Returns to Roots Under Stokoe's Detailed Pen". Newsarama. 
• Sims, Chris (June 27, 2014). "James Stokoe Talks Avengers 100th Anniversary Special And The Next 50 Years Of Comics". ComicsAlliance. 
• Akhtar, Zainab (July 3, 2015). "An interview with James Stokoe: 'Need and career are two things that I've never felt strongly for'". Comics&Cola.