{{Short description|Comic book illustrator and writer}} {{Infobox artist | name = Ming Doyle | image = Ming_Doyle_(8991805064).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Doyle at HeroesCon 2013 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, USA | baptised = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | alma_mater = Cornell University | known_for = Comics illustration | notable_works = ''Anatomy of a Metahuman'', ''Constantine: The Hellblazer'', ''Two Graves'' | style = | movement = | spouse = {{marriage|Neil Cicierega|2015}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cicierega |first=Neil |date=10 August 2015 |title=Neil Cicierega on X: ."@mingdoyle and I became married this weekend! Our wedding went perfectly and we keep asking each other "How did we DO that?" |url=https://x.com/neilcic/status/630547752552931329 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=Ming |title=Ming Doyle on X: "Sigh yes, I'm Mrs. Lemon Demon" |url=https://x.com/mingdoyle |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>
| partner = | children = 1<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Ming |last=Doyle |title=Meet Darcy, the best part of our 2018. We had her back in March and she's lit up our whole year. Wishing you all a 2019 filled with good things! 💛 |user=mingdoyle |number=1079771446132527104 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713182726/https://twitter.com/mingdoyle/status/1079771446132527104 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref> | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | family = | awards = | signature = | signature_type = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = | module = }} '''Ming Doyle''' is an American comic book illustrator and writer. Her works, including ''Anatomy of a Metahuman'', have been published by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Candlewick Press.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ming Doyle '03 |url=https://www.andover.edu/people/ming-doyle-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731001745/https://www.andover.edu/people/ming-doyle-03 |archive-date=July 31, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Andover {{!}} An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school |language=en-US}}</ref>
''Multiversity Comics'' praised Doyle's work for its "heavily lined, brushed inks" and the "sense of awe" it creates by "showing superheroics in an otherwise rather realistic setting".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-22 |title=Artist August: Ming Doyle [Art Feature] |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/artist-august-ming-doyle-art-feature/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Multiversity Comics |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Ming Doyle was born in Boston in 1984 to an Irish-American sailor and a Chinese Canadian librarian.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2015-06-16 |title=Graphic Policy Radio with Guest Ming Doyle |url=https://www.blogtalkradio.com/graphicpolicy/2015/06/16/graphic-policy-radio-with-guest-ming-doyle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404042115/https://www.blogtalkradio.com/graphicpolicy/2015/06/16/graphic-policy-radio-with-guest-ming-doyle |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=BlogTalkRadio}}</ref>
In 2007, she graduated from Cornell University with a dual concentration BFA in painting and drawing.<ref name=":1" />
== Career == Aside from Marvel, DC, and Candlewick, Doyle's workplaces have included Boom! Studios, Image Comics, Tokyopop,<ref name=":1" /> Valiant Comics,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valiant Entertainment |url=https://valiantentertainment.com/comics/quantum-and-woody/quantum-and-woody-deluxe-edition-book-one-hc/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Valiant Entertainment}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Comments |first=Dan Wickline {{!}} |date=2014-01-03 |title=Advance Preview of Quantum And Woody #7 By James Asmus and Ming Doyle |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/advance-preview-of-quantum-and-woody-7-by-james-asmus-and-ming-doyle/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en}}</ref> and Dark Horse Comics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ming Doyle, Dark Horse |url=https://digital.darkhorse.com/contributors/3570/ming-doyle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104211522/https://digital.darkhorse.com/contributors/3570/ming-doyle |archive-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref>
She describes her 2011 work, ''Tantalize'', as her first full-length graphic novel.
DC universe magician John Constantine's series was relaunched as ''Constantine: The Hellblazer,'' written by Doyle and James Tynion IV in June 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Jordan |date=2015-06-10 |title=Is It Good? Constantine: The Hellblazer #1 Review • AIPT |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2015/06/10/is-it-good-constantine-the-hellblazer-1-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201233429/https://aiptcomics.com/2015/06/10/is-it-good-constantine-the-hellblazer-1-review/ |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=2024-11-07 |language=en-us}}</ref>
''The Mary Sue'' interviewed Doyle in 2015 at Boston Comic Con. She described her life as a freelancer and stated that her dream projects include creating comics about Anne Rice’s ''Vampire Chronicles''; Namor; and Gambit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Maddy |date=2015-08-14 |title=Interview with Ming Doyle, Constantine Illustrator & Co-Writer |url=https://www.themarysue.com/interview-ming-doyle/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620050422/https://www.themarysue.com/interview-ming-doyle/ |archive-date=June 20, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=The Mary Sue}}</ref>
In 2018, Doyle illustrated the 160-page ''DC Comics: Anatomy of a Metahuman'', written by S. D. Perry and Matthew K. Manning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terror |first=Jude |date=2018-07-05 |title=Ming Doyle Announces New DC Book 'Anatomy of a Metahuman' |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ming-doyle-announces-new-dc-book-anatomy-of-a-metahuman/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222150449/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ming-doyle-announces-new-dc-book-anatomy-of-a-metahuman/ |archive-date=December 22, 2023 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2023, she contributed to ''Two Graves,'' "the first volume of a new series from writer Genevieve Valentine and illustrated by Annie Wu and Ming Doyle". It was published by Simon & Schuster and also included essays by N.K. Jemisin, Veronica Schanoes, and Stephanie Lai.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Two-Graves-Volume-1-Wish-You-Were-Here/Genevieve-Valentine/9781534325975 |title=Two Graves Volume 1: Wish You Were Here |date=2023-09-19 |isbn=978-1-5343-2597-5 |language=en}}</ref>
== See also == * List of comics creators * List of illustrators
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