Andy Kubert started his comics career as a letterer at
DC Comics in 1980. His first credited artwork for the company was the story "Old Soldiers Never Die" in
Sgt. Rock #393 (Oct. 1984). He later drew
Adam Strange and the
Batman Versus Predator intercompany crossover. He is best known for his work at
Marvel Comics, specifically the company's
X-Men titles. An occasional cover artist on
Uncanny X-Men (drawing the first cover appearance of the character
Gambit) and
X-Men Classic, Kubert later served as a fill-in penciller for
Uncanny X-Men #279-280 and #288 before becoming the regular penciller on
X-Men vol. 2 (starting with #14), following
Jim Lee's departure from Marvel to form
Image Comics. Kubert was one of the artists of the "
X-Cutioner's Song" storyline which ran through the X-Men titles in 1992 and drew the wedding of
Cyclops and
Jean Grey in
X-Men #30 (March 1994). Kubert drew the
Amazing X-Men limited series as part of the "
Age of Apocalypse" storyline in 1995. In 2001, Kubert drew two issues of the new
Ultimate X-Men title. With writers
Bill Jemas,
Joe Quesada and
Paul Jenkins, Kubert produced the
Origin limited series which revealed the early history of Wolverine. Kubert collaborated with novelist
Neil Gaiman on the
Marvel 1602 eight-issue limited series published from November 2003 to June 2004. Writer
Orson Scott Card and Kubert crafted the
Ultimate Iron Man limited series in 2005. Both Kubert and his brother, Adam, signed exclusive contracts to work for DC Comics in 2005. Andy Kubert became the penciller of the
Batman series and with writer
Grant Morrison introduced the
Damian Wayne character. He illustrated the covers to
Batman: Cacophony, a three-issue miniseries published in November 2008. Kubert drew the two-issue Batman story by Neil Gaiman entitled, "
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" This reunited Gaiman and Kubert, who previously worked together on the series
Marvel 1602. While his brother Adam has returned to Marvel Comics following his three-year deal with DC, Dan DiDio confirmed in 2009 that following "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?", Kubert had two more Batman projects in the works, one of which he would write himself. He contributed covers to the
Blackest Night: Batman mini-series, as well as variant covers for "
Blackest Night" issues of
Green Lantern. Kubert's father Joe inked over his pencils on the first two issues of
DC Universe: Legacies, a 10-issue series chronicling the history of the DC Universe. Andy Kubert contributed to
Batman #700, teaming again with Grant Morrison to tell another tale of Damian Wayne as Batman in the future as part of the oversized anniversary issue. In 2011 Kubert illustrated the DC miniseries
Flashpoint. In 2013 Kubert wrote and drew
Damian: Son of the Batman, a four-issue mini series about
Robin in an alternate future. Kubert was one of the artists on
The Dark Knight III: The Master Race which was co-written by Frank Miller and
Brian Azzarello. Kubert collaborated with writer
Scott Snyder on the
New Challengers, part of the
Dark Metal project in 2018. Kubert was one of the creators of a revived
Batman: Black and White anthology series which debuted on December 8, 2020.
Teaching Kubert and his brother Adam teach at their family business and
alma mater, the
Joe Kubert School. ==Bibliography==