James Stokoe

James Stokoe
Born	September 4, 1985
Nationality	Canadian
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer, Colourist
Spouse(s)	Marley Zarcone
http://orcstain.wordpress.com/

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

1. Melrose, Kevin (March 7, 2013). "James Stokoe, Mark Andrew Smith clash over 'Sullivan's Sluggers'". Comic Book Resources.
2. MacDonald, Heidi (March 7, 2013). "The strange tale of SULLIVAN'S SLUGGERS". ComicsBeat.
3. Reyna, Leo (March 7, 2013). "A Roundup of the Sullivan's Sluggers Controversy". NerdSpan.
4. Stokoe, James (January 20, 2011). "Nasty Gubbins". Orc Stain.
5. Stokoe, James (December 4, 2010). "Nomad of the Domes". Orc Stain.
6. Stokoe, James (June 5, 2011). "Ham 'N Mutherfuckers". Orc Stain.
7. Stokoe, James (June 22, 2012). "Move Over Rover, And Let Jimmy Take Over". Orc Stain.
8. Stokoe, James (February 6, 2014). "Laconic Shit". Orc Stain.
9. Stokoe, James (November 28, 2010). "Murderbullets". Orc Stain.
10. Stokoe, James (November 25, 2010). "The Orc Don't Fit". Orc Stain.
11. Stokoe, James (February 11, 2012). "Help a Spirit of Vengeance out". Orc Stain.
12. Stokoe, James (March 6, 2014). "Needs More Butthole: The James Stokoe Story". Orc Stain.

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.