Jerome Opeña

Jerome Opeña is a Filipino comic book artist best known for his numerous collaborations with writer Rick Remender.

Early life

Opeña was born in the Philippines, and spent most of his childhood in Taiwan, where his father worked for an international agricultural organization that was based there. When Opeña was approximately 16, his family moved to the United States, where he has lived ever since.^[1] Opeña attended art school for four years, and graduated when he was 24 years old.^[2]

Career

After he graduated from art school, Opeña "floated around for a few years, did a lot of odd jobs here and there and the occasional illustration or concept art job", as well as some comic work.^[2] Opeña began work full-time in the industry in 2005 when he met Rick Remender, with whom he has collaborated on many of his projects.

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• Star Wars Tales #13: "The Sith in Shadow" (with Bob Harris, anthology, Dark Horse, 2002)
• Métal Hurlant #3: "Who's Dreaming Now?" (with Alejandro Jodorowsky, anthology, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2003)
• Lone (with Stuart Moore, Rocket Comics):
  • "Bad Medicine" (in Rocket Comics: Ignite one-shot, 2003)
  • "Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland" (in #1-4 & 6, 2003–2004)
• Strange Girl #8 (with Rick Remender, Image, 2006)
• Fear Agent (with Rick Remender):
  • "Re-Ignition, Part 4" (with Tony Moore, in #4, Image, 2006)
  • "My War" (in #5-10, Image, 2006–2007)
  • "Hatchet Job" (with Kieron Dwyer, in #17-19 & 21, Dark Horse, 2007–2008)
• Wolverine (one-shots, Marvel):
  • Dangerous Games: "Purity" (with Rick Remender, anthology, 2008)
  • Flies to a Spider: "Swallowed the Spider" (with Gregg Hurwitz, 2009)
• The Punisher v8 #1-5: "Living in Darkness" (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2009)
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1-6: "Shock and Awe" (with Gregg Hurwitz, Marvel, 2009)
• Deadpool #1000: "Appetite for Destruction" (with Rick Remender, anthology, Marvel, 2010)
• Uncanny X-Force v1 #1-4, 14-18 (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2010–2012)
• The Avengers v5 #1-3 (with Jonathan Hickman, Marvel, 2013)
• Infinity #2-6 (with Jonathan Hickman, Dustin Weaver (#2-5) and Jim Cheung (#6), Marvel, 2013–2014)
• The Avengers: Rage of Ultron (with Rick Remender and Pepe Larraz, graphic novel, Marvel, 2015)
• Seven to Eternity #1-ongoing (with Rick Remender, Image, 2016–...)

Covers only

• The Incal #7 (Humanoids Publishing, 2001)
• Fear Agent #20 (Dark Horse, 2008)
• Avengers vs. X-Men #4, 8, 12 (Marvel, 2012)
• Uncanny X-Force v1 #25-32 (Marvel, 2012)
• Captain America v7 #1 (Marvel, 2013)
• Infinity #1 (Marvel, 2013)
• Miracleman v2 #1 (Marvel, 2014)
• Fantastic Four v5 #1 (Marvel, 2014)
• Kick-Ass 3 #6 (Icon, 2014)
• Magneto v2 #2 (Marvel, 2014)
• Wolverine v6 #1 (Marvel, 2014)
• The Punisher v10 #2 (Marvel, 2014)
• All-New Invaders #3 (Marvel, 2014)
• Hulk v2 #1-3 (Marvel, 2014)
• Daredevil v4 #3 (Marvel, 2014)
• The Amazing Spider-Man v3 #1 (Marvel, 2014)
• Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #3 (Marvel, 2014)
• Spider-Gwen v1 #1 (Marvel, 2015)
• Deadpool v3 #45 (Marvel, 2015)
• Deadly Class #12 (Image, 2015)
• The Uncanny Inhumans #0 (Marvel, 2015)
• FCBD: The Avengers #1 (Marvel, 2015)
• Convergence #5 (DC Comics, 2015)
• Secret Wars: Marvel Zombies #1 (Marvel, 2015)
• The Amazing Spider-Man v4 #1 (Marvel, 2016)
• Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Volume 3 (Marvel, 2016)

Notes

1. Cruz, Jiggy (September 21, 2011). "The Uncanny Jerome Opeña". YAHOO! Philippines.
2. Matadeen, Renaldo (May 21, 2012). "CBNAH Interview: Jerome Opena". wizard is Oz.

References

• Jerome Opeña at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Jerome Opeña at the Comic Book DB