Art Thibert

<h2 id="freelance-inker">Freelance inker</h2>
Thibert broke into comics in 1986, as an inker for <a href="/facts/WaRP_Graphics/NrXdnN57">WaRP Graphics</a>' <a href="/facts/Myth_Adventures/1BeXUseG">Myth Adventures</a>. He truly latched on to the industry in 1989, becoming regular inker (over <a href="/facts/Dan_Jurgens/amcwNNXp">Dan Jurgens</a>' pencils) for <a href="/facts/DC_Comics/gvuKz3yL">DC</a>'s <a href="/facts/The_Adventures_of_Superman_(comic_book)/t3Ckxavv">The Adventures of Superman</a> until 1991.
From 1991 to 2004 (with a break from 1993 to 1995), Thibert inked almost exclusively for Marvel, many of those years spent on their <a href="/facts/X-Men/9kTgk0Yy">X-Men</a> titles. He inked <a href="/facts/X-Factor_(comics)/nD0acrsE">X-Factor</a> for much of 1991, and was the regular inker of <a href="/facts/X-Men%3a_Legacy/xvgal7F0">X-Men</a> vol. 2 in 1992.
From 1993 to 1995, Thibert associated himself with the "upstart" <a href="/facts/Image_Comics/SMovn7ps">Image Comics</a>, where he primarily inked covers, for such titles as <a href="/facts/Spawn_(comics)/GBjfFGfw">Spawn</a>, <a href="/facts/Supreme_(comics)/ErIqABYE">Supreme</a>, <a href="/facts/Team_Youngblood/Ap7eQXh8">Team Youngblood</a>, and <a href="/facts/Brigade_(comics)/VSg7uroI">Brigade</a>.
Returning to Marvel, Thibert inked <a href="/facts/Carlos_Pacheco/gwn0cmxp">Carlos Pacheco</a> on <a href="/facts/X-Men%3a_Legacy/xvgal7F0">X-Men</a> vol. 2 from 1996 to 1998. He also returned to <a href="/facts/X-Factor_(comics)/nD0acrsE">X-Factor</a> in 1997. In addition, during the 1990s Thibert inked over twenty issues of <a href="/facts/The_Uncanny_X-Men/rCfWRlV3">The Uncanny X-Men</a>. From 1999 to 2000, Thibert inked virtually the entire run of <a href="/facts/Bishop_(comics)/ttJdA9DY">Bishop: The Last X-Man</a> (over penciller <a href="/facts/Georges_Jeanty/3toy3huV">Georges Jeanty</a>). He was the regular inker of <a href="/facts/Ultimate_X-Men/CoGnd6cr">Ultimate X-Men</a> in 2001 (over <a href="/facts/Adam_Kubert/Vsnvyoul">Adam Kubert</a>), and again from 2003 to 2004 (over <a href="/facts/David_Finch_(comics)/zEvkMqJe">David Finch</a>).
Other regular inking duties Thibert performed during this period included <a href="/facts/Fantastic_Four/aFzEWgtG">Fantastic Four</a> vol. 3 (over <a href="/facts/Salvador_Larroca/HehUt4SW">Salvador Larroca</a>) from 1998 to 2000; and <a href="/facts/Ultimate_Spider-Man/PIvKwCDR">Ultimate Spider-Man</a> (over <a href="/facts/Mark_Bagley/gk6T1Pdv">Mark Bagley</a>'s pencils) from 2000 to 2004.
In 2005, Thibert moved back to DC, where he inked the <a href="/facts/Outsiders_(comics)/P4gJvgW7">Outsiders</a> from 2005 to 2007, mostly over Matthew Clark's pencils. During this period he also penciled and inked covers for <a href="/facts/The_Flash_(comic_book)/BHLb8mm9">The Flash</a>. In 2007, Thibert was the regular inker of <a href="/facts/The_Flash%3a_The_Fastest_Man_Alive/BHLb8mm9">The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive</a>; and in 2008 he returned to inking Mark Bagley on DC's <a href="/facts/Trinity_(comic_book)/jSxadhay">Trinity</a> title.

<h2 id="creator-owned-projects">Creator-owned projects</h2>
In 1994, Image also published three issues of Thibert's own title Black and White.
In 2004, Image published one issue of Thibert's creator-owned series Chrono Mechanics (co-written with Rich Birdsall), a light-hearted adventure series about four very different individuals (human and otherwise) that were brought together to "fix" time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> In 2006, <a href="/facts/Alias_Enterprises/eRovmgba">Alias Enterprises</a> published four more issues of the title.
Both titles would later be revived by Thibert through crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo in 2018 and 2019.

<h2 id="hack-shack-studios">Hack Shack Studios</h2>
Thibert owns and operates Art Thibert's Hack Shack Studios, a California-based art and design studio serving the "television, advertising, comic book, and movie industries. Notable clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, MGM, TV Guide, and MTV." Projects in the works from Hack Shack include Rock 'N' Roll Botz, Kid Everything, and The Nightmare Files.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>

<h2 id="awards">Awards</h2>
Thibert has twice won the <a href="/facts/Wizard_Fan_Awards/M6mMMxlo">Wizard Fan Award</a> for Favorite Inker, in 2001 and 2002. In addition, he was nominated for a 1992 <a href="/facts/Eisner_Award/Rdx7arW7">Eisner Award</a> for Best Inker (for his work on The Uncanny X-Men). In 2011 Thibert was awarded the Props Award for inker deserving more recognition by the <a href="/facts/Inkwell_Awards/G2NV7RBM">Inkwell Awards</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>

<h2 id="selected-works">Selected works</h2>

As inker, unless otherwise noted

<ul><li><a href="/facts/The_Adventures_of_Superman_(comic_book)/t3Ckxavv">The Adventures of Superman</a> (DC, 1989–1991)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/X-Factor_(comics)/nD0acrsE">X-Factor</a> (Marvel, 1991, 1997)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Superman%3a_The_Wedding_Album/soYn7GcC">Superman: The Wedding Album</a> (DC, 1996)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/X-Men%3a_Legacy/xvgal7F0">X-Men</a> vol. 2 (Marvel, 1992, 1996–1998)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fantastic_Four/aFzEWgtG">Fantastic Four</a> vol. 3 (1998–2000)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bishop_(comics)/ttJdA9DY">Bishop: The Last X-Man</a> (Marvel, 1999–2000)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ultimate_Spider-Man/PIvKwCDR">Ultimate Spider-Man</a> (Marvel, 2000–2004)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ultimate_X-Men/CoGnd6cr">Ultimate X-Men</a> (Marvel, 2001, 2003–2004)</li>
<li>Chrono Mechanics (Image, 2004; Alias Enterprises, 2006) — writer/artist</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Outsiders_(comics)/P4gJvgW7">Outsiders</a> (DC, 2005–2007)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/The_Flash%3a_The_Fastest_Man_Alive/BHLb8mm9">The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive</a> (DC, 2007)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Trinity_(comic_book)/jSxadhay">Trinity</a> (DC, 2008)</li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.artbythibert.com">Official website: Art By Thibert</a></li>
<li>Contino, Jennifer. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110605163955/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic%3Bf%3D36%3Bt%3D006056">"Art Thibert Inking Flash & More," Comicon.com: The Pulse (March 9, 2007).</a></li>
<li>Phillips, Mike. <a href="http://www.sequart.com/interviews/index.php?interview=742">Art Thibert interview about Chrono Mechanics</a>, <a href="/facts/Sequart_Organization/VPACW7IB">Sequart Organization</a> (December 24, 2004).</li>
<li>Phillips, Mike. <a href="http://www.sequart.com/interviews/index.php?interview=744">Art Thibert interview about Chrono Mechanics Silver</a>, <a href="/facts/Sequart_Organization/VPACW7IB">Sequart Organization</a> (November 5, 2005).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.thecomicfanatic.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=846&mode=thread&order=0&thold=-1">"Talking Shop With Chrono Mechanics’ Art Thibert & Rich Birdsall!"</a>, TheComicFanatic.com (April 29, 2006).</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Interview with Comic Book Artist Art Thibert on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ru-6bY0OzU&t=0m08s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ru-6bY0OzU&t=0m08s</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Phillips, Mike. Art Thibert interview, Sequart (December 24, 2004). Retrieved September 2, 2008. <a href="http://www.sequart.com/interviews/index.php?interview=742" target="_blank">http://www.sequart.com/interviews/index.php?interview=742</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Phillips, Mike. Art Thibert interview about Chrono Mechanics Silver, Sequart (November 5, 2005). Retrieved September 2, 2008. <a href="http://www.sequart.com/interviews/index.php?interview=744" target="_blank">http://www.sequart.com/interviews/index.php?interview=744</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">YouTube - Arthur Thibert - Heroes Convention 2011 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvorr1TvF8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvorr1TvF8</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
</ol>

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