Axel Alonso started at DC
comics and was recently promoted to editor-in-chief at Marvel. He’s been working in the comics
industry for 15 years. Before he
entered the comic book industry Alonso worked as a magazine editor and journalist.Axel Alonso is most well
known for his work as an editor at DC comics, where he had his first job
involving the comic book industry.
He started working there in 1994 until the year 2000 when he switched
over to Marvel. While at DC Axel
edited various titles published in collision with DC and Vertigo including
Animal Man, Preacher and Hellblazer. His first two published works for DC (Animal Man #73 and Doom
Patrol #80) came out in July of 1994.Axel Alonso became a senior
editor at Marvel after finishing his six year stint at DC and edited books
related to both Spider-man and X-Men.
Alonso was responsible for the X-Men being moved to the Bay Area in San
Francisco, his hometown. The first
work he had published at Marvel was a trade paperback that collected issues
#30-32 of Amazing Spider-man. He
also wrote the 2007 Spider-Man: One More Day Sketchbook and edited the Marvel
Knights line. The Marvel Knight’s line is
an imprint from Marvel which contained themes intended for teenagers rather
then children. Alonso praised the Marvel
Knight’s comic line to CBR "Because the stories don't need to be woven into the fabric of
what's currently going on in the Marvel Universe, creators can take their
stories into territory that they couldn't if they had to reconcile them against
the larger backdrop of continuity. So there's more freedom. The writer and
artist are freer to interpret the character, push the limits of their flaws,
their neuroses, and their heroism (quote from Alonso to CBR news)…”Alonso has also edited
titles from Marvel MAX, a trade name for Marvel comics that was aimed at adult
audiences that started in 2001 when Marvel created its own rating system and
broke away from the Comics Code Authority, most notably the Punisher. Alonso has received the
Eagle Award for favorite comics editor three times; once in 2004, another in
2006, and then again in 2010, the same year he was promoted to executive editor
at Marvel. He became
editor-in-chief at Marvel on January 4th, 2011, replacing Joe
Quesada. Now with even more power
to play with his creativity at his fingertips, it’s going to be an interesting
year with Alonso at the helm of Marvel Comics. Hopefully he remembers the old saying “With great power
comes great responsibility.” For a full list of the
series Alonso has written, inked or edited check out The
Comic Book Database.
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The Marvel Knight’s line is
an imprint from Marvel which contained themes intended for teenagers rather
then children. Alonso praised the Marvel
Knight’s comic line to CBR "Because the stories don't need to be woven into the fabric of
what's currently going on in the Marvel Universe, creators can take their
stories into territory that they couldn't if they had to reconcile them against
the larger backdrop of continuity. So there's more freedom. The writer and
artist are freer to interpret the character, push the limits of their flaws,
their neuroses, and their heroism (quote from Alonso to CBR news)…”
Alonso has also edited
titles from Marvel MAX, a trade name for Marvel comics that was aimed at adult
audiences that started in 2001 when Marvel created its own rating system and
broke away from the Comics Code Authority, most notably the Punisher.
Alonso has received the
Eagle Award for favorite comics editor three times; once in 2004, another in
2006, and then again in 2010, the same year he was promoted to executive editor
at Marvel. He became
editor-in-chief at Marvel on January 4th, 2011, replacing Joe
Quesada. Now with even more power
to play with his creativity at his fingertips, it’s going to be an interesting
year with Alonso at the helm of Marvel Comics. Hopefully he remembers the old saying “With great power
comes great responsibility.”
For a full list of the
series Alonso has written, inked or edited check out The
Comic Book Database. 
