Jen Bartel


Jen Bartel is an American illustrator and comic artist, best known for her work for Marvel Comics and Image Comics. She co-created the comic Blackbird for Image with Sam Humphries. She won an Eisner Award for her work as a cover artist in 2019.

Career

Bartel was scouted for mainstream comics cover work after she published her fan art on social media platforms.
Bartel created the cover art for Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy, and DC: Women of Action, both published by Chronicle Books.
She created graphic designs for Adidas brand shoes featuring the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Captain Marvel, and Marvel Cinematic Universe character Thanos tied in with the releases of the Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame films in 2019.
Bartel also created graphic designs for the Puma and Foot Locker corporation featuring DC Extended Universe character Harley Quinn timed to coincide with the release of the DC Extended Universe film Birds of Prey .

Awards

She won an Eisner Award for her work as a cover artist on Blackbird and Submerged in 2019. In 2020, she is nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist for her work on Image Comics' Blackbird.
In 2018, The Marvel Comic America to which Bartel contributed as one artist among 18 creators, was nominated for a GLAAD media award.