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[edit]

Early work[edit]

• Otakorp:
  • Otazine #1: "Smokedown" (w/a, anthology, 2005)
  • Snack Comix #1: "Krill or be Krilled" (w/a, 2006)
• Rival Schools #1-4 (backgrounds, w/a: Corey Lewis and Erik Ko, UDON, 2006)^[1]
• Wonton Soup: Big Bowl Edition (w/a, tpb, 392 pages, Oni Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-62010-166-7 collects:
  • Volume 1 (tpb, 200 pages, Oni Press, 2007, ISBN 1-932664-60-2)
  • Volume 2 (tpb, 184 pages, Oni Press, 2009, ISBN 1-934964-20-4)

Image Comics[edit]

• 24Seven Volume 1: "Fire Breathing City" (a, with Brandon Graham, anthology graphic novel, 224 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-636-7)
• Popgun Volume 1: "Express Elevator to Hell Tour" (w/a, anthology graphic novel, 455 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-824-6)
• Comic Book Tattoo: "Mr. Zebra" (a, with Rantz Hoseley, anthology graphic novel, 480 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-58240-965-X)
• Orc Stain (w/a, 2010–2012) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-5, tpb, 168 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-295-X)
  • Issues 6-7 remain uncollected.
• Tokyopop Presents: King City #7: "Power Plant" (w/a, co-feature, 2010) collected in King City (tpb, 424 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-60706-510-X)
• Prophet #39: "Diehard" (a, with Brandon Graham, among other artists, Extreme Studios, 2013) collected in Volume 4: Joining (tpb, 168 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-63215-254-1)

Marvel Comics[edit]

• 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 vol. 6 (a, with Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood, Wilfredo Torres and Francesco Francavilla, 2016–2017) collected in:
  • Lunatic (includes #5, tpb, 120 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9953-5)
  • Reincarnations (collects #6-9, tpb, 112 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9954-3)
• Edge of Venomverse #5 (a, with Clay McLeod Chapman, 2017) collected in Edge of Venomverse (tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-302-90856-1)
• Venom vol. 4 Annual #1: "Unstoppable" (w/a, 2018)
• Captain Marvel vol. 10 #8: "Everyone is a Target, Part Eight" (a, with Clay McLeod Chapman, co-feature, 2019)
• Marvel Monsters (a, with Cullen Bunn, Scott Hepburn and various artists, one-shot, 2019)

Other publishers[edit]

• 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 1-61377-595-4; hc, 152 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-63140-321-4)
  • Godzilla in Hell #1 (of 5) (w/a, anthology, 2015) collected in Godzilla in Hell (tpb, 120 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-63140-534-9)
• Sullivan's Sluggers (a, with Mark Andrew Smith, graphic novel, 200 pages, Kickstarter, 2012, ISBN 0-9882325-0-2)^[2][3][4]
• Think of a City page 45 (a, with Steve Orlando, Internet art project, 2015)
• Aliens: Dead Orbit #1-4 (w/a, Dark Horse, 2017) collected as Aliens: Dead Orbit (tpb, 104 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-5067-0333-X; hc, 120 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-5067-0992-3)
• Sobek (w/a, one-shot, ShortBox, 2019)
• Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe (w/a, Dark Horse, hc, 184 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-5067-1169-3)
• Orphan and the Five Beasts (Dark Horse Comics, 2022) ISBN 1-5067-1517-6

Covers only[edit]

Unfinished projects[edit]

• Fire for Effect (w/a, a Heavy Metal pitch, 200?)^[5]
• Nomad of the Domes (w/a, 2007–2008)^{[6][5][7][8][9]}
• War Wonton Soup (w/a, spin-off, 2008–2009)^[5][8]
• Murderbullets (w/a, anthology entry turned five-book series, 2008–2009)^[10]
• Orc Stain:
  • "Long Scar's Heat" (w/a, short story for the first trade paperback, 2010)^[11]
  • Poison Thrower (w/a, Bowie Yaramund-centered one-shot, 2011–2012)^[7][12][8]
  • "The Calling" (w/a, short story, 2014)^[9]
• Spider-'Nam (w/a, "Spider-Man in Vietnam" fan comic, 2011–2012)^[7][12]
• I Will Tell You About Dionysus (w/a, 2013–2014)^[9][13]

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

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.^{[permanent dead link]}
• 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. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016.
• 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.