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June Brigman

June Brigman (born October 25, 1960)[1] is an American comic book artist and illustrator. She is best known for creating the preteen superhero characters Power Pack with writer Louise Simonson in 1984. Brigman was the artist of the syndicated newspaper strip Brenda Starr, Reporter from 1995 to 2011 and in 2016 became the artist for the newspaper strip Mary Worth.[2]

June Brigman
Born (1960-10-25) October 25, 1960 (age 65)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
AreaCartoonist, Penciller
Notable works
Power Pack
Brenda Starr, Reporter
AwardsInkpot Award (2014)
https://www.artwanted.com/juneart

Early life

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June Brigman grew up in Atlanta.[3] Her artistic influences included Stan Drake, Gil Kane, and Walt Simonson.[4] She attended Georgia State University and the University of Georgia.[4]

Career

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Brigman entered the comics industry with AC Comics in 1983.[4] A sample Astron story (eventually published by AC in 1986) earned her a job with DC Comics in 1984.[3] At Marvel Comics,[5] she co-created Power Pack,[6] a series she penciled on and off until issue #17. For the next seven years, Brigman worked exclusively for Marvel, mostly on short runs as well as contributing illustrations to various editions of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. She and writer Jim Salicrup created a promotional comic book for Cheap Trick's Busted album in 1990.[7]

Brigman pencilled DC's Supergirl mini-series in 1994, following that with 1995's Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars mini-series River of Chaos, which was written by her former Power Pack collaborator Louise Simonson.

In 1995, Brigman became the artist of the syndicated newspaper comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter and drew it until the strip ended in 2011. She has illustrated and colored the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? comic strip for National Geographic World magazine. Brigman also illustrated a series of Star Wars novels and Choose Your Own Adventure books for Bantam Doubleday Dell. In 2005, Puffin Books published Brigman's Black Beauty adaptation graphic novel.

She returned to Marvel in 2010 with a new Power Pack story in Girl Comics #3, teaming up with Simonson again. Subsequently she pencilled two issues of Herc in 2011. For DC, she pencilled Convergence Superman: Man of Steel #1–2 (written by Louise Simonson) and Convergence Infinity Inc. #2 in 2015. From 2016 to 2017 she created several variant covers for different Marvel series. Also in 2016, Brigman became the artist of the Mary Worth newspaper comic strip. Her husband, Roy Richardson, had already inked, colored and lettered her syndicated strip Brenda Starr, Reporter and did the same on Mary Worth.[8]

As a teacher, Brigman has worked at times as an instructor at The Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey, since 2005. She also worked part-time as a professor of sequential art at the Atlanta branch of Savannah College of Art and Design for several years until summer of 2018.[9] As of 2021, she works as a professor of comic storytelling art at Kennesaw State University's School of Art and Design.[10]

In 2018, she joined new comics publisher Ahoy Comics as penciller and cover artist of Captain Ginger, written by Stuart Moore. The next year, she reunited with Simonson for a Power Pack oneshot for Marvel.[11]

In April 2022, Brigman contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12][13] Brigman and writer Louise Simonson produced an original story with new characters created specifically for the anthology.[14]

In 2024, Marvel Comics published the five-issue retro series Power Pack: Into the Storm with art by June Brigman and written by Louise Simonson, with a story, that takes place during their original Power Pack run.[15]

Awards

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Brigman received an Inkpot Award in 2014.[16]

Bibliography

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AC Comics

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  • Venture #1 (1986)

Ahoy Comics

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  • Captain Ginger #1–4 (2018–2019)
  • Captain Ginger Season Two #1–6 (2020)
  • FCBD: Dragonfly and Dragonflyman #1 (Captain Ginger story) (2019)

ComicMix

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  • Mine! OGN (Captain Ginger story) (2018)

CrossGen Comics

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Dark Horse Comics

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DC Comics

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IDW Publishing

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  • Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds (anthology) (2022)

Marvel Comics

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Puffin Books

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Teshkeel Comics

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Topps Comics

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Syndicated comic strips

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Notes

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  1. ^ Due to an editorial mistake, the credits for #45 were also printed in #44, resulting in that issue being credited to June Brigman, when it was actually drawn by Jon Bogdanove. This mistake is acknowledged in the letters columns of Power Pack #46 and 47.

References

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  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010.
  2. ^ Moy, Karen (July 23, 2016). "Joe Giella Retires From Drawing Mary Worth". Mary Worth. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. June Brigman and her husband Roy (who are currently doing the Sundays) will be creating the art for the dailies too.
  3. ^ a b "June Brigman". Lambiek Comiclopedia. March 23, 2023. Archived from the original on November 8, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Brigman, June". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Archived from the original on February 22, 2025.
  5. ^ Borax, Mark (July 1986). "Bill Black". Comics Interview. No. 36. Fictioneer Books. p. 59.
  6. ^ DeFalco, Tom (2008). "1980s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 218. ISBN 978-0756641238. Working with artist June Brigman...Louise [Simonson] created the preteen superhero team called Power Pack.
  7. ^ Reed, Patrick A. (February 21, 2012). "Pop Music Comics: The 90s, part four. Cheap Trick, The Elvis Mandible". depthoffieldmagazine.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. It was written by longtime Marvel editor Jim Salicrup...June Brigman and Ralph Cabrera provided the art.
  8. ^ "Roy Richardson: About the Author". simonandschuster.net. 2025. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. He also worked for 15 years in collaboration with his wife, June Brigman, inking, lettering and coloring the Brenda Starr comic strip. The pair have recently taken over the artistic reins of the long-running Mary Worth.
  9. ^ Arrant, Chris (August 14, 2018). "June Brigman Exits SCAD, Returns to Monthly Comics". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "Marvel's Power Pack artist teaching at Kennesaw State University". KSU News. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021.
  11. ^ Grunenwald, Joe (May 14, 2019). "Power Pack returns in new one-shot by Louise Simonson, June Brigman, and Gurihiru". The Beat. Archived from the original on September 7, 2025.
  12. ^ Kaplan, Rebecca O. (April 18, 2022). "ZOOP launches benefit anthology Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds". The Beat. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  13. ^ Brooke, David (April 18, 2022). "Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds to benefit Ukrainian refugees". AIPT. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  14. ^ Kit, Borys (April 20, 2022). "Comic Book Creators Team for Ukraine Relief Effort Anthology Sunflower Seeds". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  15. ^ Johnston, Rich (September 13, 2023). "Louise Simonson & June Brigman Revive Power Pack From Marvel Comics". bleedingcool.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2025.
  16. ^ "Inkpot Awards". www.comic-con.org. 2025. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025.
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