Paolo Manuel Rivera is an American comic book artist. He is known for illustrating the Mythos series of one-shots and several issues of Spider-Man as well as his collaboration with writer Mark Waid, his father/inker Joe Rivera and colorist Javier Rodríguez on Daredevil. Although gaining acclaim and recognition through his early fully painted works, he has since moved on to more traditional comics process of pencilling, inking, and coloring (with some occasional sculpting).

Early life

Rivera graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration in 2003. While at RISD, he studied under comic book artist and writer David Mazzucchelli and spent his junior year studying in Rome. He met his future spouse, April Kuo while in college, together they have one child.

Career

By his senior year at RISD, Rivera was already creating covers and pin-ups for writer Jim Krueger, whom he had previously met at MegaCon in Orlando, Florida while still in high school. Together they worked on a number of personal projects and pitches including Children of the Left Hand (the story of Mary-Shelly, which presented a younger take on Frankenstein's Monster; 2 covers, 6 pages of interior art and 1 poster were completed) and various other covers and pin-ups none of which were ultimately released. Thanks in part to Krueger, Rivera began to work for Marvel Comics in 2002. His first interior work was an 11-page painted Dr. Doom story in Marvel Double Shot #2. Since then Rivera has worked primarily for Marvel, even signing an exclusive contract in 2008. Upon the expiration of the contract and after ten years of almost exclusive work for Marvel, Rivera announced his departure from the company. Since then, he has illustrated The Valiant, a millennia-spanning event for the revived Valiant Entertainment and several issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.. Rivera created the poster for the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s episode "Providence".

Covers only

Awards