Murewa Ayodele
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| Murewa Ayodele | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 June 1994 Osun State, Nigeria |
| Area | Writer |
Notable works | New Men, My Grandfather Was a God, I Am Iron Man, Storm |
Murewa Ayodeleⓘ[needs IPA] (born 15 June 1994)[1][unreliable source] is a Nigerian comics writer who has worked for small press and Marvel Comics. He often works with Nigerian artist Dotun Akande, with whom he co-founded Collectible Comics NG, a Nigerian comic book studio.[2] Their comic New Men was nominated for the Nommo Award for Best Graphic Novel.[3]
Ayodele has worked professionally in comics for over ten years.[4] He and artist Dotun Akande met at Redeemer's University, where they began making comics together.[5] Their studio, Collectible Comics NG, created a number of comics including Anarchy, GodKiller, Cliff: Lust and Gravity, Utopia and more.[6]
In 2019, he and Akande released New Men,[7] a "soft biopunk thriller" set in Africa in the year 2030. In 2020, it was released in America by Action Lab Comics.[8][9]
In 2021, he and Akande launched the Webtoon My Grandfather Was a God.[10] This gained them attention from Marvel Comics, who hired them to do the 2023 five-issue mini-series I Am Iron Man for Iron Man's 60th anniversary.[11][12][13][14][15] In 2024, it was announced that they would release their next comic, Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods, through Oni Press.[16][17][18]
In May 2024, Ayodele was announced as the writer for the upcoming Storm series set during the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch with artist Lucas Werneck,[19][20][21][22][23] relaunched after twelve issues as Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant; In March 2026, he introduced the character Galacta as "Gail Arakawa" after Gail Simone and Hiromu Arakawa.[24]