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Mark Bodé
Cobalt-60
The Lizard of Oz
CollaboratorsVaughn Bodē, Larry Todd
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Mark Bodē ((

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
.

Bodē is also a

graffiti artist, spending many years working around Northampton, Massachusetts, although he now lives in California.[1]

Early life

Mark Bodē was born February 18, 1963, in Utica, New York, the son of the cartoonist Vaughn Bodē and Barbara Falcon. He began drawing at age three, and was encouraged to draw throughout his childhood.[1]

He'd put a marker in my hand, and say, 'Color this area,' and make sure I didn't go crazy going outside the lines. We'd always race up this hill by our house, knock on a manhole cover and yell for Cheech. I asked him why he never came out, and he'd say, 'Well, he's chasing women and doing tricks.' He was brainwashing me into seeing his world, so the characters I started coming up with were heavily influenced by him. Right before he died he told me: 'We'll always be Bodē and son. Share my style, but don't get too close.' I couldn't wait to work with him.[1]

When Bodē was 12 years old and visiting his divorced father Vaughn in

autoerotic asphyxiation.[2]

Bodē attended art school in Oakland, California. He also studied animation at San Francisco State University. In 1982, he attended the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City as a fine arts major.[citation needed]

While attending SVA, Bodē met Marvel Comics editor Archie Goodwin, who was starting up a new magazine called Epic Illustrated. Bodē became a contributor from 1983 to 1986.[3]

Career

Comics

Bodē has completed and expanded upon many of his father's works.

The Donning Company/Starblaze Graphics and re-published as a four-issue limited series by Tundra Publishing.[6]

Bodē was the creator of black-and-white comic

Miami Mice, published by Rip Off Press
in 1986. Bodē and Todd collaborated again on Rip Off Press' 1987 comic Gyro Force.

From 1988 to 1995 Bodē wrote and drew comics with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman. The two collaborated on several issues for Mirage Studios, including issues #18 & #32. Bodē was also the solo creator on the special edition Times Pipeline of TMNT. The Cobalt 60 saga was completed and was published as four graphic novels with Eastman's company Tundra Publishing.

In 2004,

The Wizard of Oz, starring his father's iconic creation, Cheech Wizard.[1]

Bodē's anthology work includes Subway Art, Spray Can Art, Mugs and Mascots, Burning New York, Broken Windows,

Dondi White, Aerosol Kingdom, Picturing the Modern Amazon (by New Museum books), Jack Kirby's Heroes and Villains, 15 Years of Heavy Metal, 20 Years of Heavy Metal
, and Comic Book Superstars.

Tattooing and spray can art

Bodē took up the art of tattooing in 1994. He trained under the guidance of tattoo artists Al Valenta, from western Massachusetts, and Myke Maldonado, from New York.[citation needed]

Bodē also took up spray can art, and has done many mural tributes to his father's characters over the years.[2] In his career as a spraycan artist, he has done mural work globally in London, Spain, Italy, and Germany as well as locally in his hometown of San Francisco.[7]

Personal life

Bodē lives in Daly City, California, with his wife, Molly; they have a daughter named Zara.[2]

Publications

Comics

Mark Bodē has contributed cover illustrations and interior artwork to numerous magazines, including Penthouse, Hustler and Gauntlet. He also designed the covers for some of those magazines. In addition to this the following comics have been published:

Comic books

Contributions to anthologies and comic magazines

  • 1978 Zalone 1. In: The Best of Cosmic Circus (Cosmic Brain Trust, Berkeley.) With John Burnham.
  • 1980 Zooks. In: Heavy Metal (January, March, April 1980). (HM Communications, Easthampton.) Drawn and written by Vaughn Bodē, colorized by Mark Bodē.
  • 1983 The Yellow Hat. In: Epic Illustrated #19 (Marvel Comics, New York.)
  • 1984 Cheech Wizard is the greatest smartest wizard who ever lived. In: Epic Illustrated #23 (Marvel Comics, New York.)
  • 1984 Gee, Cheech Wizard, I is real glad I'm your assistant. In: Epic Illustrated #23 (Marvel Comics, New York.)
  • 1984 Oh, Cheech Wizard, I can't find tha mushrooms you want me to pick. In: Epic Illustrated #23 (Marvel Comics, New York.)
  • 1984 Once upon a time at 2:30 in the afternoon. In: Epic Illustrated #23 (Marvel Comics, New York.)
  • 1984–1985 Cobalt 60. In: Epic Illustrated #27–31 (Marvel Comics, New York.)
  • 1985 Snickers That's Entertainment. In: Epic Illustrated #33 (Marvel Comics, New York.)
  • 1987 Battle of the Sexes. In: Rip Off Comix #16 (Rip Off Press, San Francisco.)
  • 1987 Turtle Troop. In: Grunts #1 (Mirage Studios, Northampon.)
  • 1989 Machines: Big Serious Survey of Advanced Mechanical Moving Mechanisms. In: Fire Sale (Rip Off Press, San Francisco.)
  • 1989 Alien Sex. In: Fire Sale (Rip Off Press, San Francisco.)
  • 1990 Cherry Does Zara Tungi. In: Cherry #9 (Last Gasp, San Francisco.)
  • 1990 Rebel Without a Hardon. In: Cherry #10 (Last Gasp, San Francisco.)
  • 1991 The Codex of Good Head. In: Cherry #12 (Last Gasp, San Francisco.)
  • 1991 I'm thinking of wonderful creative excitements... In: Tundra Mini Comic #1 (Tundra Publishing, Northampton.)
  • 1991 I Have A Dream. In: Taboo Especial (Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications.)
  • 1992 Elect Cherry, Tungi for President '92. In: Cherry's Jubilee #2 (Last Gasp, San Francisco.)
  • 1994 Ninjara vs. Mondo Dog Catcher. In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Giant Size Special #8 (Archie Comics, Mamaroneck.)
  • 1994 E = MC Zip Lock. In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Giant Size Special #11 (Archie Comics, Mamaroneck.)
  • 1994: Russian Girl with Red Star. In: Heavy Metal Special Editions: Pin Up (Metal Mammoth Inc., Easthampton.)
  • 1995 Cobalt 60: Da' Dust Devil. In: Heavy Metal Special Editions: Overdrive (Metal Mammoth Inc., Easthampton.)
  • 1995 Young Genetically-Altered Samurai Lizards. In: Cherry #17 (Kitchen Sink Press, Northampton.)
  • 1995 The Story of Chicken Licken. In: Negative Burn #21 (Caliber Comics.)
  • 1996 The Moorish Lady's Story. In: A Night in a Moorish Harem #1 (NBM, New York)
  • 1998 The Pied Piperess. In: Hustler Comix Vol. 1 No. 4 (Winter 1998) (L.F.P. Inc., Beverly Hills)
  • 1999 The Codex of Strange Body Piercing. In: Cherry #21 (Cherry Comics, Albuquerque.)
  • 2000 I Think I'm Going to Vomit. In: Cherry #22 (Cherry Comics, Albuquerque.)
  • 2007 The Lone Lizard: Hang Um' When They're High. In: Heavy Metal (September 2007). (Metal Mammoth Inc., Easthampton.)
  • 2020 Sunpot: Dr. Electric Meets Da Repo Man. In: Heavy Metal #300-301 (Heavy Metal, LLC.)
  • 2020 Cobalt-19. In: Heavy Metal #302 (Heavy Metal, LLC.)

Other

Exhibits

References

  1. ^ a b c d Frucci, Angela (May 31, 2004). "Following a Wiz to a Far-Out Oz; A Son Completes the Legacy Of an Underground Cartoonist". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Harmanci, Reyhan (July 1, 2010). "In Finishing Comics, a Son Completes a Legacy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 5, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "GCD :: Story Search Results". www.comics.org. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Artist Bio - Mark Bodē". Fantagraphics. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  5. ^ Todd was Vaughn Bodē's friend and collaborator in the 1960s on projects for Eerie, Creepy, and Vampirella magazines.
  6. ISBN 1-879450-35-6
    .
  7. ^ Pompetti, Vincent (January 25, 2011). "Mark Bodē interview". Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.

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