Mark Schultz (comics)
Mark Schultz | |
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Born | near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | June 7, 1955
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Xenozoic Tales |
Mark Schultz (
Early life
Schultz was born just outside
In 1973, Schultz enrolled in
Career
Schultz's first published comics work was on a story called "The Sea King", featuring Robert E. Howard's character
Since Xenozoic Tales, Schultz has written comics series for a number of publishers, including Dark Horse and DC. Typically these are stories based on company-owned or licensed characters, rather than his own original work.
Schultz created the underwater adventure comics series
In 2002, Schultz contributed a number of illustrations to Conan the Cimmerian: Volume 1, a new reprinting of the
Since November 1, 2004,
From 2005 to 2013, Schultz released a series of sketchbooks of his studies and finished works through Flesk Publications, starting with Mark Schultz: Various Drawings in 5 volumes released from 2005 to 2011, followed by Mark Schultz: Carbon in 2013. Also with the publisher, he contributed with other artists to the graphic novel Flesk Prime in 2011, and in 2015 Schultz released an illustrated pulp noir/science fantasy adventure novella Storms at Sea.
In 2010, he wrote three issues of the series
In 2015, Schultz contributed, among other artists, to bring inner illustrations to the tabletop role-playing game Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, first published in 2016 by British company Modiphius Entertainment.
Awards
Schultz has been awarded five
Bibliography
Kitchen Sink Press
- Xenozoic Tales #1–14 (script and art, 1987–1996)
- A short preview story titled "Xenozoic!" (written and drawn by Schultz) was published in Death Rattle #8 (anthology, 1986)
- All issues consisted of two to three short stoires; starting with Xenozoic Tales #3, one of the stories in each issue featured art by Steve Stiles.
- The colorized versions of the first six issues of Xenozoic Tales were published under Marvel's Epic imprint as Cadillacs and Dinosaurs #1–6 (1990–1991)
- Kitchen Sink reprinted two short stories ("Green Air" from issue #6 and "The Growing Pool" from #7) with added 3D effect as Cadillacs and Dinosaurs in 3-D (one-shot, 1992)
- A spin-off series, written by Roy Thomas and drawn by various artists — with Schultz acting as the consultant — was published by Topps as Cadillacs and Dinosaurs vol. 2 #1–9 (1994)
- The original 14 issues of Xenozoic Tales (minus the Stiles-drawn stories) and the short story from Death Rattle were collected by ISBN 1-9338-6531-8)
- The original artwork of Schultz-drawn stories from issues #9–14 was reproduced in a single volume as ISBN 1-6137-7693-4)
- A short preview story titled "Xenozoic!" (written and drawn by Schultz) was published in
- Melody #5 (untitled one-page illustration — part of the "Stripclub Portfolio" segment, 1990)
- Images of Omaha#1: "Some Cats" (one-page illustration in the benefit anthology, 1992)
- Death Rattle vol. 2 #1: "The Probability Chamber" (with Roger Petersen, anthology, 1995)
- The Spirit: The New Adventures #4: "Dr. Broca Von Bitelbaum" (with David Lloyd, anthology, 1998)
- Collected in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives Volume 27 (hc, 200 pages, ISBN 1-56971-732-X)
- Collected in Will Eisner's The Spirit: The New Adventures (hc, 240 pages, Dark Horse, 2016, ISBN 1-6165-5948-9)
- Collected in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives Volume 27 (hc, 200 pages,
DC Comics
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #50 (untitled one-page illustration — part of the "Visions of a Legend" segment, 1993)
- Superman:
- ISBN 1-4012-4243-X) includes:
- Action Comics #1,000,000: "Brave New Hero" (with Ron Lim, 1998)
- ISBN 1-84023-094-0)
- DC One Million 80-Page Giant: "In the Age of Solaris' Heroic Rebirth!" (with Georges Jeanty, anthology one-shot, 1999)
- Superman: The Man of Steel:
- "King of the World" (with Doug Mahnke, in #87–89, 1999)
- "A Girl and Her Robot" (with Mike Collins, in #90, 1999)
- "Nemesis" (with Doug Mahnke, framing sequence only — issue written by John Rozum and drawn by Charlie Adlard, in #91, 1999)
- "The Sea Beast of Metropolis!" (with Doug Mahnke, in #93, 1999)
- Superman: The City of Tomorrow Volume 1 (tpb, 466 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9508-8) includes:
- "Krypton Lives" (with Doug Mahnke, in #95–97, 1999–2000)
- "Y2K, Part Four: Thirty Minutes to Oblivion" (with Doug Mahnke, in #98, 2000)
- Superman: The City of Tomorrow Volume 2 (tpb, 504 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0312-1) includes:
- "All That Dwell in Dark Waters" (with Pablo Raimondi) and "In the Belly of the Beast" (with Doug Mahnke, in #99, 2000)
- "Creation Story" (with Doug Mahnke, in #100, 2000)
- "The Search for Lois: All Fall Down" (with Pablo Raimondi, in #101, 2000)
- "Critical Condition, Part Three: Inside Superman" (with Doug Mahnke, in #102, 2000)
- "What He Didn't Do" (with Doug Mahnke, in #103, 2000)
- Superman: Emperor Joker (tpb, 256 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1193-3) includes:
- "Arkham, Part Three: No Axioms" (with Doug Mahnke, in #104, 2000)
- "Emperor Joker, Part Three: All the World His Stage" (with Doug Mahnke, in #105, 2000)
- "Under the Waterfront" (with Carlo Barberi, in #106, 2000)
- "In the Zone" (with Doug Mahnke, in #107, 2000)
- Superman: President Lex (tpb, 240 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-56389-974-4) includes:
- "Metropolis is Burning" (with Paco Medina and Doug Mahnke, in #108, 2001)
- "World without Superman" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #109, 2001)
- "Saints" (with Doug Mahnke, in #110, 2001)
- Superman: Return to Krypton (tpb, 208 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0194-6) includes:
- "Return to Krypton, Part Three: The Most Dangerous Kryptonian Game" (with Doug Mahnke, in #111, 2001)
- "Return to Krypton II, Part Three: Blood and Heresy" (with Karl Kerschl, in #128, 2002)
- "The Adventures of... Krypto!" (with Yanick Paquette and Olivier Coipel, in #112, 2001)
- "Poor Elijah" (with Doug Mahnke, in #114, 2001)
- ISBN 1-4012-1129-1) includes:
- "Our Worlds at War" (with Doug Mahnke, in #115–117, 2001)
- "Time and Punishment" (with Doug Mahnke, in #118, 2001)
- "Joker's Last Laugh: Snowball's Chance" (with Yvel Guichet, in #119, 2001)
- "What Lies Beneath" (with Yvel Guichet, in #120, 2002)
- "Superman V Steel" (with Darryl Banks, in #122, 2002)
- "Gangs of Metropolis" (with Yvel Guichet and Josh Hood (#124), in #123–125, 2002)
- "Pantheon" (with Yvel Guichet and Kevin Sharpe (#126), in #126–127, 2002)
- Superman: Ending Battle (tpb, 192 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2259-5) includes:
- "Ending Battle" (with Brandon Badeaux, in #130–131, 2002)
- "The Big Parade" (with John Lucas, in #132, 2003)
- "Every Little Thing" (with Brandon Badeaux and Jon Bogdanove, in #134, 2003)
- Superman: Secret Files & Origins#2: "A Hard Night's Work" (with Doug Mahnke, co-feature, 1999)
- Metropolis Secret Files: "Municipal Bonds" (with Cully Hamner, co-feature in one-shot, 2000)
- Adventures of Superman #600: "Superman: The Dailies 2002 — Super-Commander Kent — In the 7th Millennium!" (with Dave Gibbons, co-feature, 2002)
- ISBN 1-4012-5543-4)
- Vertigo, 2000)
- Batman:
- ISBN 1-4012-1354-5)
- AOL Kidswebsite between September 29, 2003 and September 24, 2004)
- ISBN 1-4012-0625-5)
- ISBN 0-743-41713-5)
- Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predator #1–2 (with Ariel Olivetti, 2007)
- Collected as Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predator (tpb, 112 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1328-6)
- Collected in DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Aliens (tpb, 400 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-40126-636-3)
- Collected as Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predator (tpb, 112 pages, 2007,
- ISBN 1-4012-3026-1)
- ISBN 1-4012-5233-8)
- Collected in Fables: The Deluxe Edition Volume 15 (hc, 384 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-401-27464-1)
- Collected in Fables Compendium Four (tpb, 928 pages, ISBN 1-7795-1334-8)
- Collected in Fables: The Deluxe Edition Volume 15 (hc, 384 pages, 2017,
Dark Horse Comics
- ISBN 1-8893-1717-9)
- ISBN 1-5930-7925-7)
- Aliens:
- Aliens Omnibus Volume 5 (tpb, 364 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-5930-7991-5) includes:
- Aliens: Havoc #1–2 (with Igor Kordey + Paul Lee + John K. Snyder III + Mark A. Nelson + Peter Bagge + Brian Horton + Dave Taylor + Kelley Jones + Guy Davis + Kellie Strom + Jay Stephens + Jerry Bingham + Kevin Nowlan (#1) and Frank Teran + Joel Naprstek + Travis Charest + P. Craig Russell + Aidan Potts + Sean Phillips + Rebecca Guay + Jon J Muth + Kilian Plunkett + Ron Randall + John Pound + Gene Ha + Vania Zouravliov + Sergio Aragonés + John Paul Leon + Derek Thompson + David Lloyd + Moebius + Dave Cooper + Mike Allred + Tony Millionaire(#2), 1997)
- Aliens: Havoc #1–2 (with
- Aliens Omnibus Volume 6 (tpb, 376 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-5958-2214-3) includes:
- Aliens: Apocalypse — The Destroying Angels #1–4 (with ISBN 1-56971-399-5)
- Dark Horse Presents #140: "Once in a Lifetime" (co-written by Schultz and Phil Amara, art by Rick Leonardi, anthology, 1999)
- Aliens: Apocalypse — The Destroying Angels #1–4 (with
- Aliens Omnibus Volume 5 (tpb, 364 pages, 2008,
- SubHuman #1–4: "Rapture and the Deep" (co-written by Schultz and Michael Ryan, art by Roger Petersen, 1998–1999)
- Star Wars:
- Star Wars: Episode I — Queen Amidala (with Galen Showman, one-shot, 1999)
- An untitled 4-page prelude story, written by Schultz and drawn by Showman, was published in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace #½ (Wizard, 1999)
- Both the one-shot and the short story were collected by Dark Horse in Star Wars Omnibus: Emissaries and Assassins (tpb, 480 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-5958-2229-1)
- Both the one-shot and the short story were also collected by ISBN 1-3029-0790-5)
- ISBN 1-6165-5147-X)
- ISBN 1-5697-1757-5)
- Star Wars: Episode I — Queen Amidala (with Galen Showman, one-shot, 1999)
- ISBN 1-5930-7829-3)
- ISBN 1-5697-1568-8)
- ISBN 1-5697-1816-4)
- ISBN 1-61655-700-1)
- ISBN 1-61655-343-X)
- Conan the Avenger #12: "The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob" (as guest artist — biographical strip created by Jim and Ruth Keegan, co-feature, 2015)
- ISBN 1-50670-852-8)
Flesk Publications
- Mark Schultz: Various Drawings (collection of studies and finished works):
- Volume 1 (hc, 48 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-9723-7586-4)
- Volume 2 (hc, 48 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-9338-6500-8)
- Volume 3 (hc, 48 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-9338-6502-4)
- Volume 4 (hc, 48 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-9338-6516-4)
- Volume 5 (hc, 48 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-9338-6535-0)
- Portfolio: The Complete Various Drawings (compilation of all five volumes — hc, 272 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-933-86572-5)
- Volume 1 (hc, 48 pages, 2005,
- Mark Schultz: Blue Book (collection of preliminary drawings for Storms at Sea and excerpts from Schultz's sketchbook, 2010)
- ISBN 1-9338-6538-5)
- Mark Schultz: Carbon (another series collecting studies and finished works):
- Volume 1 (hc, 56 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-9338-6554-7)
- Volume 2 (hc, 56 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-9338-6591-1)
- Volume 3 (hc, 56 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-6404-1009-0)
- Volume 4 (hc, 56 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-6404-1035-X)
- Volume 5 (hc, 56 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-6404-1071-6)
- Volume 1 (hc, 56 pages, 2013,
- ISBN 1-9338-6566-0)
Other publishers
- Marvel:
- The Savage Sword of Conan #132: "The Sea King" (as inker — on Val Semeiks; written by Chuck Dixon, anthology, 1987)
- Collected by ISBN 1-59582-788-9)
- Collected by Marvel in Kull the Savage: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (hc, 952 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-3029-2680-2)
- Collected by
- ISBN 1-9338-6512-1)
- ISBN 978-0-7851-3899-0)
- The Betty Page Portfolio" segment, anthology one-shot, Atomeka, 1990)
- Madman:
- Madman Adventures #2 (as inker — on two pages; written and drawn by Mike Allred, Tundra, 1993)
- Collected by ISBN 1-5824-0810-6)
- Collected by Dark Horse in Madman: Library Edition Volume 1 (hc, 680 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-506-72244-X)
- Collected by
- Madman Picture Exhibition #1 (untitled one-page illustration in the artist showcase series, AAA Pop, 2002)
- Madman Adventures #2 (as inker — on two pages; written and drawn by Mike Allred, Tundra, 1993)
- Robert E. Howard's Myth Maker (untitled one-page illustration in the anthology one-shot, Cross Plains, 1999)
- ISBN 1-88931-709-8)
- ISBN 0-967-68478-1)
- ISBN 0-9534-2537-1)
- In anticipation of the release, Wandering Star published a chapbook featuring Schultz's preliminary drawings and studies: Robert E. Howard's Conan of Cimmeria: A Sketchbook by Mark Schultz (2001)
- The volume was subsequently published in the US by ISBN 0-73944-081-0)
- ISBN 0-9721-8312-4)
- Sunday strip distributed by King Features, 2004–...)
- All strips published between November 21, 2004 and May 18, 2008 were collected as Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot (tpb, 192 pages, ISBN 0-7407-7737-8)
- All strips published between November 21, 2004 and May 18, 2008 were collected as Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot (tpb, 192 pages,
- ISBN 0-966-01068-X)
- Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #11: "Two Tickets to Heck: Blast from the Future Past!" (as artist, co-written by Chris Bonham and Steve Ringgenberg, anthology, Bongo, 2005)
- Collected in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror — Dead Man's Jest (tpb, 128 pages, ISBN 0-0615-7135-0)
- Collected in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Volume 1 (hc, 416 pages, ISBN 1-4197-3712-0)
- Collected in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror — Dead Man's Jest (tpb, 128 pages,
- ISBN 0-9741-3989-0)
- ISBN 0-8090-8947-5)
- IDW Publishing:
- Hero Comics 2009: "The Dawn Patrol" (one-page illustration featuring Xenozoic Tales characters, anthology one-shot, 2009)
- ISBN 1-60010-616-1)
- ISBN 1-600-10697-8)
- ISBN 1-606-99577-4)
- ISBN 1-60-549078-4)
Cover illustrations
- Speakeasy #72 (Acme Press, 1987)
- Kings in Disguise #3 (Kitchen Sink, 1988)
- Fantagraphics Books, 1989)
- Challenge #47 (Game Designers' Workshop, 1990)
- King Kong #2, 5 (Fantagraphics Books, 1991)
- The Comics Journal #150 (Fantagraphics Books, 1992)
- Madman Adventures tpb (jam cover) (Tundra, 1993)
- Classic Star Wars #8, 17 (Dark Horse, 1993–1994)
- There's a Madman in My Mirror #1 (Bench Press, 1994)
- Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #2 (Penthouse, 1995)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest #11 (Dark Horse, 1997)
- Tarzanvol. 4 #15–16 (Dark Horse, 1997)
- The Spirit: The New Adventures #2 (as inker — on Will Eisner, Kitchen Sink, 1998)
- The Tarzan Comics Library(Dark Horse):
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes tpb (1999)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jewels of Opar tpb (1999)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan the Untamed tpb (1999)
- Captain Gravity tpb (Penny-Farthing Press, 1999)
- Fantastic Five #2 (Marvel, 1999)
- Star Wars vol. 2 #13–18 (Dark Horse, 1999–2000)
- Robert E. Howard's Worms of the Earth tpb (Cross Plains, 2000)
- Rocket's Blast Comicollector vol. 2 #4 (James Van Hise, 2002)
- The Jack Kirby Collector #41 (as inker — on Jack Kirby, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2004)
- GT Labs, 2005)
- Action Comics #836 (DC Comics, 2006)
- Alien Pig Farm 3000 #2, 4 (Image, 2007)
- Bad Planet #3 (Image, 2007)
- The War That Time Forgot#3 (DC Comics, 2008)
- Comics Revue Presents #281/282 (Manuscript Press, 2009)
- Our Fighting Forces #1 (DC Comics, 2010)
- Adventures in Science Fantasy sc (REH Foundation Press, 2012)
- Grimm Fairy Tales Presents the Jungle Book #1 (Zenescope, 2012)
- The Colossal Conan hc (Dark Horse, 2013)
- Conan the Slayer #1 (Dark Horse, 2016)
- Pellucidar: At the Earth's Core tpb (Dark Horse, 2017)
- Bermuda #4 (IDW Publishing, 2021)
- Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines #3 (Image, 2022)
References
- ^ Sawyer, James; Beckett, Mike (October 16, 2015). "The One Where We Get To Talk To Mark Schultz!". Action Features Podcast (Podcast). Event occurs at 0:38. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ "Interview: Mark Schultz: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet". The Trades. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ a b Mark Schultz's professional bio, via his agent, Denis Kitchen. URL accessed on June 29, 2007
- ^ Rocket's Blast and the Comicollector. 4: 102–114. February 2003.
- ^ "Mark Schultz - Part 1". Digital Dream Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2007. Archived January 22, 2013, at archive.today
- ISBN 1-893905-14-4.
- ^ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators: The Savage Sword of Conan. URL accessed on June 29, 2007
- ISBN 0-87816-071-X.
- ^ Gary Gianni's Web site: "King Features partners two comic book greats to help Prince Valiant". URL accessed on June 29, 2007
- DC Comics.com. Archived from the originalon July 21, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
- ^ Segura, Alex (January 19, 2010). "The FIRST WAVE expands in April". The Source. DC Comics.com. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
External links
- Mark Schultz at the Grand Comics Database
- Mark Schultz at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Mark Schultz at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database