Mark Schultz (comics)

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Mark Schultz
Born (1955-06-07) June 7, 1955 (age 68)
near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Xenozoic Tales

Mark Schultz (

Aliens comic book mini-series published by Dark Horse and a four-year run on the DC Comics series Superman: The Man of Steel. In 2004, Schultz took over the scripting duties of the Prince Valiant comic strip
.

Early life

Schultz was born just outside

adventure films, with early favorites being Tarzan and King Kong. As a teenager he was further inspired by such fantasy authors as Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard and the artists who had illustrated their work, including Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Al Williamson, Wally Wood, Howard Pyle and Joseph Clement Coll.[5]

In 1973, Schultz enrolled in

underground comics scene, which allowed creators to publish stories outside the traditional assembly-line approach of the mainstream comics industry. He also became attracted to the art of the classic stories published by EC Comics in the 1950s. At one point, he took the few boxes of 1960s and early 1970s Marvel and DC comic books he owned to a local comic book store and traded them for a large collection of EC Comics.[7]
From then on, Schultz began to hone his illustration style to emulate that of classic EC artists.

Career

Schultz's first published comics work was on a story called "The Sea King", featuring Robert E. Howard's character

prehistoric creatures had once again become the dominant life forms on Earth. The first story set in the Xenozoic Age that Schultz completed was "Mammoth Pitfall", but it would not see publication until Xenozoic Tales #2. The first to be published was "Xenozoic!", which ran in the anthology title Death Rattle #8, published in December 1986 by Kitchen Sink Press.[9]

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

Dark Horse comics
.

In 2002, Schultz contributed a number of illustrations to Conan the Cimmerian: Volume 1, a new reprinting of the

Walter Simonson and Mike Mignola
.

Since November 1, 2004,

Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator
.

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

Rima the Jungle Girl and others.[11][12]

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

Eisners, an Inkpot, a Spectrum, and three Haxturs (from the Salon Del Internacional Comic del Principado de Austurias).[4]

Bibliography

Kitchen Sink Press

DC Comics

Dark Horse Comics

Flesk Publications

Other publishers

Cover illustrations

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Interview: Mark Schultz: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet". The Trades. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  3. The Los Angeles Times
    . Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  4. ^ a b Mark Schultz's professional bio, via his agent, Denis Kitchen. URL accessed on June 29, 2007
  5. ^
    Rocket's Blast and the Comicollector
    . 4: 102–114. February 2003.
  6. ^ "Mark Schultz - Part 1". Digital Dream Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2007. Archived January 22, 2013, at archive.today
  7. .
  8. ^ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators: The Savage Sword of Conan. URL accessed on June 29, 2007
  9. .
  10. ^ Gary Gianni's Web site: "King Features partners two comic book greats to help Prince Valiant". URL accessed on June 29, 2007
  11. DC Comics.com. Archived from the original
    on July 21, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
  12. ^ Segura, Alex (January 19, 2010). "The FIRST WAVE expands in April". The Source. DC Comics.com. Retrieved January 19, 2010.

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