Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert | |
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Born | Michael Terry Gilbert May 7, 1951 |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Editor, Letterer, Colourist |
Notable works | Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster |
Awards | Inkpot Award (2014)[1] |
http://www.michaeltgilbert.com |
Michael Terry Gilbert (born May 7, 1951) is an
Education
Gilbert attended the State University of New York at New Paltz, graduating in 1973.
Writing career
Early work
Gilbert's first comic stories were printed in 1973 in his self-published underground, New Paltz Comix. He began drawing for several
sword and sorcery novels.Mr. Monster
Gilbert is most well known for his full-color series called Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster, about a monster fighter. It was published by Eclipse Comics, based on an earlier character created by Fred Kelly from a Canadian comic book, Triumph Comics #51 (April 1946). Mr. Monster was published throughout the 1980s and on, with new stories appearing in 2016 and on. Also graphic novel collections and special issues also devoted to reprints of American horror comics of the 1950s. Gilbert also writes a column discussing these comics called Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, beginning in writer/editor Roy Thomas' fanzine Alter Ego (originally as part of the magazine Comic Book Artist).[3] Mr. Monster was later published by Dark Horse Comics.[2]
Other works
Gilbert contributed to the Spirit Jam, where dozens of notable artists combined on one new The Spirit story, including Eisner himself. Gilbert has also worked on Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor[4] and Heavy Metal.[5]
He has worked for the two major comic companies, Marvel and DC, producing an issue of
Awards
Gilbert was presented with the Inkpot Award at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- A1 (Atomeka Press)
- Airboy (Eclipse Comics)
- Airboy/Mr. Monster Special (Eclipse Comics)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics)
- John Brown Publishing)
- Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics)
- Doc Stearn... Mr. Monster (Eclipse Comics)
- Elric (Pacific Comics)
- Imagine (Star*Reach)
- Quack (Star*Reach)
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone)
Interviews
- Douresseau, LJ (2004). Interview with Michael T. Gilbert
- Weiland, Jonah (June 9, 2004). "Michael T. Gilbert Chats With The Irrepressible Mr. Monster". Comic Book Resources.
- Will Scott Interviews Michael T. Gilbert in Sequential Highway August 15, 2012
Notes
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ a b c Will Scott Interviews Michael T. Gilbert in Sequential Highway August 15, 2012
- ^ a b Interview with Michael T. Gilbert by L.J. Douresseau in ComicBin.com
- ^ Column: Retronomicon: Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor, Vol. 1 (1996) by J. Keith Haney in Innsmouth Free Press, March 20, 2012
- ^ Heavy Metal Page 1 in DeviantArt.com.
- ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (2006). The Joy of Discovery
References
- Michael T. Gilbert at the Grand Comics Database
- Michael T. Gilbert at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Michael T. Gilbert at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
- Michael T. Gilbert at Inducks