Mike Perkins
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Mike Perkins is a British
Career
Mike Perkins began drawing at a very early age. After attending the
As well as illustrating children's books and educational literature, Perkin's career has encompassed computer game design, album covers and business-centered graphic design, although it is probably for his comic book work that he is more widely known.
Perkins' early professional work included work for the British anthology
This led to further work in the American market with both
His first sole inking job, over the pencils of Phil Winslade, led to other inking opportunities at DC and Dark Horse Comics which in turn opened the doors to being asked to join the then new Florida-based comic company CrossGen.
While there, he primarily inked the series Ruse, and worked alongside
At Marvel he has worked on books such as Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spellbinders, Annihilation: Conquest, House of M: Avengers and Union Jack,[1] but has most notably been part of the artistic team (alongside Steve Epting) on Ed Brubaker run of Captain America.
His most recent project is illustrating The Stand: Captain Trips, Marvel Comics' adaptation of Stephen King's novel, The Stand on which he collaborates once more with colourist Laura Martin.[2][3]
Bibliography
- Tharg's Future Shocks:
- "It's a Cold World" (with James Oswald, in 2000 AD No. 865, 1993)
- "The Star!" (with Peter Hogan, in 2000 AD No. 938, 1995)
- Judge Dredd: "Lethal Response" (with Gordon Rennie, in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1995, 1994
- Tharg's Terror Tales: "A Man Called Fear" (with Martin Conaghan, in 2000AD Yearbook 1995, 1995)
- Negative Burn No. 28, 31, 38–41 (1995–1996)
- Vector 13:
- "Case Nine: Blackout" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD No. 973, 1996)
- "Case Five: Patent Pending" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1028, 1997)
- Big Book of (with Jonathan Vankin, Paradox Press):
- Big Book of Scandal: "...The Ice Cream Blonde" (1998)
- Big Book of Grimm: "Three Snake Leaves" (1999)
- Big Book of the 70s: "'Jiggle' Shows" (2000)
- Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future (inks, with writer Alan Grant and pencils by Steve Pugh, 4-issue mini-series, DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics, 2000)
- and Dark Horse Comics, 2000)
- Aliens versus Predator: Xenogenesis (inks, with writer Andi Watson and pencils by Mel Rubi, Dark Horse Comics, 2000)
- ISBN 1-56971-615-3)
- ISBN 1-904265-62-6)
- Ruse #1–5, 7–14, 16–19, 21–24, 26 (inks, with writer Mark Waid, and pencils by Jackson Guice, CrossGen, 2001–2004)
- The Life and Time of Ulli & Marquand and Their Misadventures in ISBN 1-84154-211-3)
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (pencils, with writer Tony Bedard and inks by Andrew Hennessy, CrossGen, 2004)
- ISBN 0-7851-1756-3)
- Captain America No. 8, 10–17, 19, 22–24, 26–30, 34–36 (inks, with Ed Brubaker and pencils by Mike Perkins & Steve Epting, Marvel Comics, 2005-ongoing)
- X-Men: Deadly Genesis No. 2 (inks, with Ed Brubaker and pencils by Trevor Hairsine, Marvel Comics, 2006)
- ISBN 0-7851-2181-1)
- Annihilation: Conquest – Prologue (with Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, one-shot, Marvel Comics, August 2007)
- House of M: Avengers (with writer Christos Gage, 5-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2008)
- The Stand (with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Marvel, October 2008-forthcoming)
- Origins of Marvel Comics (with Fred Van Lente, one-shot, Marvel Comics, July 2010) short stories:
- "Moon Knight"
- "Captain America"
- Rowans Ruin (with Mike Carey)
- Deathlok (with Nathan Edmondson, Marvel Comics, December 2014-September 2015)
References
General references
- Mike Perkins at the Grand Comics Database
- Mike Perkins at Barney
Inline citations
- ^ Richards, Dave (30 May 2006). "Rule Britannia: Perkins talks 'Union Jack'". Comic Book Resources. 30 May 2006
- ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (27 June 2008). "WizardWorld Chicago: Mike Perkins Takes 'The Stand'". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Taylor, Robert (26 August 2008). "Reflections: Mike Perkins". Comic Book Resources.
External links
- Official website
- Mike Perkins at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Mike Perkins at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalogue records