Mike Wieringo
Mike Wieringo | |
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Born | Michael Lance Wieringo June 24, 1963 Vicenza, Italy |
Died | August 12, 2007 Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 44)
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Fantastic Four The Flash Tellos |
Michael Lance Wieringo (
Early life
Michael Lance Wieringo was born in Vicenza, Italy, on June 24, 1963 to Cecil E. and Shirley Dean Wieringo, who live in Lynchburg, Virginia. He had a brother named Matt.[3]
Wieringo became interested in comics through his father, who was an avid reader. Wieringo began drawing comics when he was 11. He studied fashion illustration at Virginia Commonwealth University, though he began to consider drawing comics as a profession, and showed his artwork at comics convention during his college years. Soon after graduating, he determined that that field was "dying out". Realizing that he did not possess the fortitude for commercial illustration, he decided to draw comic books.[4]
Career
Early work
Wieringo's first professionally published work was Doc Savage: Doom Dynasty #1, published by Millennium Publications in 1991. Editor Mark Ellis had to overrule his partner to give the fledgling artist his first assignment.
Wieringo took his samples to the 1992
The Flash
The Flash editor Brian Augustyn asked Wieringo to try out for The Flash. After submitting some sample pages of the Flash running, Wieringo was offered the penciling duties on Volume 2 of that series, on which he was paired with writer Mark Waid, and on which he rose to prominence in the industry, drawing all but two issues from #80–92 (Early Sept. 1993–July 1994), plus #0 (Oct. 1994).[4] He additionally penciled covers through #100, #118–124, and 128–129, and for The Flash 80-Page Giant #2 (April 1999).[5] Wieringo and Waid co-created the young speedster Bart Allen, a.k.a. Impulse, in The Flash vol. 2 #91 (cameo) and #92 (first full appearance).[6]
Wieringo followed this with a short run on During this period, he also penciled occasional covers and small miscellaneous jobs for Marvel Comics.
Other work around this time included penciling the cover and co-penciling (with
Marvel and Tellos
After having penciled the
After Spider-Man, Wieringo's next major project was at
Wieringo returned to DC Comics for all but one issue of
Wieringo penciled the interior art on issues #1–5 and #8–10 of
Style
Wieringo explained the philosophy behind his drawing style thus: "I just try to keep things fun. I like to do fun comics. It doesn't have to be realistic to be believable. In fact, I sometimes think that funny [material] might actually add something to certain books." When he began illustrating the
Personal life, death and legacy
On August 12, 2007, Wieringo died of an aortic dissection at his home in Durham, North Carolina, at age 44.[1] He was survived by his parents, Cecil and Shirley Dean Wieringo, and his brother Matt.[3]
At the time of his death, Wieringo had completed seven pages of a
In June 2017, the
Bibliography
DC Comics
- The Adventures of Superman#592-596, 598, 600 (2001-2002)
- Batman: Black and White" backup story, 2002)
- DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1 (among other artists, 1999)
- The Flash vol. 2 #80-83, 85-88, 90-92, 0 (1993-1994)
- Justice League Quarterly #11-12 (1993)
- Robinvol. 2 #19-22, 25-28, 31 (1995-1996)
- Superman vol. 2 #165 (among other artists, 2001)
Marvel Comics
- The Avengers #400 (1996)
- Fantastic Four #500, 509-513, 517-524 (2003-2005)
- Fantastic Four vol. 2 #13 (1997)
- Fantastic Four vol. 3 #60-64, 67-70 (2002-2003)
- Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1-5, 8-10 (2005-2006)
- Ms. Marvel vol. 2 #9-10 (2007)
- Rogue#1-4 (1995)
- The Sensational Spider-Man #8-11, 13-17, 21-23, 27-28, 31, -1 (1996-1998)
- Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four #1-4 (2007)
- Stan Lee Meets... the Silver Surfer #1 (2007)
- X-Men vol. 2 #½ (1998)
DC Comics and Marvel Comics
- Spider-Boy #1 (1996)
Image Comics
- Gen13Bootleg #13 (writer/artist, 1997)
- Tellos #1-10 (1999-2000)
- Tellos: Maiden Voyage #1 (2001)
Malibu Comics
- Firearm #0 (1993)
- Godwheel #2 (1995)
References
- ^ CBR.com. Archivedfrom the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (February 3, 2019). "he Mike Wieringo Cover That Wasn't, But Went Up In Flames – With Mike S. Miller and Cully Hamner". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "Obituaries". The Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. August 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- ^ a b c d e Wizard #41 (January 1995). pp 123-124.
- ^ a b c Mike Wieringo at the Grand Comics Database
- ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.)
The brainchild of writer Mark Waid and artist Mike Wieringo, Impulse burst onto the scene at quite a pace.
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It seemed that a whole host of bad guys were on a crime spree in this adventure, written by Todd Dezago and illustrated by the series' new regular artist Mike Wieringo.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "Mike Wieringo". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2013. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ Contino, Jennifer M. (May 2000). "Tell Us About Tellos". Sequentialtart.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- Fantagraphics Books. Archived from the originalon January 20, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ^ Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 305: "To celebrate the 600th issue of The Adventures of Superman, the Man of Steel had a super-sized anniversary issue pitting him against Lex Luthor...With a script by Joe Casey and art by Mike Wieringo."
- ^ Brady, Matt (n.d.). "Mike Wieringo Passes Away". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 20, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 295: "In December [2005], a new regular Spidey series began...Written by Peter David and illustrated by Mike Wieringo."
- ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 305: "Spider-Man teamed up with the Fantastic Four...in this four-part series by writer Jeff Parker and artist Mike Wieringo."
- ^ Biggers, Cliff; Rogers, Vaneta; Batty, Ward; Comic Shop News #1086; April 2008; Page 3.
- ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 313: "Talented artist Mike Wieringo's sudden death in August 2007 had stunned the comic community. A total of 12 top artists...joined forces to finish Wieringo's last work, a What If? story written by Jeff Parker."
- ^ Johnston, Rich (June 16, 2017). "The Ringo Awards – Named After Mike Wieringo – To Replace Harvey Awards At Baltimore Comic Con". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017.
Further reading
- Nolen-Weathington, Eric, and Mike Wieringo. Modern Masters Volume 9: Mike Wieringo (ISBN 978-1-893905-65-8.
External links
- Mike Wieringo at deviantArt
- Mike Wieringo at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Mike Wieringo at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators