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Val Mayerik
Born (1950-03-29) March 29, 1950 (age 74)
James Hudnall

Val Mayerik (born March 29, 1950)[1] is an American comic book and commercial artist, best known as co-creator of the satiric character Howard the Duck for Marvel Comics.

Biography

Early life and career

Val Mayerik was born in

sword-and-sorcery hero Brak the Barbarian. Published in the horror-fantasy anthology Chamber of Chills # 2 (Jan. 1973), it appeared a month after his first published comics work, the full-length "The Monster of the Monoliths" in Marvel's Conan the Barbarian # 21, which Mayerik and Russell penciled over Barry Windsor-Smith layouts.[4]

Mayerik quickly found more assignments, penciling Marvel's adaptation of

Creatures on the Loose # 22 (March 1973).[4]

Howard the Duck

Mayerik became the regular artist of the

pop-culture
figure.

Mayerik continued to pencil both the "Man-Thing" and "Thongor" series until the former received his own title, for which Mayerik drew the premiere issue (Jan. 1974). While also doing scattered horror/fantasy/

Living Mummy, in Supernatural Thrillers, and took over the art on The Frankenstein Monster. With writer Doug Moench, he did a monumental adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles in the black-and-white magazine Marvel Preview # 5-6 (April & Spring 1976). He also penciled the final six issues of the 20-issue, 1974 to 1977 jungle-lord series Ka-Zar.[4]

Also interested in acting, Mayerik appears in The Demon Lover (1977), a low-budget horror film shot in and around Detroit, Michigan.[citation needed]

New York; more than Marvel

In early 1977, Mayerik moved to New York City, where he acted off-off-Broadway and found work with artist Neal Adams' Continuity Associates studio. In Fall 1978,[5] Mayerik, Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson, and Jim Starlin formed Upstart Associates, a shared studio space on West 29th Street in New York City. The membership of the studio changed over time.[6]

During this time, he drew the first Howard the Duck Annual (May 1977) and Howard the Duck #22-23 (March–April 1978).

Young Master", reprints of which appeared as backup stories in Mayerik and writer Larry Hama 1987-1989 Young Master series published by New Comics Group.[4]

Mayerik left New York City in 1981, moving first to

regional theater in addition to his art, before settling in Oregon in 1993.[citation needed
]

Commercial art

Mayerik continued to draw for comics through the 1980s and early 1990s, working on series for

Acclaim Comics miniseries Magic: The Gathering — The Shadow Mage (July-Oct. 1995).[4]

As of at least 2010, artist Mayerik and writer

Breitbart.[2]

Mayerik has done

storyboards and other art for clients ranging from Coca-Cola and Microsoft to the American Indian College Fund and the Oregon Historical Society.[8]

Bibliography

Roleplaying-games

Source:[7]

Books interior art

  • Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (2016, Modiphius Entertainment, inner pages illustrations by Val Mayerik, among others)
  • The Shackled City Adventure Path (Dungeons & Dragons): Paizo Publishing, 2005
  • Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Second Edition (Warhammer FRP): Black Industries, 2005
  • Darkness Unleashed (Cartoon Action Hour): Z-Man Games, 2004
  • Waves of Blood (7th Sea): Alderac Entertainment, 2001
  • Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium: Last Unicorn Games, 2000
  • Otosan Uchi (Legend of the Five Rings): Alderac Entertainment, 2000
  • Domains of Dread (Ravenloft): TSR, 1997
  • Back for Seconds (Feng Shui):
    Daedalus Games
    , 1996
  • Castles & Ruins (Rolemaster): Iron Crown Enterprises, 1996
  • Requiem: The Grim Harvest (Ravenloft): TSR, 1996

Chip art

  • Clout Fantasy Hidden City Games, 2005

Card art

  • Magic: The Gathering, 9th Ed.: Wizards of the Coast, 2005
  • Mirrodin (Magic: The Gathering): Wizards of the Coast, 2003

References

  1. ^ "Happy 61st Birthday, Val Mayerik!". ComicsReporter.com. March 29, 2011. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Contributors: James Hudnall and Val Mayerik". BigJournalism.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012.
  3. Lambiek Comiclopedia
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Val Mayerik and misspelling Val Mayerick at the Grand Comics Database
  5. ^ Cooke, Jon B. "Simonson Says: The Man of Two Gods Recalls His 25+ Years in Comics" Comic Book Artist #10 (Oct. 2000) TwoMorrows Publishing p. 25
  6. ISBN 1-893905-64-0
    . Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Val Mayerik". Pen & Paper TBG Database. Archived from the original on July 2, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2006.
  8. ^ "Val Mayerik". (official site). Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2006.

External links

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