Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin
Dorkin at the Big Apple Con, November 14, 2008.
Born	April 20, 1965 Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer; Artist
Notable works	Milk and Cheese Superman and Batman: World's Funnest Space Ghost Coast to Coast Welcome to Eltingville
Awards	Harvey Award Eisner Award

Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965) is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork. His comics often poke fun at fandom, even while making it clear that Dorkin is a fan himself.

As well as his comics work, Dorkin has also written for animation, including (with his wife Sarah Dyer, also a comics writer/artist, married August 12, 2001) Space Ghost Coast to Coast (in an audio commentary for one episode, he repeatedly jokes that he and Dyer were "fired" from this job). He also wrote and produced an animated television pilot for Adult Swim called Welcome to Eltingville, based on his own characters. Dorkin and Dyer also wrote some episodes of the Superman animated series, particularly the episode "Live Wire," which introduced a new character of the same name. Additionally, the pair contributed to the script of the 2006 English-language version of the anime Shin Chan. After an initial six-episode order proved successful, more episodes were ordered, but Dorkin and Dyer are no longer working on the series. They had also been developing a pilot for a series entitled Tyrone's Inferno for Adult Swim for the last few years, but according to Dorkin's LiveJournal the project is dead. Dorkin has been the recipient of several Eisner Awards, including 2002's Best Writer/Artist: Humor.

Bibliography

Comics

• Rom: Spaceknight — (first published art in the letters page of #37) Marvel Comics, 1982
• Jim Higgins Fantastic Fanzine — Jim Higgins, 1984
• Phigments — Brian Marshall Comics Group, 1987
• Pirate Corp$ / Hectic Planet - Eternity Comics / Slave Labor Graphics, 1987–1989
• Wild Knights - Eternity Comics, 1989
• Milk and Cheese - Slave Labor Graphics, 1991–1997
• Predator: Big Game - Dark Horse Comics, 1991
• Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (comic book adaptation) - Marvel Comics, 1991
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Comic Book - Marvel, 1992–93
• Predator: Bad Blood - Dark Horse Comics 1993
• Fight-Man One Shot - Marvel, 1993
• Dork! - Slave Labor Graphics, 1993–present
• Instant Piano - Dark Horse Comics, 1994
• Generation ECCH! The Backlash Starts Here - Jason Cohen & Michael Krugman, Fireside Books, 1994
• Mask: The Hunt for Green October - Dark Horse Comics, 1995
• Superman and Batman: World's Funnest - DC Comics, 2001
• Bizarro Comics - DC Comics, 2001
• Bizarro World - DC Comics, 2005
• Dose - Bankshot Comics, 2007
• Beasts of Burden - 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, 2009

TV

• Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series), 1994–1999
• Welcome to Eltingville (TV Pilot), 2002

See also

• Sarah Dyer
• Milk & Cheese
• Welcome to Eltingville

References

• Evan Dorkin at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer's House of Fun
• Big Mouth Types Again - Dorkin's LiveJournal
• Evan Dorkin at the Comic Book DB
• Complete list of Dorkin's work for MAD Magazine
• Evan Dorkin interview from the Comic Book Haters' podcast - Part One
• Interview with Futureal Studio