Michael Golden (comics)

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Michael Golden (comics)
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Golden at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 2, 2010.
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Artist, Colourist
Notable works The Micronauts
The 'Nam

Michael Golden is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his late-1970s work on Marvel Comics' The Micronauts, as well as his co-creation of the characters Rogue and Bucky O'Hare.[3][4]

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Career [edit]

After starting his illustration career in commercial art, Golden broke into comics in late 1977, working on such DC Comics titles as Mister Miracle and Batman Family.[5] His first work for Marvel Comics was "The Cask of Amontillado", a backup story in Marvel Classics Comics #28 (1977) adapting an Edgar Allan Poe short story.[6] In 1978, he made a splash with his work on Marvel's Micronauts.[7] He drew a number of Marvel series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Doctor Strange, the Howard the Duck black-and-white comics magazine, and Marvel Fanfare. Writer Chris Claremont co-created Rogue with Golden in The Avengers Annual #10 (1981).[8] The 'Nam series was launched in 1986 by Doug Murray and Golden.[9] Golden drew covers for the licensed series G.I. Joe, Rom, U.S. 1, and The Saga of Crystar. Golden also penciled parts of the Marvel No-Prize Book . In the early 1990s, Golden was an editor for DC Comics[10][11] and later in the decade served as Senior Art Director for Marvel Comics.[12] In the 2000s, he drew covers for DC Comics' Nightwing, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Vigilante.

Golden's art style later inspired a number of later comics creators, including Arthur Adams.[1][2] Golden's work was also appropriated by Glenn Danzig as a logo for his bands Samhain and Danzig. He is managed by Renée Witterstaetter (a former comics colorist, writer, and editor) of Eva Ink Publishing.[13]

Comic books [edit]

DC Comics [edit]

Marvel Comics [edit]

Other publishers [edit]

Covers [edit]

Portfolios and art books [edit]

  • Doctor Strange (Marvel)
  • Michael Golden's Jurassic Park Portfolio One (Image/Eva Ink)
  • Michael Golden's Jurassic Park Portfolio Two (Image/Eva Ink)
  • Michael Golden's Monsters (Image/Eva Ink 2006)
  • Excess: The Art of Michael Golden (Vanguard)
  • Manga Bucky O'Hare (Vanguard)
  • In the Studio with Michael Golden (TwoMorrows)
  • Michael Golden: Heroes and Villains (Eva Ink)
  • Michael Golden: MORE Heroes and Villains (Eva Ink)
  • Michael Golden: Alchemy (Eva Ink)

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Nolen-Weathington, Eric; Khoury, George (2006). Modern Masters, Volume 6: Arthur Adams. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1893905542. "I was collecting comic books from the mid-'70s, and then I discovered Michael Golden working on Micronauts." 
  2. ^ a b Cooke, Jon B. (2002). "The Art of Arthur Adam - A career-spanning chat with the celebrated artist/writer on his comicss". Comic Book Artist (TwoMorrows Publishing) (17). Retrieved January 20, 2013. 
  3. ^ "Guests of Honor: Michael Golden". New York Comic-Con #4 Program. New York Comic Con. 2009. p. 10. 
  4. ^ "Michael Golden Named Guest of Honor at Mid-Ohio". Comic Book Resources. September 29, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 
  5. ^ Michael Golden at the Grand Comics Database
  6. ^ Eric, Nolen-Weathington (2007). Modern Masters Volume 12: Michael Golden. TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-1893905740. 
  7. ^ Sanderson, Peter; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1970s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 188. ISBN 978-0756641238. "Writer Bill Mantlo and artist Michael Golden created a Marvel comic series around the Micronauts toys set in the Microverse." 
  8. ^ DeFalco, Tom "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 203: "[Rogue's] first published appearance occurred in The Avengers Annual #10 by Chris Claremont and Michael Golden."
  9. ^ DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 229: "[Editor Larry] Hama immediately called Doug Murray, a veteran who had served in Vietnam...Hama also called artist Michael Golden to draw the new title."
  10. ^ Micheal Golden (editor, DC Comics) at the Grand Comics Database
  11. ^ Nolen-Weathington in Modern Masters Volume 12: Michael Golden p. 44
  12. ^ Nolen-Weathington in Modern Masters Volume 12: Michael Golden p. 52-55
  13. ^ "Renée Witterstaetter". Eva Ink. Retrieved February 18, 2011. 

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