Tom Mandrake

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Tom Mandrake
Born May 26, 1956 (1956-05-26) (age 55)
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works Grimjack
The Spectre
Martian Manhunter
Awards Don Thompson Award, 1992, 1993[1]
Official website

Tom Mandrake (born May 26,[2] 1956)[3] is an American comic book artist, perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer John Ostrander on several series, including Grimjack (from First Comics) and Firestorm, The Spectre, and Martian Manhunter from DC Comics.[4]

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[edit] Biography

Mandrake grew up as a fan of Marvel Comics of the 1960s, as well as painters of the Brandywine School, particularly Maxfield Parrish and Howard Pyle.[5] Mandrake spent two years at Cleveland's Cooper School of Art,[5] and then two more years at The Kubert School, where he earned his degree.[3] He and writer Doug Moench created the Black Mask character in Batman #386 (August 1985).[6] In 1992, Mandrake and writer John Ostrander launched The Spectre series at DC Comics.[7] In issue #54 (June 1997), the creative team introduced the character Michael Holt as a new version of Mister Terrific.[8] Following the end of The Spectre series, they moved onto a Martian Manhunter series.[9] In 2001, he worked with writer Dan Mishkin on the short lived series Creeps and in 2006 on the children's book The Forest King: Woodlark's Shadow.[10] In 2007, a story-arc titled "Grotesk" reuniting Ostrander and Mandrake appeared in Batman issues 659-662.[4]

He is married to fellow comic book artist Jan Duursema. They have a son, Jack Moses (born October 4, 1995), and a daughter, Sian.

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Mandrake's cover art for Firestorm, the Nuclear Man vol. 1, #97 (May 1990).

[edit] DC Comics

[edit] Eclipse Comics

[edit] First Comics

[edit] Image Comics

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Awards: Summary of Winners," Comic Book Awards Almanac (Hahn Library).
  2. ^ Mandrake bio at Comic Book Database. Accessed Mar. 29, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Tom Mandrake". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/65gPXTuTC. Retrieved February 23, 2012. 
  4. ^ a b John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake collaborations at the Grand Comics Database
  5. ^ a b Mandrake entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928-1999.
  6. ^ Wallace, Dan (2008). "Black Mask". In Dougall, Alastair. The DC Comics Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. p. 52. ISBN 0-7566-4119-5. 
  7. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "The crime fighter from beyond the grave, the Spectre, was back in a new series by writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake." 
  8. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 279: "The Spectre ongoing series was nearing its end, but that didn't stop writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake from pooling their creative forces to create one of the DCU's newest shining stars...An inspired and reborn [Michael] Holt then picked up the mantle of Mr. Terrific."
  9. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 285: "The fan-favorite team of writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake, fresh off their lengthy run on The Spectre, were ready to take on another caped powerhouse with Martian Manhunter.
  10. ^ Actionopolis/Komikwerks September 2006 ISBN 978-0974280356
  11. ^ Sullivan, Michael Patrick (March 10, 2008). "Riches, Grant and Mandrake Go To 'The Safest Place'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/65gQVsMuU. Retrieved February 23, 2012. 

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Preceded by
Timothy Truman		 Grimjack artist
1987–1989		 Succeeded by
Flint Henry


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