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'''Michael Netzer''' (born '''Michael Nasser''' on 9 October 1955<ref name=DCltr>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=85 |title=Challenger Mountain Mail Room - artist bio|author=Harris, Jack C.|date=August–September 1977 |work=Challengers of the Unknown #82|publisher=[[DC Comics]] |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref>) is an American artist best known for his [[comic book]] work for [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]] in the 1970s,<ref name=lambiek>{{cite web |url=http://lambiek.net/artists/n/netzer_michael.htm|title=Michael Netzer at Lambiek |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Lambiek Comiclopedia |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> as well as for his online presence.<ref name=CB1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/11285429833515.htm |title=Being and Time: An Interview with Michael Netzer |author=Young, Thom |date=5 October 2005|work= |publisher=[[Comics Bulletin]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522192329/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/11285429833515.htm|archivedate=22 May 2011|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Graeme>{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/21/netzer-he-dont-want-to-ball-around-like-everybody-else |title=Netzer: He don’t want to ball around like everybody else |author=McMillan, Graeme |date=21 June 2006 |work= |publisher=[[Newsarama]]|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=CB2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/meth/108991804326809.htm|title=Michael Netzer: Party Animal|author=[[Clifford Meth|Meth, Clifford]]|date=August 2004|work= |publisher=Comics Bulletin|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522191639/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/meth/108991804326809.htm|archivedate=22 May 2011|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref>
'''Michael Netzer''' (born '''Michael Nasser''' on 9 October 1955<ref name=DCltr>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=85 |title=Challenger Mountain Mail Room - artist bio|author=Harris, Jack C.|date=August–September 1977 |work=Challengers of the Unknown #82|publisher=[[DC Comics]] |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20141219190702/http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=85|archivedate=19 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>) is an American artist best known for his [[comic book]] work for [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]] in the 1970s,<ref name=lambiek>{{cite web |url=http://lambiek.net/artists/n/netzer_michael.htm|title=Michael Netzer at Lambiek |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Lambiek Comiclopedia |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> as well as for his online presence.<ref name=CB1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/11285429833515.htm |title=Being and Time: An Interview with Michael Netzer |author=Young, Thom |date=5 October 2005|work= |publisher=[[Comics Bulletin]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522192329/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/11285429833515.htm|archivedate=22 May 2011|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Graeme>{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/21/netzer-he-dont-want-to-ball-around-like-everybody-else |title=Netzer: He don’t want to ball around like everybody else |author=McMillan, Graeme |date=21 June 2006 |work= |publisher=[[Newsarama]]|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20130616204807/http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/21/netzer-he-dont-want-to-ball-around-like-everybody-else/|archivedate=16 June 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=CB2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/meth/108991804326809.htm|title=Michael Netzer: Party Animal|author=[[Clifford Meth|Meth, Clifford]]|date=August 2004|work= |publisher=Comics Bulletin|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522191639/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/meth/108991804326809.htm|archivedate=22 May 2011|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Michael Nasser (later Netzer) was born in Detroit, Michigan, to parents of Lebanese origin. He contracted [[polio]] at the age of eight months which partially paralyzed his left hip and leg. After two years of medical treatment, he was sent with his [[Lebanese Jews|Jewish]] mother and siblings to his father's [[Druze in Lebanon|Druze]] hometown, [[Dayr Qūbil]], Lebanon.<ref name=shuki>{{cite web |url=http://www.shofarnews.co.il/site/ARDetile.asp?id=7885|title=Rooted Settler: Family Visit in Beirut|author=Dagan, Shuki|date=21 March 2005|work= |publisher=Shofar News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721140937/http://www.shofarnews.co.il/site/ARDetile.asp?id=7885|archivedate=21 July 2011|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=yoni>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/47/ART/976/250.html |title=Hero on the Edge |author=Shedmi, Yoni |date=26 August 2005 |work= |publisher=NRG Maariv |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> In 1967, at the age of 11, he returned to Detroit. In school, he became interested in comic book [[illustration]] and [[storytelling]], and began developing skills as an artist.<ref name=whizz>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/content/view/189/89/ |title=A Revealing Conversation with Nasser |author=Klug, Marty|date=July 1980 |work= Interview |publisher=Whizzard Magazine #12 |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> He used his art for a campaign that won him election of vice-president of his senior class in [[Redford High School]],<ref name=CB3 /> where he also gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the [[Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps|JROTC]] program.<ref name=DCltr/>
Michael Nasser (later Netzer) was born in Detroit, Michigan, to parents of Lebanese origin. He contracted [[polio]] at the age of eight months which partially paralyzed his left hip and leg. After two years of medical treatment, he was sent with his [[Lebanese Jews|Jewish]] mother and siblings to his father's [[Druze in Lebanon|Druze]] hometown, [[Dayr Qūbil]], Lebanon.<ref name=shuki>{{cite web |url=http://www.shofarnews.co.il/site/ARDetile.asp?id=7885|title=Rooted Settler: Family Visit in Beirut|author=Dagan, Shuki|date=21 March 2005|work= |publisher=Shofar News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721140937/http://www.shofarnews.co.il/site/ARDetile.asp?id=7885|archivedate=21 July 2011|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=yoni>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/47/ART/976/250.html |title=Hero on the Edge |author=Shedmi, Yoni |date=26 August 2005 |work= |publisher=NRG Maariv |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20141017065146/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/47/ART/976/250.html|archivedate=17 October 2014|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref> In 1967, at the age of 11, he returned to Detroit. In school, he became interested in comic book [[illustration]] and [[storytelling]], and began developing skills as an artist.<ref name=whizz>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/content/view/189/89/ |title=A Revealing Conversation with Nasser |author=Klug, Marty|date=July 1980 |work= Interview |publisher=Whizzard Magazine #12 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014212426/http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/content/view/189/89/|archivedate=14 October 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> He used his art for a campaign that won him election of vice-president of his senior class in [[Redford High School]],<ref name=CB3 /> where he also gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the [[Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps|JROTC]] program.<ref name=DCltr/>


During high school, Netzer met [[Greg Theakston]], who introduced him to the world of professional comics art. He worked as a sign painter and graphic designer while attending [[Wayne State University]] in Michigan for two years.<ref name=lambiek/> Theakston later introduced him to [[Neal Adams]] at the [[Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] comics convention in 1975. Adams took interest in Netzer's art and invited him to join [[Continuity Studios]].<ref name=CB3>{{cite web |url=http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111502437234291.htm |title=Michael Netzer's New Comic Book of Life |author=[[Rik Offenberger|Offenberger, Rik]] |date=July 2005|work=Interview |publisher=[[Comics Bulletin|Silver Bullet Comic Books]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021230617/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111502437234291.htm|archivedate=21 October 2007|accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref>
During high school, Netzer met [[Greg Theakston]], who introduced him to the world of professional comics art. He worked as a sign painter and graphic designer while attending [[Wayne State University]] in Michigan for two years.<ref name=lambiek/> Theakston later introduced him to [[Neal Adams]] at the [[Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] comics convention in 1975. Adams took interest in Netzer's art and invited him to join [[Continuity Studios]].<ref name=CB3>{{cite web |url=http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111502437234291.htm |title=Michael Netzer's New Comic Book of Life |author=[[Rik Offenberger|Offenberger, Rik]] |date=July 2005|work=Interview |publisher=[[Comics Bulletin|Silver Bullet Comic Books]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021230617/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111502437234291.htm|archivedate=21 October 2007|accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref>
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===Early comics===
===Early comics===
[[File:Nasser Batman.jpg|thumb|Batman by Michael Netzer and inker [[Josef Rubinstein]] from ''[[DC Special Series]]'' #1 (Sept. 1977).]]
[[File:Nasser Batman.jpg|thumb|Batman by Michael Netzer and inker [[Josef Rubinstein]] from ''[[DC Special Series]]'' #1 (Sept. 1977).]]
In late 1975, Netzer was invited to join [[Arvell Jones]] and [[Keith Pollard]] for a drive to New York City, where the two artists shared an apartment. They offered Netzer accommodations while he tried to gain work in comics.<ref name=CB3 /><ref name=SAS1>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/sasar11/archive257.shtml |title=Netzer Interview: Part 1 |author=Stroud, Bryan D.|date=December 2010 |work= |publisher=The Silver Age Sage |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> He joined Continuity Studios, which became his base as a freelancer. He began work producing storyboards and advertising art for the studio, while procuring his first comics assignment, a two-part back-up story in ''[[Kamandi]]'': "Tales of the Great Disaster". He gained quick recognition as an illustrator at [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]], producing art for ''[[Kobra (DC comics)|Kobra]]'', ''[[Challengers of the Unknown]]'', ''[[Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' and ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' at DC, as well as various covers for Marvel. Other characters he became known for were the [[Martian Manhunter]], [[Green Arrow]] and [[Black Canary]], [[Batman]], [[Black Lightning]] and [[Spider-Man]]. Netzer became active in efforts to form a [[Comics Creators Guild]], that were based at Continuity.<ref name=cj42>{{cite journal |last1=Groth |first1=Gary |last2= |first2= |year=1978 |title=Birth of the Guild: May 7, 1978 |journal=[[The Comics Journal]] |volume= |issue=42 |pages=21–28 |publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]] |doi= |url=http://www.tcj.com/archive-viewer-issue-42/?pid=1416 |accessdate=29 January 2012 }}</ref> By late 1977, he was scheduled to pencil the new series ''[[John Carter, Warlord of Mars]]'' for editor [[Marv Wolfman]] at Marvel. Reconsidering the direction his life and career were taking, and the general conditions of the comics industry, Netzer declined the project and decided to take a break away from drawing comic books.<ref name=CB3 />
In late 1975, Netzer was invited to join [[Arvell Jones]] and [[Keith Pollard]] for a drive to New York City, where the two artists shared an apartment. They offered Netzer accommodations while he tried to gain work in comics.<ref name=CB3 /><ref name=SAS1>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/sasar11/archive257.shtml |title=Netzer Interview: Part 1 |author=Stroud, Bryan D.|date=December 2010 |work= |publisher=The Silver Age Sage |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129075851/http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/sasar11/archive257.shtml|archivedate=29 November 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> He joined Continuity Studios, which became his base as a freelancer. He began work producing storyboards and advertising art for the studio, while procuring his first comics assignment, a two-part back-up story in ''[[Kamandi]]'': "Tales of the Great Disaster". He gained quick recognition as an illustrator at [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]], producing art for ''[[Kobra (DC comics)|Kobra]]'', ''[[Challengers of the Unknown]]'', ''[[Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' and ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' at DC, as well as various covers for Marvel. Other characters he became known for were the [[Martian Manhunter]], [[Green Arrow]] and [[Black Canary]], [[Batman]], [[Black Lightning]] and [[Spider-Man]]. Netzer became active in efforts to form a [[Comics Creators Guild]], that were based at Continuity.<ref name=cj42>{{cite journal |last1=Groth |first1=Gary |last2= |first2= |year=1978 |title=Birth of the Guild: May 7, 1978 |journal=[[The Comics Journal]] |volume= |issue=42 |pages=21–28 |publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]] |doi= |url=http://www.tcj.com/archive-viewer-issue-42/?pid=1416 |accessdate=29 January 2012 }}</ref> By late 1977, he was scheduled to pencil the new series ''[[John Carter, Warlord of Mars]]'' for editor [[Marv Wolfman]] at Marvel. Reconsidering the direction his life and career were taking, and the general conditions of the comics industry, Netzer declined the project and decided to take a break away from drawing comic books.<ref name=CB3 />


In November 1977, Netzer left his career in New York and hitchhiked across the United States.<ref name=SR1>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=1568 |title=Editorial column|author=Friedrich, Mike|date=December 1977 |work= |publisher=[[Star Reach]] #12 |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> Arriving in San Francisco, he contacted ''[[Star*Reach]]'' magazine publisher [[Mike Friedrich]] to decline a commitment he had made for the publication's first color installment. Friedrich asked Netzer to produce a story that would tell of his new-found aspirations, resulting in "The Old, New and Final Testaments", an eight-page vignette weaving socio-religious history with humanity's ambitions for the colonization of the solar system.<ref name=SR2>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelnetzer.com/archive/thenewcomicbookoflife/off01SRHH.html |title=The Old, New and Final Testaments |author=Netzer, Michael|date=December 1977 |work= |publisher=Star Reach |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> Friedrich published the story in ''Star*Reach'' #12 (1977) and wrote about his meeting with Michael in the editorial.
In November 1977, Netzer left his career in New York and hitchhiked across the United States.<ref name=SR1>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=1568 |title=Editorial column|author=Friedrich, Mike|date=December 1977 |work= |publisher=[[Star Reach]] #12 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225035049/http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=1568|archivedate=25 February 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> Arriving in San Francisco, he contacted ''[[Star*Reach]]'' magazine publisher [[Mike Friedrich]] to decline a commitment he had made for the publication's first color installment. Friedrich asked Netzer to produce a story that would tell of his new-found aspirations, resulting in "The Old, New and Final Testaments", an eight-page vignette weaving socio-religious history with humanity's ambitions for the colonization of the solar system.<ref name=SR2>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelnetzer.com/archive/thenewcomicbookoflife/off01SRHH.html |title=The Old, New and Final Testaments |author=Netzer, Michael|date=December 1977 |work= |publisher=Star Reach |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520105030/http://www.michaelnetzer.com/archive/thenewcomicbookoflife/off01SRHH.html|archivedate=20 May 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> Friedrich published the story in ''Star*Reach'' #12 (1977) and wrote about his meeting with Netzer in the editorial.


For the next several years, Netzer produced sporadic comic book art for DC and Marvel, including a Batman story in ''[[DC Special Series]]'', Black Lightning in ''[[World's Finest Comics]]'', Spider-Man in ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' and numerous covers for Marvel. During this period, he traveled through the United States and promoted the idea of a new political [[hierarchy]] through the comic book medium. His colleagues described this activity as [[messiah|messianic]] and expressed concerns about his behavior.<ref name=CJ1>{{cite journal |last1=Groth |first1=Gary |last2= |first2= |year=1982 |title=Neal Adams interview|journal=[[The Comics Journal]] |volume= |issue=72 |pages=68–69 |publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]] |url=http://www.tcj.com/archive-viewer-issue-72/?pid=5128 |accessdate=1 December 2011 }}</ref><ref name=ACB1>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/rubenstein.html|title=Joe Rubinstein interview |author=Marzan, Jose Jr.|year=2004 |work= |publisher=Adelaide Comics and Books |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Guy>{{cite web |url=http://loudpoet.com/2006/06/08/link-defending-ronee|title=Link: Defending Ronee |author=Gonzalez, Guy LeCharles|date=June 2006 |work= |publisher=Loudpoet |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> In a 1980 interview with ''Whizzard Magazine'', editor Marty Klug noted: "Since 1977 his work, most notably in Star*Reach, has often professed a creative politico-religious theme derived from diverse sources ranging from superhero adventure to Biblical prophecy. Nasser's speculations—frequently intriguing, often controversial and, at times, somewhat outrageous—espouse a refreshing optimism rarely found in such works. Currently, he is assembling these perspectives in book form and may well be one of the first comics illutstrators to branch off in such a unique direction." <ref name=whizz />
For the next several years, Netzer produced sporadic comic book art for DC and Marvel, including a Batman story in ''[[DC Special Series]]'', Black Lightning in ''[[World's Finest Comics]]'', Spider-Man in ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' and numerous covers for Marvel. During this period, he traveled through the United States and promoted the idea of a new political [[hierarchy]] through the comic book medium. His colleagues described this activity as [[messiah|messianic]] and expressed concerns about his behavior.<ref name=CJ1>{{cite journal |last1=Groth |first1=Gary |last2= |first2= |year=1982 |title=Neal Adams interview|journal=[[The Comics Journal]] |volume= |issue=72 |pages=68–69 |publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]] |url=http://www.tcj.com/archive-viewer-issue-72/?pid=5128 |accessdate=1 December 2011 }}</ref><ref name=ACB1>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/rubenstein.html|title=Joe Rubinstein interview |author=Marzan, Jose Jr.|year=2004 |work= |publisher=Adelaide Comics and Books |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219195952/http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/rubenstein.html|archivedate=19 December 2014|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=Guy>{{cite web |url=http://loudpoet.com/2006/06/08/link-defending-ronee|title=Link: Defending Ronee |author=Gonzalez, Guy LeCharles|date=June 2006 |work= |publisher=Loudpoet |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010201/http://loudpoet.com/2006/06/08/link-defending-ronee/|archivedate=26 April 2012|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref> In a 1980 interview with ''Whizzard Magazine'', editor Marty Klug noted: "Since 1977 his work, most notably in Star*Reach, has often professed a creative politico-religious theme derived from diverse sources ranging from superhero adventure to Biblical prophecy. Nasser's speculations—frequently intriguing, often controversial and, at times, somewhat outrageous—espouse a refreshing optimism rarely found in such works. Currently, he is assembling these perspectives in book form and may well be one of the first comics illutstrators to branch off in such a unique direction." <ref name=whizz />


===Israel comics===
===Israel comics===
In September 1981, Netzer left the United States for Lebanon, and then settled in Israel in 1983.<ref name=SAS2>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/sasar11/archive258.shtml |title=Netzer Interview: Part 2 |author=Stroud, Bryan D.|date=January 2011 |work= |publisher=The Silver Age Sage |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> In 1984-1988, he contributed covers, accompanying illustrations and a comic strip, Milk and Honey, to ''Counterpoint'', an Israeli English-language publication of [[Gush Emunim]] edited by Rachelle Katsman and [[Yisrael Medad]].<ref name=medad>{{cite web |url=http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2011/10/michael-netzers-early-israel-art.html |title=Michael Netzer's Early Israel Art |author=Medad, Yisrael |date=10 October 2011 |work=My Right Word |publisher= |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref>
In September 1981, Netzer left the United States for Lebanon, and then settled in Israel in 1983.<ref name=SAS2>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/sasar11/archive258.shtml |title=Netzer Interview: Part 2 |author=Stroud, Bryan D.|date=January 2011 |work= |publisher=The Silver Age Sage |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204014129/http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/sasar11/archive258.shtml|archivedate=4 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> In 1984-1988, he contributed covers, accompanying illustrations and a comic strip, Milk and Honey, to ''Counterpoint'', an Israeli English-language publication of [[Gush Emunim]] edited by Rachelle Katsman and [[Yisrael Medad]].<ref name=medad>{{cite web |url=http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2011/10/michael-netzers-early-israel-art.html |title=Michael Netzer's Early Israel Art |author=Medad, Yisrael |date=10 October 2011 |work=My Right Word |publisher= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523051133/http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2011/10/michael-netzers-early-israel-art.html|archivedate=23 May 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>


In 1987, he produced Israel's first Super Hero color comic book, with partners Jonathan Duitch and Yossi Halpern, "[[Uri-On]]", (אורי-און) under their ''Israel Comics'' imprint.<ref name=UO>{{cite web |url=http://www.haggadahsrus.com/z.Art08.JewishSuperman.htm |title=Uri-On: The Israeli-Jewish Superman |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Haggadahs R Us |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=devora>{{cite book |title=A Different Light: The Hanukkah Book of Celebration |last1=Zion |first1=Noam |authorlink1= |last2=Spectre |first2=Barbara |authorlink2=Barbara Lerner Spectre|year=2000 |publisher=Devora Publishing |location=Englewood, New Jersey |isbn=1-930143-31-1 |page=190 |pages= |url=http://books.google.co.il/books?id=kv0LNPhBw8gC&pg=PA190&dq=Michael+Netzer&hl=en&ei=lSLoTuf1NI3G-Qa07ZjPCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Michael%20Netzer&f=false |accessdate=14 December 2011}}</ref> This came at a time of a surge in comics activity in the country and was featured in an Israel Museum Comics Exhibit alongside the work of his national peers, [[Dudu Geva]], [[Michel Kichka]], [[Uri Fink]] and others. Michael's design of the [[Menorah (Temple)|Menorah]] symbol for Uri-On was featured in a later [[Israel Museum]] exhibit highlighting various Menorah designs through the ages. Netzer's prominence as a former American comic book artist and controversial choice of residence in the occupied [[West Bank]], provided a [[wikt:platform|platform]] for the artist to appear on local television talk shows, receive varied media coverage and give lectures on the comic book medium as a tool for advancing a peaceful solution to the [[Arab-Israeli conflict]].<ref name=yoni />
In 1987, he produced Israel's first Super Hero color comic book, with partners Jonathan Duitch and Yossi Halpern, "[[Uri-On]]", (אורי-און) under their ''Israel Comics'' imprint.<ref name=UO>{{cite web |url=http://www.haggadahsrus.com/z.Art08.JewishSuperman.htm |title=Uri-On: The Israeli-Jewish Superman |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Haggadahs R Us |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209161520/http://www.haggadahsrus.com/z.Art08.JewishSuperman.htm|archivedate=9 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=devora>{{cite book |title=A Different Light: The Hanukkah Book of Celebration |last1=Zion |first1=Noam |authorlink1= |last2=Spectre |first2=Barbara |authorlink2=Barbara Lerner Spectre|year=2000 |publisher=Devora Publishing |location=Englewood, New Jersey |isbn=1-930143-31-1 |page=190 |pages= |url=http://books.google.co.il/books?id=kv0LNPhBw8gC&pg=PA190&dq=Michael+Netzer&hl=en&ei=lSLoTuf1NI3G-Qa07ZjPCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Michael%20Netzer&f=false |accessdate=14 December 2011}}</ref> This came at a time of a surge in comics activity in the country and was featured in an Israel Museum Comics Exhibit alongside the work of his national peers, [[Dudu Geva]], [[Michel Kichka]], [[Uri Fink]] and others. Michael's design of the [[Menorah (Temple)|Menorah]] symbol for Uri-On was featured in a later [[Israel Museum]] exhibit highlighting various Menorah designs through the ages. Netzer's prominence as a former American comic book artist and controversial choice of residence in the occupied [[West Bank]], provided a [[wikt:platform|platform]] for the artist to appear on local television talk shows, receive varied media coverage and give lectures on the comic book medium as a tool for advancing a peaceful solution to the [[Arab-Israeli conflict]].<ref name=yoni />


===Return to U.S. comics===
===Return to U.S. comics===
[[File:Netzer hotstuff8.jpg|thumb|From "12 Parts" ''Hot Stuff'' #6 (1978), depicting the sharp departure from the artist's early career influences.]] In 1991, Netzer returned to New York and Continuity Comics, where he produced art for several issues of [[Megalith]]. He and Neal Adams entered into a dispute over [[intellectual property]] rights to [[Ms. Mystic]], a character they had worked on jointly in 1977, which Adams had published under the [[Pacific Comics]] and Continuity Comics imprints, leading to a lawsuit against Adams in New York Federal Court in 1993.<ref name=CJ2>{{cite journal |last1=Reynolds |first1=Eric |last2= |first2= |year=1994 |title=Adams Sued for $20 Million in Libel/Trademark Suit|journal=The Comics Journal |volume= |issue=162 |pages=7–11 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |url=http://www.tcj.com/archive-viewer-issue-162/?pid=16307 |accessdate=1 December 2011 }}</ref> The case was dismissed in 1995, citing the [[statute of limitations]].<ref name=CJ3>{{cite journal |last1=Stump |first1=Greg |last2= |first2= |year=1998 |title=News Watch: Mike Netzer's Lawsuit against Neal Adams Dismissed|journal=The Comics Journal |volume= |issue=201 |pages=18 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |url=http://www.tcj.com/the-comics-journal-no-201-january-1998/|accessdate=29 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name =cvn1>{{cite web |url=http://www.earthx.org/flex/994389.html |title=Netzer v. Continuity Graphic Associates, Inc.|author=Buchwald, Naomi |year=1995 |work= USDC/SDNY, Opinion and Order|publisher=The Annotated Flex Mentallo |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Netzer hotstuff8.jpg|thumb|From "12 Parts" ''Hot Stuff'' #6 (1978), depicting the sharp departure from the artist's early career influences.]] In 1991, Netzer returned to New York and Continuity Comics, where he produced art for several issues of [[Megalith]]. He and Neal Adams entered into a dispute over [[intellectual property]] rights to [[Ms. Mystic]], a character they had worked on jointly in 1977, which Adams had published under the [[Pacific Comics]] and Continuity Comics imprints, leading to a lawsuit against Adams in New York Federal Court in 1993.<ref name=CJ2>{{cite journal |last1=Reynolds |first1=Eric |last2= |first2= |year=1994 |title=Adams Sued for $20 Million in Libel/Trademark Suit|journal=The Comics Journal |volume= |issue=162 |pages=7–11 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |url=http://www.tcj.com/archive-viewer-issue-162/?pid=16307 |accessdate=1 December 2011 }}</ref> The case was dismissed in 1995, citing the [[statute of limitations]].<ref name=CJ3>{{cite journal |last1=Stump |first1=Greg |last2= |first2= |year=1998 |title=News Watch: Mike Netzer's Lawsuit against Neal Adams Dismissed|journal=The Comics Journal |volume= |issue=201 |pages=18 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |url=http://www.tcj.com/the-comics-journal-no-201-january-1998/|accessdate=29 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name =cvn1>{{cite web |url=http://www.earthx.org/flex/994389.html |title=Netzer v. Continuity Graphic Associates, Inc.|author=Buchwald, Naomi |year=1995 |work= USDC/SDNY, Opinion and Order|publisher=The Annotated Flex Mentallo |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304232052/http://www.earthx.org/flex/994389.html|archivedate=4 March 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>


Netzer left Continuity and produced a series of comic book projects during this period, including ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]] Annual'' #2, ''[[Detective Comics]]'', ''The [[Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)|Huntress]]'', ''[[Babylon 5 media franchise|Babylon 5]]'', ''[[Team Titans]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1990s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 254|quote = The team...started with a bang, offering five first issues, that each contained a different origin story for every team member. Marv Wolfman supplied the scripts for each issue while the art was handled by Kevin Maguire, Gabriel Morrissette, Adam Hughes, Michael Netzer, Kerry Gammill, and Phil Jimenez.}}</ref> and ''[[Green Arrow]]''<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 271: "Writer Chuck Dixon and artists Michael Netzer, Jim Aparo, and Rodolfo Damaggio were putting longtime Green Arrow Oliver Queen through his paces."</ref> for DC Comics, and ''[[Neil Gaiman]]'s [[Lady Justice (comics)|Lady Justice]]'' for [[Tekno Comix]]. His art in this period demonstrated a notable shift into a darker and moodier art style, such as in ''The Huntress'' [[limited series|mini-series]], which merged his high-contrast style in the 1978 ''Hot Stuff''<ref name=HS1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=276121 |title=Hot Stuff #6 |author=Netzer, Michael |year=1978 |work= 12 Parts|publisher=Sal Quartucio Productions |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> with the dark noir art of the popular [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller's]] ''[[Sin City]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubcfumetti.com/monitor/a023a.htm |title=The Huntress: The critical conscience of Bat-verse |author=Silver, Francis |date=24 March 2002 |work= |publisher=uBC Monitor |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=118703#Post118703 |title=Comicon.com discussion on Netzer's art style |author= |date=June 2003 |work= |publisher=Comicon.com |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> In his ''[[The Big Fat Kill|Sin City: The Big Fat Kill]]'' #1 (1994) [[Comic book letter column|letter column]], Miller criticized Netzer, along with artists [[Jim Lee]] and [[Tim Sale (artist)|Tim Sale]], who also produced dark noir art in that period, for drawing influence from ''Sin City''. Miller also criticized Netzer's lawsuit against Adams for Ms. Mystic in the same letter column.<ref name=miller>{{cite book |title=Sin City: The Big Fat Kill - Letter column |last=Miller |first=Frank |authorlink=Frank Miller (comics) |year=1994 |publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]] |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url=http://nixsight.tumblr.com/post/7294307408/frank-miller-letter-column-from-sin-city-the-big |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> In 2011, Netzer responded to Miller at [[Comics Should Be Good|CBR's Comics Should Be Good]], saying he'd worked in a similar style before Miller became known for it. He added that no artist develops without visible influences, and that creators who preceded Miller were not known to criticize artists whom they inspired.<ref name=goodcomics>{{cite web |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/10/03/meta-messages-frank-miller-comments-on-jim-lees-new-art-style/ |title=Meta-Messages – Frank Miller Comments on Jim Lee's New Art Style |author=Cronin, Brian |date=3 October 2011 |work=Comics Should Be Good - article and comments |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref>
Netzer left Continuity and produced a series of comic book projects during this period, including ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]] Annual'' #2, ''[[Detective Comics]]'', ''The [[Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)|Huntress]]'', ''[[Babylon 5 media franchise|Babylon 5]]'', ''[[Team Titans]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1990s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 254|quote = The team...started with a bang, offering five first issues, that each contained a different origin story for every team member. Marv Wolfman supplied the scripts for each issue while the art was handled by Kevin Maguire, Gabriel Morrissette, Adam Hughes, Michael Netzer, Kerry Gammill, and Phil Jimenez.}}</ref> and ''[[Green Arrow]]''<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 271: "Writer Chuck Dixon and artists Michael Netzer, Jim Aparo, and Rodolfo Damaggio were putting longtime Green Arrow Oliver Queen through his paces."</ref> for DC Comics, and ''[[Neil Gaiman]]'s [[Lady Justice (comics)|Lady Justice]]'' for [[Tekno Comix]]. His art in this period demonstrated a notable shift into a darker and moodier art style, such as in ''The Huntress'' [[limited series|mini-series]], which merged his high-contrast style in the 1978 ''Hot Stuff''<ref name=HS1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=276121 |title=Hot Stuff #6 |author=Netzer, Michael |year=1978 |work= 12 Parts|publisher=Sal Quartucio Productions |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> with the dark noir art of the popular [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller's]] ''[[Sin City]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubcfumetti.com/monitor/a023a.htm |title=The Huntress: The critical conscience of Bat-verse |author=Silver, Francis |date=24 March 2002 |work= |publisher=uBC Monitor |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=118703#Post118703 |title=Comicon.com discussion on Netzer's art style |author= |date=June 2003 |work= |publisher=Comicon.com |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> --> In his ''[[The Big Fat Kill|Sin City: The Big Fat Kill]]'' #1 (1994) [[Comic book letter column|letter column]], Miller criticized Netzer, along with artists [[Jim Lee]] and [[Tim Sale (artist)|Tim Sale]], who also produced dark noir art in that period, for drawing influence from ''Sin City''. Miller also criticized Netzer's lawsuit against Adams for Ms. Mystic in the same letter column.<ref name=miller>{{cite book |title=Sin City: The Big Fat Kill - Letter column |last=Miller |first=Frank |authorlink=Frank Miller (comics) |year=1994 |publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]] |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url=http://nixsight.tumblr.com/post/7294307408/frank-miller-letter-column-from-sin-city-the-big |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219163001/http://nixsight.tumblr.com/post/7294307408/frank-miller-letter-column-from-sin-city-the-big|archivedate=19 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> In 2011, Netzer responded to Miller at [[Comics Should Be Good|CBR's Comics Should Be Good]], saying he'd worked in a similar style before Miller became known for it. He added that no artist develops without visible influences, and that creators who preceded Miller were not known to criticize artists whom they inspired.<ref name=goodcomics>{{cite web |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/10/03/meta-messages-frank-miller-comments-on-jim-lees-new-art-style/ |title=Meta-Messages – Frank Miller Comments on Jim Lee's New Art Style |author=Cronin, Brian |date=3 October 2011 |work=Comics Should Be Good - article and comments |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref>


In 1994 Netzer returned to Israel and slowly gravitated away from comics art. In 1998, he teamed up with Sofia Fedorov to establish a visual media production studio called [http://www.netzartfedorov.com/ Netzart Fedorov Media] which allowed Netzer to develop his skills in [[Digital art|computer-generated illustration]], [[advertising]] and [[web design]].
In 1994 Netzer returned to Israel and slowly gravitated away from comics art. In 1998, he teamed up with Sofia Fedorov to establish a visual media production studio called [http://www.netzartfedorov.com/ Netzart Fedorov Media] which allowed Netzer to develop his skills in [[Digital art|computer-generated illustration]], [[advertising]] and [[web design]].


In 2010, Netzer returned to mainstream comics, producing art for [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[The Green Hornet#Dynamite Entertainment|Green Hornet]]'' from [[Dynamite Entertainment]],<ref name=newsarama1>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/green-hornet-3-dies-smith-100406.html |title=Who Dies in Kevin Smith's Green Hornet? |author=Dynamite News |date=6 April 2010 |work= |publisher=Newsarama |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=Dyn1>{{cite web |url=http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?CAT=DF-Green_Hornet_Annual |title=Kevin Smith's Green Hornet Annual |author=Hester, Phil |date=August 2010 |work= |publisher=Dynamite Entertainment |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> along with illustrating a chapter of Erich Origen and Gan Golan's [[The Adventures of Unemployed Man]] from [[Little, Brown]], publishers of the satire [[Goodnight Bush]] by the same writers.<ref name=UM1>{{cite web |url=http://www.unemployedman.com/artists.html |title=The Adventures of Unemployed Man: Artists |author= |date= |work= |publisher=The Adventures of Unemployed Man |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> Netzer also returned to producing collector art commissions, including a series of classic cover recreations with artist [[Gene Colan]], represented by writer/agent [[Clifford Meth]].<ref name=pulse1>{{cite web |url=http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/01/17/commission-collaborations-with-gene-colan |title=Commission Collaborations with Gene Colan |author= |date=17 January 2011 |work= |publisher=Comicon Pulse |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=meth1>{{cite web |url=http://thecliffordmethod.blogspot.com/2011/01/michael-netzer-art-of-responsibility.html |title=Michael Netzer: Art of Responsibility |author=Meth, Clifford |date=4 January 2011 |work= |publisher=Everyone's Wrong and I'm Right |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> In 2011, he produced 3 covers for ''Kfir'' from Israeli ''Zanzuria Comics''.<ref name=kfir>{{cite web |url=http://www.zanzuria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=27 |title=Kfir #1-3 |author=Zanzuri, Ofer |year=2011 |work= Covers |publisher=Zanzuria Comics |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref>
In 2010, Netzer returned to mainstream comics, producing art for [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[The Green Hornet#Dynamite Entertainment|Green Hornet]]'' from [[Dynamite Entertainment]],<ref name=newsarama1>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/green-hornet-3-dies-smith-100406.html |title=Who Dies in Kevin Smith's Green Hornet? |author=Dynamite News |date=6 April 2010 |work= |publisher=Newsarama |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=Dyn1>{{cite web |url=http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?CAT=DF-Green_Hornet_Annual |title=Kevin Smith's Green Hornet Annual |author=Hester, Phil |date=August 2010 |work= |publisher=Dynamite Entertainment |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> along with illustrating a chapter of Erich Origen and Gan Golan's [[The Adventures of Unemployed Man]] from [[Little, Brown]], publishers of the satire [[Goodnight Bush]] by the same writers.<ref name=UM1>{{cite web |url=http://www.unemployedman.com/artists.html |title=The Adventures of Unemployed Man: Artists |author= |date= |work= |publisher=The Adventures of Unemployed Man |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208075937/http://unemployedman.com/artists.html|archivedate=8 December 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> Netzer also returned to producing collector art commissions, including a series of classic cover recreations with artist [[Gene Colan]], represented by writer/agent [[Clifford Meth]].<ref name=pulse1>{{cite web |url=http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/01/17/commission-collaborations-with-gene-colan |title=Commission Collaborations with Gene Colan |author= |date=17 January 2011 |work= |publisher=Comicon Pulse |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308062246/http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/01/17/commission-collaborations-with-gene-colan|archivedate=8 March 2012|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=meth1>{{cite web |url=http://thecliffordmethod.blogspot.com/2011/01/michael-netzer-art-of-responsibility.html |title=Michael Netzer: Art of Responsibility |author=Meth, Clifford |date=4 January 2011 |work= |publisher=Everyone's Wrong and I'm Right |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> In 2011, he produced 3 covers for ''Kfir'' from Israeli ''Zanzuria Comics''.<ref name=kfir>{{cite web |url=http://www.zanzuria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=27 |title=Kfir #1-3 |author=Zanzuri, Ofer |year=2011 |work= Covers |publisher=Zanzuria Comics |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019094106/http://www.zanzuria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=27|archivedate=19 October 2011|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>


==Web activism==
==Web activism==
A 40-day retreat to the [[Dead Sea]] resort of [[Ein Gedi]] in February 2003 inspired Netzer to go back to his early spiritual themes and activism.<ref name=yoni />
A 40-day retreat to the [[Dead Sea]] resort of [[Ein Gedi]] in February 2003 inspired Netzer to go back to his early spiritual themes and activism.<ref name=yoni />


In January 2004, Netzer launched his first web site, "The New Comic Book of Life", outlining his theories on [[superhero]] mythology and the role it plays in [[cultural evolution]]. On the site, Netzer revealed unpublished material espousing this manifesto from 1977–1981, which had never seen publication. He also apologized to colleague [[Neal Adams]] for his lawsuit against him in the previous decade.<ref name=cbr1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1817 |title=Lying in the Gutters: Son of Neal |author=[[Rich Johnston|Johnston, Rich]] |date=13 January 2004 |work= |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> In November 2004, he launched a second web site, "The Comic Book Creator's Party", calling on comics creators to form a political union for participating in the 2008 U.S. [[Presidential elections]], and quoting notable comics creators' references to the socio-political climate in America and abroad.<ref name=cbr2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14818 |title=Lying in the Gutters: Where's Michael |author=Johnston, Rich|date=22 November 2004 |work= |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> Netzer has since launched several other web sites, including "The Comic Book Creators' Guild", "[[Growing Earth hypothesis|Growing Earth]] Consortium" and "Michael Netzer Online", the site-complex portal.
In January 2004, Netzer launched his first web site, "The New Comic Book of Life", outlining his theories on [[superhero]] mythology and the role it plays in [[cultural evolution]]. On the site, Netzer revealed unpublished material espousing this manifesto from 1977–1981, which had never seen publication. He also apologized to colleague [[Neal Adams]] for his lawsuit against him in the previous decade.<ref name=cbr1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1817 |title=Lying in the Gutters: Son of Neal |author=[[Rich Johnston|Johnston, Rich]] |date=13 January 2004 |work= |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030113549/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14605|archivedate=30 October 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> In November 2004, he launched a second web site, "The Comic Book Creator's Party", calling on comics creators to form a political union for participating in the 2008 U.S. [[Presidential elections]], and quoting notable comics creators' references to the socio-political climate in America and abroad.<ref name=cbr2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14818 |title=Lying in the Gutters: Where's Michael |author=Johnston, Rich|date=22 November 2004 |work= |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190007/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14818|archivedate=29 October 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> Netzer has since launched several other web sites, including "The Comic Book Creators' Guild", "[[Growing Earth hypothesis|Growing Earth]] Consortium" and "Michael Netzer Online", the site-complex portal.


While producing no mainstream comics art from the mid-1990s until 2010, Netzer maintained a web presence,<ref name=imwan1>{{cite web |url=http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9890&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a |title=Netzer appearance at Imwan |author=Dave & co. |date=6 January 2007 |work= |publisher=Imwan |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> speaking on comics community issues,<ref name=b@n1>{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/09/im-digging-deep-cause-im-digging-for-treasure/ |title=I'm Digging for Gold... |author=McMillan, Graeme |date=9 January 2007 |work= |publisher=Blog@Newsrama |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> including a campaign to bolster comic fandom's support for [[Martian Manhunter|J'onn J'onzz The Martian Manhunter]],<ref name=b@n2>
While producing no mainstream comics art from the mid-1990s until 2010, Netzer maintained a web presence,<ref name=imwan1>{{cite web |url=http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9890&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a |title=Netzer appearance at Imwan |author=Dave & co. |date=6 January 2007 |work= |publisher=Imwan |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> speaking on comics community issues,<ref name=b@n1>{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/09/im-digging-deep-cause-im-digging-for-treasure/ |title=I'm Digging for Gold... |author=McMillan, Graeme |date=9 January 2007 |work= |publisher=Blog@Newsrama |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314122009/http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/09/im-digging-deep-cause-im-digging-for-treasure/|archivedate=14 March 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> including a campaign to bolster comic fandom's support for [[Martian Manhunter|J'onn J'onzz The Martian Manhunter]],<ref name=b@n2>
{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/01/21/netzer-unites-fandom-in-an-effort-to-save-jonn-jonzz/ |title=Netzer unites fandom in an effort to save J’onn J’onzz|author=Parkin, JK |date=21 January 2008 |work= |publisher=Blog@Newsrama |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> facing a rumored demise in DC Comics ''[[Final Crisis]]'' crossover series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/21/michael-netzer-has-a-cause/|title=Michael Netzer has a Cause! |author=[[Heidi MacDonald|MacDonald, Heidi]] |date=21 January 2008 |work=The Beat |publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]] |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=cmix1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/01/23/jonn-jonzz-martian-manhunter-marked-for-death/ |title=J'Onn J'Onzz Marked for Death? |author=Marshall, Rick |date=23 January 2008 |work= |publisher=ComicMix |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=lede>{{cite web |url=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/an-unexpected-comic-book-resurrection-the-flash/ |title=The Flash Resurrection |author=Gustines, George|date=30 April 2008 |work=The Lede |publisher=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> In early 2009, Netzer founded and launched Facebook Comic Con.<ref name=fbcc>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=63366131619 |title=Facebook Comic Con |author=Netzer, Michael|year=2009 |work=FBCC page |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=cmix2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/03/12/facebook-comic-con-opens/ |title=Facebook Comic Con Opens |author=Hauman, Glenn|date=12 March 2009 |work= |publisher=ComicMix |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref>
{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/01/21/netzer-unites-fandom-in-an-effort-to-save-jonn-jonzz/ |title=Netzer unites fandom in an effort to save J’onn J’onzz|author=Parkin, JK |date=21 January 2008 |work= |publisher=Blog@Newsrama |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703182357/http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/01/21/netzer-unites-fandom-in-an-effort-to-save-jonn-jonzz/|archivedate=3 July 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> facing a rumored demise in DC Comics ''[[Final Crisis]]'' crossover series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/michael-netzer-has-a-cause/|title=Michael Netzer has a Cause! |author=[[Heidi MacDonald|MacDonald, Heidi]] |date=21 January 2008 |work=The Beat |publisher=[[Comics Beat]] |accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=cmix1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/01/23/jonn-jonzz-martian-manhunter-marked-for-death/ |title=J'Onn J'Onzz Marked for Death? |author=Marshall, Rick |date=23 January 2008 |work= |publisher=ComicMix |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219212313/http://www.comicmix.com/2008/01/23/jonn-jonzz-martian-manhunter-marked-for-death/|archivedate=19 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=lede>{{cite web |url=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/an-unexpected-comic-book-resurrection-the-flash/ |title=The Flash Resurrection |author=Gustines, George|date=30 April 2008 |work=The Lede |publisher=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> In early 2009, Netzer founded and launched Facebook Comic Con.<ref name=fbcc>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=63366131619 |title=Facebook Comic Con |author=Netzer, Michael|year=2009 |work=FBCC page |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=cmix2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/03/12/facebook-comic-con-opens/ |title=Facebook Comic Con Opens |author=Hauman, Glenn|date=12 March 2009 |work= |publisher=ComicMix |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205359/http://www.comicmix.com/2009/03/13/facebook-comic-con-opens/|archivedate=18 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>


Following his conviction that art should contribute towards the betterment of society,<ref name=CB1/> Netzer joined [[Comics For All]] in May 2010, a collective of Israeli comics artists that aims to promote the medium as a cultural and educational tool for aiding underprivileged children.<ref name=cnv1>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnv.co.il/cfa.htm |title=Comics For All |author=CFA Website |date= |work= |publisher=Comics N' Vegetables |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> The organization operates under the auspices of comic book retailer chain ''Comics N' Vegetables'', and contributed to the retailer winning the [[Eisner Award|Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award]] in 2011.<ref name=sdcc1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_spirit.php |title="Spirit of Comics" Award Recipients |author= |year=2011 |work= |publisher=Comic Con |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=IsrFA>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/Israelis_win_comics_award-Dec_2011.htm |title=Israelis win comics award |author=Carnvek, Sarah |date=20 December 2011 |work= |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=mno1>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=3060 |title=Comic N’ Vegetables Wins Eisner |author=Netzer, Michael|date=24 July 2011 |work= |publisher=Michael Netzer Online Portal |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> Netzer participates in various activities voluntarily.<ref name=mno2>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=2203 |title=Comics For All @ Dana Tel-Aviv Hospital |author=Netzer Michael|date=25 February 2011 |work= |publisher=Michael Netzer Online Portal |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref>
Following his conviction that art should contribute towards the betterment of society,<ref name=CB1/> Netzer joined [[Comics For All]] in May 2010, a collective of Israeli comics artists that aims to promote the medium as a cultural and educational tool for aiding underprivileged children.<ref name=cnv1>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnv.co.il/cfa.htm |title=Comics For All |author=CFA Website |date= |work= |publisher=Comics N' Vegetables |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930144408/http://www.cnv.co.il/cfa.htm|archivedate=30 December 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> The organization operates under the auspices of comic book retailer chain ''Comics N' Vegetables'', and contributed to the retailer winning the [[Eisner Award|Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award]] in 2011.<ref name=sdcc1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comic-con.org/awards/past-recipients |title="Spirit of Comics" Past Award Recipients |author= |year=2011 |work= |publisher=Comic Con |accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=IsrFA>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/Israelis_win_comics_award-Dec_2011.htm |title=Israelis win comics award |author=Carnvek, Sarah |date=20 December 2011 |work= |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110165004/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/Israelis_win_comics_award-Dec_2011.htm|archivedate=10 June 2012|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=mno1>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=3060 |title=Comic N’ Vegetables Wins Eisner |author=Netzer, Michael|date=24 July 2011 |work= |publisher=Michael Netzer Online Portal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226114054/http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=3060|archivedate=26 February 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> Netzer participates in various activities voluntarily.<ref name=mno2>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=2203 |title=Comics For All @ Dana Tel-Aviv Hospital |author=Netzer Michael|date=25 February 2011 |work= |publisher=Michael Netzer Online Portal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511011156/http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=2203|archivedate=11 May 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>


===Save the Comics campaign===
===Save the Comics campaign===
In early 2011 Netzer launched a campaign, Save the Comics, to bring public attention to the undercurrents of a decades-long sales slump for printed comic books.<ref name=rik1>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=20161 |title=Save The Comics Campaign |author=Offenberger, Rik |date=15 January 2011 |work=Interview |publisher=[[First Comics News]] |accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=pulse2>{{cite web |url=http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/03/08/sam-argo-takes-the-lead/ |title=Sam Agro takes the lead |author= |date=8 March 2011 |work=News |publisher=Comicon Pulse|accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=slj>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.slj.com/connect-the-pop/2012/07/comics/superhero-fatigue-or-does-the-genre-even-benefit-the-medium-where-it-started/ |title=Superhero Fatigue… or, Does the Genre Even Benefit the Medium Where it Started? |author=Peter Gutierrez |date=26 July 2012 |work=SLJ blog commentary |publisher=School Library Journal |accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> The initiative came on the heels of his participation in an industry-wide debate on a revolution in creator owned properties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steveniles.com/2011/01/whats-all-this-creator-owned-talk.html |title=What’s all this Creator-Owned Talk? |author=[[Steve Niles|Niles, Steve]] |date=25 January 2011 |work= |publisher=Steve Niles |accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=beat2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/01/31/grassroots-creators-suport-campaign-begins/ |title=Grassroots creators support campaign begins |author=MacDonald, Heidi |date=31 January 2011 |work=Article and comment discussion |publisher=The Beat |accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=beat3>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/02/04/a-litt-more-on-the-creators-revolution/ |title=A little more on the creators revolution |author=MacDonald, Heidi|date=4 February 2011 |work=Article and comment discussion |publisher=The Beat |accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref>
In early 2011 Netzer launched a campaign, Save the Comics, to bring public attention to the undercurrents of a decades-long sales slump for printed comic books.<ref name=rik1>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=20161 |title=Save The Comics Campaign |author=Offenberger, Rik |date=15 January 2011 |work=Interview |publisher=[[First Comics News]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402090134/http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=20161|archivedate=2 April 2012|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=pulse2>{{cite web |url=http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/03/08/sam-argo-takes-the-lead/ |title=Sam Agro takes the lead |author= |date=8 March 2011 |work=News |publisher=Comicon Pulse|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308062433/http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/03/08/sam-argo-takes-the-lead/|archivedate=8 March 2012|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=slj>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.slj.com/connect-the-pop/2012/07/comics/superhero-fatigue-or-does-the-genre-even-benefit-the-medium-where-it-started/ |title=Superhero Fatigue… or, Does the Genre Even Benefit the Medium Where it Started? |author=Peter Gutierrez |date=26 July 2012 |work=SLJ blog commentary |publisher=School Library Journal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326155333/http://blogs.slj.com/connect-the-pop/2012/07/comics/superhero-fatigue-or-does-the-genre-even-benefit-the-medium-where-it-started/|archivedate=26 March 2015|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> The initiative came on the heels of his participation in an industry-wide debate on a revolution in creator owned properties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steveniles.com/2011/01/whats-all-this-creator-owned-talk.html |title=What’s all this Creator-Owned Talk? |author=[[Steve Niles|Niles, Steve]] |date=25 January 2011 |work= |publisher=Steve Niles |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914215852/http://www.steveniles.com/2011/01/whats-all-this-creator-owned-talk.html|archivedate=14 September 2011|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=beat2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/01/31/grassroots-creators-suport-campaign-begins/ |title=Grassroots creators support campaign begins |author=MacDonald, Heidi |date=31 January 2011 |work=Article and comment discussion |publisher=The Beat |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815140149/http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/01/31/grassroots-creators-suport-campaign-begins/|archivedate=15 August 2012|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=beat3>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/02/04/a-litt-more-on-the-creators-revolution/ |title=A little more on the creators revolution |author=MacDonald, Heidi|date=4 February 2011 |work=Article and comment discussion |publisher=The Beat |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324211939/http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/02/04/a-litt-more-on-the-creators-revolution/|archivedate=24 March 2012|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>


On 10 February 2011, Netzer lodged an online complaint at the [[Federal Trade Commission]] web site against DC Comics and Marvel Comics calling for industry leaders to turn their attention back to the business of comic book publishing.<ref name=pulse3>{{cite web |url=http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/02/10/complaint-lodged-with-the-ftc-against-dc-and-marvel-comics/ |title=Complaint Lodged with the FTC Against DC and Marvel |author= |date=10 February 2011 |work=News |publisher=Comicon Pulse |accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=cr1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/i_have_no_idea_what_any_of_this_means_but_im_all_for_filing_complaints_agai/ |title=All for filing complaints |author=[[Tom Spurgeon|Spurgeon, Tom]] |date=10 February 2011 |work= |publisher=The Comics Reporter |accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref>
On 10 February 2011, Netzer lodged an online complaint at the [[Federal Trade Commission]] web site against DC Comics and Marvel Comics calling for industry leaders to turn their attention back to the business of comic book publishing.<ref name=pulse3>{{cite web |url=http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/02/10/complaint-lodged-with-the-ftc-against-dc-and-marvel-comics/ |title=Complaint Lodged with the FTC Against DC and Marvel |author= |date=10 February 2011 |work=News |publisher=Comicon Pulse |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308062413/http://comicon.com/pulse/index.php/2011/02/10/complaint-lodged-with-the-ftc-against-dc-and-marvel-comics/|archivedate=8 March 2012|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=cr1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/i_have_no_idea_what_any_of_this_means_but_im_all_for_filing_complaints_agai/ |title=All for filing complaints |author=[[Tom Spurgeon|Spurgeon, Tom]] |date=10 February 2011 |work= |publisher=The Comics Reporter |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502085705/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/i_have_no_idea_what_any_of_this_means_but_im_all_for_filing_complaints_agai/|archivedate=2 May 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>


In June 2011, Netzer responded to the controversial story in ''[[Action Comics]]'' #900, where Superman is compelled to renounce his American citizenship after participating in an [[Iran]]ian anti-government demonstration.<ref name=artbeats>{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/superman-renounces-his-u-s-citizenship/ |title=Superman Renounces His U.S. Citizenship |author=Gustines, George Gene |date=29 April 2011 |work=Art Beat |publisher=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=huff>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-young/superman-renounces-his-am_b_855219.html |title=Superman Renounces His U.S. Citizenship |author=Young, Bryan |date=28 April 2011 |work=Media News |publisher=[[Huffington Post]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> He produced a two-page short satire, wherein Superman returns to [[Tehran]] with Batman and Wonder Woman, who all participate in an anti-American demonstration.<ref name=bcool1>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/07/mike-netzer-vs-dc-comics/ |title=Mike Netzer Vs DC Comics |author=Johnston, Rich |date=7 June 2011 |work= |publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> An image of the three heroes burning American and [[Western Allies]] flags, drew sharp criticism from the Bleeding Cool audience.<ref name=bcool2>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/43699-mike-netzer-vs-dc-comics-3.html |title=Mike Netzer Vs DC Comics: Forum discussion |author=|date=7 June 2011 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> Netzer responded by burning the original art of the controversial image, and filming a video clip of it, to demonstrate the value of the satire.<ref name=bcool3>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/21/mike-netzer-burns-original-superman-art-to-appease-bleeding-cool-message-board-posters/ |title=Mike Netzer Burns Original Superman Art To Appease Bleeding Cool Message Board Posters |author=Johnston, Rich|date=21 June 2011 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=bcool4>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/44685-mike-netzer-burns-original-superman-art-appease-bleeding-cool-message-board-posters.html |title=Mike Netzer Burns Original Superman Art To Appease Bleeding Cool Message Board Posters: Forum discussion |author=|date=21 June 2011 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref>
In June 2011, Netzer responded to the controversial story in ''[[Action Comics]]'' #900, where Superman is compelled to renounce his American citizenship after participating in an [[Iran]]ian anti-government demonstration.<ref name=artbeats>{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/superman-renounces-his-u-s-citizenship/ |title=Superman Renounces His U.S. Citizenship |author=Gustines, George Gene |date=29 April 2011 |work=Art Beat |publisher=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=huff>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-young/superman-renounces-his-am_b_855219.html |title=Superman Renounces His U.S. Citizenship |author=Young, Bryan |date=28 April 2011 |work=Media News |publisher=[[Huffington Post]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> He produced a two-page short satire, wherein Superman returns to [[Tehran]] with Batman and Wonder Woman, who all participate in an anti-American demonstration.<ref name=bcool1>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/07/mike-netzer-vs-dc-comics/ |title=Mike Netzer Vs DC Comics |author=Johnston, Rich |date=7 June 2011 |work= |publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219020408/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/07/mike-netzer-vs-dc-comics/|archivedate=19 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> An image of the three heroes burning American and [[Western Allies]] flags, drew sharp criticism from the Bleeding Cool audience.<ref name=bcool2>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/43699-mike-netzer-vs-dc-comics-3.html |title=Mike Netzer Vs DC Comics: Forum discussion |author=|date=7 June 2011 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> Netzer responded by burning the original art of the controversial image, and filming a video clip of it, to demonstrate the value of the satire.<ref name=bcool3>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/21/mike-netzer-burns-original-superman-art-to-appease-bleeding-cool-message-board-posters/ |title=Mike Netzer Burns Original Superman Art To Appease Bleeding Cool Message Board Posters |author=Johnston, Rich|date=21 June 2011 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219021441/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/21/mike-netzer-burns-original-superman-art-to-appease-bleeding-cool-message-board-posters/|archivedate=19 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=bcool4>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/44685-mike-netzer-burns-original-superman-art-appease-bleeding-cool-message-board-posters.html |title=Mike Netzer Burns Original Superman Art To Appease Bleeding Cool Message Board Posters: Forum discussion |author=|date=21 June 2011 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref>


In May 2013, Netzer led a campaign on behalf of comics writer [[Don McGregor]] when [[Dynamite Entertainment]] promoted the revival of [[Lady Rawhide]], created by McGregor and [[Mike Mayhew]].<ref name=bcool5>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/15/the-return-of-lady-rawhide/ |title=The Return Of Lady Rawhide |author=Rich Johnston|date=15 May 2013 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> Dynamite publisher [[Nick Barrucci]] responded in dismissal of McGregor's publicly aired frustration at hearing about his creation being revived in press releases, and that the creators' credits were omitted from the announcements.<ref name=bcool6>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/30/don-mcgregor-vs-dynamite-over-lady-rawhide/ |title=Don McGregor Vs Dynamite Over Lady Rawhide |author=Rich Johnston|date=30 May 2013 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=beat4>{{cite web |url=http://comicsbeat.com/did-anyone-tell-creator-don-mcgregor-they-were-remaking-lady-rawhide/ |title=Did anyone tell creator Don McGregor they were remaking Lady Rawhide? UPDATED with Dynamite’s Response |author=Heidi MacDonald|date=30 May 2013 |work= |publisher=The Beat |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> Netzer's campaign at Bleeding Cool,<ref name=bcool7>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/70671-don-mcgregor-vs-dynamite-over-lady-rawhide.html |title=Don McGregor Vs Dynamite Over Lady Rawhide |author=|date=30 May 2013 |work=Forum comments |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> The Beat,<ref name=beat4 /> Facebook<ref name=fbmn1>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151606785483614&set=a.493064608613.274002.607223613&type=1 |title=Netzer art and comments |author=|date=2 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> and his own site<ref name=netzer11>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/iflife/in-the-absence-of-love/ |title=In the Absence of Love... |author=Michael Netzer|date=2 June 2013 |work= |publisher=If Life was a Comic Book... |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> led the publisher to appear at Netzer's Facebook profile and apologize to McGregor.<ref name=fbmn1 /><ref name=bcool8>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/03/the-weekend-where-everyone-apologised-to-everyone-else-over-lady-rawhide/ |title=The Weekend Where Everyone Apologised To Everyone Else Over Lady Rawhide |author=Rich Johnston|date=3 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=18 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=beat5>{{cite web |url=http://comicsbeat.com/nick-barrucci-and-don-mcgregor-are-cool-now/ |title=Nick Barrucci and Don McGregor are cool now |author=Heidi MacDonald|date=3 June 2013 |work= |publisher=The Beat |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=cr2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/random_comics_news_story_round_up060313/ |title=Random Comics News Story Round-Up |author=Tom Spurgeon |date=3 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Comics Reporter |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> The campaign received some criticism for its intensity<ref name=beat5 /> but was also noted by others for helping bring the issue of creator's rights and their treatment by publishers to the forefront of industry dialogue.<ref name=cb5>{{cite web |url=http://comicsbulletin.com/columns/5826/the-woman-with-a-whip-why-lady-rawhide-matters/ |title=The Woman with a Whip: Why Lady Rawhide Matters |author=Jason Sacks|date=6 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Comics Bulletin |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=cm5>{{cite web |url=http://thecliffordmethod.blogspot.co.il/2013/06/when-creators-feelings-explode.html |title=When Creators’ Feelings Explode: |author=Clifford Meth |date=10 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Everyone's Wrong and I'm Right |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref>
In May 2013, Netzer led a campaign on behalf of comics writer [[Don McGregor]] when [[Dynamite Entertainment]] promoted the revival of [[Lady Rawhide]], created by McGregor and [[Mike Mayhew]].<ref name=bcool5>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/15/the-return-of-lady-rawhide/ |title=The Return Of Lady Rawhide |author=Rich Johnston|date=15 May 2013 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511191142/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/15/the-return-of-lady-rawhide/|archivedate=11 May 2015|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> Dynamite publisher [[Nick Barrucci]] responded in dismissal of McGregor's publicly aired frustration at hearing about his creation being revived in press releases, and that the creators' credits were omitted from the announcements.<ref name=bcool6>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/30/don-mcgregor-vs-dynamite-over-lady-rawhide/ |title=Don McGregor Vs Dynamite Over Lady Rawhide |author=Rich Johnston|date=30 May 2013 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221051047/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/30/don-mcgregor-vs-dynamite-over-lady-rawhide/|archivedate=21 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=beat4>{{cite web |url=http://comicsbeat.com/did-anyone-tell-creator-don-mcgregor-they-were-remaking-lady-rawhide/ |title=Did anyone tell creator Don McGregor they were remaking Lady Rawhide? UPDATED with Dynamite’s Response |author=Heidi MacDonald|date=30 May 2013 |work= |publisher=The Beat |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221051754/http://comicsbeat.com/did-anyone-tell-creator-don-mcgregor-they-were-remaking-lady-rawhide/|archivedate=21 December 2014|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref> Netzer's campaign at Bleeding Cool,<ref name=bcool7>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/70671-don-mcgregor-vs-dynamite-over-lady-rawhide.html |title=Don McGregor Vs Dynamite Over Lady Rawhide |author=|date=30 May 2013 |work=Forum comments |publisher=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> The Beat,<ref name=beat4 /> Facebook<ref name=fbmn1>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151606785483614&set=a.493064608613.274002.607223613&type=1 |title=Netzer art and comments |author=|date=2 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> and his own site<ref name=netzer11>{{cite web |url=http://michaelnetzer.com/iflife/in-the-absence-of-love/ |title=In the Absence of Love... |author=Michael Netzer|date=2 June 2013 |work= |publisher=If Life was a Comic Book... |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221051833/http://michaelnetzer.com/iflife/in-the-absence-of-love/|archivedate=21 December 2014|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref> led the publisher to appear at Netzer's Facebook profile and apologize to McGregor.<ref name=fbmn1 /><ref name=bcool8>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/03/the-weekend-where-everyone-apologised-to-everyone-else-over-lady-rawhide/ |title=The Weekend Where Everyone Apologised To Everyone Else Over Lady Rawhide |author=Rich Johnston|date=3 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Bleeding Cool |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221051859/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/03/the-weekend-where-everyone-apologised-to-everyone-else-over-lady-rawhide/|archivedate=21 December 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=beat5>{{cite web |url=http://comicsbeat.com/nick-barrucci-and-don-mcgregor-are-cool-now/ |title=Nick Barrucci and Don McGregor are cool now |author=Heidi MacDonald|date=3 June 2013 |work= |publisher=The Beat |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221051137/http://comicsbeat.com/nick-barrucci-and-don-mcgregor-are-cool-now/|archivedate=21 December 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=cr2>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/random_comics_news_story_round_up060313/ |title=Random Comics News Story Round-Up |author=Tom Spurgeon |date=3 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Comics Reporter |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221043728/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/random_comics_news_story_round_up060313/|archivedate=21 December 2014|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref> The campaign received some criticism for its intensity<ref name=beat5 /> but was also noted by others for helping bring the issue of creator's rights and their treatment by publishers to the forefront of industry dialogue.<ref name=cb5>{{cite web |url=http://comicsbulletin.com/columns/5826/the-woman-with-a-whip-why-lady-rawhide-matters/ |title=The Woman with a Whip: Why Lady Rawhide Matters |author=Jason Sacks|date=6 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Comics Bulletin |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625233107/http://comicsbulletin.com/columns/5826/the-woman-with-a-whip-why-lady-rawhide-matters/|archivedate=25 June 2013|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=cm5>{{cite web |url=http://thecliffordmethod.blogspot.co.il/2013/06/when-creators-feelings-explode.html |title=When Creators’ Feelings Explode: |author=Clifford Meth |date=10 June 2013 |work= |publisher=Everyone's Wrong and I'm Right |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref>


==Personal life==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.michaelnetzer.com/ Michael Netzer Online Portal], official homepage
*[http://www.michaelnetzer.com/ Michael Netzer Online Portal], official homepage (archived)
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=2324|title=Michael Netzer}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=2324|title=Michael Netzer}}
*[http://docs.comics.org/images/b/be/DC_Profiles_14.jpg "DC Profiles #14"] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]
*[http://docs.comics.org/images/b/be/DC_Profiles_14.jpg "DC Profiles #14"] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]
*[http://www.netzart-fedorov.com/ Netzart Fedorov Media], company with which Netzer is involved
*[http://www.netzart-fedorov.com/ Netzart Fedorov Media], company with which Netzer is involved
*Marty Klug, [http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=89 A Revealing Conversation], Wizzard Magazine, Fall 1980
*Marty Klug, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130708195914/http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=89 A Revealing Conversation], Wizzard Magazine, Fall 1980 (archived)
*Daniel Best, [http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/nezter.html Interview], Adelaide Comics and Books, 17 July 2004
*Daniel Best, [http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/nezter.html Interview], Adelaide Comics and Books, 17 July 2004
*Brian Doherty, [http://www.reason.com/blog/show/108015.html But What Has He Done for the Purple Skins?], Reason Magazine, 11 January 2005
*Brian Doherty, [http://www.reason.com/blog/show/108015.html But What Has He Done for the Purple Skins?], Reason Magazine, 11 January 2005
*Rik Offenberger, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070807050949/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111519717237388.htm Michael Netzer's New Comic Book of Life], [[Comics Bulletin|Silver Bullet Comic Books]], 4 May 2005
*Rik Offenberger, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070807050949/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/111519717237388.htm Michael Netzer's New Comic Book of Life], [[Comics Bulletin|Silver Bullet Comic Books]], 4 May 2005 (archived)
*Facebook Comic Con Gala Premiere [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k094pDm3K3U keynote video address] YouTube
*Facebook Comic Con Gala Premiere [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k094pDm3K3U keynote video address] YouTube
*[http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?category_name=save_the_comics Campaign to Save the Comics] at Netzer's web site.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130510220552/http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?category_name=save_the_comics Campaign to Save the Comics] at Netzer's web site (archived).


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Michael Netzer
Netzer at the Tel-Aviv ICon Festival, Oct 2011
BornMichael Nasser
(1955-10-09) 9 October 1955 (age 68)
Detroit, Michigan, USA
NationalityUnited States and Israel
Area(s)Artist
Notable works
DC Special Series
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
World's Finest Comics
http://www.michaelnetzer.com

Michael Netzer (born Michael Nasser on 9 October 1955[1]) is an American artist best known for his comic book work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the 1970s,[2] as well as for his online presence.[3][4][5]

Early life

Michael Nasser (later Netzer) was born in Detroit, Michigan, to parents of Lebanese origin. He contracted polio at the age of eight months which partially paralyzed his left hip and leg. After two years of medical treatment, he was sent with his Jewish mother and siblings to his father's Druze hometown, Dayr Qūbil, Lebanon.[6][7] In 1967, at the age of 11, he returned to Detroit. In school, he became interested in comic book illustration and storytelling, and began developing skills as an artist.[8] He used his art for a campaign that won him election of vice-president of his senior class in Redford High School,[9] where he also gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the JROTC program.[1]

During high school, Netzer met Greg Theakston, who introduced him to the world of professional comics art. He worked as a sign painter and graphic designer while attending Wayne State University in Michigan for two years.[2] Theakston later introduced him to Neal Adams at the Detroit Triple Fan Fair comics convention in 1975. Adams took interest in Netzer's art and invited him to join Continuity Studios.[9]

Career

Early comics

Batman by Michael Netzer and inker Josef Rubinstein from DC Special Series #1 (Sept. 1977).

In late 1975, Netzer was invited to join Arvell Jones and Keith Pollard for a drive to New York City, where the two artists shared an apartment. They offered Netzer accommodations while he tried to gain work in comics.[9][10] He joined Continuity Studios, which became his base as a freelancer. He began work producing storyboards and advertising art for the studio, while procuring his first comics assignment, a two-part back-up story in Kamandi: "Tales of the Great Disaster". He gained quick recognition as an illustrator at DC Comics and Marvel Comics, producing art for Kobra, Challengers of the Unknown, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes and Wonder Woman at DC, as well as various covers for Marvel. Other characters he became known for were the Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow and Black Canary, Batman, Black Lightning and Spider-Man. Netzer became active in efforts to form a Comics Creators Guild, that were based at Continuity.[11] By late 1977, he was scheduled to pencil the new series John Carter, Warlord of Mars for editor Marv Wolfman at Marvel. Reconsidering the direction his life and career were taking, and the general conditions of the comics industry, Netzer declined the project and decided to take a break away from drawing comic books.[9]

In November 1977, Netzer left his career in New York and hitchhiked across the United States.[12] Arriving in San Francisco, he contacted Star*Reach magazine publisher Mike Friedrich to decline a commitment he had made for the publication's first color installment. Friedrich asked Netzer to produce a story that would tell of his new-found aspirations, resulting in "The Old, New and Final Testaments", an eight-page vignette weaving socio-religious history with humanity's ambitions for the colonization of the solar system.[13] Friedrich published the story in Star*Reach #12 (1977) and wrote about his meeting with Netzer in the editorial.

For the next several years, Netzer produced sporadic comic book art for DC and Marvel, including a Batman story in DC Special Series, Black Lightning in World's Finest Comics, Spider-Man in Marvel Team-Up and numerous covers for Marvel. During this period, he traveled through the United States and promoted the idea of a new political hierarchy through the comic book medium. His colleagues described this activity as messianic and expressed concerns about his behavior.[14][15][16] In a 1980 interview with Whizzard Magazine, editor Marty Klug noted: "Since 1977 his work, most notably in Star*Reach, has often professed a creative politico-religious theme derived from diverse sources ranging from superhero adventure to Biblical prophecy. Nasser's speculations—frequently intriguing, often controversial and, at times, somewhat outrageous—espouse a refreshing optimism rarely found in such works. Currently, he is assembling these perspectives in book form and may well be one of the first comics illutstrators to branch off in such a unique direction." [8]

Israel comics

In September 1981, Netzer left the United States for Lebanon, and then settled in Israel in 1983.[17] In 1984-1988, he contributed covers, accompanying illustrations and a comic strip, Milk and Honey, to Counterpoint, an Israeli English-language publication of Gush Emunim edited by Rachelle Katsman and Yisrael Medad.[18]

In 1987, he produced Israel's first Super Hero color comic book, with partners Jonathan Duitch and Yossi Halpern, "Uri-On", (אורי-און) under their Israel Comics imprint.[19][20] This came at a time of a surge in comics activity in the country and was featured in an Israel Museum Comics Exhibit alongside the work of his national peers, Dudu Geva, Michel Kichka, Uri Fink and others. Michael's design of the Menorah symbol for Uri-On was featured in a later Israel Museum exhibit highlighting various Menorah designs through the ages. Netzer's prominence as a former American comic book artist and controversial choice of residence in the occupied West Bank, provided a platform for the artist to appear on local television talk shows, receive varied media coverage and give lectures on the comic book medium as a tool for advancing a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.[7]

Return to U.S. comics

From "12 Parts" Hot Stuff #6 (1978), depicting the sharp departure from the artist's early career influences.

In 1991, Netzer returned to New York and Continuity Comics, where he produced art for several issues of Megalith. He and Neal Adams entered into a dispute over intellectual property rights to Ms. Mystic, a character they had worked on jointly in 1977, which Adams had published under the Pacific Comics and Continuity Comics imprints, leading to a lawsuit against Adams in New York Federal Court in 1993.[21] The case was dismissed in 1995, citing the statute of limitations.[22][23]

Netzer left Continuity and produced a series of comic book projects during this period, including Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #2, Detective Comics, The Huntress, Babylon 5, Team Titans,[24] and Green Arrow[25] for DC Comics, and Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice for Tekno Comix. His art in this period demonstrated a notable shift into a darker and moodier art style, such as in The Huntress mini-series, which merged his high-contrast style in the 1978 Hot Stuff[26] with the dark noir art of the popular Frank Miller's Sin City series.[27] In his Sin City: The Big Fat Kill #1 (1994) letter column, Miller criticized Netzer, along with artists Jim Lee and Tim Sale, who also produced dark noir art in that period, for drawing influence from Sin City. Miller also criticized Netzer's lawsuit against Adams for Ms. Mystic in the same letter column.[28] In 2011, Netzer responded to Miller at CBR's Comics Should Be Good, saying he'd worked in a similar style before Miller became known for it. He added that no artist develops without visible influences, and that creators who preceded Miller were not known to criticize artists whom they inspired.[29]

In 1994 Netzer returned to Israel and slowly gravitated away from comics art. In 1998, he teamed up with Sofia Fedorov to establish a visual media production studio called Netzart Fedorov Media which allowed Netzer to develop his skills in computer-generated illustration, advertising and web design.

In 2010, Netzer returned to mainstream comics, producing art for Kevin Smith's Green Hornet from Dynamite Entertainment,[30][31] along with illustrating a chapter of Erich Origen and Gan Golan's The Adventures of Unemployed Man from Little, Brown, publishers of the satire Goodnight Bush by the same writers.[32] Netzer also returned to producing collector art commissions, including a series of classic cover recreations with artist Gene Colan, represented by writer/agent Clifford Meth.[33][34] In 2011, he produced 3 covers for Kfir from Israeli Zanzuria Comics.[35]

Web activism

A 40-day retreat to the Dead Sea resort of Ein Gedi in February 2003 inspired Netzer to go back to his early spiritual themes and activism.[7]

In January 2004, Netzer launched his first web site, "The New Comic Book of Life", outlining his theories on superhero mythology and the role it plays in cultural evolution. On the site, Netzer revealed unpublished material espousing this manifesto from 1977–1981, which had never seen publication. He also apologized to colleague Neal Adams for his lawsuit against him in the previous decade.[36] In November 2004, he launched a second web site, "The Comic Book Creator's Party", calling on comics creators to form a political union for participating in the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections, and quoting notable comics creators' references to the socio-political climate in America and abroad.[37] Netzer has since launched several other web sites, including "The Comic Book Creators' Guild", "Growing Earth Consortium" and "Michael Netzer Online", the site-complex portal.

While producing no mainstream comics art from the mid-1990s until 2010, Netzer maintained a web presence,[38] speaking on comics community issues,[39] including a campaign to bolster comic fandom's support for J'onn J'onzz The Martian Manhunter,[40] facing a rumored demise in DC Comics Final Crisis crossover series.[41][42][43] In early 2009, Netzer founded and launched Facebook Comic Con.[44][45]

Following his conviction that art should contribute towards the betterment of society,[3] Netzer joined Comics For All in May 2010, a collective of Israeli comics artists that aims to promote the medium as a cultural and educational tool for aiding underprivileged children.[46] The organization operates under the auspices of comic book retailer chain Comics N' Vegetables, and contributed to the retailer winning the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award in 2011.[47][48][49] Netzer participates in various activities voluntarily.[50]

Save the Comics campaign

In early 2011 Netzer launched a campaign, Save the Comics, to bring public attention to the undercurrents of a decades-long sales slump for printed comic books.[51][52][53] The initiative came on the heels of his participation in an industry-wide debate on a revolution in creator owned properties.[54][55][56]

On 10 February 2011, Netzer lodged an online complaint at the Federal Trade Commission web site against DC Comics and Marvel Comics calling for industry leaders to turn their attention back to the business of comic book publishing.[57][58]

In June 2011, Netzer responded to the controversial story in Action Comics #900, where Superman is compelled to renounce his American citizenship after participating in an Iranian anti-government demonstration.[59][60] He produced a two-page short satire, wherein Superman returns to Tehran with Batman and Wonder Woman, who all participate in an anti-American demonstration.[61] An image of the three heroes burning American and Western Allies flags, drew sharp criticism from the Bleeding Cool audience.[62] Netzer responded by burning the original art of the controversial image, and filming a video clip of it, to demonstrate the value of the satire.[63][64]

In May 2013, Netzer led a campaign on behalf of comics writer Don McGregor when Dynamite Entertainment promoted the revival of Lady Rawhide, created by McGregor and Mike Mayhew.[65] Dynamite publisher Nick Barrucci responded in dismissal of McGregor's publicly aired frustration at hearing about his creation being revived in press releases, and that the creators' credits were omitted from the announcements.[66][67] Netzer's campaign at Bleeding Cool,[68] The Beat,[67] Facebook[69] and his own site[70] led the publisher to appear at Netzer's Facebook profile and apologize to McGregor.[69][71][72][73] The campaign received some criticism for its intensity[72] but was also noted by others for helping bring the issue of creator's rights and their treatment by publishers to the forefront of industry dialogue.[74][75]

Personal life

In September 1981, Netzer traveled to Lebanon to visit his father, intending to continue afterwards to Israel.[6] When the Lebanon War broke out, he became stranded there until the fighting subsided. In August 1983, he hired a taxi that brought him to the Lebanon-Israel border, where he crossed into Israel.[6] While settling in Israel, he studied the Hebrew language and Judaism at several kibbutzim, and changed his last name to Netzer from Nasser. In May 1985, he moved to Ofra, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, where he currently resides. There he met and fell in love with Elana Joseph. They married and have five children.[6]

Published works

DC

Marvel

Other publishers

Note: From 1987 (Uri-On #1), he is credited as Michael Netzer; previously, he was credited with birth name, Michael Nasser.

Covers

Netzer has also provided the art for these covers:

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