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Born March 21, 1947, Markstein has been fascinated with all forms of cartoon art since his childhood. In 1981, Markstein and his wife, GiGi Dane, founded ''Apatoons'', a publication which featured animation's top commentators. He edited ''Comics Revue'', a monthly anthology of newspaper comics, from 1984 to 1987, and 1992 to 1996. A writer for [[Disney comics|Walt Disney comics]], Markstein has mainly focused Toonopedia on American and other [[English language]] cartoons with the goal of developing the largest online resource on American cartoons. Toonopedia has accumulated over 1,800 articles since its launch on February 13, 2001. |
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Markstein's dual interest in journalism and comic strips that led to Toonopedia is evident in his past and current career trajectory. After attending [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], he joined the staff of the ''[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]]'', writing feature stories for the [[Sunday magazine]] section. His freelance credits include weekly restaurant reviews for the ''[[American City Business Journals|Phoenix Business Journal]]'', semi-annual previews of comic book publishing projects, science fiction convention program books, scripts for relaxation tapes and computer manuals. His comic book scripts are mainly for licensed characters, including [[Donald Duck]], [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]], [[Tiny Toon Adventures]] and [[Eek! the Cat]]. |
Markstein's dual interest in journalism and comic strips that led to Toonopedia is evident in his past and current career trajectory. After attending [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], he joined the staff of the ''[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]]'', writing feature stories for the [[Sunday magazine]] section. His freelance credits include weekly restaurant reviews for the ''[[American City Business Journals|Phoenix Business Journal]]'', semi-annual previews of comic book publishing projects, science fiction convention program books, scripts for relaxation tapes and computer manuals. His comic book scripts are mainly for licensed characters, including [[Donald Duck]], [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]], [[Tiny Toon Adventures]] and [[Eek! the Cat]]. |
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''Graphic Novel Review for Libraries'' is Markstein's periodical guide for librarians. For each 20-page issue of the monthly magazine, he reviews 25-30 graphic novels.<ref name=mark>[http://www.stormloader.com/markstein/resume.htm Donald D, Markstein]</ref> |
''Graphic Novel Review for Libraries'' is Markstein's periodical guide for librarians. For each 20-page issue of the monthly magazine, he reviews 25-30 graphic novels.<ref name=mark>[http://www.stormloader.com/markstein/resume.htm Donald D, Markstein]</ref> |
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At the age of 64 and having suffered several strokes, Markstein opted into a surgical procedure on March 25th, 2011 to reduce the chance of a future stroke. However, he suffered a stroke prior to release from the hospital and has since been in rehab with hopes for a full recovery. |
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Revision as of 08:08, 6 June 2011
Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is a web encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation. Don D. Markstein, the sole writer and editor of Toonopedia, calls it "the world's first hypertext encyclopedia of toons" and states, "The basic idea is to cover the entire spectrum of American cartoonery."
Markstein began the project in 1999 with several earlier titles: Don's Cartoon Encyberpedia (1999) and Don Markstein's Cartoonopedia (2000). He changed Don's Cartoon Encyberpedia to Don Markstein's Cartoonopedia after learning that the word "Encyberpedia" had been trademarked. In 2001, he settled on his final title as he noted:
- Decided (after thinking about it for several weeks) to change the name of the site to Don Markstein's Toonopedia, rather than Cartoonopedia. Better rhythm in the name, plus "toon" is probably a more apt word, in modern parlance, than "cartoon", for what I'm doing.[1]
Comic strips
Born March 21, 1947, Markstein has been fascinated with all forms of cartoon art since his childhood. In 1981, Markstein and his wife, GiGi Dane, founded Apatoons, a publication which featured animation's top commentators. He edited Comics Revue, a monthly anthology of newspaper comics, from 1984 to 1987, and 1992 to 1996. A writer for Walt Disney comics, Markstein has mainly focused Toonopedia on American and other English language cartoons with the goal of developing the largest online resource on American cartoons. Toonopedia has accumulated over 1,800 articles since its launch on February 13, 2001.
Markstein's dual interest in journalism and comic strips that led to Toonopedia is evident in his past and current career trajectory. After attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he joined the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, writing feature stories for the Sunday magazine section. His freelance credits include weekly restaurant reviews for the Phoenix Business Journal, semi-annual previews of comic book publishing projects, science fiction convention program books, scripts for relaxation tapes and computer manuals. His comic book scripts are mainly for licensed characters, including Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Tiny Toon Adventures and Eek! the Cat.
Graphic Novel Review for Libraries is Markstein's periodical guide for librarians. For each 20-page issue of the monthly magazine, he reviews 25-30 graphic novels.[2]
Books
Toonopedia overlaps with the books Markstein has written, edited and compiled. A Prince Valiant Companion (Manuscript Press, 1992), by Todd Goldberg and Carl J. Horak, was edited by Markstein and Rick Norwood. It includes plot summaries of the Prince Valiant comic strip from its beginning in 1937 to the 1980 retirement of the strip's creator, Hal Foster, along with additional material on various aspects of the Prince Valiant series and Foster's other work.
Hot Tips from Top Comics Creators (Fictioneer Books, 1994) is a 120-page collection of more 1,000 pieces of advice on the comic book industry from the first ten years of Comics Interview, plus capsule biographies of 262 comics professionals.
Pirates!: The CD-ROM (PiratePubs, 1998) is a digital compendium of stories, games, movie stills, poetry, artwork, flags and music about pirates.
Graphic design
Toonopedia is illustrated throughout with panels and pages from comic strips and specific cartoon characters, selections influenced by Markstein's background as a graphic designer. He has provided editing, design and production for numerous publications, including Arizona Living, Arizona Women's Voice, Comics Interview, Comics Revue, Phoenix, Phoenix Resource, Louisiana Weekly Employer, Scottsdale and Sun Tennis.[2]
See also
References
Sources
- Brown, Charles. "Toonopedia Is Simply Amazing Comic Resource", Editor & Publisher, July 9, 2002.