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'''Mark Buckingham''' is a British [[comic book artist]]. He is best known for his work on ''[[Miracleman|Marvelman]]'' and ''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]''.

==Career==
Born as Mark John Buckingham, on 23 May 1966, in [[Clevedon]], England, he initially started working professionally in 1987, on strips and illustrations for a British satire magazine called ''The Truth'', where he first worked with ''[[Neil Gaiman]]'' illustrating some of his articles. His American debut came the following year as inker on DC Comics' ''[[Hellblazer]]'', taking over as penciller from issue 18.

Some of Buckingham's earliest (non-professional) work appeared in early issues of the [[Clevedon]] Youth CND newsletter in the early 1980s (c. 1982/83), in which he satirised members of the group in a fun and amusing manner. Copies are now very hard to find, but a few are known to still be in existence.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

He is most famous for his work on ''[[Marvelman]]'' (''Miracleman'' in the USA), ''[[Hellblazer]]'',<ref name="vert-hell">{{Cite book  | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = John Constantine Hellblazer | editor-last = Dougall  | editor-first = Alastair  | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia  | pages = 102–111 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]  | place = New York  | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1 | oclc = 213309015  }}</ref> and ''[[Fables (comic)|Fables]]'', including a story in the original graphic novel ''[[1001 Nights of Snowfall]]''.<ref name="vert-fabl">{{Cite book  | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Fables | editor-last = Dougall  | editor-first = Alastair  | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia  | pages = 72–81 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]  | place = New York  | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1 | oclc = 213309015  }}</ref> His Marvel work includes inking [[Chris Bachalo]]'s pencils on ''[[Generation X (comics)|Generation X]]'', ''[[Ghost Rider 2099]]'', and penciling [[Paul Jenkins (writer)|Paul Jenkins]]'s run on ''Peter Parker: Spider-Man''. For DC Comics, Buckingham has inked the two ''[[Death (DC Comics)|Death]]'' miniseries and was the original penciller on the ''[[The Titans (comic book)|Titans]]'' series. In the 1990s Mark shared a studio with ''[[The Beano]]'' and Marvel artist [[Kev F. Sutherland]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Craig |last=Lemon |title=Buckingham The Trend |publisher=[[Comics Bulletin]] |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/97565760028484.htm |date=1 December 2000 |access-date=18 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116210523/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/97565760028484.htm |archive-date=16 January 2014 }}</ref> working together on Marvel's [[Star Trek (comics)|Star Trek]] and [[Doctor Strange]].

On the ''Vertigo Voices: Fables Forum'' panel at the 2009 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Fables creator and writer Bill Willingham announced that he and Buckingham would switch roles in an up-coming one-off, for ''Fables'' issue #100: [[Buckingham]] would write and Willingham would illustrate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/media/podcasts/DCComics_2009-07-25_Vertigo_Voices_The_Fables_Forum_at_SDCC_2009.mp3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002010514/http://www.dccomics.com/media/podcasts/DCComics_2009-07-25_Vertigo_Voices_The_Fables_Forum_at_SDCC_2009.mp3 |archive-date=2 October 2009 }}</ref>

In July 2012, as part of San Diego Comic-Con, Buckingham was one of six artists who, along with DC co-publishers [[Jim Lee]] and [[Dan DiDio]], participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of the [[Syfy]] 'reality'-television competition series ''[[Face Off (American TV series)|Face Off]]'', in which special effects were tasked to create a new superhero, with Buckingham and the other DC artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar, was featured in ''[[Justice League Dark]]'' #16 (March 2013),<ref>Melrose, Kevin (16 January 2013). [https://www.cbr.com/dan-didio-jim-lee-and-dc-artists-to-appear-on-syfys-face-off/ "Dan DiDio, Jim Lee and DC artists to appear on Syfy's ''Face Off''"]. CBR.com.</ref><ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/01/16/dan-didio-jim-lee-and-dc-entertainments-stellar-talent-to-guest-star-on-syfys-hit "DAN DIDIO, JIM LEE AND DC ENTERTAINMENT'S STELLAR TALENT TO GUEST STAR ON SYFY'S HIT COMPETITION SERIES 'FACE OFF'"]. DC Comics ([[Burbank, California]]). 16 January 2016.</ref> which was published 30 January 2013.<ref>Nguyen, Minhquan (1 February 2013). [http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2013/02/01/justice-league-dark-16-review/ "Justice League Dark #16 – Review"]. Weekly Comic Book Review.</ref> The episode premiered on 22 January 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season.<ref>"Heroic Proportions", ''[[Face Off (American TV series)|Face Off]]'', [[Face Off (season 4)|Season 4]], Episode 2. [[Syfy]], 22 January 2013.</ref>

==Personal life==
Buckingham was married in [[Gijón]], [[Spain]] in August 2006 to journalist and TV newscaster [[Irma Page]]. His [[best man]] was [[Neil Gaiman]].<ref>{{cite web | title=  this post from Gaiman's journal| url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2006/08/about-to-launch-its-first-attack.html | access-date = 14 August 2006}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''[[Hellblazer]]'' 
** #18-22 (pencils, with writer [[Jamie Delano]] and inks by [[Alfredo Alcala]], [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1989)
** #30 (pencils, with writer [[Jamie Delano]] and co-artist Ron Tiner, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1990)
*''[[Miracleman]]'' #17-24 (with writer [[Neil Gaiman]], [[Eclipse Comics]], 1990–1993)
*''[[Tyranny Rex]]'' (with [[John Smith (comics writer)|John Smith]]):
** "Touched by the Hand of Brendan" in ''2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1991''
** "Deus ex Machina Book I" (in ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'' #852-855, 1993)
*''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]''
** "The Song of Orpheus" (inks, with writer [[Neil Gaiman]], artist [[Bryan Talbot]] and colorist [[Daniel Vozzo]], special issue, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1991)
** #51-56 (inks, with writer [[Neil Gaiman]], co-inkers [[Alec Stevens]], [[John Watkiss]], [[Dick Giordano]], [[Michael Allred]], [[Vince Locke]], [[Dick Giordano]], [[Steve Leialoha]], [[Tony Harris (comics)|Tony Harris]], [[Bryan Talbot]], artists [[Bryan Talbot]], [[Alec Stevens]], [[John Watkiss]], [[Michael Zulli]], [[Michael Allred]], [[Shea Anton Pensa]], [[Gary Amaro]] and colorist [[Daniel Vozzo]], [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1993, [[Trade paperback (comics)|tpb]], 1995, {{ISBN|1-4176-8617-0}})
*''[[Death (DC Comics)|Death]]''
** "[[Death: The High Cost of Living|The High Cost of Living]]" (inks, with writer [[Neil Gaiman]], artist [[Chris Bachalo]] and colorist [[Steve Oliff]], 3-issue mini-series, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1993)
** "[[Death: The Time of Your Life|The Time of Your Life]]" (inks and pencils, with writer [[Neil Gaiman]], co-inker [[Mark Pennington (comics)|Mark Pennington]], co-artist [[Chris Bachalo]], and colorist [[Matt Hollingsworth]], 3-issue mini-series, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1996)
*''[[Mortigan Goth: Immortalis]]'' (with writer [[Nick Vince]], 4-issue mini-series, [[Marvel UK]], 1993–1994)
*''[[Shade, the Changing Man]]'' #54-60 (pencils, with writer [[Peter Milligan]] and inks by [[Rick J. Bryant]], [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1994–1995)
*''[[Future Shocks|Tharg's Future Shocks]]'': "Accessory" (with writer [[Richard McTighe]], in ''2000 AD'' #1240, 2001)
*''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]'' #6-10, 14-17, 19-21, 23-27, 30-33, 36-38, 40-45, 48-50, 52-56, 59-63, 65-69, 71-75, 77-81, 83, 87-91, 94-98, 100, 102-106, 108-112, 114-121, 125-129, 131-137, 141-162 (pencils, with writer [[Bill Willingham]] and inks by [[Steve Leialoha]], Vertigo, 2002-2024)
*[[Batman: Shadow of the Bat|Batman Shadow Of The Bat]] #59-71, 73-82, 1000000(penciles, with writer [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]], [[DC Comics]], 1997-1999)

==Awards==
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*2003: Won [[Eisner Award]] for "Best New Series", for ''Fables'' #19–27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers" (with Willingham and Leialoha)
*2005: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for ''Fables'' #19–27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers" (with Willingham and Leialoha)
*2006: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for ''Fables'' #36–38, 40–41: "Return to the Homelands" (with Willingham and Leialoha)
*2007: Won Eisner Award for "Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team", for ''Fables''  (with Leialoha)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=333|title=Mark Buckingham}}
*{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Mark+Buckingham|title=Mark Buckingham}}
*[http://www.2000ad.org?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=MARKB Mark Buckingham] at 2000 AD Online
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929143652/http://marvel.com/catalog/?artist=Mark%20Buckingham Mark Buckingham] at Marvel.com
*{{cite web |url=http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/dave-gibbons-doug-braithwaite-paul-cornell-and-mark-buckingham-recorded-live-on-one-panel/ |title=Dave Gibbons, Doug Braithwaite, Paul Cornell and Mark Buckingham recorded live on one Panel!!! |publisher=Geek Syndicate |date=8 October 2008 }}
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