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Tom Mandrake

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics creator Tom Mandrake (born 1956)[1] is an American comics artist, perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer John Ostrander on several series, including Grimjack (from First Comics) and Firestorm, The Spectre, and Martian Manhunter from DC Comics.[2]

Early life

Mandrake grew up as a fan of Marvel Comics of the 1960s, as well as painters of the Brandywine School, particularly Maxfield Parrish and Howard Pyle.[3] Together with his friend L.B. Kellogg, he created a fanzine titled First Flight while in high school.[4] Mandrake spent two years at Cleveland's Cooper School of Art,[3] and then two more years at The Kubert School, where he earned his degree.[1][4]

Career

Mandrake with his wife, fellow comics artist Jan Duursema

Mandrake began working for DC Comics where he drew backup stories for the Sgt. Rock title. In a 2001 interview, he recalled "finally landing my first real work, that was a two part story in DC's New Talent Showcase. Once again with my old buddy L.B. at the writers helm on our pirate epic 'Skydogs'."[4] For Marvel Comics, Mandrake provided finished art over layouts by Sal Buscema on the New Mutants title. Back at DC, he and writer Doug Moench created the Black Mask in Batman #386 (August 1985)[5][6] and the Film Freak in Batman #395 (May 1986).[7] Mandrake was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986 after finishing his run on Batman.[8] In 1992, Mandrake and writer John Ostrander launched The Spectre series at DC Comics.[9] In issue #54 (June 1997), the creative team introduced the character Michael Holt as a new version of Mister Terrific.[10] Following the end of The Spectre series, they moved onto a Martian Manhunter series.[11] In 2001, he worked with writer Dan Mishkin on the short lived series Creeps and in 2006 on the children's book The Forest King: Woodlark's Shadow.[12] In 2007, a story-arc titled "Grotesk" reuniting Ostrander and Mandrake appeared in Batman issues 659-662.[2] An X-Files/30 Days of Night crossover in 2010 was drawn by Mandrake and co-written by 30 Days creator Steve Niles and Adam Jones, the guitarist for the band Tool.[13] Mandrake drew the DC Retroactive: Batman - The '70s one-shot (Sept. 2011)[14] and a revival of Marv Wolfman's Night Force series (May–Nov. 2012).[15] He collaborated with J. Michael Straczynski on the Sidekick series in 2013–2014.[16]

Personal life

Mandrake is married to fellow comic book artist Jan Duursema, whom he met while both were students at The Kubert School. Their wedding was held on the school's grounds.[4] The couple have a son, Jack Moses Mandrake,[17] and Sian Mandrake,[18] who is also a Kubert School-trained comics illustrator.[19]Template:-

Bibliography

DC Comics

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Eclipse Comics

First Comics

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake collaborations at the Grand Comics Database
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  7. ↑ Manning "1980s" in Dougall (2014), p. 161: "In this start of a three-part story, writer Doug Moench and artist Tom Mandrake introduced the villain Film Freak."
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  10. ↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 279: The Spectre ongoing series was nearing its end, but that didn't stop writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake from pooling their creative forces to create one of the DCU's newest shining stars...An inspired and reborn [Michael] Holt then picked up the mantle of Mr. Terrific."
  11. ↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 285: "The fan-favorite team of writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake, fresh off their lengthy run on The Spectre, were ready to take on another caped powerhouse with Martian Manhunter.
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  14. ↑ Manning "2010s" in Dougall (2014), p. 319: "In this 1970s [tribute] issue, a new Terrible Trio was introduced that included Lucius Fox's son, Tim, thanks to writer Len Wein and artist Tom Mandrake."
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