Marc Hempel

Marc Hempel

Marc Hempel's Tug & Buster
Born (1957-05-25) May 25, 1957
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Area(s) Illustrator
Notable works
 Gregory
The Sandman: The Kindly Ones
Tug & Buster

Marc Hempel (born May 25, 1957)[1] is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman.

Biography

Writer and artist Marc Hempel grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a B.F.A. in Painting from Northern Illinois University in 1980.[2] He and Mark Wheatley co-created the titles Breathtaker and Mars. In 1994-1995, he collaborated with Neil Gaiman on the climactic story arc "The Kindly Ones" in The Sandman.[3][4] Hempel's own creations Gregory and Tug & Buster were nominated for several industry awards, and his humor anthology Naked Brain was named Best Comic Book in the Baltimore City Paper's Best of Baltimore 2003 issue.[5] Hempel's art has also appeared in Marvel Fanfare, Epic Illustrated, Heavy Metal, Jonny Quest, Tarzan the Warrior, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, Flinch, My Faith in Frankie, The Dreaming, Lucifer, and Disney Adventures.[6]

Original art from The Sandman and Breathtaker was included in an exhibition entitled "LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel," which originated at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.[7] Breck Eisner will direct the upcoming Hollywood film adaptation of Blood of the Innocent, a comic book series Hempel co-created with Rickey Shanklin and Wheatley. Inferno Entertainment has acquired underlying rights to the series and is funding development and production of the feature, which is being co-produced with Circle of Confusion.[8]

Hempel has created advertising art for print and television, and character design for HBO Animation. He has produced CD art for the Nashville band Swamp Rat, drawn an episode of the online strip Munden's Bar for ComicMix.com, illustrated a 21-page Escapist story for Dark Horse Comics, and has contributed to both Mad and Nickelodeon Magazine.

Bibliography

Apple Comics

  • Blood of Dracula #1-2, 11 (1987-1989)

Art & Soul

  • Tug & Buster #1-7 (1995-1998)

Comico Comics

  • Jonny Quest #3, 10, 14-15, 17-18, 20, 22, 24-31 (1987-1988)

DC Comics

Fantagraphics Books

  • Anything Goes! #1 (1986)
  • Honk #1-3 (1986-1987)

First Comics

  • Mars #1-12 (1984-1985)

HM Communications

Insight Studios Group

  • Naked Brain #1-3 (2002)

Malibu Comics

Marvel Comics

WaRP Graphics

References

  1. ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Marc Hempel". Lambiek Comiclopedia. March 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ Bender, Hy (1999). The Sandman Companion. DC Comics. pp. 269–270. ISBN 978-1563894657.
  4. ↑ Burgas, Greg (January 7, 2013). "Comics You Should Own – Sandman". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Best Comic Book". Baltimore City Paper. September 17, 2003. Archived from the original on July 29, 2007.
  6. ↑ Marc Hempel at the Grand Comics Database
  7. ↑ "LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel". Norman Rockwell Museum. 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
  8. ↑ McNary, Dave (March 24, 2011). "Inferno funding Blood of the Innocent". Variety. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014.

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