Mary Wilshire | |
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Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Notable works |
Firestar Red Sonja |
Mary Wilshire (born 1953) [1] is an American comics artist best known for her work on Red Sonja and Firestar for Marvel Comics.
Mary Wilshire graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. [1]
Mary Wilshire began her career in the comics industry drawing underground comix. [2] Her earliest credited work was "Those Beautiful Babes in their Bain de Soleil", a four-page story in Wet Satin #2 (April 1978) published by Last Gasp. [3] In 1980, she was hired by editor Larry Hama to work on Crazy Magazine for Marvel Comics. She became the artist of the Red Sonja series in 1983 [4] and drew the comics adaptation of the character's 1985 film. [3] Wilshire and writer Louise Simonson co-created Alistair Smythe, an enemy of Spider-Man, in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985). [5] After a brief stint as the artist of the New Mutants, Wilshire collaborated with Tom DeFalco on the Firestar limited series. [3] She then drew a Power Girl story for Secret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Feb. 1987). [6]
Wilshire drew "The Amazing Travel Bureau" feature in National Geographic World for several years. [2] In 2006, she illustrated the Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! graphic novel published by Penguin/Tarcher. [7] Publishers Weekly noted in their review of the book, "Wilshire's limpid-eyed charcoal sketches are sensitive and touching, and give a sophisticated sense of person and place. If anything saves the day, it's Wilshire's gorgeous art, not the message." [8]
Mary Wilshire | |
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Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Notable works |
Firestar Red Sonja |
Mary Wilshire (born 1953) [1] is an American comics artist best known for her work on Red Sonja and Firestar for Marvel Comics.
Mary Wilshire graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. [1]
Mary Wilshire began her career in the comics industry drawing underground comix. [2] Her earliest credited work was "Those Beautiful Babes in their Bain de Soleil", a four-page story in Wet Satin #2 (April 1978) published by Last Gasp. [3] In 1980, she was hired by editor Larry Hama to work on Crazy Magazine for Marvel Comics. She became the artist of the Red Sonja series in 1983 [4] and drew the comics adaptation of the character's 1985 film. [3] Wilshire and writer Louise Simonson co-created Alistair Smythe, an enemy of Spider-Man, in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985). [5] After a brief stint as the artist of the New Mutants, Wilshire collaborated with Tom DeFalco on the Firestar limited series. [3] She then drew a Power Girl story for Secret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Feb. 1987). [6]
Wilshire drew "The Amazing Travel Bureau" feature in National Geographic World for several years. [2] In 2006, she illustrated the Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! graphic novel published by Penguin/Tarcher. [7] Publishers Weekly noted in their review of the book, "Wilshire's limpid-eyed charcoal sketches are sensitive and touching, and give a sophisticated sense of person and place. If anything saves the day, it's Wilshire's gorgeous art, not the message." [8]