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American comics artist (born 1953)
Mary Wilshire (born 1953)
[1] is an
American
comics artist best known for her work on
Red Sonja and
Firestar for
Marvel Comics .
Early life
Mary Wilshire graduated from the
Pratt Institute with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting.
[1]
Career
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]
Bibliography
DC Comics
Fantagraphics Books
Friends of Lulu
Hassle Free Press
HM Communications, Inc.
Last Gasp
Marvel Comics
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985)
Barbie #1, 6, 11, 20, 23–24, 40, 46, 52, 59 (1991–1995)
Barbie Fashion #13, 16, 25, 39, 41–42, 50–51 (1992–1995)
Crazy Magazine #65–66, 68–69, 71–72, 74–75, 77–92 (1980–1982)
Disney's the Little Mermaid #1 (1994)
Droids #5 (1986)
Firestar #1–4 (1986)
Ka-Zar the Savage #30, 32 (1984)
Life of Christ: The
Christmas Story #1 (1993)
Life of Christ: The
Easter Story #1 (1993)
Marvel Saga #22 (1987)
Marvel Super Special #38 (
Red Sonja movie adaptation) (1985)
New Mutants #35–37 (1986)
Official Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 (1986)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14 (
Miss America entry) (1984)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2–3, 7, 18 (1986–1987)
Power Pack #5 (1984)
Red Sonja vol. 3 #2–4, 8–13 (1983–1986)
Savage Sword of Conan #83, 89 (1982–1983)
Savage Tales vol. 2 #3 (1986)
Spider-Man and Power Pack #1 (1984)
NBM Publishing
Skin Tight Orbit #1 (1995)
Penguin/Tarcher
Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! (2006)
Renegade Press
Renegade Romance #1 (1987)
Trans-High Corporation
References
^
a
b
Bails, Jerry (2006).
"Wilshire, Mary" . Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999 .
Archived from the original on May 11, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2019 .
^
a
b
"Mary Wilshire" .
Lambiek Comiclopedia . 2019.
Archived from the original on June 3, 2019.
^
a
b
c
Mary Wilshire at the
Grand Comics Database
^ Bishop, Chris (2016).
"Chapter 5: Red Sonja" . Medievalist Comics and the American Century . Jackson, Mississippi:
University Press of Mississippi . p. 140.
ISBN
978-1496808509 .
^ Manning, Matthew K. (2012). "1980s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging . London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley . p. 151.
ISBN
978-0756692360 .
^ Wells, John (August 2017). "Their Lives Were an Open Book: Secret Origins 1986–1990".
Back Issue! (98). Raleigh, North Carolina:
TwoMorrows Publishing : 5–6.
^ Milner, Jude; Wilshire, Mary (2006).
Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! . New York City:
Penguin/Tarcher . pp.
80 .
ISBN
978-1585425013 .
^
"Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! " .
Publishers Weekly . n.d.
Archived from the original on June 4, 2019.
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