Tue May 27, 2008 3:54PM7 comments ›
Tue May 27, 2008 — by Aaron Rosenberg
Happy Birthday: Mark Wheatley
An Insight to Easy Street
Born in 1954, Mark Wheatley has made a career of creating clever and innovative comic books. He is probably best known for his 1984 First Comics series Mars, the 1994 Vertigo mini-series Breathtaker, and his Insight Studios series Radical Dreamer and Frankenstein Mobster, but his list of titles extends far beyond that impressive handful.
Wheatley founded Insight in 1978 as an illustration and photography source, but in 1980 Marc Hempel joined him and they expanded the studio to include comic books and comic book production work.
Wheatley has won numerous awards, including the Inkpot, the Speakeasy, the Gem, and the Mucker. In 2008 he was a guest lecturer at the Library of Congress. Wheatley currently runs Insight and writes and illustrates the series EZ Street for ComicMix.
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Comments (7)
Martha Thomases (4:04 PM on Tue May 27, 2008)
Many happy returns, Mark! Have a great day, plus lots more!
Russ Rogers (4:29 PM on Tue May 27, 2008)
Happy Birthday, Mark! I've been a fan since the days of Mars and Blood of the Innocent. EZ Street is complex, nuanced, moving and beautiful. Easily as good as any comics Wheatley's made and one of the best comics on ComicMix! And that is saying something.
Rick Taylor (6:10 PM on Tue May 27, 2008)
Many more, bud!
Elayne Riggs (10:49 AM on Wed May 28, 2008)
Happy belated, Mark!
MARK WHEATLEY (12:18 PM on Wed May 28, 2008)
In fact I was out having such a great day yesterday that I missed seeing this post - so thanks one and all!
Rick Taylor (12:57 PM on Wed May 28, 2008)
Then it was truly a Happy Birthday!
Linda Gold (1:26 PM on Wed May 28, 2008)
Happy happy (belated) Mark. Glad your day was good.