Mike Bullock
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Mike Bullock is an award-winning writer of poetry and creative fiction, a published lyricist, and an accomplished non-fiction writer. He has been writing creatively for over 20 years and has nearly two decades of promotional experience in the music and comic industries. He is best known as the creator of Lions, Tigers and Bears for Image Comics, and as the regular writer of legendary superhero The Phantom from Moonstone Books.
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[edit] Overview
Bullock entered the music industry in 1985 as a singer/songwriter. Within a few short years, Bullock's interests grew beyond simply creating and performing music and he soon found himself managing, producing, promoting and touring with several musical outfits. During this period, he also taught himself to play guitar and other instruments. His promotional efforts single-handedly landed his band on the College Music Top 100 Charts where they remained for over a year, with no help from the record label, Restless Records.
By the early 1990s Bullock had learned enough about the ins-and-outs of the music industry to launch his own production company, Mainframe Music. Partnered with Robert Salamy's Sound Wizard Studios, Bullock went on to help guide the careers of many younger musicians as well as produce several demos and albums.
By the late 1990s, Bullock's attention returned to his first love, storytelling. To that end, Bullock would attend Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California studying journalism and computer science before moving on to Institute of Children's Literature where he studied both fiction and non-fiction writing for children and young adults.
In an effort to hone his writing skills further, Bullock joined the staff of the online comic magazine Broken Frontier [1] in February of 2003. During his time with the magazine, Bullock became the most prolific reviewer as well as the first ever Reviews Editor. In addition to reviews, Bullock also became the longest tenured staff writer; his Industrial Evolution column arrived weekly for two years and was joined by the occasional Lowdown article.
During this period, Bullock also held the position of staff writer and reviewer for the online music publication, Panzer Magazine.
[edit] Comic book works
In late 2003, Dabel Brothers Productions approached Bullock and offered him the reins of their Promotions Department.
During his one year stint with Dabel Brothers Productions, Bullock performed the duties of PR Director, as well as Editor on DBPro's original series, Imperial Dragons, and Dreamwave's Warlands. In addition, Bullock developed the second Imperial Dragons series for Dabel Brothers, entitled Imperial Dragons: Road of Honor.
Bullock soon developed several of his original properties, the first of which to see publication is the critically acclaimed Image Comic Lions, Tigers and Bears, a charming all-ages tale reviewers have called " Monsters Inc. meets The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe ". Lions, Tigers and Bears was created by Bullock, then developed with series artist, Jack Lawrence. Bullock's second series, The Gimoles [2], has also achieved a high level of praise from readers and critics alike, featuring artwork from UK artist Theo Bain [3]. The second Lions, Tigers and Bears series, also authored by Bullock, began in April of 2006.
In late 2005, Bullock was handed the reins of Moonstone Books' comic series starring, and named after, The Phantom [4], originally created by Lee Falk. His involvement with the character have spawned huge interest from fans and general comic book buyers alike. Mike have also signed on to write a short story featuring the character in Moonstone's Phantom prose anthology. Mike's regular artists on the Phantom are Gabriel Rearte, Carlos Magno, and EricJ. Bullock is taking over the book from writers Ben Raab, Chuck Dixon, and Rafael Nieves.
[edit] Music credits
- Ironchrist - lead vocals
- Indestroy - lead vocals, manager
- Eulogy - lead vocals, manager
- Delirium - backing vocals, producer
- Wretched - lead vocals
- Inner Fear - lead vocals, manager, producer
- Scab - lead vocals, guitar, manager, producer
- .357 - lead vocals, guitar, manager, producer
[edit] Comic book credits
- Imperial Dragons - editor
- Warlands - editor
- Lions, Tigers and Bears volume I - creator, writer
- Killer Stunts - editor
- The Gimoles - creator, writer
- Lions, Tigers and Bears volume II - creator, writer
- Tiger-Man - writer
- The Phantom - writer
