Mike Manley

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Michael "Mike" Manley is a comic book artist, inker and penciller. He is best known for co-creating (with writers Danny Fingeroth and Tom DeFalco) the Marvel Comics character Darkhawk in 1991. He would go on to serve as the regular penciller of the Darkhawk series for most of its run.

He has also contributed to titles such as Batman, Quasar, Captain America, Marvel Universe, and The Power of Shazam!.

[edit] Biography

Mike was born in Detroit, Michigan. His powerful and expressive drawings, dynamic inks and strong story telling skills, have made him an in-demand artist for some of comic's top titles for all of the major publishers from Marvel, DC to Dark Horse. Working in animation as a storyboard and background designer from his home in Philadelphia, Mike's worked as part of the Emmy Award winning team of artists who produced the highly successful Kids WB shows The New Batman/Superman Adventures and Batman Beyond.

He has also worked on Spy Groove for MTV, Spawn for HBO, and ABC's One Saturday Morning, and Clerks: The Animated Series, based on the Kevin Smith movie. Manley is currently working for Disney as a storyboard artist.

In 1995, Manley formed Action Planet Inc. as a home to publish his own comics and ideas, starting with the anthology Action Planet Comics, featuring his character Monsterman. Manley has been on the web since early 1996 with his web site Action Planet.com, which has grown to include Mike's award winning on-line web comic, G.I.R.L. Patrol.