Mike Baron

Mike Baron

Nationality American
Area(s) Writer
Notable works Nexus
Badger
The Flash
Official website

Mike Baron is the creator of comic books Badger and (along with Steve Rude) Nexus. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Biography

Mike Baron broke into comics with an illustrated text piece in the 1974 debut issue of Marvel Comics's Comix Book.[1] In 1981, he published his first formal comics script with Nexus, the science fiction title he co-created with illustrator Steve Rude; the series garnered numerous honors, including Eisners for both creators. A prolific creator, Baron is responsible for The Badger, Ginger Fox, Spyke, Feud, and many other comic book titles. Baron has also written numerous mainstream characters, most notably DC's The Flash and Batman, Marvel's The Punisher, and several Star Wars adaptations for Dark Horse. He has been nominated for Best Writer in the Kirby, Harvey and Eisner Awards, and has won two Eisners for his work on Nexus.

Personal life

Baron graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in political science. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with his dog, cat and wildebeest.

He also had a sign in his front yard in Fitchburg, WI that read "Prairie restoration in progress".

Influences

Baron has listed Carl Barks and Philip Jose Farmer as influences on his fiction writing.

Bibliography

Comics

Graphic novels

Novels

Instructor

Notes

  1. ^ "Modifying Park Lugar Squirtgun," Comix Book 1, pp.46-47

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