Mike Carlin
| Mike Carlin | |
|---|---|
 Mike Carlin at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2007 | |
| Born |
Michael Carlin October 6, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Editor |
Notable works | Superman |
| Awards | "Best Editor" Eisner Award (1994) |
Michael Carlin (born October 6, 1958)[1] is a comic book writer and editor. He has worked principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics since the 1970s.
Early life
Carlin attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.[2]
Career
Mike Carlin started out in the business at DC Comics as a summer intern in 1974.[3] He was hired by Marvel Comics as a writer and artist on Crazy Magazine, the company's black-and-white humor title. He later became an assistant editor under Mark Gruenwald,[4] and also wrote a short run of stories in Captain America as well as the Assistant Editors Month issue of Marvel Team-Up (Aunt May and Franklin Richards vs. Galactus).[5] Carlin moved to DC in 1986, where he became Superman group editor. From 1996-2002, he served as an executive editor at DC Comics.
Awards
- 1994 Eisner Award for Best Editor, for the Superman titles[6]
Nominations
- 1992 Eisner Award for Best Editor, for Superman titles and The Psycho[7]
Appearances within comics
The Batman Adventures—the first DC Comics spinoff of Batman: The Animated Series—features a screwball trio of incompetent super-villains: the Mastermind (a caricature of Mike Carlin), The Perfessor (a caricature of Dennis O'Neil), and Mr. Nice (a caricature of Archie Goodwin), a super-strong but childishly-innocent super-villain.
Superman: The Man of Steel #75, a pastiche of Superman's death in Superman volume 2 #75, where Mxyzptlk creates a duplicate of Doomsday. The confrontation culminates with Mxyzptlk meeting the Supreme Being who turns out to be Mike Carlin, the then-editor of the Superman titles, who promptly brings him back to life.
References
- ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ↑ Talon, Durwin S. (2007). Panel Discussions: Design in Sequential Art Storytelling. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 1-893905-14-4.
- ↑ Superman vol. 2, #4 (April 1987) letters column
- ↑ "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated February 1984.
- ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1980s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 216. ISBN 978-0756641238. "The January-dated books in 1984 featured a company-wide event that became known as 'Assistant Editor's Month'...a humorous story in Marvel team-Up #137 featured Aunt May as the new herald of Galactus."
- ↑ "1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". HahnLibrary.net. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ↑ "1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". HahnLibrary.net. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
External links
- Mike Carlin at the Grand Comics Database
- Mike Carlin at the Comic Book DB
- Mike Carlin at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Mike Carlin at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
| Preceded by J. M. DeMatteis |
Captain America writer 1984–1985 |
Succeeded by Mark Gruenwald |
| Preceded by Andy Helfer |
Action Comics editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by Andy Helfer |
Adventures of Superman editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by Andy Helfer |
Superman (vol. 2) editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by n/a |
Superman: The Man of Steel editor 1991–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by Dick Giordano |
DC Universe Executive Editor 1996-2002 |
Succeeded by Dan DiDio |