Jerry Bingham
{{Short description|American artist}}
{{Infobox comics creator
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| caption = Bingham in September 2014
| birth_name = Gerald Joseph Bingham Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|06|25}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| notable works = Batman: Son of the Demon
Marvel Team-Up
| awards = Kirby Award, 1984
Golden Apple Award, 1987
Emmy Award, 1998–1999
| website = http://www.JerryBingham.com
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Gerald Joseph Bingham Jr. (born June 25, 1953{{cite web|last=Miller |first=John Jackson |authorlink= John Jackson Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=Comics Buyer's Guide |date=June 10, 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |access-date=December 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}) is an American artist who has worked in the fields of comic books, commercial illustration, and design. He is known for his artwork on Marvel Team-Up and the DC Comics graphic novel Batman: Son of the Demon.
Biography
Given his first break by veteran comics artist Dan Adkins,{{cite web|url= http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/bingham.html|title= Jerry Bingham|first= Daniel|last= Best|year= 2005|publisher= AdelaideComicsandBooks.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120317192759/http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/bingham.html|archive-date= March 17, 2012|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all|access-date= August 18, 2013|quote= Dan [Adkins] lived in New Jersey, so I went over and visited, and he let me stay on his couch for a couple of weeks and he set up a second drawing board. I sat at the board and he told me what I was doing wrong and helped me work up a whole new bunch of samples. At the end of the two weeks he took me into New York and introduced me to Archie Goodwin, who was editor-in-chief of Marvel at the time. Archie, possibly the best and nicest boss ever in comics, gave me my first job.}} Bingham's first published comics work was a Green Arrow backup story in World's Finest Comics #251 (June–July 1978).{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Jerry+Bingham|title= Jerry Bingham}} From there, Bingham drew comics for Marvel Comics, First Comics, TSR, Malibu Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Heavy Metal, and others. He drew the Batman: Son of the Demon graphic novel in 1987, which introduced a character later revealed to be Damian Wayne.{{cite book|last=Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 229|quote= In an over-sized hardcover graphic novel one-shot, writer Mike W. Barr and artist Jerry Bingham introduced a monumental new character into the life of the Dark Knight - Damian Wayne.}} This graphic novel reputedly "restored DC Comics to first place in sales after fifteen years."{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/mike-w-barr/|title=Mike W. Barr|date=2012|publisher=FantasticFiction|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529070402/http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/mike-w-barr/|archive-date=May 29, 2012|url-status=live|access-date=February 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
Leaving comics in the late 1990s, Bingham moved to the West Coast, where he did production art for the movies, designing props, special effects and monster make-up. He contributed design work for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, shopping centers, Universal Studios, and the Hollywood Christmas Parade. In addition, Bingham has illustrated paperback, game, and magazine covers.
Education
Bingham attended the American Academy of Art, the Scottsdale Artists School, the California Art Institute, and UCLA.
Awards
- Jack Kirby Award, 1984 – Best Graphic Album: Beowulf{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kirby85.php|title= 1985 Jack Kirby Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120304155821/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kirby85.php|archive-date= March 4, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}
- Golden Apple Award, 1987 – Best Graphic Novel: Batman: Son of the Demon{{cite web|url=http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BINGHAM,+JERRY|title=Bingham, Jerry|first=Jerry |last=Bails|authorlink=Jerry Bails|date=October 18, 2006|work=Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130818071427/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BINGHAM%2c+JERRY|archive-date=August 18, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, 1999 – Background Designer (animation): Todd McFarlane's Spawn
Bibliography
=DC Comics=
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- Alien Nation #1 (movie adaptation)(1988)
- Army at War #1 (1978)
- Batman Confidential #50–54 (2011)
- Batman: In Darkest Knight #1 (1994)
- Batman: Son of the Demon graphic novel (1987)
- DC Retroactive: Batman - The '80s #1 (2011)
- Ghosts #72 (1979)
- G.I. Combat #211 (1978)
- Hawkman vol. 3 #27 (1995)
- House of Mystery #270, 274 (1979)
- Mystery in Space #112 (1980)
- Outsiders #13 (1986)
- Secret Origins vol. 2 #3 (Captain Marvel) (1986)
- Secrets of Haunted House #33 (1981)
- Time Warp #5 (1980)
- The Warlord #103 (1986)
- Weird War Tales #70 (1978)
- Who's Who in the DC Universe #16 (1992)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #5, 7, 19–20, 23 (1985–1987)
- World's Finest Comics #251 (Green Arrow) (1978)
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=First Comics=
- Beowulf graphic novel (1984)
- Warp! #10–15, 17–18 (1984)
=HM Communications, Inc.=
- Heavy Metal #v7#3, #v7#7 (1983)
=Marvel Comics=
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- The Amazing Spider-Man #366–367 (1992)
- Black Panther #13–15 (1979)
- Captain America #246 (1980)
- Iron Man #131–135, Annual #5 (1980–1982)
- Marvel Premiere #51–53 (1979–1980)
- Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 #3 (Captain Marvel) (1990)
- Marvel Team-Up #99, 101, 103–104 (1980–1981)
- Marvel Two-in-One #61–63, 66, 76 (1980–1981)
- Midnight Sons Unlimited #1 (1993)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #13–14 (1993–1994)
- Spider-Man Unlimited #1 (1993)
- Spider-Woman #27 (1980)
- Web of Spider-Man Annual #10 (1994)
- What If #27 (1981)
- X-Factor #113 (1995)
==Epic Comics==
- Onyx Overlord #1–4 (1992–1993)
==Malibu Comics==
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References
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External links
- {{official website}}
- {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=952|title= Jerry Bingham}}
- {{IMDb name|1808851}}
- [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=515 Jerry Bingham] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namb19.htm#N172 Jerry Bingham] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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{{succession box|title= Black Panther artist|before= Jack Kirby|after= Denys Cowan
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{{succession box|title= Batman Confidential artist|before= Steve Scott|after= n/a|years= 2011}}
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Category:American comics artists
Category:American make-up artists
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