Mike Hawthorne
{{Short description|American comic book artist and writer}}
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Mike Hawthorne is an American comic book artist and artist, known for his work on books such as Batman, Spider-Man, the Superior Spider-Man, and Deadpool.
Career
Hawthorne is the creator of the comic book series [https://www.goodreads.com/series/284524-hysteria Hysteria] as well as the author and artist of [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Happiness-Will-Follow/Mike-Hawthorne/9781684155453 Happiness Will Follow]. He has worked for both Marvel and DC comics in popular books such as Batman, Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more. He has also worked on other books, including The Un-men, Fear Agent, Umbra, G.I. JOE: Origins, Whiskey Dickel, Three Days in Europe, one story arc of Queen & Country, and Conan: Road of Kings. Hawthorne illustrated 5 of the [https://comicbookmovie.com/comics/marvel-comics/list-of-10-best-selling-comic-books-of-2023-in-comic-stores-is-dominated-by-only-two-superheroes-a208579 10 most sold comics of 2023], including the top four spaces and the eighth space.
Hawthorne has self-published multiple books through Kickstarter, like his art books All City, Little/RED, and [https://mikehawthorne.gumroad.com/l/hnpwb?layout=profile Warm Ups], and instructional and educational manuals, The Drawing Cheat Codes and [https://mikehawthorne.gumroad.com/l/mgfrB Anatomy Guide]. He is also a professor at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.
Artistic Style
Hawthorne's style of artwork combines the unique and creative comic book form with the accuracy and attention to detail of realism. He has a background in anatomy and figure drawing, and anatomic correctness is always present in his art. He is also praised for his particular style of drawing cityscapes and clouds.
=Cinematic Approach to Comics=
Hawthorne has a gift for cinematic storytelling in comics, valuing the ability to tell a story without any dialogue. His talent to portray a combination of emotions in one illustration shows his masterful use of visual storytelling. He says to picture yourself as the cameraperson, and utilizes other cinematography framing techniques like long shot, medium shot, close-up, extreme close-up, worm's eye view and bird's eye view. He describes it as the combination of [https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/mastering-visual-storytelling-angles-shots-and-camerawork-for-comics/discussions "the characters acting, the way you shoot the character, the way you draw the character into the panel, and how the panel plays into that"] and how you can incorporate all of those pieces to create a uniform and cohesive story with very little or no dialogue at all. That way, the dialogue adds to the story rather than carrying it.
Personal life
Hawthorne lives in York, Pennsylvania and is a 1993 graduate of William Penn Senior High School. It was there that he met his wife Despina, with whom he has three children. Hawthorne earned a scholarship for a summer program by the Governor's School for the Arts, and graduated in 1998 from Tyler School of Art at Temple University.{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2016/05/25/york-artist-who-draws-deadpool-gives-back-school-helped-him/84770104/ |title=York artist who draws {{'}}Deadpool{{'}} gives back to school that helped him |first=Gary |last=Haber |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=May 25, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2018 }}
Bibliography
- Three Days In Europe (with Antony Johnston, 4-issue mini-series, Oni Press, 2002–2003, tpb, 152 pages, 2003, {{ISBN|1-929998-72-4}})
- G.I. JOE: Origins Vol. 1 (with Larry Hama, 4-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, tpb, 128 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-60010-497-5}})
- Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 2 (with Greg Rucka, Oni Press, tpb, 376 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-932664-89-0}})
- Conan Volume 11: Road of Kings (with Roy Thomas, 12-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, tpb, 152 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|1-59582-824-9}})
- The Superior Spider-Man: Full Otto (with Christos Gage, 5-issue series, Marvel, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-30291-480-4}})
- The Superior Spider-Man: Otto-Matic (with Gage, 5-issue series, Marvel, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-30291-481-2}})
References
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=General references=
- {{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Unearthing Un-Men: Mike Hawthorne on His Vertigo Series |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=90377 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213000713/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=90377 |archive-date=2007-02-13 |website=Newsarama}}
- {{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=January 5, 2011 |title=Artist Mike Hawthorne Hits The Road With Conan |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/conan-road-kings-hawthorne-110105.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108195704/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/conan-road-kings-hawthorne-110105.html |archive-date=2011-01-08 |website=Newsarama}}
- {{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Conan Artist Debuts New Graphic Novel... in French! |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/hawthorne-french-graphic-novel-series-120131.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208145205/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/hawthorne-french-graphic-novel-series-120131.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 |website=Newsarama}}
- {{Cite web |last=Lorah |first=Michael C. |date=September 14, 2007 |title=Talking About The Un-Men With Mike Hawthorne |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=129281 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911004417/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=129281 |archive-date=2010-09-11 |website=Newsarama}}
- {{Cite news |last=Tramountanas |first=George A. |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Getting Freaky with Vertigo's Un-Men |url=http://www.cbr.com/getting-freaky-with-vertigos-un-men/ |access-date=December 30, 2015 |publisher=Comic Book Resources}}
External links
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- [http://mikehawthorne.blogspot.com/ Hawthorne's blog]
- [http://mikehawthorneart.com/ The Mike Hawthorne Sketchbook]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071350/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=131881 Mike Hawthorne On Putting It All Online], Newsarama, October 5, 2007
- [http://www.raisingcrazy.com/ Mike Hawthorne's webcomic, "Raising Crazy"] Oct.23, 2011
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Category:American comics artists
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Category:People from York, Pennsylvania