Nationality American Education Maine East High School Role Cartoonist | Name Marc Hempel Area(s) Illustrator | |
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Notable works GregoryThe Sandman: The Kindly OnesTug & Buster Books A Gregory treasury, Mars, Gregory III, The Clone Conspiracy People also search for Mark Wheatley, William Messner-Loebs, Allan Gross | ||
Comic Arts Festival (5/3/08) preview: Marc Hempel
Marc Hempel (born May 25, 1957) is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman.
Contents
- Comic Arts Festival 5308 preview Marc Hempel
- Marc Hempel and Mark Wheatley Interview Baltimore 2010 SANDMAN
- Biography
- Awards
- References
Marc Hempel and Mark Wheatley Interview Baltimore 2010 - SANDMAN -
Biography
Writer and artist Marc Hempel grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Baltimore. He received a B.F.A. in Painting from Northern Illinois University in 1980. He and Mark Wheatley co-created the titles Breathtaker and Mars. In 1994–1995, he collaborated with Neil Gaiman on the climactic story arc "The Kindly Ones" in The Sandman. Hempel's own creations Gregory and Tug & Buster were nominated for several industry awards, and his humor anthology Naked Brain was named "Best Comic Book" in the Baltimore City Paper's "Best of Baltimore 2003" issue. Hempel's art has also appeared in Marvel Fanfare, Epic Illustrated, Heavy Metal, Jonny Quest, Tarzan the Warrior, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, Flinch, My Faith in Frankie, The Dreaming, Lucifer, and Disney Adventures.
Original art from The Sandman and Breathtaker was included in an exhibition entitled "LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel," which originated at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Breck Eisner will direct the upcoming Hollywood film adaptation of Blood of the Innocent, a comic book series Hempel co-created with Rickey Shanklin and Wheatley. Inferno Entertainment has acquired underlying rights to the series and is funding development and production of the feature, which is being co-produced with Circle of Confusion.
Hempel has created advertising art for print and television, and character design for HBO Animation. He has produced CD art for the Nashville band Swamp Rat, drawn an episode of the online strip Munden's Bar for ComicMix.com, illustrated a 21–page Escapist story for Dark Horse Comics, and has contributed to both Mad and Nickelodeon Magazine.
Awards
Marc Hempel received an Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic-Con in 1992.
