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Mary Wilshire

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American comics artist (born 1953)

Mary Wilshire
Born1953 (age 71–72)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller,Inker
Notable works
Firestar
Red Sonja

Mary Wilshire (born 1953)[1] is anAmericancomics artist best known for her work onRed Sonja andFirestar forMarvel Comics.

Early life

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Mary Wilshire graduated from thePratt Institute with aBachelor of Fine Arts in painting.[1]

Career

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Mary Wilshire began her career in the comics industry drawingunderground comix.[2] Her earliest credited work was "Those Beautiful Babes in their Bain de Soleil", a four-page story inWet Satin #2 (April 1978) published byLast Gasp.[3] In 1980, she was hired by editorLarry Hama to work onCrazy Magazine forMarvel Comics. She became the artist of theRed Sonja series in 1983[4] and drew the comics adaptation of thecharacter's 1985 film.[3] Wilshire and writerLouise Simonson co-createdAlistair Smythe, an enemy ofSpider-Man, inThe Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985).[5] After a brief stint as the artist of theNew Mutants, Wilshire collaborated withTom DeFalco on theFirestar limited series.[3] She then drew aPower Girl story forSecret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Feb. 1987).[6]

Wilshire drew "The Amazing Travel Bureau" feature inNational Geographic World for several years.[2] In 2006, she illustrated theFat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! graphic novel published byPenguin/Tarcher.[7]Publishers Weekly noted in their review of the book, "Wilshire's limpid-eyed charcoal sketches are sensitive and touching, and give a sophisticated sense of person and place. If anything saves the day, it's Wilshire's gorgeous art, not the message."[8]

Bibliography

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DC Comics

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Fantagraphics Books

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Friends of Lulu

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Hassle Free Press

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HM Communications, Inc.

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Last Gasp

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Marvel Comics

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NBM Publishing

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  • Skin Tight Orbit #1 (1995)

Penguin/Tarcher

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  • Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! (2006)

Renegade Press

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  • Renegade Romance #1 (1987)

Trans-High Corporation

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References

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  1. ^abBails, Jerry (2006)."Wilshire, Mary".Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999.Archived from the original on May 11, 2007. RetrievedJune 2, 2019.
  2. ^ab"Mary Wilshire".Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2019.Archived from the original on June 3, 2019.
  3. ^abcMary Wilshire at theGrand Comics Database
  4. ^Bishop, Chris (2016)."Chapter 5: Red Sonja".Medievalist Comics and the American Century. Jackson, Mississippi:University Press of Mississippi. p. 140.ISBN 978-1496808509.
  5. ^Manning, Matthew K. (2012). "1980s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.).Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 151.ISBN 978-0756692360.
  6. ^Wells, John (August 2017). "Their Lives Were an Open Book:Secret Origins 1986–1990".Back Issue! (98). Raleigh, North Carolina:TwoMorrows Publishing:5–6.
  7. ^Milner, Jude; Wilshire, Mary (2006).Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman!. New York City:Penguin/Tarcher. pp. 80.ISBN 978-1585425013.
  8. ^"Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman!".Publishers Weekly. n.d.Archived from the original on June 4, 2019.

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Preceded byNew Mutants artist
1986
Succeeded by
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