Mary Wilshire (born 1953)[1] is an American comics artist best known for her work on Red Sonja and Firestar for Marvel Comics.
Early life
Mary Wilshire graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting.[1]
Career
Mary Wilshire began her career in the comics industry drawing underground comix.[2] Her earliest credited work was "Those Beautiful Babes in their Bain de Soleil", a four-page story in Wet Satin #2 (April 1978) published by Last Gasp.[3] In 1980, she was hired by editor Larry Hama to work on Crazy Magazine for Marvel Comics. She became the artist of the Red Sonja series in 1983[4] and drew the comics adaptation of the character's 1985 film.[3] Wilshire and writer Louise Simonson co-created Alistair Smythe, an enemy of Spider-Man, in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985).[5] After a brief stint as the artist of the New Mutants, Wilshire collaborated with Tom DeFalco on the Firestar limited series.[3] She then drew a Power Girl story for Secret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Feb. 1987).[6]
Wilshire drew "The Amazing Travel Bureau" feature in National Geographic World for several years.[2] In 2006, she illustrated the Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! graphic novel published by Penguin/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
DC Comics
- The Big Book Of Freaks (1996)
- History of the DC Universe HC (1988)
- The Outsiders #14 (1986)
- Secret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Power Girl) (1987)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #7 (Duo Damsel entry) (1985)
- Who's Who: Update '87 #4 (Power Girl entry) (1987)
- Wonder Woman Annual #2 (1989)
Fantagraphics
- The Complete Wimmen's Comix #1–2 (2016)
Friends of Lulu
- Friends of Lulu: Storytime #1 (2000)
Hassle Free Press
- The Best of Wimmen's Comix (1979)
HM Communications, Inc.
- Heavy Metal #v5#12, #v6#8, #v6#12, #v7#6 (1982–1983)
Last Gasp
- After/Shock: Bulletins from Ground Zero (1981)
- Strip AIDS U.S.A. (1988)
- Wet Satin #2 (1978)
- Wimmen's Comix #8–9 (1983–1984)
- Young Lust #6 (1980)
Marvel Comics
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985)
- Barbie #1, 6, 11, 20, 23–24, 40, 46, 52, 59 (1991–1995)
- Barbie Fashion #13, 16, 25, 39, 41–42, 50–51 (1992–1995)
- Crazy Magazine #65–66, 68–69, 71–72, 74–75, 77–92 (1980–1982)
- Disney's the Little Mermaid #1 (1994)
- Droids #5 (1986)
- Firestar #1–4 (1986)
- Ka-Zar the Savage #30, 32 (1984)
- Life of Christ: The Christmas Story #1 (1993)
- Life of Christ: The Easter Story #1 (1993)
- Marvel Saga #22 (1987)
- Marvel Super Special #38 (Red Sonja movie adaptation) (1985)
- New Mutants #35–37 (1986)
- Official Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 (1986)
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14 (Miss America entry) (1984)
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2–3, 7, 18 (1986–1987)
- Power Pack #5 (1984)
- Red Sonja vol. 3 #2–4, 8–13 (1983–1986)
- Savage Sword of Conan #83, 89 (1982–1983)
- Savage Tales vol. 2 #3 (1986)
- Spider-Man and Power Pack #1 (1984)
NBM Publishing
- Skin Tight Orbit #1 (1995)
Penguin/Tarcher
- Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! (2006)
Renegade Press
- Renegade Romance #1 (1987)
Trans-High Corporation
- High Times #49 (1979)
External links
- Mary Wilshire at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Mary Wilshire at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Dare2Draw interview with Mary Wilshire on YouTube
References
- Jerry Bails. Wilshire, Mary Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999, 2006, retrieved June 2, 2019^
- Mary Wilshire Lambiek Comiclopedia, 2019^
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- Chris Bishop. Medievalist Comics and the American Century University Press of Mississippi, 2016^
- Matthew K. Manning. Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging Dorling Kindersley, 2012^
- John Wells. Their Lives Were an Open Book: Secret Origins 1986–1990 Back Issue!, TwoMorrows Publishing, August 2017^
- Jude Milner, Mary Wilshire. Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! Penguin/Tarcher, 2006^
- Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! Publishers Weekly, n.d.^