Mike Mayhew

"The challenge for an artist working on a Star Wars story is the attention to detail. You have to really be knowledgeable about tiny details in order for Lucasfilm, or even the fanbase, to sign off on what you are doing."
―Mike Mayhew[2]

Mike Mayhew is an American comic-book artist who work for Star Wars comics both for Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics.

Besides Star Wars, Mayhew has worked on Harris Publications' Vampirella, and on several Marvel and DC Comics titles, including Avengers and Justice League.[3] His studio is located in Glendale, California.[4]

Biography

Mike Mayhew illustrated The Star Wars, Dark Horse's comics adaptation of George Lucas's 1974 rough draft for Star Wars. He considers this draft an Apocalypse Now version of the Star Wars saga.[5]

Mayhew has also penciled the fifteenth[6] and twentieth[7] issues of Marvel Comics' 2015 Star Wars series, as well as the one-shot Star Wars: The Last Jedi – The Storms of Crait 1.[8] He has drawn the cover for the hardcover editions of the prequel trilogy's comic adaptations,[9] the second issue of the The Force Awakens miniseries,[10] and Star Wars issues 33–37 and Annual 2.[11]

Mayhew has provided a variant cover for Star Wars (2015) 1, which is based on Rob Liefeld's cover for The New Mutants #98,[12] as well as for the first[13] and third[14] issues of Star Wars: Lando. Moreover, he has drawn the Yesteryear Comics variant to the first issue of Marvel's miniseries Star Wars: Shattered Empire,[15] and the Wizard/ComicConBox variant to the first issue of the Vader Down crossover event.[16]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Facebook icon Mike Mayhew (@mike.mayhew.391) on Facebook (post on September 27, 2007): "I turned 48 today [...]" (backup link)
  2. ↑ Marvel-TemplateLogo Open Mike Mayhew's Star Wars Sketchbook on Marvel Comics' official website (original link is obsolete)
  3. ↑ Premium-Era-real About on Mike Mayhew's official website (backup link archived on August 25, 2020)
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real STUDIO TOURS: Mike Mayhew by Andy Khouri on ComicBookResources (April 16, 2008) (backup link archived on August 25, 2020)
  5. ↑ Premium-Era-real A GALAXY FAR AWAY 07: Mike Mayhew On THE STAR WARS by Chris Arrant on Newsarama (September 3, 2013) (backup link archived on December 9, 2015)
  6. ↑ Premium-Era-real Marvel's January 2016 Solicitations Unveil "Captain Marvel," "Old Man Logan" & More on ComicBookResources (October 20, 2015) (backup link archived on June 7, 2019)
  7. ↑ PreviewsWorldLogo STAR WARS #20 on Previews World's official website (backup link)
  8. ↑ StarWars.com Luke and Leia star in Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Storms of Crait #1 – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
  9. ↑ PreviewsWorldLogo STAR WARS EPISODE I PHANTOM MENACE HC on Previews World's official website (backup link)
  10. ↑ PreviewsWorldLogo STAR WARS FORCE AWAKENS ADAPTATION #2 (OF 5) on Previews World's official website (backup link)
  11. ↑ Premium-Era-real MARVEL COMICS NOVEMBER 2016 Solicitations on Newsarama (August 23, 2016) (original page now obsolete)
  12. ↑ Facebook icon Zapp Comics (@ZappComics) on Facebook (post on December 3, 2014): "Done by the amazing talent MIKE MAYHEW. Cover pays homage to NEW MUTANTS #98." (backup link)
  13. ↑ Tumblr-Logo MIKE MAYHEW — STAR WARS: LANDO #1 Newbury Comics Variant Cover by Mike Mayhew on Tumblr (backup link)
  14. ↑ Premium-Era-real EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars Lando #3 Variant Cover By Mike Mayhew by Jamie Lovett on ComicBook.com (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate': invalid timestamp '2016_09-2017') (backup link archived on August 25, 2020)
  15. ↑ Premium-Era-real Star Wars: Shattered Empire Gets Another Variant… Possibly by Rich Johnston on BleedingCool (August 20, 2015) (backup link archived on August 24, 2015)
  16. ↑ Premium-Era-real EXCLUSIVE Star Wars: Vader Down #1 Variant Covers by Jamie Lovett on ComicBook.com (September 6, 2017) (backup link archived on August 25, 2020)

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