Mark Buckingham
Mark Buckingham (born May 23, 1966 in Clevedon ) is a British comic artist. Buckingham made a name for himself primarily as a draftsman for the Sandman comic series .
Life and work
Buckingham began working as a draftsman for the British publisher 2000AD in the 1980s , for whom he designed the series Tyranny Rex written by John Smith . Due to disputes over his pay, he separated from 2000AD again.
Since the early 1990s Buckingham has worked as a draftsman for US publishers such as DC Comics and Marvel Comics . For DC Buckingham mainly designed series of the publisher's Vertigo imprint, which specializes in comics for adult readers. Buckingham worked for Vertigo for such series as Sandman , Hellblazer and Fables . Buckingham worked particularly often with the author Neil Gaiman - who figured as Buckingham's best man in 2006 - together.
Buckingham worked as an ink draftsman for Marvel Comics. He inked Chris Bachalo's preliminary pencil drawings for the Generation X and Ghost Rider 2099 series .
Web links
- Literature by and about Mark Buckingham in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mark Buckingham in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buckingham, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clevedon |