Marshall Rogers
Marshall Rogers (born January 22, 1950 - March 25, 2007 ) was an American comic artist .
Life and work
Rogers initially trained as an architectural draftsman before he began working as a full-time comic artist in the early 1970s. Characteristic of Roger's drawing style were above all his realistic representations of figures and backgrounds, which - devoid of any cartoon-like distortion or exaggeration - tried to make the represented fictional contents at least optically as close as possible to reality.
He first attracted attention because of his collaboration with Chris Claremont on the Daughters of the Dragon series , which was published in The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, a black and white graphics magazine that mainly presented stories about Far Eastern martial arts and Far Eastern philosophy has been.
Rogers experienced his artistic breakthrough with the Batman storyline Darl Apparitions, which appeared in 1977 in the Detective Comics series (# 471-476). His partners on this project were the author Steve Englehart and the ink artist Terry Austin . Since then, the Strange Apparitions, which are considered by critics and fans alike to be one of the definitive interpretations of the Batman material, have been reprinted repeatedly, including as an anthology and a mini-series under the title Shadow of Batman. Roger's contribution to Strange Apparitions can be seen on the one hand in the detail-loving and atmospherically dense design of the drawings, skillfully exploiting the artistic possibilities of light and shadow, and in the optical general overhaul of some of the figures used. Rogers fundamentally renewed the layout of Batman opponents Hugo Strange, Clayface (Preston Payne) and Deadshot . The latter in particular turned out to be so popular after Rogers' revision that he could be placed as the main character at the center of his own publications.
In 2005, Englehart and Rogers built on the success of Strange Apparitions once again when they presented the six-part miniseries Batman: Dark Detective , which picked up on some old threads and brought them to an end.
For Marvel Comics , Rogers worked on the series Spider-Man , GI Joe and Silver Surfer, among others .
For the publisher Eclipse Comics he worked on series such as Coyote and Capt. Quick and the Foozle . Rogers died of a heart attack in 2007.
bibliography
Working for DC Comics
- Batman Family: # 11-13 (1977)
- Batman: Dark Detective: # 1-6 (2005)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight: # 132-136 (2000)
- Detective Comics: # 466-468, 471-479, 481 (1976-1979)
- Green Lantern: # 187 (1985)
- Green Lantern: Evil's Might # 1-3 (2002)
- House of Mystery: # 254, 274, 277 (1977, 1979, 1980)
- Justice League Europe: # 20-22 (1990-1991)
- Mister Miracle: (1st series) # 19–22 (1977–1978)
- Mister Miracle: (3rd series) # 5-6 (1996)
- Mystery In Space: # 111 (1980)
- Realworlds: Batman (2000)
- Secret Origins: # 6 (1986)
- Superman: # 400 (1984)
- Superman Family: # 182, 194 (1977, 1979)
- The Shadow: # 7 (1988)
- Unexpected: # 191 (1979)
- Weird War Tales: # 51-52 (1977)
- World's Finest Comics: # 259 (1979)
Working for Eclipse Comics
- Eclipse Magazine (Coyote) # 1-8 (1981-1983),
- Eclipse Monthly (Cap'N Quick) # 1-4 (1983-1984)
- Scorpio Rose # 1-2 (1983)
Working for Marvel Comics
- Excalibur # 10-11 (1989)
- GI Joe # 61,75,77,79,81,82,84,86
- Silver Surfer # 1-10, 12, 21 (1987-1989)
- Spider-Man # 27-28 (1992)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rogers, Marshall |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1950 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 2007 |