Michael Carlin (born October 6, 1958)
Early life
Carlin attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, graduating in 1976.
He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1980.
Career
Mike Carlin started out in the business at DC Comics as a high school intern in 1974.
[ Superman vol. 2 #4 (April 1987) letters column] He was hired by Marvel Comics as a writer and artist on
Crazy Magazine, the company's
black-and-white humor title at the end of 1980. His first work appeared in print in 1981. He later became an assistant editor under
Mark Gruenwald["Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel Comics cover-dated February 1984.] in 1982 and wrote a short run of stories in
Captain America and Ka-Zar as well as the Assistant Editors' Month issue of
Marvel Team-Up (
Aunt May and Franklin Richards vs.
Galactus).
Carlin moved to DC Comics as of October 6, 1986, his 28th birthday,
and became group editor of the
Superman titles. He oversaw "The Death of Superman" storyline and the subsequent introduction of such characters as
Conner Kent and John Henry Irons.
From 1996 to 2002, he served as an executive editor at DC Comics. As of 2011, he was DC Entertainment's Creative Director of Animation.
Appearances within comics
The backup story "Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty" in
Captain America #289 (Jan. 1984) features Mike Carlin dressed as The Watcher, introducing the story.
The Batman Adventures #13 features a screwball trio of incompetent super-villains: the Mastermind (a caricature of Carlin), The Perfessor (a caricature of Dennis O'Neil), and Mr. Nice (a caricature of Archie Goodwin).[ Batman: Gotham Adventures #13 at the Grand Comics Database]
#75 (Jan. 1998) is a pastiche of Superman's death in Superman vol. 2 #75 (Jan. 1993), where Mister Mxyzptlk creates a duplicate of Doomsday. The confrontation culminates with Mxyzptlk meeting the Supreme Being, who turns out to be Carlin.
Awards
Nominations
-
1992 Eisner Award for Best Editor, for the Superman titles and The Psycho
Bibliography
DC Comics
-
#21 (Batman Black and White) (2001)
-
Cartoon Network Presents #8 (1998)
-
Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1 (2011)
-
Flintstones and the Jetsons #1–2 (1997)
-
Green Lantern Annual #3 (1987)
-
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #8 (1994)
-
Metal Men vol. 2 #1–4 (1993–1994)
-
Secret Origins vol. 2 #33 (Mister Miracle) (1988)
-
Showcase '95 #2, 6 (1995)
-
Star Trek #41–47 (1987–1988)
-
#1–6 (1988)
Marvel Comics
-
Amazing High Adventure #1 (1984)
-
Marvel Preview #34 (1983)
-
Captain America #301–306 (1985)
-
Crazy Magazine #72, 74, 80, 83–92 (1981–1982)
-
Daredevil #202 (1984)
-
Dazzler #32–34 (1984)
-
Ka-Zar the Savage #28–34 (1983–1984)
-
Marvel Fanfare #39 (Moon Knight) (1988)
-
Marvel Team-Up #137 (1984)
-
Masters of the Universe #1–8 (1986–1987)
-
Spider-Ham #4, 11, 13–14, 17 (1985–1987)
-
The Thing #14–17, 23–36 (1984–1986)
External links
-
Mike Carlin at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
-
Mike Carlin at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
