Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm. Kaluta (born August 25, 1947),
is an American
comics artist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literar ...
and writer best known for his acclaimed 1970s adaptation of the pulp magazine hero ''
The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibs ...
'' with writer
Dennis O'Neil
Dennis "Denny" Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until h ...
. He is the godfather of comedian and gamemaster
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Brennan Lee Mulligan (born January 4, 1988) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and gamemaster. He often works with Dropout (formerly CollegeHumor) as a writer, performer, and producer. He is the creator and regular gamemaster for Dropout' ...
.
Early life
Born in Guatemala to U.S. citizens, Kaluta studied at the
Richmond Professional Institute
The Richmond Professional Institute (RPI) was an educational institution established in 1917, which merged with the Medical College of Virginia in 1968 to form Virginia Commonwealth University. RPI was located on what is now known as the Monroe P ...
(now
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a Public university, public research university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virgin ...
).
Career

Kaluta's early work included a three-page adventure story, "The Battle of Shiraz", in Charlton Comics ''
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' ...
'' #18 (Jan. 1970) and an adaptation of
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan (who appeared in ...
's ''
Carson of Venus'' novels for
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...
.
Kaluta's influences and style are drawn from pulp illustrations of the 1930s and the turn-of-the-century poster work of
Alphonse Mucha
Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for his distinctly stylized ...
– his signature motif is elaborate decorative panel designs – rather than the
comic books of the Silver Age. He has rarely worked with the superhero genre, although one of his early contributions for DC was a "World of Krypton" backup story in ''
Superman
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
'' #240 (July 1971).
His first cover for a comic book was ''
House of Mystery
''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror comics, horror, fantasy comics, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery comics anthology, comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets (DC Comi ...
'' #200 (March 1972). Associated during the 1970s with
Bernie Wrightson
Bernard Albert Wrightson (October 27, 1948 – March 18, 2017) was an American artist, known for co-creating the Swamp Thing, his Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein, adaptation of the novel ''Frankenstein'' illustration work, and for his other ho ...
and
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor, known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in '' Amadeus'' (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), Charles Deetz in ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), Dr. Skip Tyl ...
, he contributed illustrations to
Ted White's ''
Fantastic
Fantastic or Fantastik may refer to:
Music
* ''Fantastic'' (Toy-Box album)
* ''Fantastic'' (Wham! album)
* '' Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)'', an album by Slum Village
* '' Fantastic, Vol. 2'', an album by Slum Village
* ''Fantastic'' (EP), an EP by ...
'' and ''
Amazing''. Kaluta co-created
Eve
Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and there ...
in ''
Secrets of Sinister House
''Secrets of Sinister House'' was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1972-1974, a companion to '' Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion''. Both series were originally inspired by the successful ABC soap opera ''D ...
'' #6 (Aug.–Sept. 1972), a horror comics "host" character later turned into a supporting character in ''
The Sandman''. He and writer
Dennis O'Neil
Dennis "Denny" Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until h ...
produced a comics adaptation of ''
The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibs ...
'' for DC in 1973–1974. Comics historian
Les Daniels
Leslie Noel Daniels III, better known as Les Daniels (October 27, 1943 – November 5, 2011), was an American writer.
Background
Daniels attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he wrote his master's thesis on ''Frankenstein ...
noted that "Kaluta's style
n ''The Shadow''is an homage to
Graves Gladney, master of the pulp magazine covers of the 1930s." Kaluta left the series after drawing five of the first six issues.
Kaluta was one of the four comic book artists/fine illustrator/painters (along with Jeffrey Jones,
Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith (born Barry Smith, 25 May 1949) is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best-known work has been produced in the United States. He attained note working on Marvel Comics' ''Conan the Barbarian (comics), Conan t ...
, and Bernie Wrightson) who formed the artists' commune
The Studio in a loft in Manhattan's
Chelsea district in 1975 and continuing to 1979. In addition to many comic book stories and covers, Kaluta has done a wide variety of book illustrations.
Kaluta drew the cover for the ''
Madame Xanadu
Madame Xanadu (Nimue Inwudu) is a fictional character published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur''.
Jeryl Prescott portrays X ...
''
one-shot
One shot may refer to:
Film and television
* One-shot film, a feature film shot in one long take with no edits, or manufactured to look like so
* ''One Shot'' (2005 film), a Sri Lankan action film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake
* ''One Shot'', a ...
in 1981 which was DC's second direct sales only comic. He and writer
Elaine Lee
Elaine Lee is an American actress, playwright, producer, and writer, who specializes in Comic book, graphic novels. She has also received recognition and awards for her work as a creator and producer of audio books and dramas.
Her comics have b ...
crafted ''
Marvel Graphic Novel
''Marvel Graphic Novel'' (''MGN'') is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1982 to 1993 by Marvel Comics. The books were published in an oversized format, 8.5" x 11", similar to French albums. In response, DC Comics estab ...
'' #13 "
Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned and Forsaked" which led to an ongoing series which ran for six issues.
Kaluta and O'Neil reunited on ''The Shadow: 1941 – Hitler's Astrologer'' graphic novel published in 1988. In 2006, Kaluta was one of the artists on the ''
1001 Nights of Snowfall'' graphic novel written by
Bill Willingham
William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series '' Elementals'' and ''Fables''.
Career
William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. During his father's military career the fam ...
.
In 1984 he drew the illustrations for and directed the music video of "
Don't Answer Me
"Don't Answer Me" is a 1984 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album '' Ammonia Avenue''. It reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' charts in the United States and was the final ''Billboard'' Top 20 hit for the group. It also reached numb ...
" by
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock music, rock duo formed in London in 1975. Its core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons, and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They shared w ...
, which became one of the most requested videos of the year on the cable video channel
MTV
MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...
.
Among music fans, Kaluta is known as the cover artist of
Glenn Danzig
Glenn Allen Anzalone (born June 23, 1955), better known by his stage name Glenn Danzig, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, film director and record producer. He is the founder of the rock bands Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig. He ...
's instrumental album ''
Black Aria'' and for the interior illustration of
Danzig's
fourth album, the latter of which appeared in 1994 and 1995 as a pendant sold at Danzig concerts, and on Danzig T-shirts and sweaters produced in the same period. Kaluta created the CD covers and interior booklet illustrations for ''
Nativity in Black I'' and ''II'', tribute albums to the music of
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
. Kaluta drew the cover art for the
Bobby Pickett
Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938April 25, 2007), better known as Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for co-writing and performing the 1962 smash hit novelty song "Monster Mash".
Born i ...
album ''
The Original Monster Mash'' when it was reissued in 1973.
Kaluta has worked for role-playing game companies such as
White Wolf Publishing
White Wolf Entertainment AB, formerly White Wolf Publishing, was an American roleplaying game and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant (game publisher), Lion Rampant[collectible card game
A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. The genre was introduced with ''Magic: The G ...]
s companies, including a comic book for
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (WotC or Wizards) is an American game Publishing, publisher, most of which are based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science-fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail game stores. In 1999, toy ...
's ''
Magic: The Gathering'' and illustrating cards on
Last Unicorn Games
Last Unicorn Games (or LUG) was a Pennsylvania based corporation with offices in Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 1994 by Christian Moore, Owen Seyler, Greg Ormand, and Bernie Cahill to publish the role playing game ''ARIA: Canticle of t ...
' ''
Heresy: Kingdom Come''.
In the early 1990s, he was active in
Compuserve
CompuServe, Inc. (CompuServe Information Service, Inc., also known by its initialism CIS or later CSi) was an American Internet company that provided the first major commercial online service provider, online service. It opened in 1969 as a times ...
's Macintosh Gaming Forum, in the flight simulator enthusiast group which called itself VFA-13 Shadow Riders. He contributed a number of designs for airplane nose art and flight suit unit patches.
Awards
Kaluta's work has won him a good deal of recognition, including the
Shazam Award
The Academy of Comic Book Arts (ACBA) was an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the comic book industry analog of such groups as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Composed of comic-book professio ...
for Outstanding New Talent in 1971, the
Inkpot Award
The Inkpot Award is an honor bestowed annually since 1974 by Comic-Con International. It is given to professionals in the fields of comic books, comic strips, animation, science fiction, and related areas of popular culture, at Comic-Con Internati ...
in 1977, and the 2003
Spectrum Award for Grand Master
The Spectrum Award for Grand Master was awarded annually from 1995 to 2019 by the Spectrum Fantastic Art Advisory Board, which now appears to be defunct.
A Grand Master, as Arnie Fenner (SFA Advisory Board member) has explained, is an artist who ...
.
Bibliography
Dark Horse Comics
*''
Conan'' #22 (with
Cary Nord
Cary Nord is a Canadian comics artist. He has worked on series such as '' Daredevil'', ''X-Men'', and ''Conan The Barbarian''. Throughout his career Nord has worked on books including ''Superman'' for DC Comics; ''Wolverine'', '' Mutant X'', ''Gh ...
) (2005)
*''
The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibs ...
'' #1–2 (1994)
*''The Shadow: In the Coils of Leviathan'' #1–4 (1993–94)
*''
Starstruck'' #1–4 (miniseries) (1990)
DC Comics
*''
Action Comics
''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National ...
Weekly'' (cover) #613 (1988)
*''
Adventure Comics
''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), ...
'' (cover) #425 (1972)
*''
Aquaman
Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (November 1941). Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles ...
'', vol. 3 (covers) #63–75 (2000–01)
*''Aquaman'', vol. 4 (covers) #51 (2007)
*''
Batman
Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...
'' (covers) #242, 248, 253 (1972–73); #400 (one page interior art); ''Annual'' #12, 24 (1988–2000)
*''
The Batman Chronicles
''The Batman Chronicles'' is a series of comics published by DC Comics from 1995 to 2001, which lasted 23 quarterly issues.
Publication history
With a larger page count than typical comics of the time, most issues contained three separate storie ...
'' (cover) #6 (1996)
*''
Batman Family
''Batman Family'' is an American comic book anthology series published by DC Comics which ran from 1975 to 1978, primarily featuring stories starring supporting characters to the superhero Batman. An eight-issue miniseries called ''Batman: Famil ...
'' (covers) #17, 19 (1978)
*''
Batman: Gotham Knights'' (
Batman Black and White
''Batman Black and White'' refers to the comic book limited series published by DC Comics featuring 8-page black and white Batman stories. Volumes 1, 4 and 5 of the series feature all-new stories (published in 1996, 2013–14, and 2020–21, respe ...
) #32 (2002)
*''
The Brave and the Bold
''The Brave and the Bold'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics as an ongoing series from 1955 to 1983. It was followed by a reprint miniseries in 1988, two original miniseries in 1991 and 1999, and was revived as an ongoing anthology ...
'' (cover) #176 (1981)
*''The Brave and the Bold'', vol. 3 (cover) #26 (2009)
*''
Detective Comics
''Detective Comics'' (later retitled as ''Batman Detective Comics'') is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is ...
'' (covers) #423–424, 426–429, 431, 434, 438 (1972–74); #572 (1987)
*''
Doorway to Nightmare'' (covers) #2–5 (1978)
*''
Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion
''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' was a horror-suspense- romance anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1971 to 1974, a companion to ''Secrets of Sinister House''. Both series were originally inspired by the successful ABC soap ...
'' (covers) #7–8, 13 (1972–73)
*''
From Beyond the Unknown'' (covers) #18–19 (1972)
*''
Ghosts
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...
'' (covers) #7, 93, 101 (1972–81)
*''
House of Mystery
''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror comics, horror, fantasy comics, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery comics anthology, comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets (DC Comi ...
'' (interiors): #195, 200; (covers): #201–202, 210, 212, 233, 260–261, 263, 265, 267–268, 273, 276, 284, 287–288, 293–295, 300, 302, 304–305, 309–321 (1971–83)
*''
House of Secrets'' (interiors): #87, 98; (covers): #101–102, 149, 151, 154 (1970–78)
*''
Just Imagine Just Imagine may refer to;
* Just Imagine (film), 1930 science fiction musical film
* Just Imagine..., 2001–2002 comic book line
{{Disambiguation ...
Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book author, writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which later bec ...
with
Joe Kubert
Joseph Kubert (; September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Poland, Polish-born Americans, American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawk ...
creating Batman'' (four pages) (2001)
*''
Justice League of America
The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived t ...
'' (cover) #154 (1978)
*''
Korak, Son of Tarzan
Korak, a fictional character, is the ape name of John "Jack" Clayton III, the son of Tarzan and Jane Porter.
History
Jack first appeared in the original ''Tarzan'' novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan ...
'' #46–53 ("
Carson of Venus" series) (1972–74)
*''
Madame Xanadu
Madame Xanadu (Nimue Inwudu) is a fictional character published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur''.
Jeryl Prescott portrays X ...
'' (cover) #1 (1981)
*''
Mystery in Space
''Mystery in Space'' is the name of two science fiction American comic book series published by DC Comics, and of a standalone Vertigo anthology released in 2012. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 to 1966, with a further seven issues ...
'' vol. 4 #1 (2012)
*''
Phantom Stranger
The Phantom Stranger is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, of unspecified paranormal origins, who battles mysterious and occult forces, sometimes under their Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo imprint. The character ...
'', vol. 2 ("
Spawn of Frankenstein") #23–25; (cover) #26 (1973)
*''Private Files of the Shadow'' HC (cover and new 15 page story) (1989)
*''
Secrets of Haunted House
''Secrets of Haunted House'' was a horror-suspense comics anthology series published by American company DC Comics from 1975 to 1978 and 1979 to 1982.
Publication history
The series began in April–May 1975. Like its predecessor ''Secrets of S ...
'' (covers) #8, 10–11, 14, 16, 29 (1977–80)
*''
The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibs ...
'' (interiors): #1–4, 6; (covers): #10–12 (1973–75)
*''
Spectre
Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to:
Religion and spirituality
* Vision (spirituality)
* Apparitional experience
* Ghost
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writt ...
'', vol. 2 (covers) #1–3 (1987)
*''Spectre'', vol. 3 (covers) #10, 44 (1993–96)
*''
The Spirit'', vol. 2, #5 (2010)
*''
Superman
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
'' ("Fabulous World of
Krypton
Krypton (from 'the hidden one') is a chemical element; it has symbol (chemistry), symbol Kr and atomic number 36. It is a colorless, odorless noble gas that occurs in trace element, trace amounts in the Earth's atmosphere, atmosphere and is of ...
") #240 (1972); (Superman) #400 (six pages, among other artists, 1984)
*''
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.
Creat ...
'' #230 ("Carson of Venus" series) (1974)
*''
Time Warp
Time travel is a common theme in fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, and film.
The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularized in H. G. Wells' ...
'' (covers) #1–5 (1979–80)
*''
Weird Mystery Tales
''Weird Mystery Tales'' is a mystery horror comics anthology published by DC Comics from July–August 1972 to November 1975.
Publication history 100 Page Super Spectacular
The title ''Weird Mystery Tales'' was first used for '' DC 100 Page ...
'' #24 (1975)
*''
Weird War Tales
''Weird War Tales'' is a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September - October 1971 to June 1983.
Publication history
The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was an an ...
'' #12 (cover) (1973)
*''
Weird Worlds'' (interiors): #4; (covers): #5–6, 10 (1972–74)
*''
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...
'' (cover) #297, (pinup page) #300 (1982–83)
America's Best Comics
*''
Tom Strong
''Tom Strong'' is an American comic book series created by writer Alan Moore and artist Chris Sprouse, initially published bi-monthly by America's Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics' WildStorm division. Tom Strong, the title character, is a ...
's Terrific Tales'' #9 (2004)
Vertigo
*''
The Books of Magic
''The Books of Magic'' is the title of a four-issue English-language comic book Limited series (comics), miniseries written by Neil Gaiman, published by DC Comics, and later an ongoing series under the imprint Vertigo Comics, Vertigo. Since its or ...
'' vol. 2 (covers) #22, 27–40, 42–65, 67–75 (1996–2000)
*''
House of Mystery
''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror comics, horror, fantasy comics, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery comics anthology, comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets (DC Comi ...
'' vol. 2 #20 (2010)
*''Madame Xanadu'', vol. 2 #11–15 (2008–09)
*''
The Unwritten
''The Unwritten'' is an American comic book written by Mike Carey with art by Peter Gross. Published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, the book follows Tom Taylor, who was the inspiration for a series of hugely successful children's fantasy ...
'' #31.5 (2012)
*''
Weird War Tales
''Weird War Tales'' is a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September - October 1971 to June 1983.
Publication history
The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was an an ...
'' #2 (cover) (1997)
Marvel Comics
*''
Chaos War
"Chaos War" is a Marvel Comics storyline that began publication in October 2010 across nine comic book series: the five-issue miniseries ''Chaos War'', written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, supplemented by seven branded miniseries or one-shot ...
: Chaos King'' (2010)
*''
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero created by American author Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) and who debuted in 1932 and went on to appear in a series of fantasy stories published in ''We ...
'' (cover) #167 (1985)
*''Conan the King'', then ''King Conan'' (covers) #20–27, 31 (1984–85)
*''Fearsome Four'', miniseries, #1 (among other artists) (2011)
*''
Epic Illustrated
''Epic Illustrated'' was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics. Similar to the US-licensed comic book magazine ''Heavy Metal (magazine), Heavy Metal'', it allowed explicit content to be featured, un ...
'' #17, 21, 24, 25–26, 28 (1983–85)
*''
The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibs ...
1941: Hitler's Astrologer'', graphic novel (1988)
*''
Thor
Thor (from ) is a prominent list of thunder gods, god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred g ...
'' vol. 2 #57 (two pages only, among other artists) (2003)
Other publishers
*''Memorial'' #1–6 (covers) (2011–12) (
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...
)
*''
Rocketeer
A rocketeer is a person who uses rockets.
It may also refer to:
People
* A soldier specialized in rocket artillery
** ''1st Rocketeer Corps'' of Poland, who operated the Congreve rocket
* A person who rides rockets, an astronaut
* A person who op ...
Adventure Magazine'' #1–2 (1988) (Comico)
*''Dangerous Times'' #1 (cover) (1989) Evolution Comics, New York
Books and compilations
*''Michael Wm. Kaluta Sketchbook'' 180 pages,
Kitchen Sink Press
Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1970. Kitchen Sink Press was a pioneering publisher of underground comics, and was also responsible for numerous republications of classic comic strips in hardcov ...
, May 1998,
*''Echoes Drawing of Michael Wm Kaluta'' 112 pages,
Vanguard Productions
Vanguard Films, Inc. was an American film production company, established by producer David O. Selznick in 1943, after the dissolution of Selznick International Pictures. The company's president was Daniel T. O'Shea; Dore Schary was the head of pr ...
, March 2007,
*''Wings of Twilight: The Art of Michael Kaluta'' 80 pages,
NBM Publishing
Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Inc. (or NBM Publishing) is an American graphic novel publisher. Founded by Terry Nantier in 1976 as Flying Buttress Publications, NBM is one of the oldest graphic novel publishers in North America. The comp ...
, March 2001,
*''The Michael Kaluta Treasury'' Glimmer Graphics, December 1988,
*''Michael Wm. Kaluta: Sketchbook Series''
** Volume 1 48 pages,
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...
, April 2012,
** Volume 2 48 pages, IDW Publishing, August 2012,
** Volume 3 48 pages, IDW Publishing, December 2012,
** Volume 4 48 pages, IDW Publishing, May 2013,
*''Michael Wm. Kaluta: The Big Book'' 304 pages, IDW Publishing, January 2014,
References
External links
*
*
Michael Kalutaat Mike's Amazing World of Comics
*
Glimmer Graphics
at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Michael Kalutaat
IMDb
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1947 births
20th-century American artists
21st-century American artists
American album-cover and concert-poster artists
American comics artists
American fantasy artists
American illustrators
American role-playing game artists
DC Comics people
Inkpot Award winners
Living people
Marvel Comics people
Tolkien artists
Virginia Commonwealth University alumni
Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductees