Mark Buckingham

Mark Buckingham
Mark Buckingham in 2009
Born	May 23, 1966 Clevedon
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Penciller
Notable works	Marvelman Fables
Awards	Eisner Award for "Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team" (2007)

Mark Buckingham is a British comic book artist. He is better known for his work on Marvelman and Fables.

Career

Born as Mark John Buckingham May 23, 1966 in Clevedon, United Kingdom. He initially started working professionally on strips and illustrations for a British satire magazine called The Truth in 1987 where he first worked with Neil Gaiman illustrating some of his articles. His American debut came the following year as inker on DC Comics Hellblazer, taking over as penciller from issue 18.

Some of Mark's earliest (non-professional) work appeared in early issues of the Clevedon Youth CND newsletter in the early 1980s (c.1982/83) in which he satirised members of the group in a fun and amusing manner. Copies of these are now very hard to find, although there a few still known to be in existence.

He is most famous for his work on Marvelman (Miracleman, in the USA), Hellblazer,^[1] and Fables, including a story in the original graphic novel 1001 Nights of Snowfall.^[2] His Marvel work includes inking Chris Bachalo's pencils on Generation X, Ghost Rider 2099, and penciling Paul Jenkins's run on Peter Parker: Spider-Man. For DC Comics, Buckingham has inked the two Death miniseries and was the original penciller on the Titans series. In the 1990s Mark shared a studio with The Beano and Marvel artist Kev F. Sutherland,^[3] working together on Marvel's Star Trek and Doctor Strange.

During the Vertigo Voices: Fables Forum panel at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, Fables creator and writer Bill Willingham announced that he and Buckingham will switch roles in an up-coming one-off, for Fables issue #100. Buckingham will write and Willingham will illustrate.^[4]

Personal life

He was married in Gijón, Spain in August 2006 to journalist and TV newscaster Irma Page. His best man was Neil Gaiman.^[5] They currently reside in Spain.

Bibliography

• Hellblazer
  • #18-22 (pencils, with writer Jamie Delano and inks by Alfredo Alcala, Vertigo, 1989)
  • #30 (pencils, with writer Jamie Delano and co-artist Ron Tiner, Vertigo, 1990)
• Miracleman #17-23 (with writer Neil Gaiman, Eclipse Comics, 1990–1993)
• Tyranny Rex (with John Smith):
  • "Touched by the Hand of Brendan" in 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1991
  • "Deus ex Machina Book I" (in 2000 AD #852-855, 1993)
• The Sandman
  • "The Song of Orpheus" (inks, with writer Neil Gaiman, artist Bryan Talbot and colorist Daniel Vozzo, special issue, Vertigo, 1991)
  • #51-56 (inks, with writer Neil Gaiman, co-inkers Alec Stevens, John Watkiss, David Giordano, Michael Allred, Vince Locke, Dick Giordano, Steve Leialoha, Tony Harris, Bryan Talbot, artists Bryan Talbot, Alec Stevens, John Watkiss, Michael Zulli, Michael Allred, Shea Anton Pensa, Gary Amaro and colorist Daniel Vozzo, Vertigo, 1993, tpb, 1995, ISBN 1-4176-8617-0)
• Death
  • "The High Cost of Living" (inks, with writer Neil Gaiman, artist Chris Bachalo and colorist Steve Oliff, 3-issue mini-series, Vertigo, 1993)
  • "The Time of Your Life" (inks and pencils, with writer Neil Gaiman, co-inker Mark Pennington, co-artist Chris Bachalo, and colorist Matt Hollingsworth, 3-issue mini-series, Vertigo, 1996)
• Mortigan Goth: Immortalis (with writer Nick Vince, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel UK, 1993–1994)
• Shade, the Changing Man #54-60 (pencils, with writer Peter Milligan and inks by Rick J. Bryant, Vertigo, 1994–1995)
• Tharg's Future Shocks: "Accessory" (with writer Richard McTighe, in 2000 AD #1240, 2001)
• Fables #6-10, 14-27, 30-33, 36-38, 40-45, 48-50, 52-56, 59-63, 65-69, 71-75, 77-81, 83, 87-91, 94-98, 100- (pencils, with writer Bill Willingham and inks by Steve Leialoha, Vertigo, 2002-ongoing)

Awards

• 2003: Won Eisner Award for "Best New Series", for Fables #19–27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers" (with Willingham and Leialoha)
• 2005: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for Fables #19–27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers" (with Willingham and Leialoha)
• 2006: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for Fables #36–38, 40–41: "Return to the Homelands" (with Willingham and Leialoha)
• 2007: Won Eisner Award for "Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team", for Fables (with Leialoha)

Notes

1. Irvine, Alex (2008). "John Constantine Hellblazer". In Dougall, Alastair. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 102–111. ISBN 0-7566-4122-5. OCLC 213309015.
2. Irvine, Alex (2008). "Fables". In Dougall, Alastair. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 72–81. ISBN 0-7566-4122-5. OCLC 213309015.
3. Lemon, Craig (December 1, 2000). "Buckingham The Trend". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
4. http://www.dccomics.com/media/podcasts/DCComics_2009-07-25_Vertigo_Voices_The_Fables_Forum_at_SDCC_2009.mp3
5. "this post from Gaiman's journal". Retrieved 2006-08-14.

References

• Mark Buckingham at the Grand Comics Database

• Mark Buckingham at 2000 AD Online
• Mark Buckingham at Marvel.com

External links

• Mark Buckingham at the Comic Book DB
• "Dave Gibbons, Doug Braithwaite, Paul Cornell and Mark Buckingham recorded live on one Panel!!!". Geek Syndicate. October 8, 2008.