Mike Grell (b. 1947)

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Name:

Mike Grell Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Mike Family name: Grell

Other Names:

1. Michael Jon Grell Type: Name at Birth
   Given name: Michael Jon Family name: Grell

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Schools:

1. University of Wisconsin ? to ?

   Notes: Art/Art Studies, General

2. Famous Artists School ? to ?

   Notes: Cartooning

3. Chicago Academy of Fine Arts 1971 to ?

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Signatures:

1. G [generic]
2. GRELL [generic]
3. MG [generic]
4. MG [generic]
5. Mike Grell [generic]
6. Mike Grell [generic]

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Art Influences:

Mike Grell (b. 1947) stated influences by:

1. Joseph Clement Coll
2. Paul Calle
3. Neal Adams (b. 1941)
4. Hal Foster (b. 1892)
5. Frank Frazetta (b. 1928)
6. Dick Giordano (b. 1932)
7. Burne Hogarth (b. 1911)
8. Russ Manning (b. 1929)
9. John Prentice (b. 1920)
10. Al Williamson (b. 1931)

Influences by Mike Grell (b. 1947) were stated by:

1. Albert Deschesne (b. 1962)
2. Keith Alan Morgan (b. 1963)
3. Peter Palmer (b. 1964)
4. Laurie Sutton (b. 1953)

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Memberships:

1. Academy of Comic Book Arts Type: member

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Non Comics Works:

1. Publication Title: Amazing Heroes #115 (magazine) - Role: artist - Year: 1987
   Employer Name : Fantagraphics Books
   Work Title: Myke Blackmon
   Notes: 1 page of interior artwork. Edited by Kim Thompson.

2. Publication Title: Arrow (television) - Role: artist - Years: 2012 - 2014
   Employer Name : Warner
   Notes: police sketch artist for 31 episodes

3. Publication Title: Arrow: Year One (television) - Role: artist - Year: 2013
   Employer Name : Hodder
   Notes: police sketch artist

4. Publication Title: DC Heroes RPG - Green Arrow: Lines of Death, Adventure Module Mayfair 219 (other) - Role: artist - Year: 1987
   Employer Name : Mayfair Games
   Notes: Cover artwork for Mark Acres' game book.

5. Publication Title: Fantasy Book, September 1984 (magazine) - Role: artist - Year: 1984
   Employer Name : Fantasy Book Enterprises
   Notes: cover artwork for the book edited by Dennis Mallonee and Nick Smith

6. Publication Title: Food Hound: Tidbits (television) - Role: actor - Year: 2011
   Employer Name : Hound Entertainment Group
   Work Title: The Food Hounds Get Dirty
   Notes: participation in the reality show

7. Publication Title: How-to-Draw: Tips from the Top Cartoonists (book) - Role: artist - Year: 1982
   Employer Name : Donnar Publications
   Notes: Interior artwork for Don Christensen's book.

8. Publication Title: Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire (book) - Role: artist - Year: 1989
   Employer Name : Walsworth Pub Co
   Notes: Cover and interior artwork for Howard Pyle's book.

9. Publication Title: Mike Grell's Shaman's Tears (Trading Card) (other) - Role: artist - Year: 1993
   Employer Name : Wizard Magazine
   Notes: Artwork for the card set.

10. Publication Title: Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without an Eraser (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2018
    Employer Name : TwoMorrows Publishing
    Notes: interior artwork and art description for Dewey Cassell with Jeff Messer's book

11. Publication Title: Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow (book) - Role: writer - Year: 2017
    Employer Name : Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
    Notes: Interview for Richard Gray's book.

12. Publication Title: Professional Courtesy (movie) - Role: actor - Year: 2003
    Employer Name : Zero Films
    Notes: actor (as Patron)

13. Publication Title: Questar Magazine #10, December 1980 (magazine) - Role: artist - Year: 1980
    Employer Name : MW Communications
    Work Title: Jeanie (Chapter Five: Discovery)
    Notes: Illustrations for John Nubbin's "Jeanie" (Chapter Five: Discovery) story in the magazine.

14. Publication Title: Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (movie) - Role: actor - Year: 2017
    Employer Name : Fusion Factory Films
    Notes: executive producer, creative consultant and actor (as Jax Grymm)

15. Publication Title: Tarzan and the Revolution (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2018
    Employer Name : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
    Notes: cover and interior artwork for Thomas Zachek's book

16. Publication Title: Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy Under Siege (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2017
    Employer Name : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
    Notes: interior artwork for Ann E. Johnson and Ralph N. Laughlin's book

17. Publication Title: The Clive Cussler Adventures: A Critical Review (book) - Role: writer - Year: 2014
    Employer Name : McFarland
    Work Title: Forward
    Notes: Foreword for Steven Philip Jones' book.

18. Publication Title: The Legion Companion (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2003
    Employer Name : TwoMorrows Publishing
    Notes: interior artwork and interview for Glen Cadigan's book

19. Publication Title: The Mongoliad: Book One (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2012
    Employer Name : 47North
    Notes: illustrations for Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Nicole Galland, Cooper Moo, Neal Stephenson and Mark Teppo's book

20. Publication Title: The Mongoliad: Book Three (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2013
    Employer Name : 47North
    Notes: illustrations for Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Nicole Galland, Cooper Moo, Neal Stephenson and Mark Teppo's book

21. Publication Title: The Mongoliad: Book Two (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2012
    Employer Name : 47North
    Notes: illustrations for Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Nicole Galland, Cooper Moo, Neal Stephenson and Mark Teppo's book

22. Publication Title: The World of Synnibar (other) - Role: artist - Year: 1991
    Employer Name : RDI Books
    Notes: Illustration for Raven C.S. McCracken's game.

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Relations:

1. Spouse - Sharon Wright (b. 1959)
   Notes: Divorced