Michael Golden is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his late-1970s work on Marvel Comics' The Micronauts, as well as his co-creation of the characters Rogue and Bucky O'Hare.
His work is known to have influenced the style of artist Arthur Adams.
Career
After starting his illustration career in commercial art, Golden broke into comics in late 1977, working on such DC Comics titles as Mister Miracle and Batman Family. His first work for Marvel Comics was "The Cask of Amontillado", a backup story in Marvel Classics Comics #28 (1977) adapting an Edgar Allan Poe short story. In 1978, he made a splash with his work on Marvel's Micronauts which he illustrated for the series' first 12 issues. He drew a number of Marvel series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Doctor Strange, the Howard the Duck black-and-white comics magazine, and Marvel Fanfare. Writer Chris Claremont co-created Rogue with Golden in The Avengers Annual #10 (1981). The 'Nam series was launched in 1986 by Doug Murray and Golden. Golden drew covers for the licensed series G.I. Joe, Rom, U.S. 1, and The Saga of Crystar. Golden also penciled parts of the Marvel No-Prize Book . In the early 1990s, Golden was an editor for DC Comics and later in the decade served as Senior Art Director for Marvel Comics. In the 2000s, he drew covers for DC Comics' Nightwing, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Vigilante. Despite his considerable amount of work in comics, Golden has stated that he still finds advertising and commercial design work to be more fulfilling than comics, because "it's something different each time."
Golden's art style later inspired a number of later comics creators, including Arthur Adams. Golden's work was also appropriated by Glenn Danzig as a logo for his bands Samhain and Danzig. He is managed by Renée Witterstaetter (a former comics colorist, writer, and editor) of Eva Ink Publishing.
In a 1997 interview with Wizard magazine, Golden explained that he had not attended a comics convention since 1979, because he is uncomfortable with the cult of personality treatment of comics creators. By the 2000s, however, he had been known to make appearances at conventions.
Comic books
DC Comics
- Batman #295 (first DC work), #303 (1978)
- Batman Special #1 (1984)
- Batman Family #15-20 (1978)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #1 (1991)
- Batman: Odyssey #1 (2010)
- Birds of Prey #66 (2004)
- DC Special Series #15 (Batman) (1978)
- Deathstroke, The Terminator #12 (1992)
- Detective Comics #482 (The Demon and Bat-Mite stories) (1979)
- Ghosts #67, 88 (1978-1980)
- House of Mystery #257, 259, 266 (1978-1979)
- House of Secrets #148-149 (1 page each), 151 (1977-1978)
- Justice League Europe Annual #2 (1991)
- Mister Miracle #23-25 (1978)
- Mystery in Space #113 (1980)
- Secrets of Haunted House #10 (1978)
- Superman Special #1 (1 page) (1992)
- Superman: The Man of Steel Gallery #1 (1 page) (1995)
- Who's Who in the DC Universe #12-13 (1991)
Marvel Comics
- Avengers Annual #10 (1981)
- Bizarre Adventures #25, 28 (1981)
- Daredevil Vol. 2 #65 (2004)
- Defenders (partial) #53-54 (1977)
- Doctor Strange #46, 55 (1981-1982)
- Epic Illustrated #3-4, 32 (1980-1985)
- Fantastic Four Roast #1 (1982)
- G.I. Joe Yearbook #2 (1986)
- Howard the Duck (black-and-white magazine) #1, 5-6 (1979-1980)
- Marvel Classics Comics #28 (first Marvel work) (1977)
- Marvel Fanfare #1-2, 4, 45, 47 (1982-1989)
- Marvel Holiday Special (Wolverine) (1992)
- Marvel: Shadows and Light #1 (Doctor Strange) (1997)
- Micronauts #1-12 (1979)
- Mutant X #12 (1999)
- The 'Nam #1-11, 13 (1986-1987)
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #10 (1983)
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #12 (1986)
- Savage Tales Vol. 2 #1, 4 (1985-1986)
- Star-Lord, The Special Edition #1 (framing sequence) (1982)
- Star Wars #38 (1980)
- Uncanny X-Men #273, Annual #7 (1983-1991)
Other publishers
- Bucky O'Hare #1-5 (1991-1992) (Continuity Comics)
- Echo of Futurepast #1-6 (1984-1985) (Continuity Comics)
- Toyboy #7 (1989) (Continuity Comics)
- Jackie Chan's Spartan X: Hell-Bent-Hero-For-Hire #3 (1998) (Image Comics)
- Jackie Chan's Spartan X: The Armour of Heaven #1-3 (1997) (Topps Comics)
Covers
- Adventures of Superman #590 (DC)
- Alpha Flight #84 (Marvel)
- Batman #484, 485 (DC)
- Batman: Cyber Revolution #1-2 (DC)
- Detective Comics #625, 626, 628-631, 633, 644-646 (DC)
- Doctor Strange #55 (Marvel)
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comic Magazine #2 (Marvel)
- G.I. Joe #23, 27, 29, 36, 116-118 (Marvel)
- G.I. Joe Yearbook #1, 2 (Marvel)
- G.I. Joe: America's Elite #36 (Devil's Due)
- Marvel No-Prize Book #1 (Marvel)
- Micronauts #13-24, 38, 39, 59 (Marvel)
- Mutant X #27-28 (Marvel)
- New Exiles #1-3 (Marvel)
- Nightwing #66-77 (DC)
- Nomad vol. 2 #19, 22-25 (Marvel)
- Ocean #1-6 (Wildstorm)
- Out of the Vortex #8 (Dark Horse)
- Peter Parker: Spider-Man vol. 2 Annual 2001 (Marvel)
- The Punisher vol. 2 #50, 51, 53, 58, 86, 87, Annual #4 (Marvel)
- Punisher Armory #9, 10 (Marvel)
- Punisher War Journal #25-30, 40, 61-64 (Marvel)
- Punisher War Zone #17-19, 23-25, Annual #1 (Marvel)
- Robo Dojo #1-6 (Wildstorm)
- Rom #7-11; 19 (Marvel)
- Savage She-Hulk #8-11 (Marvel)
- Savage Sword of Conan #98, 101, 105, 106, 117, 124, 150 (Marvel)
- Savage Tales vol. 2, #1(Marvel)
- Showcase 93 #4 (DC)
- Superman: The Man of Steel #127-128 (DC)
- Team 7: Dead Reckoning #1-4 (Image)
- Transformers #2 (Marvel)
- Union #8, 9, 10 (Image)
- Vigilante #1-4 (DC)
- The X-Men companion #1 (Fantagraphics)
Portfolios and art books
- Doctor Strange (Marvel)
- Michael Golden's Jurassic Park Portfolio One (Image/Eva Ink)
- Michael Golden's Jurassic Park Portfolio Two (Image/Eva Ink)
- Michael Golden's Monsters (Image/Eva Ink 2006)
- Excess: The Art of Michael Golden (Vanguard)
- Manga Bucky O'Hare (Vanguard)
- In the Studio with Michael Golden (TwoMorrows)
- Michael Golden: Heroes and Villains (Eva Ink)
- Michael Golden: MORE Heroes and Villains (Eva Ink)
- Michael Golden: Alchemy (Eva Ink)
References
External links
- Michael Golden at the Comic Book DB
- Michael Golden at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Michael Golden at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
