Marvel Comics artist will be in Texarkana on Saturday
TEXARKANA, Texas — Marvel Comics artist Michael Golden, who is considered a legend in the comic book industry, will be at Excalibur Comics, 2811 N. State Line Ave, on Saturday.
Golden is a co-creator of the X-men’s Rogue character, Spartan X and Bucky O’Hare, and is also known for his work on “Star Wars,” “Batman,” “The ‘Nam,” “Micronauts,” “G.I. Joe Yearbook” and “Dr. Strange,” He has also served as an editor at DC Comics as well as Senior Art Director at Marvel Comics, and has worked on scores of movie production projects, some currently in development.
Golden’s work can be seen on covers from “The Walking Dead,” the new Marvel “Civil War,” the new “Rom,” the new “Micronauts,” “Spawn,” “Nightwing,” “Iron Man,” “Heroes for Hire,” “Exiles,” “Demon’s Regret,” “Spiderman,” “Vampirella,” “Captain American,” “The Punisher” and “The Hulk.” His zombie art is routinely used in conjunction with popular properties on TV and in print.
Writer/artist Larry Hama, in the announcement from Excalibur Comics, had this to say of Golden’s work: “Unless you can actually draw yourself, it is very difficult to understand the exact mind-blowing impossibility of what he does.”
He continued, “Michael blithely puts down on paper exactly what he sees in his head. It’s like he’s got a cosmic opaque projector that shoots a laser
beam from his brain through the kundalini eye in his forehead straight down onto the drawing surface where all he has to do is trace it. The result is hard-edged and fully realized in every way. No fuzzy impressions here.”
Books covering the life and art of Michael Golden include a Manga version of the “Bucky O’Hare” series, as well as “Excess: The Art of Michael Golden,” written by Renee Witterstaetter, and his recent sketchbooks “Heroes and Villains,” “MORE Heroes and Villains, ” and “Michael Golden: Alchemy.”
His art has been the focus of gallery shows in places as diverse as Gijon, Barcelona, New York, Antwerp and Brussels.
(For more information, call Chase Fairless at 903-7925767.)