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| occupation  = [[Author]], [[screenwriter]], [[biographer]], [[comics historian]]
| occupation  = [[Author]], [[screenwriter]], [[biographer]], [[comics historian]]
| years_active = 1969–present
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| nationality  = [[Americans|American]]
| genre        = [[Comic book]]s, television sitcoms, cartoons, biographical books
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'''Mark Stephen Evanier''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|v|ə|n|ɪər}}; born March 2, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=John Jackson|author-link= John Jackson Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=June 10, 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[comic book]] and television writer, known for his work on the animated TV series ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' and on the comic book ''[[Groo the Wanderer]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/09/the-mark-evanier-deposition-for-the-kirby-family-vs-marvel-lawsuit/|title= The Mark Evanier Deposition For The Kirby Family Vs Marvel Lawsuit|first= Rich|last= Johnston|author-link= Rich Johnston|date= March 9, 2011|publisher= Bleeding Cool|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130731084303/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/09/the-mark-evanier-deposition-for-the-kirby-family-vs-marvel-lawsuit/|archive-date= July 31, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He is also known for his columns and blog News from ME, and for his work as a historian and biographer of the comics industry, such as his award-winning [[Jack Kirby]] biography, ''[[Kirby: King of Comics]]''.<ref name=WonderCon>{{cite journal|title = Wondercon Special Guests|journal = [[Comic-Con Magazine]]|pages = 19|publisher = [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]|date = Winter 2010|url = http://issuu.com/comic-con/docs/ccmag_winter2010}}</ref>
'''Mark Stephen Evanier''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|v|ə|n|ɪər}}; born March 2, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=John Jackson|author-link= John Jackson Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=June 10, 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> is an American [[comic book]] and television writer, known for his work on the animated TV series ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' and on the comic book ''[[Groo the Wanderer]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/09/the-mark-evanier-deposition-for-the-kirby-family-vs-marvel-lawsuit/|title= The Mark Evanier Deposition For The Kirby Family Vs Marvel Lawsuit|first= Rich|last= Johnston|author-link= Rich Johnston|date= March 9, 2011|publisher= Bleeding Cool|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130731084303/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/09/the-mark-evanier-deposition-for-the-kirby-family-vs-marvel-lawsuit/|archive-date= July 31, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He is also known for his columns and blog News from ME, and for his work as a historian and biographer of the comics industry, such as his award-winning [[Jack Kirby]] biography, ''[[Kirby: King of Comics]]''.<ref name=WonderCon>{{cite journal|title = Wondercon Special Guests|journal = [[Comic-Con Magazine]]|pages = 19|publisher = [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]|date = Winter 2010|url = http://issuu.com/comic-con/docs/ccmag_winter2010|archive-date = 2013-12-12|access-date = 2014-05-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212040020/http://issuu.com/comic-con/docs/ccmag_winter2010|url-status = dead}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Evanier identifies as [[Jewish]].  His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2013/11/19/tales-childhood-6/|title= Tales of My Childhood #6|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= November 19, 2013|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120457/http://www.newsfromme.com/2013/11/19/tales-childhood-6/|archive-date= May 17, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsfromme.com/?s=About+ME |title=About ME |first=Mark |last=Evanier |date=December 7, 2011 |publisher=News From ME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524011924/http://www.newsfromme.com/?s=About%2BME |archive-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all|quote='Evanier' is not French; it was probably made up by some Immigration Officer at Ellis Island one day who said, 'Hey, here come some more Jews!  Let's give them real stupid last names!}}</ref> He chose to be a writer after witnessing the misery his father felt from working for the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and contrasting that with the portrayal of a writer's life on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''. He graduated from [[University High School (Los Angeles, California)|University High School]] in 1969. Evanier attended [[UCLA]] but left before graduating.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evanier |first1=Mark |title=ASK me: College |url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2019/12/09/ask-me-college/ |website=News from ME |access-date=2021-02-04 |date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
Evanier identifies as [[Jewish]].  His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2013/11/19/tales-childhood-6/|title= Tales of My Childhood #6|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= November 19, 2013|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120457/http://www.newsfromme.com/2013/11/19/tales-childhood-6/|archive-date= May 17, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsfromme.com/?s=About+ME |title=About ME |first=Mark |last=Evanier |date=December 7, 2011 |publisher=News From ME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524011924/http://www.newsfromme.com/?s=About%2BME |archive-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all|quote='Evanier' is not French; it was probably made up by some Immigration Officer at Ellis Island one day who said, 'Hey, here come some more Jews!  Let's give them real stupid last names!}}</ref> He chose to be a writer after witnessing the misery his father felt from working for the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and contrasting that with the portrayal of a writer's life on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''. He graduated from [[University High School (Los Angeles, California)|University High School]] in 1969. Evanier attended [[UCLA]] but left before graduating.<ref>{{cite web |last=Evanier |first=Mark |title=ASK me: College |url= https://www.newsfromme.com/2019/12/09/ask-me-college/ |website=News from ME|date=December 9, 2019|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20250226124007/https://www.newsfromme.com/2019/12/09/ask-me-college/|archivedate= February 26, 2025|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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Evanier's illustrated Jack Kirby biography, ''[[Kirby: King of Comics]]'', was published in February 2008 by Abrams Books.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/09/15/where-ill-be-12/|title= Where I'll Be|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= September 15, 2007|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140524013224/http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/09/15/where-ill-be-12/|archive-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It won the 2009 [[Eisner Award]] for Best Comics-Related Book.<ref name=WonderCon/> Evanier collaborated with Aragonés and [[Thomas Yeates]] on the ''Groo vs. [[Conan (comics)|Conan]]'' crossover for [[Dark Horse Comics]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/wondercon-sergio-aragones-mark-evanier-talk-new-groo/|title= WonderCon: Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier talk new Groo|first= Blake|last= Hennon|date= April 18, 2014|newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141218101428/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/wondercon-sergio-aragones-mark-evanier-talk-new-groo/|archive-date= December 18, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= In the series, Aragonés draws Groo, and Tom Yeates draws Conan.}}</ref>
Evanier's illustrated Jack Kirby biography, ''[[Kirby: King of Comics]]'', was published in February 2008 by Abrams Books.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/09/15/where-ill-be-12/|title= Where I'll Be|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= September 15, 2007|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140524013224/http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/09/15/where-ill-be-12/|archive-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It won the 2009 [[Eisner Award]] for Best Comics-Related Book.<ref name=WonderCon/> Evanier collaborated with Aragonés and [[Thomas Yeates]] on the ''Groo vs. [[Conan (comics)|Conan]]'' crossover for [[Dark Horse Comics]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/wondercon-sergio-aragones-mark-evanier-talk-new-groo/|title= WonderCon: Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier talk new Groo|first= Blake|last= Hennon|date= April 18, 2014|newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141218101428/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/wondercon-sergio-aragones-mark-evanier-talk-new-groo/|archive-date= December 18, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= In the series, Aragonés draws Groo, and Tom Yeates draws Conan.}}</ref>


In 1970, Evanier attended the Golden State Comic Con in San Diego, the first annual gathering of what came to be known as [[San Diego Comic-Con]].  Evanier is one of a small group of people (estimated at six or fewer) who have attended every year.  In 1973, he first hosted a panel at the yearly event and the volume soon escalated to the point where he was hosting as many as fourteen over a four-day convention. They usually include Quick Draw!, which pits fast cartoonists against one another to respond with drawings to challenges Evanier throws at them; the Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, Cover Story (artists discussing the skills involved in creating covers for comic books), and several panels about the art of providing voices for animated cartoons. For years, he hosted the annual Golden Age Panel featuring artists and writers who'd worked in comic books in the 1940s but it ended after 2010 due to a lack of available panelists and was replaced by That 70's Panel, celebrating comic book creators from that era.  Evanier also serves as Administrator of the [[Bill Finger Award|Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing]]. Several of the panels he hosts at Comic-Con also appear at the annual [[WonderCon]] in Anaheim, California.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
In 1970, Evanier attended the Golden State Comic Con in San Diego, the first annual gathering of what came to be known as [[San Diego Comic-Con]].  Evanier is one of a small group of people (estimated at six or fewer) who have attended every year.  In 1973, he first hosted a panel at the yearly event and the volume soon escalated to the point where he was hosting as many as fourteen over a four-day convention. They usually include Quick Draw!, which pits fast cartoonists against one another to respond with drawings to challenges Evanier throws at them; the Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, Cover Story (artists discussing the skills involved in creating covers for comic books), and several panels about the art of providing voices for animated cartoons. For years, he hosted the annual Golden Age Panel featuring artists and writers who'd worked in comic books in the 1940s but it ended after 2010 due to a lack of available panelists and was replaced by That 70's Panel, celebrating comic book creators from that era.  Evanier also serves as Administrator of the [[Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing]]. Several of the panels he hosts at Comic-Con also appear at the annual [[WonderCon]] in Anaheim, California.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}


In April 2022, Evanier was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to [[Operation USA]]'s benefit anthology book, ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds'', a project spearheaded by [[IDW Publishing]] Special Projects Editor [[Scott Dunbier]], whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/zoop-launches-benefit-anthology-comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/|author=Kaplan, Rebecca O.|title=ZOOP launches benefit anthology COMICS FOR UKRAINE: SUNFLOWER SEEDS|newspaper=The Beat|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 26, 2022|archivedate=April 18, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418170150/https://www.comicsbeat.com/zoop-launches-benefit-anthology-comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/04/18/comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/|publisher=AIPT|title='Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds' to benefit Ukrainian refugees|author=Brooke, David|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 18, 2022|accessdate=April 26, 2022|archivedate=April 26, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426153140/https://aiptcomics.com/2022/04/18/comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/}}</ref>
In April 2022, Evanier contributed to [[Operation USA]]'s benefit anthology book, ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds'', a project spearheaded by [[IDW Publishing]] Special Projects Editor [[Scott Dunbier]], whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/zoop-launches-benefit-anthology-comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/|author=Kaplan, Rebecca O.|title=ZOOP launches benefit anthology ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds''|newspaper=The Beat|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 26, 2022|archivedate=April 18, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418170150/https://www.comicsbeat.com/zoop-launches-benefit-anthology-comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/04/18/comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/|publisher=AIPT|title='Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds' to benefit Ukrainian refugees|author=Brooke, David|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 18, 2022|accessdate=April 26, 2022|archivedate=April 26, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426153140/https://aiptcomics.com/2022/04/18/comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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*1999: Won "Best Humor Publication" Eisner Award for ''[[Sergio Aragonés Groo]]''<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner99.php|title= 1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140428180703/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner99.php|archive-date= April 28, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*1999: Won "Best Humor Publication" Eisner Award for ''[[Sergio Aragonés Groo]]''<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner99.php|title= 1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140428180703/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner99.php|archive-date= April 28, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*2001: Won "Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award"<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|title= The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award|year= 2014|publisher= San Diego Comicon International|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140329164303/http://comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|archive-date= March 29, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*2001: Won "Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award"<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|title= The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award|year= 2014|publisher= San Diego Comicon International|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140329164303/http://comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|archive-date= March 29, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*2003: Won Animation Writer's Caucus of the [[Writers Guild of America West|Writers Guild of America, West]] Lifetime Achievement Award <ref>[https://awards.wga.org/awards/awards-recipients/special-achievement/awc/mark-evanier Animation Writers Honor Mark Evanier with Lifetime Achievement Award]</ref>
*2003: Won Animation Writer's Caucus of the [[Writers Guild of America West|Writers Guild of America, West]] Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url= https://awards.wga.org/awards/awards-recipients/special-achievement/awc/mark-evanier|title= Animation Writers Honor Mark Evanier with Lifetime Achievement Award|date= October 22, 2003|website= awards.wga.org|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20250618172208/https://awards.wga.org/awards/awards-recipients/special-achievement/awc/mark-evanier|archivedate= June 18, 2025|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= The Animation Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America, west (WGAw) will present its sixth annual Animation Writing Award to Mark Evanier at its annual reception, Thursday, October 23, 2003.}}</ref>
*2009: ''[[Kirby: King of Comics]]'' won "Best Comics-Related Book" Eisner Award;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s|title= 2000s Eisner Awards Recipients|year= 2013|publisher= San Diego Comicon International|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130823054350/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s|archive-date= August 23, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date= October 25, 2013}}</ref> "Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation" and "Special Award for Excellence in Presentation" [[Harvey Award]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150812165954/http://www.harveyawards.org/previous-awards-nominees/2009-harvey-awards/ 2009 Harvey Awards]</ref>
*2009: ''[[Kirby: King of Comics]]'' won "Best Comics-Related Book" Eisner Award;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s|title= 2000s Eisner Awards Recipients|year= 2013|publisher= San Diego Comicon International|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130823054350/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s|archive-date= August 23, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date= October 25, 2013}}</ref> "Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation" and "Special Award for Excellence in Presentation" [[Harvey Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.harveyawards.org/previous-awards-nominees/2009-harvey-awards/|title= 2009 Harvey Awards|date= 2009|website= harveyawards.org|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150812165954/http://www.harveyawards.org/previous-awards-nominees/2009-harvey-awards/|archivedate= August 12, 2015|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*[http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=206 Mark Evanier] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
*[https://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=206 Mark Evanier] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
*[http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/name10.htm#N2040 Mark Evanier] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
*[http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/name13.htm#N2040 Mark Evanier] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Mark Stephen Evanier (Template:IPAc-en; born March 2, 1952)[1] is an American comic book and television writer, known for his work on the animated TV series Garfield and Friends and on the comic book Groo the Wanderer.[2] He is also known for his columns and blog News from ME, and for his work as a historian and biographer of the comics industry, such as his award-winning Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics.[3]

Early life

Evanier identifies as Jewish. His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic.[4][5] He chose to be a writer after witnessing the misery his father felt from working for the Internal Revenue Service and contrasting that with the portrayal of a writer's life on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He graduated from University High School in 1969. Evanier attended UCLA but left before graduating.[6]

Career

Evanier was president of a Los Angeles comic book club from 1966 to 1969.[7] In 1967, he suggested the titles of the officers of the Merry Marvel Marching Society.[8] He made his first professional sale in 1969;[9] that same year, through a mutual association with a Marvel Comics mail-order firm, he was taken on as a production assistant to Jack Kirby.[7] Several years later Evanier began writing foreign comic books for the Walt Disney Studio Program, then from 1972 to 1976 wrote scripts for Gold Key Comics, including "The Greatest of E's", where he revealed that the E in Wile E. Coyote stands for "Ethelbert", and comics for the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate.[10]

In 1974, he teamed with writer Dennis Palumbo and wrote for a number of television series, including The Nancy Walker Show, The McLean Stevenson Show, and Welcome Back, Kotter, on which he was a story editor.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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Evanier speaking on a panel about Jack Kirby with (from left to right) Roy Thomas, Joe Sinnott and Stan Goldberg, at the Big Apple Con in Manhattan, November 15, 2008

After leaving Kotter in 1977 and amicably ending his partnership with Palumbo, Evanier wrote for and eventually ran the Hanna-Barbera comic book division.[11] He also wrote a number of variety shows and specials, and he began writing for animated cartoon shows, including Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, Thundarr the Barbarian, The ABC Weekend Special, Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper, Richie Rich, The Wuzzles, and Dungeons & Dragons. He is most noted in animation for his work on Garfield and Friends, a seven-season series for which Evanier wrote or co-wrote nearly every episode and acted as voice recording director.[12] Since 2008, Evanier has been the co-writer and voice director of The Garfield Show, which won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for June Foray.

Evanier credits himself with convincing Jack Kirby to stop using Vince Colletta as an inker, and he considers himself one of Colletta's "main vilifiers".[13]

He wrote a script and provided "'technical advice' about comic books" for Bob, Bob Newhart's unsuccessful third sitcom for CBS.[14]

He has produced a number of comic books, including Blackhawk, Crossfire and Hollywood Superstars (with Dan Spiegle),[10] Groo the Wanderer (with Sergio Aragonés),[15] and The DNAgents (with Will Meugniot). For the Spiegle comics, Evanier contributed lengthy essays on the entertainment industry. In 1985, he launched the DC Challenge limited series with artist Gene Colan.[16][17] He wrote the New Gods series of 1989–1991. Evanier collaborated with Joe Staton on the Superman & Bugs Bunny mini-series in 2000.[18]

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Evanier's illustrated Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics, was published in February 2008 by Abrams Books.[19] It won the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book.[3] Evanier collaborated with Aragonés and Thomas Yeates on the Groo vs. Conan crossover for Dark Horse Comics in 2014.[20]

In 1970, Evanier attended the Golden State Comic Con in San Diego, the first annual gathering of what came to be known as San Diego Comic-Con. Evanier is one of a small group of people (estimated at six or fewer) who have attended every year. In 1973, he first hosted a panel at the yearly event and the volume soon escalated to the point where he was hosting as many as fourteen over a four-day convention. They usually include Quick Draw!, which pits fast cartoonists against one another to respond with drawings to challenges Evanier throws at them; the Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, Cover Story (artists discussing the skills involved in creating covers for comic books), and several panels about the art of providing voices for animated cartoons. For years, he hosted the annual Golden Age Panel featuring artists and writers who'd worked in comic books in the 1940s but it ended after 2010 due to a lack of available panelists and was replaced by That 70's Panel, celebrating comic book creators from that era. Evanier also serves as Administrator of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing. Several of the panels he hosts at Comic-Con also appear at the annual WonderCon in Anaheim, California.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In April 2022, Evanier contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[21][22]

Personal life

On May 26, 2006, Evanier underwent gastric bypass surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Having peaked at around 344 pounds (156 kg) by then, he subsequently lost nearly 99 pounds (45 kg) by June 2007.[23]

Awards

Bibliography

Comic books

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Archie Comics

  • Scooby-Doo #10, 14, 17 (1996–1997)

Boom! Studios

Comico Comics

Dark Horse Comics

  • Flaxen #1 (1992)
  • Groo vs. Conan #1–4 (2014)
  • Sergio Aragonés Groo: 25th Anniversary Special (2007)
  • Sergio Aragonés Stomps Star Wars (2000)

DC Comics

Eclipse Comics

Gemstone Publishing

  • Mickey Mouse and Blotman: Blotman Returns ("Now Museum, Now You Don't.") (2006)

Gold Key

  • Hanna-Barbera Scooby-Doo... Mystery Comics #21–25, 27–30 (1973–1975)

IDW Publishing

Marvel Comics

Epic Comics
  • The Death of Groo graphic novel (1988)
  • Epic Illustrated #27 (1984)
  • The Groo Chronicles #1–6 (1989)
  • Hollywood Superstars #1–5 (1990–1991)
  • The Life of Groo graphic novel (1993)
  • Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer #1–120 (1985–1995)

Pacific Comics

  • Groo the Wanderer #1–8 (1982–1984)
  • Starslayer #5 (Groo backup story) (1982)

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Books

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Television credits

Series head writer denoted in bold.

References

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External links

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