- "The challenge for an artist working on a Star Wars story is the attention to detail. You have to really be knowledgeable about tiny details in order for Lucasfilm, or even the fanbase, to sign off on what you are doing."
- ―Mike Mayhew
Mike Mayhew is an American comic-book artist who work for Star Wars comics both for Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics.
Besides Star Wars, Mayhew has worked on Harris Publications' Vampirella, and on several Marvel and DC Comics titles, including Avengers and Justice League.[3] His studio is located in Glendale, California.[4]
Biography[]
Mike Mayhew illustrated The Star Wars, Dark Horse's comics adaptation of George Lucas's 1974 rough draft for Star Wars. He considers this draft an Apocalypse Now version of the Star Wars saga.[5]
Mayhew has also penciled the fifteenth[6] and twentieth[7] issues of Marvel Comics' 2015 Star Wars series, as well as the one-shot Star Wars: The Last Jedi – The Storms of Crait 1.[8] He has drawn the cover for the hardcover editions of the prequel trilogy's comic adaptations,[9] the second issue of the The Force Awakens miniseries,[10] and Star Wars issues 33–37 and Annual 2.[11]
Mayhew has provided a variant cover for Star Wars (2015) 1, which is based on Rob Liefeld's cover for The New Mutants #98,[12] as well as for the first[13] and third[14] issues of Star Wars: Lando. Moreover, he has drawn the Yesteryear Comics variant to the first issue of Marvel's miniseries Star Wars: Shattered Empire,[15] and the Wizard/ComicConBox variant to the first issue of the Vader Down crossover event.[16]
Star Wars published works[]
Cover Artist[]
- Star Wars (2015) 15
- Star Wars (2015) 20
- Star Wars Annual (2015) 2
- The Force Awakens Adaptation 2
- Star Wars (2015) 33
- Star Wars (2015) 34
- Star Wars (2015) 35
- Star Wars (2015) 36
- Star Wars (2015) 37
Variant Cover Artist[]
Penciller[]
- The Star Wars 1
- The Star Wars 2
- The Star Wars 3
- The Star Wars 4
- The Star Wars 5
- The Star Wars 6
- The Star Wars 7
- The Star Wars 8
- Star Wars 15: From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi
- Star Wars 20: From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi – The Storms of Crait 1
Sources[]
- 1994 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 2 (Card: Mike Mayhew)
- The Star Wars Comic Book: Lucas' Original Story Told on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Exclusive Preview: The Star Wars #1 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Star Wars, from Movie Script Page to Comic Book Page on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "The Star Wars" — Star Wars Insider 144
- "My Star Wars" — Star Wars Insider 145
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 147
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 150
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 151
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 164
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 166
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Mike Mayhew (@mike.mayhew.391) on Facebook: Mike Mayhew comment regarding his birthday (September 27, 2007): "I turned 48 today [...]" (backup link)
- ↑ Open Mike Mayhew's Star Wars Sketchbook on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ About on www.mikemayhewstudio.com (archived from the original on August 25, 2020)
- ↑ STUDIO TOURS: Mike Mayhew by Khouri, Andy on www.cbr.com (April 16, 2008) (archived from the original on August 25, 2020)
- ↑ A GALAXY FAR AWAY 07: Mike Mayhew On THE STAR WARS by Arrant, Chris on www.newsarama.com (September 3, 2013) (archived from the original on December 9, 2015)
- ↑ Marvel's January 2016 Solicitations Unveil "Captain Marvel," "Old Man Logan" & More on www.cbr.com (October 20, 2015) (archived from the original on June 7, 2019)
- ↑ STAR WARS #20 on the official Previews World website (backup link)
- ↑ Luke and Leia star in Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Storms of Crait #1 – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ STAR WARS EPISODE I PHANTOM MENACE HC on the official Previews World website (backup link)
- ↑ STAR WARS FORCE AWAKENS ADAPTATION #2 (OF 5) on the official Previews World website (backup link)
- ↑ MARVEL COMICS NOVEMBER 2016 Solicitations on www.newsarama.com (August 23, 2016) (archived from the original on April 2, 2018)
- ↑ Zapp Comics on Facebook: The Zapp Comics EXCLUSIVE Cover to STAR WARS #1 (December 3, 2014): "Done by the amazing talent MIKE MAYHEW. Cover pays homage to NEW MUTANTS #98." (backup link)
- ↑ MIKE MAYHEW — STAR WARS: LANDO #1 Newbury Comics Variant Cover by Mike Mayhew on Tumblr (backup link)
- ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars Lando #3 Variant Cover By Mike Mayhew by Lovett, Jamie on comicbook.com (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp)) (archived from the original on August 25, 2020)
- ↑ Star Wars: Shattered Empire Gets Another Variant… Possibly by Johnston, Rich on www.bleedingcool.com (August 20, 2015) (archived from the original on August 24, 2015)
- ↑ EXCLUSIVE Star Wars: Vader Down #1 Variant Covers by Lovett, Jamie on comicbook.com (September 6, 2017) (archived from the original on August 25, 2020)
External links[]
- Official site
- Mike Mayhew (@mikemayhew) on Facebook
- Mike Mayhew (@mike_mayhew) on Twitter
- Mike Mayhew (mikemayhew) on DeviantArt
- Open Mike Mayhew's Star Wars Sketchbook on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- Star Wars Sketchbook: Mike Mayhew on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)