Mark Ricketts was born in 1955 in Stuttgart, Arkansas to the propretior of a fast food restaurant called The Dairy Creme.[2]
He attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas where he studies painting under Roger Calisle, a landscape artist. Here he met musician and songwriting partner Almis Zdanius. In 1982, Ricketts moved to Chicago to form a band. His collaboration with Zdanius was explored in a series of podcasts entitled "Songs From the Matted Shag". During his time in Chicago, Ricketts created illustrations for Playboy magazine and various other publications. While providing spot illustrations for Playboy's music page, Ricketts befriended underground cartoonist Skip Williamson who encouraged him to pursue a career in comics.
His big break came in 1990 when Caliber Comics published his first book, Warpwalking.
Personal life
Ricketts was married at the Graceland Wedding Chapel on Valentine's Day in Las Vegas in 1991. According to his website, his wife walked down the aisle wearing a red dress and carrying black flowers while an Elvis impersonator sang a slow version of "Viva Las Vegas."
Ricketts and his wife, Mary, moved from Illinois to Maine in 2006 after she saw some images of the state in a book.[3]
Comics
Ricketts got his break in 1990, when Gary Reed of Caliber Comics agreed to publish his first book "Warpwalking". Ricketts created many original comics under the Caliber banner, but dropped out of the comics scene in 1996 to pursue other interests. In 1999, longtime friend Brian Michael Bendis encouraged Ricketts to continue making comics and showed his work to Jim Valentino, then Image Comics publisher. In 2000, Image published the graphic novel Nowheresville– a mystery set in 1950s Greenwich Village that combines Beat Generation culture with hard-boiled pulp crime fiction.
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This article is about the comic book writer For other persons named Mark Ricketts see Mark Ricketts Mark Ricketts born December 9 1955 is an American comic book writer illustrator and cartoonist He has worked for a variety of publishers including McGraw Hill Caliber Comics Chaos Comics Mojo Press Marvel Comics Dark Horse Comics Moonstone comics and Image Comics 1 He won the 2000 Klasky Csupo screenwriting award for his teleplay Whiskey Dickel Int l Cowgirl Mark Scott RickettsBornMark RickettsStuttgart ArkansasNationalityAmericanArea s WriterartistNotable worksNowheresville GN Whiskey Dickel International Cowgirl GN Moose Mountain ComicsLazarus Jack Night TrippersAwards2000 Klasky Csupo Screenwriting Award Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Comics 4 Bibliography 4 1 Caliber Comics 4 2 Chaos Comics 4 3 Mojo Press 4 4 Dark Horse Comics 4 5 Image Comics 4 6 Moonstone 4 7 Marvel Comics 4 8 Islandport Press 5 References 6 External links 6 1 InterviewsBiography EditMark Ricketts was born in 1955 in Stuttgart Arkansas to the propretior of a fast food restaurant called The Dairy Creme 2 He attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro Arkansas where he studies painting under Roger Calisle a landscape artist Here he met musician and songwriting partner Almis Zdanius In 1982 Ricketts moved to Chicago to form a band His collaboration with Zdanius was explored in a series of podcasts entitled Songs From the Matted Shag During his time in Chicago Ricketts created illustrations for Playboy magazine and various other publications While providing spot illustrations for Playboy s music page Ricketts befriended underground cartoonist Skip Williamson who encouraged him to pursue a career in comics His big break came in 1990 when Caliber Comics published his first book Warpwalking Personal life EditRicketts was married at the Graceland Wedding Chapel on Valentine s Day in Las Vegas in 1991 According to his website his wife walked down the aisle wearing a red dress and carrying black flowers while an Elvis impersonator sang a slow version of Viva Las Vegas Ricketts and his wife Mary moved from Illinois to Maine in 2006 after she saw some images of the state in a book 3 Comics EditRicketts got his break in 1990 when Gary Reed of Caliber Comics agreed to publish his first book Warpwalking Ricketts created many original comics under the Caliber banner but dropped out of the comics scene in 1996 to pursue other interests In 1999 longtime friend Brian Michael Bendis encouraged Ricketts to continue making comics and showed his work to Jim Valentino then Image Comics publisher In 2000 Image published the graphic novel Nowheresville a mystery set in 1950s Greenwich Village that combines Beat Generation culture with hard boiled pulp crime fiction Ricketts created many original graphic novels at Image including Dioramas which was optioned by Venture Studios He also created a graphic novel for Dark Horse entitled Lazarus Jack and wrote four issues of The Invincible Iron Man for the Avengers Disassembled event Over the years Ricketts has written stories illustrated by Mike Hawthorne Sean Phillips Tony Harris Scott Kolins Brian Michael Bendis Eric Wight Neil Gaiman Micah Farritor Mitch O Connell Leanne Buckley Andy Kuhn Phil Hester Alex Ross Mike Mignola David Mack Michael Lark Terry LaBan Guy Davis Jim Calafiore Jay Geldhof Jill Thompson Galen Showman Andrew Robinson and Tim Bradstreet Bibliography EditCaliber Comics Edit Deadworld Vol 2 2 writer artist Oliver Twisted Warpwalking 1 5 writer artist Negative Burn 9 13 writer artist Twilight People Negative Burn 25 writer The Sad Case of Professor Woodbury Negative Burn 33 writer artist Nowheresville Negative Burn 37 artist Alan Moore Songbook City of Lights Book of Twilight GN writer artist Nowheresville 1 writer artist Nowheresville Death By Starlight 1 4 writer artist Nowheresville The History of Cool writer artist International Cowgirl 1 amp 2 writer artist Thumbscrew writer artist There Goes the Neighborhood The Lost 1 2 writer artist for the flashback sequences High Caliber GN writer artist Dead Eyes Sinergy GN writer artist level Mister X vol 3 2 4 cover artist Chaos Comics Edit The Lost 3 pencils Mojo Press Edit Occurrences The Illustrated Ambrose Bierce artist An Imperfect Conflagration A Revolt of the Gods Dark Horse Comics Edit Urban Legends 1 artist co writer The Burn Man Tales of the Fear Agent Vol 1 writer To Serve Man The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft writer Golden Calf Blues Hellboy Weird Tales Vol 2 Hellboy The Theater of the Dead and other stories writer Curse of the Haunted Doily Lazarus Jack GN writer Image Comics Edit Nowheresville GN writer artist Whiskey Dickel Int l Cowgirl GN Spot illustrations Dioramas GN writer Night Trippers GN writer Put The Book Back On The Shelf A Belle and Sebastian Anthology writer Dear Catastrophe Waitress Four Letter Worlds writer Fear 24 Seven Vol 2 Anthology writer Bugged The Wicked West II Anthology writer Whiskey Dream Brian Michael Bendis Total Sell Out writer Whole Thing Wrong Moonstone Edit Belle Starr 1 2 writer Marvel Comics Edit The Invincible Iron Man 86 89 writer Islandport Press Edit A Flatlander s Guide to Maine 4 writer illustrator Adventures in Vacationland 5 writer illustrator References EditMark Ricketts at the Comic Book DB archived from the original External links EditHandbuzzer Studio M Scott Ricketts IllustrationInterviews Edit The Groovy Age Of Horror Robert Tinnell interview Mark Ricketts The Mysterious Case of the Disappearance of Lazarus Jack Baker s Dozen Fanboy Radio Interview Going Into The Diorama With Mark Ricketts permanent dead link Islandport Press Publishes Maine based Children s BookPreceded byJohn Jackson Miller Iron Man writer2004 Succeeded byWarren Ellis Mark Scott Ricketts Writer Illustrator mscottricketts Retrieved 2020 12 11 A Flatlander s Guide to Maine Islandport Press Retrieved 2020 12 11 Contributed 2014 07 10 Islandport Press publishes Maine based children s book 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