{{Short description|American comic book artist and writer}} {{for|British race car driver|Mike Hawthorn}}{{External links|date=March 2026}}{{Infobox comics creator | name_nonEN = | image = Quai des Bulles 2012 - 16 Mike Hawthorne.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Mike Hawthorne in ''Quai des Bulles'', Saint-Malo comics festival, 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|40|2016|05|25}}<ref name=ydr /> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Puerto Rican American | nationality2 = | artist = y | alias = | notable works = Batman, Deadpool, Spider-Man, the Superior Spider-Man, and Wonder Woman | collaborators = | awards = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | module = | website = [https://mikehawthorne.blogspot.com/ Mike Hawthorne's blog] | bodyclass = | nonUS = }} '''Mike Hawthorne''' is an American comic book artist and artist, known for his work on books such as Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, the Superior Spider-Man, and Deadpool.
==Career== Mike Hawthorne began his career self publishing his comic series, ''Hysteria'', with his company Thinktank Comics. He debuted in comics with Matt Wagner's Grendel: Red, White, and Black.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mike Hawthorne |url=https://www.dc.com/talent/mike-hawthorne |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=DC |language=en-us}}</ref> Some of his early work includes The Un-men, ''Fear Agent'', ''Umbra'', ''G.I. JOE: Origins'', Whiskey Dickel, ''Three Days in Europe'', one story arc of ''Queen & Country'', and ''Conan: Road of Kings<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Mike Hawthorne {{!}} Marvel |url=https://www.marvel.com/comics/creators/942/mike_hawthorne |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.marvel.com |language=en}}</ref>''.
He's gone on to work for virtually every comic publisher in the United States, and many of his works have been published overseas,<ref name=":0" /> like the comic book [https://stuartngbooks.com/products/hawthorne-oms-en-serie-1-terr-sauvage Oms en Serie]. He has worked for both Marvel and DC comics and drawn all of the most popular characters for both companies. Some notable examples books series he's worked on are Batman, Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Daredevil, Hulk, X-men, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more.<ref name=":1"/> In fact, Hawthorne has worked on over 130 comic books at Marvel comics alone.<ref name=":1" /> Hawthorne illustrated 5 of the [https://comicbookmovie.com/comics/marvel-comics/list-of-10-best-selling-comic-books-of-2023-in-comic-stores-is-dominated-by-only-two-superheroes-a208579 10 most sold comics of 2023], including the top four spaces and the eighth space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-28 |title=List Of 10 Best-Selling Comic Books Of 2023 In Comic Stores Is Dominated By Only TWO Superheroes |url=https://comicbookmovie.com/comics/marvel-comics/list-of-10-best-selling-comic-books-of-2023-in-comic-stores-is-dominated-by-only-two-superheroes-a208579 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=ComicBookMovie.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
He was nominated for an Eisner Award for his work with Greg Rucka on Queen & Country, and nominated for a Harvey Award for his work with Steve Murphy on their limited series Umbra.<ref name=":0" />
Hawthorne is also the author and artist of the best selling graphic novel, [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Happiness-Will-Follow/Mike-Hawthorne/9781684155453 Happiness Will Follow], and is currently working on an upcoming book with [https://imagecomics.com/ Image Comics].
Hawthorne has self-published multiple books through Kickstarter, like his art books All City, [https://pcad.edu/faculty/michael-hawthorne/ Life Studied], Little/RED, [https://mikehawthorne.gumroad.com/l/hnpwb?layout=profile Warm Ups], and instructional and educational manuals, The Drawing Cheat Codes and [https://mikehawthorne.gumroad.com/l/mgfrB Anatomy Guide].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Michael Hawthorne |url=https://pcad.edu/faculty/michael-hawthorne/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Pennsylvania College of Art & Design |language=en-US}}</ref> He is also a professor at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.<ref name="auto"/> There is a mural in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Hawthorne went to University, that features his art of La Borinqueña, a Puerto Rican Superhero.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Borinqueña in Philadelphia, PA |url=https://publicartarchive.org/art/La-Borinque-a/ceff9a7c |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Public Art Archive |language=en}}</ref>
==Style== Hawthorne uses a comic book style influenced by realism.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}} When composing illustrations, he draws from cinematic styles and shots as they are used in film, which he describes as the combination of "the characters acting, the way you shoot the character, the way you draw the character into the panel, and how the panel plays into that".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proko - Mastering Visual Storytelling - Angles, Shots, and Camerawork for Comics |url=https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/mastering-visual-storytelling-angles-shots-and-camerawork-for-comics |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.proko.com |language=en}}</ref> Hawthorne has a background in anatomy and figure drawing.
==Personal life== Hawthorne is originally from New York, but now lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife and three children.<ref name=":0" /> Hawthorne is a 1993 graduate of William Penn Senior High School. It was there that he met his wife Despina, with whom he has three children. Hawthorne earned a scholarship for a summer program by the Governor's School for the Arts, and graduated in 1998 from Tyler School of Art at Temple University.<ref name=ydr>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2016/05/25/york-artist-who-draws-deadpool-gives-back-school-helped-him/84770104/ |title=York artist who draws {{'}}Deadpool{{'}} gives back to school that helped him |first=Gary |last=Haber |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=May 25, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2018 }}</ref>
==Bibliography== * ''Three Days In Europe'' (with Antony Johnston, 4-issue mini-series, Oni Press, 2002–2003, tpb, 152 pages, 2003, {{ISBN|1-929998-72-4}}) * ''G.I. JOE: Origins Vol. 1'' (with Larry Hama, 4-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, tpb, 128 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-60010-497-5}}) * ''Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 2'' (with Greg Rucka, Oni Press, tpb, 376 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-932664-89-0}}) * ''Conan Volume 11: Road of Kings'' (with Roy Thomas, 12-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, tpb, 152 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|1-59582-824-9}}) * ''The Superior Spider-Man: Full Otto'' (with Christos Gage, 5-issue series, Marvel, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-30291-480-4}}) * ''The Superior Spider-Man: Otto-Matic'' (with Gage, 5-issue series, Marvel, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-30291-481-2}})
==References== ===Inline citations=== {{Reflist}}
===General references=== * {{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Unearthing ''Un-Men'': Mike Hawthorne on His Vertigo Series |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=90377 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213000713/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=90377 |archive-date=2007-02-13 |website=Newsarama}} * {{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=January 5, 2011 |title=Artist Mike Hawthorne Hits The Road With Conan |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/conan-road-kings-hawthorne-110105.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108195704/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/conan-road-kings-hawthorne-110105.html |archive-date=2011-01-08 |website=Newsarama}} * {{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Conan Artist Debuts New Graphic Novel... in French! |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/hawthorne-french-graphic-novel-series-120131.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208145205/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/hawthorne-french-graphic-novel-series-120131.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 |website=Newsarama}} * {{Cite web |last=Lorah |first=Michael C. |date=September 14, 2007 |title=Talking About ''The Un-Men'' With Mike Hawthorne |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=129281 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911004417/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=129281 |archive-date=2010-09-11 |website=Newsarama}} * {{Cite news |last=Tramountanas |first=George A. |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Getting Freaky with Vertigo's ''Un-Men'' |url=http://www.cbr.com/getting-freaky-with-vertigos-un-men/ |access-date=December 30, 2015 |publisher=Comic Book Resources}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://mikehawthorne.blogspot.com/ Hawthorne's blog] * [http://mikehawthorneart.com/ The Mike Hawthorne Sketchbook] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071350/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=131881 Mike Hawthorne On Putting It All Online], Newsarama, October 5, 2007 * [http://www.raisingcrazy.com/ Mike Hawthorne's webcomic, "Raising Crazy"] Oct.23, 2011
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