Mark Stephen Evanier 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.
15 Facts About Mark Evanier
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Mark Evanier is 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.
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Mark Evanier's father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic.
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Mark Evanier made his first professional sale in 1969; 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.
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Mark Evanier 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.
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Since 2008, Mark 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.
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Mark Evanier wrote a script and provided "'technical advice' about comic books" for Bob, Bob Newhart's unsuccessful third sitcom for CBS.
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Mark Evanier has produced a number of comic books, including Blackhawk, Crossfire and Hollywood Superstars, Groo the Wanderer, and The DNAgents.
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For many years, Mark Evanier wrote a regular column, "Point of View", for Comics Buyer's Guide.
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Mark Evanier's illustrated Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics, was published in February 2008 by Abrams Books.
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Mark Evanier collaborated with Aragones and Thomas Yeates on the Groo vs Conan crossover for Dark Horse Comics in 2014.
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In 1970, Mark Evanier attended the Golden State Comic Con in San Diego, the first annual gathering of what came to be known as Comic-Con International.
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Mark Evanier is one of a small group of people who have attended every year.
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Mark Evanier serves as Administrator of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing.
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On May 26,2006, Mark Evanier underwent gastric bypass surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.