GRELL, MIKE
 Name and vital stats
    GRELL, MIKE [1947- ] (artist; writer) NULL
 Biographical
    Aka MICHAEL JON GRELL NULL
 Education
    Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; NULL
    University of Wisconsin; Famous Artists School NULL
 Family in arts
    Former spouse: Sharon Grell NULL
 Influences
    Hal Foster, Neal Adams, Al Williamson, John Prentice NULL
 Member
    Academy of Comic Book Arts NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Illustrator: Calendars: DC heroes 1977/78 > 77 78
    Illustrator: Caricatures: U.S. Air Force [4 years] NULL
    Illustrator: Educational texts, National Safety Council, World Book NULL
    Illustrator: Game module cover for Mayfair Publications 1988 > 88
    Illustrator: How-to-Draw Tips from Top Cartoonists NULL
    Illustrator: Inland Steel using super-hero [product illustration accounts] NULL
    Illustrator: Paperback cover: Fantasy Book 1984 > 84
    Illustrator: Portfolios: Starslayer [Schanes and Schanes] 1981 > 81
    Illustrator: Portfolios: Starslayers and Warriors [Oracle Enterprises] 1980 > 80
    Illustrator: Posters: Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters 1987 > 87
    Illustrator: Print designer: Limited edition portfolios 1979+ > 79 80s
    Illustrator: Shaman's Tears trading card 1993 > 93
    Illustrator: Star Wars trading card [reprinted in The Art of Star Wars Galaxy II] 1995 > 95
    Illustrator: Trading cards: Spawn 1995 > 95
 Performing Arts
    Musician & Vocalist: Rythym guitar: Country Pop Band NULL
 Commercial Art & Design
    Educational film strips: Britannica, Kemper Institute NULL
    T-shirt: Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters [a] 1987 > 87
 Fine Arts
    Painter: wildlife and fantasy 1978+ > 78 70s
 Additional biography
    Amazing Heroes #115, #120, 1987 NULL
    Amazing World of DC Comics #12, c1976 NULL
    Comic Book Marketplace #99 Feb., 2003 NULL
    Comics Feature #2, 1980 NULL
    Comics Interview #69 NULL
    Comics Scene #9, 1982 NULL
    Comics Values Annual 1997 NULL
    Women and the Comics 1985 NULL
 Honors
    Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1982 > 82
 Syndication
    BRENDA STARR (asst a) 1972-73 for Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate > 72 73
    TARZAN [Sunday] (w/a) 1981-84 for United Feature Syndicate > 81 82 83 84
 Comics in other media
    Gag cartoons (a) 1974 for National Lampoon > 74
    JUST IMAGINE: JEANIE! (p/i) 1980 in Questar > 80
 EYEFUL PRESS
    Covers (a) 1997 for DARK ENVELOPE > 97
 LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CHICAGO
    WORD WARRIORS (w/lay/i) 1987 > 87
    WORD WARRIORS~ (w/a) 1987 > 87
 SHADOWSTAR PRESS
    Covers (a) 1986 > 86
    SHADOWSTAR PRESS~ (w/a) 1985 > 85
 TEN-BUCK COMICS
    Illustration (a) 1985 in SPACE BEAVER > 85
 Creator
    JON SABLE, FREELANCE; WARLORD; STARSLAYER NULL
    SHAMAN'S TEARS; BAR SINISTER NULL
 AARDVARK-VANAHEIM (Canada)
    CEREBUS (a) 1985 > 85
    JOURNEY (asst) c1985 > 85
    PUMA BLUES~ (asst) c1988 > 88
 ACME PRESS (U.K.)
    JAMES BOND: LICENSE TO KILL~ (lay) 1989 graphic album through ECLIPSE in USA > 89
    JAMES BOND: PERMISSION TO DIE (w/a) 1989 with graphic album reprint '91 through ECLIPSE in USA > 89
 AIRCEL COMICS (Canada)
    Text (w) 1986 in SOUTHERN SQUADRON > 86
 APPLE COMICS
    Illustration (a) 1991 in 101 OTHER USES FOR A CONDOM > 91
 BLACKTHORNE PUBLISHING
    Cover (a) c1986 for OFFICIAL PRINCE VALIANT > 86
    TARZAN~ (w/a) 1986 graphic album reprint > 86
 CALIBER PRESS
    Illustration (a) 1996 > 96
    Illustration (p) 1996 in KABUKI COLOR SPECIAL > 96
    KABUKI COLOR SPECIAL~ (a) c1995 > 95
 CREATIVE FIRE STUDIOS
    SHAMAN'S TEARS (w/a) 1994 in ashcan edition > 94
 DONNING PUBLISHING
    MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD~ (a) 1988 graphic album > 88
 FICTIONEER BOOKS LTD.
    Illustration (a) 1989 > 89
 PACIFIC COMICS
    Covers (a) 1982-83 > 82 83
    STARSLAYER (w/a) 1982-83 > 82 83
 RENEGADE PRESS
    MS. TREE (a) 1985 > 85
 SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS
    Covers (a) 1985-86 > 85 86
 TITAN BOOKS (U.K.)
    Test (w) 1993 in JAMES BOND: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME graphic album > 93
 TOM SCIACCA PUBLICATIONS
    Covers (a) 1977 > 77
 Note on comics career
    c1982-83 Wife Sharon was ghost writer on DC's WARLORD > 82 83
    c1986 SABLE appeared as a TV show > 86
 Fan & trade zines
    Amazing World of DC Comics (a) 1976 > 76
    Atlanta Comic Con Program (a) 1980 > 80
    Buyer's Guide (a) 1983 > 83
    Comics Value Annual (a) 1997 > 97
    Houston Comic Con Program (a) NULL
    Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (a) 1987 > 87
 ACCLAIM COMICS
    BAR SINISTER (w) 1995 > 95
    BART SINISTER (w/a) 1995 > 95
    BLOODSHOT: '95 (w) 1995 [Imprint: VALIANT] > 95
    Covers (a) 1995 > 95
    STARSLAYER (w/a) 1995 reprint > 95
    STARSLAYER: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT: '95 (w/a) 1995 > 95
    TUROK (w) 1995-96 > 95 96
    TUROK DINOSAUR HUNTER (w) 1995 > 95
 BALLANTINE BOOKS
    JON SABLE, FREELANCE~ (w/a) 1987 graphic album reprint > 87
 DARK HORSE COMICS
    Covers (paint/p/i) 1994/99 > 94 99
    Illustration (p) 1999 in TARZAN THE SAVAGE HEART > 99
    TARZAN (p) 1999 > 99
 DC COMICS
    AQUAMAN (a) 1974-75 > 74 75
    ATOM (p/i) 1974/76 > 74 76
    BATGIRL AND ROBIN (a) 1975 > 75
    BATMAN (a/some w) 1976-77/90/96/97 > 76 77 90 96 97
    BLACK CANARY (p) 1976 > 76
    BLACKHAWK (w) 1988 > 88
    CRIMSON AVENGER (a) 1975 > 75
    Cover (paint) 1990 for MS. TREE > 90
    Covers (a/some paint) 1975-97 > 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97
    FANBOY (a) 1999 > 99
    G.I. COMBAT~ (i) c1974 > 74
    GREEN ARROW (w/a) 1974-77/87-88/90-92 > 74 75 76 77 87 88 90 91 92
    GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY (a) 1975-76/78 > 75 76 78
    GREEN ARROW, BUTCHER AND QUESTION (w/p) 1991-92 > 91 92
    GREEN ARROW: THE LONGBOW HUNTERS (w/a) 1987 with graphic album reprint '89 > 87
    GREEN LANTERN (p) 1975-78 > 75 76 77 78
    GREEN LANTERN AND GREEN ARROW~ (p/some i) 1989 graphic album > 89
    HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE~ (a) 1986 graphic album > 86
    Illustration (a) 1984-86 > 84 85 86
    LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (p/i) 1974-78/88 > 74 75 76 77 78 88
    New Cover (a) 1989 in GREEN LANTERN AND GREEN ARROW graphic album > 89
    PHANTOM STRANGER, THE (a) 1974 > 74
    QUESTION, THE (i) 1991 > 91
    ROBIN (a) 1975 > 75
    SECRET ORIGIN: GREEN ARROW (w) 1989 > 89
    SHADO (w/i) 1992 > 92
    Support (col/paint) 1982/90/92/93 on his own art > 82 90 92 93
    WARLORD, THE (w/a) 1975-83 > 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83
    WARLORD, THE~ (w/a) 1992 graphic album reprint > 92
    WEIRD WAR TALES~ (a) 1978 > 78
    WHO'S WHO IN THE DC UNIVERSE (a) 1985-87/91 entries > 85 86 87 91
    WIZARD WORLD (w/a) 1979-81 > 79 80 81
 ECLIPSE ENTERPRISES
    Illustration (a) 1984 > 84
 FIRST PUBLISHING
    CAVE OF HALF PINTS (w) 1986 > 86
    Covers (a) 1983-88 > 83 84 85 86 87 88
    Illustration (a) 1985 > 85
    JON SABLE (w) 1987-88 > 87 88
    JON SABLE (w/a) 1983-86 > 83 84 85 86
    P.I.'S, THE (a) 1985 > 85
    P.I.'s (a) 1985 > 85
    SABLE (w/a) 1983-88 > 83 84 85 86 87 88
    STARSLAYER (w/lay) 1983 > 83
 IMAGE COMICS
    Covers (a) 1993-95 for SHAMAN'S TEARS > 93 94 95
    JOSHUA BRAND (w/a) 1993-95 > 93 94 95
    JOSHUA BRAND AND JON SABLE (w/a) 1995 > 95
    MAGGIE THE CAT (w/a) 1996 > 96
    SPAWN THE IMPALER (w/a) 1997 > 97
 MALIBU COMICS
    Text (w) 1986 in JACKAROO [Imprint: ETERNITY] > 86
 MARVEL COMICS
    OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE~ (p) 1983 > 83
    X-MEN: HEROES FOR HOPE (w) 1985 for famine relief > 85
 PIONEER BOOKS
    Covers (a) 1989 > 89
 TOPPS COMICS
    Covers (a) 1994 for ZORRO > 94
    ZORRO (i) 1994 > 94