Marc Hempel | |
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Marc Hempel's Tug & Buster
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois |
May 25, 1957
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Illustrator |
Notable works
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Gregory The Sandman: The Kindly Ones Tug & Buster |
Marc Hempel (born May 25, 1957) is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman.
Writer and artist Marc Hempel grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a B.F.A. in Painting from Northern Illinois University in 1980. He and Mark Wheatley co-created the titles Breathtaker and Mars. In 1994-1995, he collaborated with Neil Gaiman on the climactic story arc "The Kindly Ones" in The Sandman. Hempel's own creations Gregory and Tug & Buster were nominated for several industry awards, and his humor anthology Naked Brain was named Best Comic Book in the Baltimore City Paper's Best of Baltimore 2003 issue. Hempel's art has also appeared in Marvel Fanfare, Epic Illustrated, Heavy Metal, Jonny Quest, Tarzan the Warrior, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, Flinch, My Faith in Frankie, The Dreaming, Lucifer, and Disney Adventures.