Michael Turner (artist)
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Turner at his drawing board, as seen in the posthumous Soulfire #8 (April 2009).
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| Born | Michael Layne Turner April 21, 1971 Crossville, Tennessee, United States |
| Died | June 27, 2008 (aged 37) Santa Monica Hospital, Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Publisher |
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Notable works
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Fathom Soulfire Superman/Batman Witchblade |
Michael Layne Turner (April 21, 1971 – June 27, 2008) was an American comic book artist known for his work on Witchblade, Fathom, Superman/Batman, Soulfire, and various covers for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was also the president of the entertainment company Aspen MLT.
Michael Turner was born in Crossville, Tennessee on April 21, 1971. He was a student at the University of Tennessee, and graduated from International Performing Arts Academy after which he moved to San Diego, California, where he developed an interest in comics.
Turner was discovered by Marc Silvestri at a convention, and hired by Silvestri's Top Cow Productions as an artist. He initially did background illustrations for Top Cow titles before co-creating Witchblade. In the summer of 1998 he debuted the creator-owned Fathom, having also worked on his new series Soulfire.
As well as an artist, Turner was an award-winning water skier, held an instructor level red sash in martial arts, and was an avid video game player. In March 2000, Turner was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma, a form of cancer, in the right pelvis. He was treated at UCLA Medical Center with surgery in which he lost a hip, 40% of his pelvis, and three pounds of bone. The surgery was followed by nine months of radiation therapy. Even after his passing, in 2015 an oversized book filled with hundreds of pages of his art in pencil without color was published called: Superman/Batman: Michael Turner Gallery Edition (DC Comics/Graphitti Designs).
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