Evan Dorkin Explained

Birth Date:20 April 1965
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Area:Writer, artist
Notable Works:Milk and Cheese

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Welcome to Eltingville
Beasts of Burden
Eltingville (comics)
Awards:2001 Harvey Award
Six Eisner Awards
Spouse:Sarah Dyer

Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965)[1] is an American comics artist and cartoonist. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork, the latter of which features his comic Eltingville. His comics often poke fun at fandom, even while making it clear that Dorkin is a fan himself. Dorkin also served as a writer on the Adult Swim animated series Space Ghost Coast to Coast from 1994 to 1999, and created a pilot for an animated adaptation of Eltingville for Adult Swim in 2002.

Life and career

Dorkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved with his family to Staten Island when he was 13 years old. He grew up reading superhero comics (being loyal to Marvel over DC), Mad magazine, and humor titles by Archie Comics and Harvey Comics. He became even more obsessed with comics when comic book retailer Jim Hanley opened a store location near his high school; Dorkin later ended up working there.[2]

Dorkin aspired to attend the School of Visual Arts in the animation department, but was not accepted. (He had taken some animation classes at SVA while he was in high school.) Dorkin ended up attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts, but eventually switched his passion from animation to comics.

Dorkin's earliest published solo comics were Pirate Corp$ (later renamed Hectic Planet), published first by Eternity Comics and then Slave Labor Graphics from 1987 to 1989; and then a variety of Milk & Cheese titles, published by Slave Labor Graphics from 1991 to 1997.

As well as his comics work, Dorkin and his wife, Sarah Dyer, have written for Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Dorkin drew the cover art for several ska compilation albums and an EP by Radon in the 1990s.[3] He wrote and produced an animated television pilot for Adult Swim titled Welcome to Eltingville, based on his own characters. He and Dyer wrote some episodes of the including the episode "Live Wire", which introduced a new character of the same name. Dorkin wrote the one-shot in 2000 which was drawn by various artists.[4] Dorkin and Dyer worked as freelance writers on the 2006 English-language version of the anime Crayon Shin-chan, where they wrote material for the show's first six episodes. Dorkin co-created Beasts of Burden with Jill Thompson. Dyer has frequently colored Dorkin's art.[5]

Awards

Nominations

Personal life

Dorkin is married to fellow comics writer/artist Sarah Dyer with whom he has a daughter named Emily.[14]

Bibliography

Comics

Big Game – Dark Horse Comics, 1991

The Hunt for Green October – Dark Horse Comics, 1995

Role-playing games

Television

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evan Dorkin. December 29, 2015. Lambiek Comiclopedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20160604103115/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dorkin.htm. June 4, 2016. live.
  2. Narcisse, Evan. "Milk & Cheese Creator Evan Dorkin Talks About His Weird, Brilliant Career in Comics" Gizmodo. (July 3, 2018).
  3. Web site: Toyzilla Interviews Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer. 2000. Toyzilla. https://web.archive.org/web/20160630044455/http://husky.ninja/old/toyzilla/comics/dorkindyer.html. June 30, 2016. live. I got to know a few bands and band members...and eventually was asked to do the art for an anthology album by the guys from Bim Skala Bim. Eventually I did a few more, and when I met Sarah we both worked on them. We've done over a dozen.
  4. Web site: Evan Dorkin Debuts World's Funnest. Beau. Yarbrough. March 18, 1999. Comic Book Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905230641/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=6999. September 5, 2015. live. It's the team-up the DC Universe has long dreaded. Bat-Mite and Mr Mxyzptlk. And written by Evan Dorkin, the man behind the manic Milk and Cheese, it's unlikely the two fifth dimensional imps will spend their time together peacefully..
  5. Web site: Idiot Spotlight: Desmond Devlin and Evan Dorkin's 'Chilling Thoughts 2013'. Desmond. Devlin. Desmond Devlin. August 14, 2013. The Idiotical. https://web.archive.org/web/20131205000731/http://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2013/08/14/idiot-spotlight-chilling-thoughts-2013. December 5, 2013. live.
  6. Web site: 2015 Eisner Awards Winners (Full List). Chris. Arrant. July 11, 2015. Newsarama. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082529/http://www.newsarama.com/25142-2015-eisner-awards-winners-full-list.html. March 4, 2016. live.
  7. Web site: Your 2010 Eisner Award Winners. Tom. Spurgeon. Tom Spurgeon. July 24, 2010. Comics Reporter. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230455/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/your_2010_eisner_award_winners/. March 4, 2016. live.
  8. Web site: 2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. https://web.archive.org/web/20130922034913/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner05.php. September 22, 2013. live.
  9. Web site: 2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314033820/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner02.php. March 14, 2016. live.
  10. Web site: 2001 Harvey Awards . n.d. . Harvey Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315073757/http://www.harveyawards.org/previous-awards-nominees/2001-harvey-awards/ . March 15, 2016 . dead.
  11. Web site: 1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. June 15, 2014.
  12. Web site: 1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. June 15, 2014.
  13. Web site: Beasts of Burden nominated for 2011 Anthony Award. May 19, 2011. Dark Horse Comics. https://web.archive.org/web/20120923060305/http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/414/beasts-burden-nominated-2011-anthony-award. September 23, 2012. live.
  14. Web site: Heroes Con: The Creative Household Panel. Russ. Lane. June 21, 2008. Newsarama. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306153901/http://www.newsarama.com/224-heroes-con-the-creative-household-panel.html. March 6, 2016. live.
  15. Web site: Evan Dorkin On Mask-Tards, Beasts of Burden and Yo Gabba Gabba . Caleb . Goellner . March 23, 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150915003105/http://comicsalliance.com/evan-dorkin-mask-tards-yo-gabba-gabba/ . September 15, 2015 . dead. As far as our involvement goes, we were initially asked to design the costume and comic book artwork for a live-action Super Martian Robot Girl segment. Nickelodeon didn't like the live-action footage and the decision was made to rework the shorts as Flash cartoons, using the recorded dialogue tracks. Sarah and I were brought back in to design and art-direct the cartoons. When season two started up, Christian Jacobs asked us if we wanted to write for the show, we ended up co-writing two episodes and two Story Time cartoons, one of which we art-directed. For season three, we co-wrote two more episodes and we got to write and design another SMRG cartoon..

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