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Mike Collins
Initially training to be a lawyer, Mike had always wanted to tell stories in pictures. Driven by a love of comics and animation he abandoned the life of a bewigged barrister and instead has spent the last 25 years writing and drawing adventures featuring the most iconic heroes in the US, UK and... show more

Initially training to be a lawyer, Mike had always wanted to tell stories in pictures. Driven by a love of comics and animation he abandoned the life of a bewigged barrister and instead has spent the last 25 years writing and drawing adventures featuring the most iconic heroes in the US, UK and Europe.For Marvel Comics he's drawn the X-Men, Sub-Mariner and most recently contributed to a Hugo nominated Captain Britain Graphic Novel 'Vampire State'. He's drawn Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Flash amongst others, for DC Comics. For both companies, he's written and drawn graphic stories featuring the many incarnations of Star Trek. In the UK he's been the main artist on the relaunched Doctor Who franchise, recently drawing the first BBC commissioned graphic novel Only Good Dalek, working with long time Doctor Who novelist Justin Richards.For Norway, he's the artist on the Varg Veum series of graphic novels, written by the character's creator Gunnar Staalesen.He's also author of the first Welsh language graphic novel Y Mabinogi, itself an adaptation of an animated feature based on the Welsh myth cycle. Outside of comics, he's also written for the Star Trek book series - 'Starfleet Corps of Engineers'.Based in Cardiff, Wales his studio is a stone's throw away from The Rift featured in the Torchwood TV series. Often, after a day spent drawing the comic book adventures of Doctor Who he finds himself walking through the filming of the actual show.As a storyboard artist, Mike has worked on many pre-school shows, Bobinogs; Claude; Cym Teg; Fireman Sam; Grandpa In My Pocket; Hana's Helpline; Igam Ogam and more. He storyboarded the BAFTA nominated short Day On The Beach, and recently worked on storyboards for the Ultramarines CGI movie.
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nicky2910's book reviews rated it 10 years ago
The da Vinci picks up a Ferengi daimon and learns that a newly bought computer wreaked havoc on his merchant ship. This is actually quite a nice story involving lots of Ferengi Rules of Acquisition and nods to TOS continuity. There Ferengi disdain towards clothed women, towards the Federation atti...
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus rated it 10 years ago
Grimlock is slowly evolving - or devolving - into the bot I know and love and swoon over. And I'd forgotten about the Headmasters storyline where a Cybertronian and human/humanoid get 'binary bonded.' That is the humans control the robots, and they're connected. Meeeelts. *siiiiighs* ...
bloodviolet
bloodviolet rated it 11 years ago
Reprinting NIGHTWING #46-50 and material from NIGHTWING 80-PAGE GIANT #1 and NIGHTWING SECRET FILES! The Chuck Dixon run of Nightwing was one of my favorites.
Degrees of Affection
Degrees of Affection rated it 11 years ago
4 Stars overallOverall: This is a fairly well put together book. I like the size, though it must be hard to find space for it on some bookshelves. It’s height translates to large, detailed images that show off the illustrators’ excellent work while also making the text easy to read. The pages didn’t...
CJ the Book Peddler
CJ the Book Peddler rated it 11 years ago
I read these as individual comics and I own the first Gambit series. This omnibus of the first half of Gambit's adventures combines all of these together.I need to buy this so that I can have it on hand (easier than going through the individuals) and this is truly a must have for Gambit fans.
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