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Mary Wilshire
Mary Wilshire
Born	1953 (age 71–72)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Firestar; Red Sonja

Mary Wilshire (born 1953)^[1] is an American comics artist best known for her work on Red Sonja and Firestar for Marvel Comics.

Early life

Mary Wilshire graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting.^[1]

Career

Mary Wilshire began her career in the comics industry drawing underground comix.^[2] Her earliest credited work was "Those Beautiful Babes in their Bain de Soleil", a four-page story in Wet Satin #2 (April 1978) published by Last Gasp.^[3] In 1980, she was hired by editor Larry Hama to work on Crazy Magazine for Marvel Comics. She became the artist of the Red Sonja series in 1983^[4] and drew the comics adaptation of the character's 1985 film.^[3] Wilshire and writer Louise Simonson co-created Alistair Smythe, an enemy of Spider-Man, in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985).^[5] After a brief stint as the artist of the New Mutants, Wilshire collaborated with Tom DeFalco on the Firestar limited series.^[3] She then drew a Power Girl story for Secret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Feb. 1987).^[6]

Wilshire drew "The Amazing Travel Bureau" feature in National Geographic World for several years.^[2] In 2006, she illustrated the Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! graphic novel published by Penguin/Tarcher.^[7] Publishers Weekly noted in their review of the book, "Wilshire's limpid-eyed charcoal sketches are sensitive and touching, and give a sophisticated sense of person and place. If anything saves the day, it's Wilshire's gorgeous art, not the message."^[8]

Bibliography

DC Comics

The Big Book Of Freaks (1996)
History of the DC Universe HC (1988)
The Outsiders #14 (1986)
Secret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Power Girl) (1987)
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #7 (Duo Damsel entry) (1985)
Who's Who: Update '87 #4 (Power Girl entry) (1987)
Wonder Woman Annual #2 (1989)

Fantagraphics Books

The Complete Wimmen's Comix #1–2 (2016)

Friends of Lulu

Friends of Lulu: Storytime #1 (2000)

Hassle Free Press

The Best of Wimmen's Comix (1979)

HM Communications, Inc.

Heavy Metal #v5#12, #v6#8, #v6#12, #v7#6 (1982–1983)

Last Gasp

After/Shock: Bulletins from Ground Zero (1981)
Strip AIDS U.S.A. (1988)
Wet Satin #2 (1978)
Wimmen's Comix #8–9 (1983–1984)
Young Lust #6 (1980)

Marvel Comics

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (1985)
Barbie #1, 6, 11, 20, 23–24, 40, 46, 52, 59 (1991–1995)
Barbie Fashion #13, 16, 25, 39, 41–42, 50–51 (1992–1995)
Crazy Magazine #65–66, 68–69, 71–72, 74–75, 77–92 (1980–1982)
Disney's the Little Mermaid #1 (1994)
Droids #5 (1986)
Firestar #1–4 (1986)
Ka-Zar the Savage #30, 32 (1984)
Life of Christ: The Christmas Story #1 (1993)
Life of Christ: The Easter Story #1 (1993)
Marvel Saga #22 (1987)
Marvel Super Special #38 (Red Sonja movie adaptation) (1985)
New Mutants #35–37 (1986)
Official Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 (1986)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14 (Miss America entry) (1984)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2–3, 7, 18 (1986–1987)
Power Pack #5 (1984)
Red Sonja vol. 3 #2–4, 8–13 (1983–1986)
Savage Sword of Conan #83, 89 (1982–1983)
Savage Tales vol. 2 #3 (1986)
Spider-Man and Power Pack #1 (1984)

NBM Publishing

Skin Tight Orbit #1 (1995)

Penguin/Tarcher

Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman! (2006)

Renegade Press

Renegade Romance #1 (1987)

Trans-High Corporation

High Times #49 (1979)

References

^ ^a ^b Bails, Jerry (2006). "Wilshire, Mary". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on May 11, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Mary Wilshire". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2019. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mary Wilshire at the Grand Comics Database
^ Bishop, Chris (2016). "Chapter 5: Red Sonja". Medievalist Comics and the American Century. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 140. ISBN 978-1496808509.
^ Manning, Matthew K. (2012). "1980s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 151. ISBN 978-0756692360.
^ Wells, John (August 2017). "Their Lives Were an Open Book: Secret Origins 1986–1990". Back Issue! (98). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 5–6.
^ Milner, Jude; Wilshire, Mary (2006). Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman!. New York City: Penguin/Tarcher. pp. 80. ISBN 978-1585425013.
^ "Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman!". Publishers Weekly. n.d. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019.