Ep. 103: 'Devil's End' - Daredevil Artist MICHAEL LARK Talks Past, Present and Future

You gotta give Michael Lark and Ed Brubaker credit where credit is due. They picked up their run on Dardevil right after Bendis and Maleev, and have done a stellar job over the last three years. Most creative teams don't stay on a book longer than six issues these days, let alone years. Kudos to these two gents and the Editors at Marvel for consistency and excellence. Daredevil's been in very capable hands...

Me (Swain), being the art hound that I am, I was aware of Michael long before he started appearing in the pages of DD (this is one of few times I can make that claim, so I'll revel in it). The guy has done some really great work, folks:

Scene of a Crime through Vertigo, his first effort with Brubaker.

A wonderful 'Elseworld' story called Batman Nine Lives written by Dean Motter.

The intense cop drama, Gotham Central—this one had Brubaker and Greg Rucka teaming up on the writing.

The Pulse over at Marvel with Brian Michael Bendis.

And let us not forget his awesome flashback sequences in Captain America (once again, with Ed).

As a penciler, this dude has impeccable storytelling chops and he creates some of the most accurate settings in comics. Go back and take a look at how authentic his WWII pages were in Cap. Or the grittiness of his Hell's Kitchen in Daredevil. It's all dead on!

With his run on DD sadly coming to an end, the interview covers what his plans are for the future, cool past projects, tools of the trade and more.

I've wanted to get Lark on SiDEBAR for a long time now, so this was very cool for me. Hope you dig!

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Comments

[Ray Bonilla]

Great interview guys!! While I love the well known masters such as Greg Manchess , BRad Holland ,and Drew Struzan , I really love "meat and potato" guys like Michael Lark . This guy is an awesome artist and a consummate professional who has earned his stripes. As Always, keep up the awesome work and I CAN'T WAIT for Rudy Gutierrez, I'm sure the interview will be on the spiritual end of the art spectrum.