Bernard Edward Mireault (born 1961) is a

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comic book artist and writer. Comics critic Timothy Callahan has argued that Mireault is one of the unheralded creators who helped bring in the

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Biography

Mireault was born in Marville,

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, where both parents were stationed while working for the

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. In 1963, the Mireault family moved back to Canada. Raised as an

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, he has been an active participant in the

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scene, participating in the comix jams since their early inception and contributing to local zines and underground publications. At the same time he has worked in the mainstream comics industry as an artist and colourist, as well as an animator and illustrator. Among his comics works are ''Dr. Robot'', ''Mackenzie Queen'', ''Bug-eyed Monster'', '' The Blair Witch Chronicles'', and ''Left Alone: The Rustin Parr Killings'', ''Two Fisted Science: Safecracker'', ''When is a Door?'' ''The Tragic Though Amusing History of Clay Face II'', and the creator-owned comic ''The Jam'', first published as a backup feature in

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from Matrix Graphic Series, and then published in its own title from 1985 by various publishers starting with Matrix Graphic Series and then Comico,

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, and

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. Mireault also served as the artist on the story arc ''The Devil Within'' for

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's ''Grendel'' comics in the late 1980s – notably coloured by

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. Mireault also coloured several ''Grendel'' story arcs: Warchild, Devil's Hammer, Devil in Our Midst, Devil Tracks, Devil Eyes, Devil by the Deed, The Devil's Apprentice. As a colourist he had a long-standing collaborative relationship with

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, a fellow Canadian artist. Together they worked on ''Wonder Woman Vs. the Red Menace'', ''

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'' #6: ''The Patriot Game'', and ''

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''. Another long-standing collaborative relationship has been with

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, with whom he's produced ''Madman Jam: The Fall of the House of Escher'', ''

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'', and ''The Everyman''. And Mireault's character Dr. Robot first appeared as a back-up in the back of Mike Allred's ''Madman''. Mireault also has a part-time

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called Bug-Eyed Monster, for which he writes the occasional song.

Bibliography

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* Dr. Robot

Awards

Mireault was inducted into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame as part of the

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in 2020.

Notes

References

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Bernie Mireault
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External links

* {{official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20071024021056/http://bem.spiltink.org/%7D%7D%7D%7D
Article announcing Mireault signing with Kitchen, Lind & Associates
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