Mike Wolfer was a

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writer and artist. He attended

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for two years. He started his career in 1987 by forming his own publishing company, Ground Zero Comics, and

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"Daikazu" (8 issues) and "Daikazu Vs. Gugoron" (3 issues). In 1992, Wolfer began publishing "Widow," an erotic horror title that ran a total of 14 issues, through various mini-series: "Widow: Flesh And Blood," "Widow: Kill Me Again," "Widow: Metal Gypsies" and "Widow: Bound By Blood." Simultaneously, Wolfer began freelancing with other companies such as

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"), London Night Studios ("

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Chaos! Comics Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1993 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Their titles included ''Lady Death'', ''Purgatori'', ''Evil Ernie'', ''Chastity'', ''Jade'', '' Bad Kitty'', and ''Lady Demon''. Chaos! ...

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Swimsuit/Lingerie"), Re-Visionary Press'

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, and others. As they formed their initial line-up of comics in 1996, new publisher

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incorporated "Widow" into their line-up and began reprinting the old Ground Zero Comics work as "Widow X," while also publishing new Widow material. Wolfer soon began writing and illustrating many of Avatar's most popular titles, collaborating with many writers including

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, and

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. He has worked on horror titles such as "

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" comics and Garth Ennis' "Stitched," both of which he also illustrated. Wolfer assumed scripting "Stitched" in September 2012, writing issues #8-19, which were illustrated by Fernando Furukawa. In 2013, he illustrated the four-issue "Skin Trade," the comic adaptation of the

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werewolf epic. He has also worked for Avatar's sister company, Boundless Comics, where he wrote both

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" and "War Goddess." "Lady Death" was nominated for "Sexist Or Racist Or Homophobic Comic Of The Year" at the 2011 C2E2 Bleeding Cool Awards, but because of his conviction to honor both the character and her creator (Brian Pulido), Wolfer went on record, stating that he viewed the Awards nomination as a joke which only generated more recognition for the property. The Curse Of Ragdoll

In May 2014, Wolfer launched a very successful

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campaign to fund the production of a new self-published graphic novel, "The Curse Of Ragdoll." The 96-page story had originally seen print in Avatar Press' adults-only title "Raw Media Quarterly." Wolfer wanted to bring the lush, Gothic horror story back to life and make it accessible to a wider audience, so he excised all of the x-rated material and replaced it with new panels, completely rewrote the story, and inserted 17 new pages of material. A Kickstarter campaign to fund the sequel, "Ragdoll: Orgy Of The Vampires," is scheduled for early 2015. In July 2016, Wolfer began writing an authorized comic book sequel The Land That Time Forgot. The book was drawn by

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and published by

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. In the first issue, Wolfer says the publisher approached him to write it because they had heard he was a big fan of the novel by

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Published work

Artist and/or Writer

* Daikazu (1987-1991 #1-8 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Dark Horse Presents (1986 #47 Dark Horse (

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title) * Daikazu Versus Gugoron (1991 #1-3 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Widow: Flesh and Blood (1992 #1-3 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Widow: Kill Me Again (1993 #1-3 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) *

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(1993 #1 New Beginnings and Dead Ends by

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) *

- 1994-1997: Sarah Jane Hamilton, Alicia Rio, Porsche Lynn, Hyapatia Lee * Lady Death Swimsuit Special (1994

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pin-up edition) * Brinke of Destruction (1995 #3 Written by Todd A Kaylor and

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for High Top Publications) * Widow: Metal Gypsies (1995 1#-3 'London Knight Studios' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Fangs of the Widow (1995 #1-14 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Godzilla (1995 #8 Written by Arthur Adams Dark Horse Comics) * Lady Death in Lingerie (1995 Written by Brian Pulido pin-up edition with various artists) *

Swimsuit Special (1995 'London Knight Studios' pin-up edition with various artists) * Widow / Luxura: Blood Lust Alpha (1996 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer, oneshot) * Widow Cinegraphic Special (1996 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer, oneshot) * Widow: Bound by Blood (1996 #1-3 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Widow The Origin (1997 #1-3 'Ground Zero Comics' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) *

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: Demonography (1997 'Avatar Press' Written by William Christensen, oneshot) * Dark Horse Monsters (1997 #1 'Dark Horse' Oneshot) * Pandora/Widow (1997 'Avatar Press' Written and illustrated by Mark Wolfer, oneshot) * Godzilla: Past, Present, Future (1998

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Dark Horse by various) * Pandora: Nudes (1998 'Avatar Press' Various, oneshot) * Harpy Pin-Up Special (1998 Peregrine Entertainment, various artists) * Pandora/Widow: Arachnephobia (1998 'Avatar Press' Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Threshold (1998 'Avatar Press' #5, 39 - 44) * Raw Media Quarterly (1998 'Avatar Press' #1-7 various writers) * Strange Kiss (1999 'Avatar Press' #1-3 Written by Warren Ellis) (was also reprinted in 2001) * Widow X (1999 'Avatar Press' #1-14) * Razor: Till I Bleed Daylight (2000 'Avatar Press' #1 and 2) * Stranger Kisses (2000 'Avatar Press' #1-3 plus #0 Written by Warren Ellis) * Strange Killings (2002 'Avatar Press' #1-3 Written by Warren Ellis) * Strange Killings: The Body Orchard (2002 'Avatar Press' #1-6 Written by Warren Ellis) *

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(2003 'Avatar Press' #2 By various) * Strange Killings: Strong Medicine (2003 'Avatar Press' #1-3) * Yuggoth Creatures (2004 'Avatar Press' #1-3 By various) * Strange Killings: Necromancer (2004 'Avatar Press' #1-6 By various) * Escape of the Living Dead: Resurrected (2007 'Avatar Press' #1, oneshot) * Friday the 13th Special (features

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) (2005 'Avatar Press' Written by Brian Pulido oneshot special) * Friday the 13th: Bloodbath (2005 'Avatar Press' #1-3 Written by Brian Pulido oneshot special) * Friday The 13th: Jason Vs Jason X (2006 'Avatar Press' #1-2 written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer) * Warren Ellis Blackgas (2006 'Avatar Press' #1-3 special Written by Warren Ellis, various covers by Mike Wolfer, with later trade paperback * Escape of the Living Dead: Airborne (2006 'Avatar Press' #3) * Escape of the Living Dead: Fearbook (2006 'Avatar Press' #1 oneshot) * Garth Ennis' Streets of Glory (2007 'Avatar Press' #1-6,later a tradepaper back followed) * Widow (2007 'Avatar Press' #0) * 2001 Maniacs Hornbook (2007 'Avatar Press' #1) * Gravel (2007 'Avatar Press' #8-21) *Wolfskin Annual (2008) Written by Warren Ellis/Mike Wolfer * Gravel: Never A Dull Day (2008 'Avatar Press'

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Written by Warren Ellis) *Wolfskin: Hundredth Dream (2010 #1-6) Written by Warren Ellis/Mike Wolfer, art by Gianluca Pagliarani * Night Of The Living Dead (2010 'Avatar Press' co-written by

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) * Night Of The Living Dead (V2) (2010 'Avatar Press' co-written by

) * Night Of The Living Dead Holiday Special (2010 'Avatar Press' Various) * Night of the Living Dead 2011 Annual (2011 'Avatar Press' Various) * Stitched (2011 'Avatar Press' #1-7 and trade paperback back Written by Garth Ennis, art by Mike Wolfer) * Stitched (2011 'Avatar Press' #8-19 and trade paperback back written by Mike Wolfer, art by Fernando Furukawa) * Night of the Living Dead: Day of the Undead (2012 'Avatar Press' tradepaper Collects other Night of the Living Dead Specials) * Skin Trade (2013 'Avatar Press' #1-4 Written by Daniel Abraham and George Raymond Richard Martin, mini-series) *Gravel: Combat Magician (2014 'Avatar Press' #0-4 Written by Mike Wolfer) *The Curse Of Ragdoll (2014) Story and art by Mike Wolfer, lettering by Natalie Jane, cover color by Ceci de la Cruz. *The Land That Time Forgot (2016 'American Mythology Productions' #1-ongoing Written by Mike Wolfer)

Inker

(Excluding titles, he did pencils) * Faust/777: The Wrath ( Darkness in Collision) (1998 'Avatar Press' #4)

Editor

Fangs of the Widow ('Avatar Press' 1995)

Cover Art

(Excluding titles, he did interior art) * George R.R. Martin's Fevre Dream (2006) * Rawbone ('Avatar Press' 2009 #2 Written by

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with interior art by Max Fiumara and Ryan Waterhouse) * Crossed: Wish You Were Here - Volume 1 ('Avatar Press' 2012) Promotional work at

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References

External links

Mike Wolfer
at ComicBookDB.com
Mike Wolfer’s Twitterfeed siteRagdoll facebook pageMike Wolfer's personal Facebook pageDeviant Art site
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