Gary Frank

• Born 1969-10-09

Gary Frank is a British comics artist. Gary Frank began his professional career in 1991, illustrating covers and interior short stories for publications such as Doctor Who Magazine and Toxic!. At that time, he started a long-running collaboration with inker Cam Smith, who would continue to ink Frank's work for many years, later followed by inker Jon Sibal from 2001 on. In 1992, Frank was recruited by Marvel Comics to illustrate covers for The Incredible Hulk, beginning with issue No. 400. Shortly thereafter, he was hired as the series' ongoing artist] beginning with issue No. 403 (March 1993) and ending with No. 425 (Jan. 1995). In 1996, Frank and Smith were hired as the art team on DC Comics' new Supergirl ongoing series, which re-teamed Frank with writer Peter David. Frank's run as penciller ended with issue No. 9 (May 1997), although he continued to provide covers for the series. In 1997, Frank and Smith, along with writer John Arcudi, took over Gen13 for two years. In 2000, Frank began his first collaboration with J. Michael Straczynski, as a penciller on Midnight Nation, a 12-issue limited series. In 2003, Frank re-teamed with Straczynski on Supreme Power for 18 issues from October 2003 to October 2005. In 2007, having worked several years on a Marvel exclusive contract, Frank signed a new one with DC Comics. He served as the artist on Action Comics with writer Geoff Johns and later worked on Superman in the Superman: Secret Origin six-issue mini-series. In 2012, Frank and Johns collaborated on Batman: Earth One, an original graphic novel set on Earth-one of the DC Multiverse. Since 2017, Johns and Frank have worked together on Doomsday Clock, a limited series featuring Superman and Doctor Manhattan. From 2021 Frank worked with Johns on the science fiction series Geiger at Image. Besides interior work, Frank contributed covers for many comics. Frank's artwork was featured during the finale of the TV series Smallville when the character Chloe Sullivan is shown reading a Superman comic book to her son.