About Mike Parobeck
Lived 1965 – 1996 (aged 30). Mike Parobeck was an American comics artist.
Early life Mike Parobeck, one of six siblings, grew up in Lancaster, Ohio. He studied at the Central Academy of Commercial Art in Cincinnati.
Career Parobeck got to know DC Comics editor Brian Augustyn, to whom he repeatedly sent photocopies of his sample artwork. Augustyn eventually contacted Parobeck to give him a job penciling a few pages of a Doctor Light story in Secret Origins #37. This led to his first regular series work on El Diablo, with writer Gerard Jones, which lasted sixteen issues. Other important series on which he worked were The Fly for DC's short-lived Impact Comics imprint, as well as the 1992 Justice Society of America series,
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Who was Mike Parobeck?
American comic artist (1965–1996)
When was Mike Parobeck born?
Mike Parobeck was born on 7 July 1965.
When did Mike Parobeck die?
Mike Parobeck died on 2 July 1996 in Ohio.
What was Mike Parobeck's occupation?
Mike Parobeck was a comics artist.
What nationality was Mike Parobeck?
Mike Parobeck was American.
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