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Mario Miranda
Mario Miranda (2 May 1926 – 11 December 2011), Indian cartoonist and painter of Goan village and Bombay life; creator of Miss Nimbupani and Miss Fonseca; Times of India, Illustrated Weekly; Padma Vibhushan 2012.
Marjane Satrapi (مرجان ساتراپی)
Marjane Satrapi (مرجان ساتراپی), 1969–2026, Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker; author of Persepolis (2000–03) and Woman, Life, Freedom; directed the Oscar-nominated animated Persepolis film.
Marlene Alraune
Marlene Alraune (Marlène Alraune), Marvel Comics supporting character and Moon Knight's principal love interest, created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin; daughter of archaeologist Dr. Peter Alraune, mother of Diatrice, never powered, replaced onscreen by Layla El-Faouly.
Marmik
Marmik (मार्मिक) is a Marathi weekly of political cartoons founded in Bombay by Bal Thackeray in 1960, which led to the Shiv Sena's founding in 1966.
Mars Attacks
Mars Attacks is a 1962 Topps trading-card series of 55 Mars-invasion cards by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Bob Powell, and Norm Saunders, cancelled over gore, later reprinted and adapted into Tim Burton's 1996 film.
Marshal Law
Marshal Law, satirical comic series and character by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill, debuted in Epic Comics' 1987 six-issue miniseries; a superpowered hero-hunter, ex-soldier Joe Gilmore of San Futuro, later published by Apocalypse, Dark Horse, and DC.
Marvel 1602
Marvel 1602 is an eight-issue Marvel Knights limited series (2003–2004) by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove reimagining Marvel heroes in Elizabethan England as feared "witchbreeds", spawning the Earth-311 1602 universe sequels.
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics, also known historically as Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, is the American comic publisher founded by Martin Goodman in 1939, home of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, Disney-owned since 2009 and relocating to Burbank in 2026.
Marvel Premiere
Marvel Premiere was a Marvel Comics tryout anthology series, April 1972 to August 1981, 61 issues, distinct from the modern Marvel Premier Collection trade paperback line. It debuted Adam Warlock (#1) and Iron Fist (#15) and carried the second Doctor Strange series (#3-14).
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is Marvel Comics' shared superhero world, which pioneered 1960s shared-world continuity, spans 80,000-plus characters and a multiverse, and differs from the separate Marvel Cinematic Universe film continuity begun in 2008.
Marville (comics)
Marville is a seven-issue Marvel Comics satirical series (2002-2003) written by Marvel president Bill Jemas for the U-Decide sales contest against Peter David's Captain Marvel; starring KalAOL, Ted Turner's son, it is known as one of Marvel's worst-reviewed comics.
Mary Marvel
Mary Marvel (Mary Batson/Bromfield), Fawcett-created 1942 superheroine by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze, twin/foster sister of Shazam; first appeared Captain Marvel Adventures #18, had her own 1945-1948 series, later DC's Lady Shazam.
Mary Worth
Mary Worth is an American newspaper comic strip debuting 1938 as Mary Worth's Family, a soap-opera strip about a widowed adviser in Santa Royale; disputed continuation of Martha Orr's 1934 Apple Mary; written by Karen Moy, drawn by June Brigman.
Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗)
Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗) is a Japanese manga artist born in 1961 in Kobe, best known as the creator of Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell.
Master Mold
Master Mold is a Marvel Comics X-Men villain, a giant Sentinel factory robot coined by Bolivar Trask, first appearing in X-Men #15, later merging with Nimrod to become Bastion and destroying Genosha in X-Men '97.
Max Mercury
Max Mercury (Max Crandall), originally Quicksilver of Quality Comics (National Comics #5, 1940), is a DC speedster revived by Mark Waid in Flash #76 (1993); mentor to Impulse and explainer of the Speed Force.
Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966), born Frederick Parrish, American illustrator and painter of the Cornish Art Colony, famous for Parrish blue skies, glazing technique, Edison Mazda calendars, and the mass-reproduced print Daybreak.
Megatokyo
Megatokyo (メガトーキョー) is a long-running English-language webcomic created in August 2000 by Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston about two stranded American otaku in Tokyo; manga-styled, print-published by Ironcat, Dark Horse, and DC's CMX, and still updating.
Metabarons
Metabarons (La Caste des Méta-Barons), also The Metabarons First Cycle, is a space-opera comic by Jodorowsky and Giménez (1992-2003, Les Humanoïdes Associés), a spin-off of The Incal about a warrior dynasty whose heirs kill their fathers.
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan (born 1950) is an American imaginative realist painter, the science fiction and fantasy field's most honored cover artist, with 15 Hugo Awards, 3 World Fantasy Awards, and 2009 Science Fiction Hall of Fame induction; he retired from illustration in 2024.
Michel Vaillant
Michel Vaillant is a long-running French motor-racing comic series created by Jean Graton in 1957 for Tintin, chronicling champion driver Michel Vaillant and the family Vaillante firm; rebooted in 2012 under Philippe Graton.
Micronauts (comics)
Micronauts is Marvel Comics' 1979–1984 series (59 issues) by Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden, based on Mego's Takara Microman toy line, set in the Microverse against Baron Karza, with later runs at Image, Devil's Due, IDW, and Marvel reprints from 2023.
Miguel Covarrubias
Miguel Covarrubias (1904–1957) was a Mexican painter and caricaturist who made his name in Jazz Age New York and wrote the classic Island of Bali.
Mika Pikazo (ミカ ピカゾ)
Mika Pikazo (ミカ ピカゾ), Japanese illustrator born in Tokyo in 1993, also known for Kaguya Luna and Fire Emblem Engage character designs; Brazil-educated, vivid color style, MikaPikaZo art book, 2026 Landscape of Emotion exhibition.
Mike Grell
Mike Grell (born 1947, Iron Mountain, Michigan) is an American comic book writer-artist, creator of The Warlord, Starslayer, Jon Sable Freelance, and the acclaimed 1987 Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters.
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola (Michael Mignola) is an American comic book artist and writer, creator of Hellboy (1993, Dark Horse), known for a shadow-heavy, mass-driven style influenced by Jack Kirby, plus Abe Sapien, Lobster Johnson, and film design work.
Millôr Fernandes
Millôr Fernandes, born Milton Viola Fernandes (1923–2012), was a Brazilian cartoonist, humorist, and playwright who worked in the Rio de Janeiro press for more than 70 years.
Ming the Merciless
Ming the Merciless, Emperor Ming of Mongo, is the arch-villain of Alex Raymond's 1934 Flash Gordon comic strip, modeled on Fu Manchu, played by Charles Middleton in the 1936-1940 serials and Max von Sydow in 1980.
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
Miniature (illuminated manuscript): a small, detailed painting in an illuminated manuscript, from Latin minium (red lead). Also called manuscript miniature painting; peaked in Europe (Paris, Burgundy) and the Islamic world, 13th–17th centuries.
Misha
Misha (Мишка, Olympic Mishka), the bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics designed by Victor Chizhikov; first commercially successful sports mascot, flew on Soyuz-29, and famously shed a tear at the closing ceremony.