Mike Baron has been creating comics since 1981, and he’s been nominated for Best Writer in the Kirby and Harvey Awards, and been awarded an Inkpot Award, and multiple Eisner Awards for his work on Nexus.
Co-created by writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude in 1981, NEXUS is a combination of the superhero and science fiction genres, set 500 years in the future, and set the standard for indie comics for years.
Baron’s NEXUS stories responded to the world he was writing in, with competing companies overwhelming media as well as telepathy, with advertising. The series was first published by CAPITAL COMICS, then FIRST COMICS, and eventually DARK HORSE COMICS.
Inspired in 2017 by internet memes wherein local Florida news reports were going viral, always referring to “Florida Man” getting into some kind of bizarre trouble, Mike Baron brought those wild stories to life in FLORIDA MAN, first as a novel, then as a graphic novel, which was Mike Baron’s first successful comicbook crowdfunding effort in 2020. Two years later, the graphic novel was adapted as a limited series of comics by AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY, becoming their top selling book of 2022.
THIN BLUE LINE was a story literally “ripped from the headlines,” and follows police officer Valeria Baca and her partner as their detail guarding the mayor turns into a fight for survival. Mobs burn down city hall, forcing the officers to improvise on the run, relying only on their training and wits as the mayor’s protestations and eagerness to placate the rioters prove to be dangerous.
With policing being a major topic in late 2022, the crowdfunding effort for this graphic novel cracked six-figures in pre-orders.
PRIVATE AMERICAN was co-created with veteran comics illustrator RICHARD BONK and marked a return to the comicbook genre that Baron had been known for, vigilante justice.
PRIVATE AMERICAN follows Marcos Zamora, a patriotic, first generation Cuban-American and a former Green Beret. Marcos and his partner battle criminals at the southern border; cartels, human traffickers, terrorists, and enemies of the state taking advantage of the porous border and the ensuing chaos to bring in desperate migrants, fentanyl, and weapons.
BRONZE STAR is Mike Baron and co-creator PAT BRODERICK‘s first foray into the weird western genre. The gothic horror story involves love, revenge, and supernatural terror, and offers readers a fresh take on the werewolf mythos while delivering heart-pounding scares, glorious artwork, and unexpected twists that will grab readers by the throat and not let go until the final page.
LEVIATHAN is a personal project for MIKE BARON, since he has been a Sherlock Holmes fan since he was a boy. Reteaming with RICHARD BONK for an unique pairing of the world’s greatest detective with Captain Nemo, and a few other literary icons! Holmes faces his most enigmatic case as he and Dr. Watson delve into a dark conspiracy that blends science, myth, and the supernatural, as they confront forces initially beyond their understanding. This all-new, thrilling graphic novel blends classic detective storytelling with gripping horror and suspense, challenging Holmes like never before.