Mike Grell

Michael Jon "Mike" Grell is an American comic book artist and writer.

He wrote and drew Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters, a three-part series chronicling the rebirth of the Green Arrow character in the DC universe, and the first appearance of Shado and Edward Fyers. This in turn led to Green Arrow: Year One, on which the first season of Arrow is largely based.

Longbow Hunters was an attempt to reboot the character before this was a term in common usage, taking him away from the dizzying array of trick arrows he developed, and relied on, in the 70s and early 80s, and distancing him from Batman by showing him developing a willingness to kill when he saw a need.

Grell recently returned to the comic book series as a writer/artist for the Homecoming story arc (Issues 51-62).

Credits

Arrow

Police sketch artist Season 1 "Pilot" "Year's End" "Burned" "Trust but Verify" "Vertigo" "Betrayal" "The Odyssey" "Dodger" "The Huntress Returns" "Salvation" "Unfinished Business" "Darkness on the Edge of Town" Season 2 "City of Heroes" "Identity" "Broken Dolls" "Crucible" "League of Assassins" "Keep Your Enemies Closer" "State v. Queen" "The Scientist" "Three Ghosts" "Blast Radius" "Blind Spot" "Tremors" "Heir to the Demon" "Time of Death" "The Promise" "Suicide Squad" "Birds of Prey" "Deathstroke" "The Man Under the Hood" "Seeing Red" "City of Blood"

Comics

Arrow

Cover artist "Test Drive" (with Randy Mayor) "Time's Arrow" (with Randy Mayor) "Prey" (with Randy Mayor) "China White" (with Randy Mayor) "Diggle" "Fathoms" (with Randy Mayor) "Moscow" (with Randy Mayor) Artist "Time's Arrow" "Moscow" "Huntress Year One" "The Pieces Missing" Inker "Sins of the Father"

External links

• Mike Grell at the Internet Movie Database