Mark Stephen Evanier (pronounced ev-uh-near; born March 2, 1952) is an American comic book and television writer.
He first worked as an assistant for Jack Kirby as well as writing for various Disney comic books. He later did comics for Looney Tunes, Woody Woodpecker, Scooby-Doo, Tarzan, Korak, and Blackhawk. He is the co-creator of Groo the Wanderer (with Sergio Aragonés), The DNAgents (with Will Meugniot) and its spin-off Crossfire (with Dan Spiegle).
In television, he wrote for live-action shows such as Pink Lady and Jeff, The Krofft Superstar Hour (aka The Bay City Rollers Show), Pryor's Place, Bob (the fourth series to star Bob Newhart) and The Half-Hour Comedy Hour. His animation credentials include Scooby-Doo (in which he wrote the first episode featuring Scrappy-Doo, whom he developed), Plastic Man, Richie Rich (which he story edited), Dungeons and Dragons (which he developed), Thundarr the Barbarian, Mother Goose and Grimm, and Superman: The Animated Series, as well as both Garfield series.
He wrote "Point of View", a column for Comic Buyer's Guide, and Kirby: King of Comics, a biography of Jack Kirby.
Writer
Garfield and Friends
Wrote or co-wrote (with Sharman DiVono) all episodes
The Garfield Show
Season 1
Season 2
- Ticket to Riches
- Gravity of the Situation
- The Big Sneeze
- The Spy Who Fed Me
- Meet Max Mouse
- The Haunted House
- Which Witch
- Odie for Sale
- Farm Fresh Feline
- Planet of Poultry
- The Bluebird of Happiness
- Inside Eddie Gourmand
- Fido Food Feline
- Everything's Relative
- Cuter Than Cute
- Great Pizza Race
- Master Chef
- Guest from Beyond
- Land of Hold
- Penny Henny
- A Gripping Tale
- Wicked Wishes
- Jumbo Shrimpy
- Mind Over Mouse
- The Big Sleep
- Pampered Pussycat
- Unfair Weather (Part 1 and Part 2)
Season 3
- Kind to Kittens
- Little Angel
- Prehistoric Pup
- Land of Later
- The Caped Avenger Strikes Again!
- Long Lost Lyman (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4)
- The Golden Lasagna Awards
- It's About Time
- The Control Freak
- Every Witch Way
- The Garfield-Only Show
- Doggone Jon
- The Mysterious Machine
- Fitness Crazed
- My Friend, Nermal
- Take a Ferret to Lunch
- Bride and Broom
- Two Times the Trouble
Season 4
- Lion Queen: Zoo Melody
- Lion Queen: Welcome to Africa
- Lion Queen: Life Outside
- Lion Queen: King of Cats
- Lion Queen: Open the Cages
- The Mean Machine
- Glitter Gulch
- Lasagna Tree
- For Mice
- Six-Can Solution
- Home Sweet Home
- Little Miss Mouse
- The Dog of My Cat
- World Without Me
- Fraidy Cat
- Very Very Long Night
Garfield (Comic Book)
Voice Director
- Garfield and Friends
- The Garfield Show
- Professor Garfield online shorts
Voiceover
Garfield and Friends
- Director (Mistakes Will Happen)
Trivia
- Garfield and Friends is his favorite animation project.[1]
- One of his favorite movies is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; he was one of the commentators for its Criterion release.
- Among the cast members in the film to have appeared in Garfield and Friends are Stan Freberg, Buddy Hackett, Marvin Kaplan, Don Knotts, Arnold Stang, Lennie Weinrib, Jesse White, and Jonathan Winters. Freberg and Kaplan have also appeared in The Garfield Show.
- He is a big fan of the music group Big Daddy.
- He has a strong dislike for cole slaw. He once attempted an episode of Garfield that dealt with cole slaw (having previously done so with a C.B. Bears comic story), which went unmade due to a disagreement with Jim Davis.[2]
