Michael Wm. Kaluta

Michael Wm. Kaluta is an American comics artist and writer. Born in Guatemala of U.S. citizens, he is himself a U.S. citizen, not Guatemalan. His first cover for a comic book was House of Mystery #200 (March 1972). Associated during the 1970s with Bernie Wrightson and Jeffrey Jones, he contributed illustrations to Ted White's Fantastic and Amazing Stories. Kaluta co-created Eve in Secrets of Sinister House #6 (Aug.–Sept. 1972), a horror comics "host" character later turned into a supporting character in The Sandman. He and writer Dennis O'Neil produced a comics adaptation of The Shadow for DC in 1973–1974. Kaluta was one of the four comic book artists/fine illustrator/painters (along with Jeffrey Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Bernie Wrightson) who formed the artists' commune The Studio in a loft in Manhattan's Chelsea district in 1975 and continuing to 1979. While he drew several comic book stories, he is mainly known for his covers, with long runs on House of Mystery, Conan the King, The Books of Magic, and Lucifer.