Lou Mougin

Fan
Name:	Lou Mougin
Alias(es):	DarkMark
Type:	Fanwriter, Author
Fandoms:	DC Comics, Marvel Comics, wrestling, Vertigo, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Peanuts, Archie Comics
Communities:	The Comic Reader, Subreality Cafe, CFAN, OTL
Other:
URL:	DarkMark's Domain Fanfiction.Net, DarkMark's Comics Indexing Domain
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	Contents 1 Notable Works 1.1 Non-Fiction; ; 2 Awards 2.1 CBFFAs; 2.2 Maggie Awards; ; 3 Reviews/Recommendations; 4 Archives/Zines/Collections 4.1 Archives 4.1.1 As Archivist; 4.1.2 As Contributor; ; 4.2 Zines; ; 5 Interviews; 6 Further Reading; 7 References;

Lou Mougin, better known in the fan community as DarkMark, was a comics historian and writer. He contributed to the fan magazines Amazing Heroes and The Comic Reader, and in the 1970s and 1980s he worked with George Olshevsky on the Official Marvel Index, a complete index of all the Marvel characters. He also wrote comics, prose fiction, and books on comics history, including Secondary Action Heroes of Golden Age Comics. His prose novel Monster in the Lost World is also slated for publication in January 2023^[1].

He was also a prolific writer of fanfic, in a range of genres spanning the "Big Two" of comics, Marvel and DC, Vertigo, Peanuts, Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossovers, Spawn, Archie Comics, miscellaneous games and indie comics. In his own words on his Fanfiction.net bio: "I refuse to be confined to any single company or character.^[2]"

Lou passed away on December 31, 2022 at the age of 68.

Notable Works

Kara and the Dreamsmith - Kara Zor-El goes to the Dreaming and regains the mantle of Supergirl.
Angela's Story - Angela of Marvel Comics.
A Summer of Wendy - A young man falls in love with Wendy... the good witch.
X-Filk
Heroes - a different kind of Superman story about 9/11
Here There Be Monsters - The Marvel Family
Devil's Diary - X-Men

2000 - Best DC: Superman And Man
2001 - Best Story/Series from Another Company (3-way tie): Everybody's Gotta Leave Sometime (Peanuts)
2001 - Best Non-Team Story/Series (tie): Maggie (MARVELS)
2001 - Writer of the Year
2002 - Best Marvel - The Steel Handshake (Avengers and X-Men)
2002 - Best Other: The Last Fast Blast Of The Bouncing Beatnik (Astro City)
2003 - Writer Hall of Fame

TV Tropes - Fanfic / Kara of Rokyn
TVTropes/Superman/Fanfic Recs
IMHO #7 - Waking Dex and Other Tales of Lost Love - includes a review of Angela's Story
IMHO #13 - Dark Media - includes a review of Bobby and Hank say "Farewell, New York" and Other Things
IMHO #16 - Back from the Grave - includes a review of The Apokolips Agenda
The Author's Spotlight recs by Trisha Lynn
- Pictopia II - "The reason why I like this one so much is that a) it's full of humor AND sadness and b) it's a fun romp. Good ol' fashioned heroes... what more do you need?"
- The Iceman Goeth - "Way back before he became the resident prankster, Bobby Drake had a normal life. Read all about how that life changed."
- Society's Child - "Composed for the breakup challenge, this fic dares you not to get a bit weepy."
- FIRE! teaser - "One wonders how exactly this would have turned out, had it been picked up by Marvel. Good stuff here."
- The Airboy Saga teaser - "Parts of this are already up on DarkMark's site. But here's a snippet for your viewing pleasure anyway."

Vampire Quarterly
- Issue 4 (1986) - Magazine reviews: The Horror show (v.4, no.2), And Amazing Heroes #66 featuring 'The vampire strikes back: Dracula at Marvel'

Fan
Name:	Lou Mougin
Alias(es):	DarkMark
Type:	Fanwriter, Author
Fandoms:	DC Comics, Marvel Comics, wrestling, Vertigo, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Peanuts, Archie Comics
Communities:	The Comic Reader, Subreality Cafe, CFAN, OTL
Other:
URL:	DarkMark's Domain Fanfiction.Net, DarkMark's Comics Indexing Domain
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.
Contents 1 Notable Works 1.1 Non-Fiction 2 Awards 2.1 CBFFAs 2.2 Maggie Awards 3 Reviews/Recommendations 4 Archives/Zines/Collections 4.1 Archives 4.1.1 As Archivist 4.1.2 As Contributor 4.2 Zines 5 Interviews 6 Further Reading 7 References