Lou Mougin

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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

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DarkMark's Comics Indexing Domain
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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

Non-Fiction

Awards

CBFFAs

Maggie Awards

Reviews/Recommendations

Archives/Zines/Collections

Archives

As Archivist

As Contributor

Zines

  • 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'

Interviews

Author's Spotlight - Spotlight on... DarkMark, Archived version

The Danger Room Author's Corner - DarkMark, Archived version

1st Comic News - DarkMark, the Mark Waid of Fan-Fiction, Archived version

Comic Book Interviews - Lou Mougin, Archived version

Further Reading

1st Comic News - Comic Book Biography Lou Mougin

Marvel Database - Contributor Profile

GoodReads - Lou Mougin

TV Tropes - DarkMark

ICv2 - RIP Lou Mougin

CBR - Lou Mougin, Comic Book Writer and Historian, Passes Away at Age 68

1st Comics News - Marvel and Indie Comics Writer Lou Mougin Passes Away

References