Renowned comic book artist to be at library

Jerry DeCaire, one of the artists for Wolverine and Deadpool comic books, will be presenting a real-time drawing performance at Mariposa County Library this month.

It will be on Saturday, April 18 from 10-11:30 a.m.

The event is free to attend but organizers emphasized registration required.

DeCaire’s Deadpool was featured in Marvel’s Secret Defenders series and they too have emerged like the proverbial Phoenix in contemporary trade and hardcover publications such as “Deadpool: The Circle Chase” (Epic Collection), “Deadpool Beginnings Omnibus” and others.

DeCaire’s most recent published illustrative work is X-Force Omnibus: VOL 1; Hawkeye: Shafted; .-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Omnibus; Thor: Hel on Earth; and Wolverine Omnibus VOL 3.

As a Saginaw, Mich., native, DeCaire started out with a bang in 1991 when he was assigned an illustrative gig for the biggest name in comics, X-Men Annual #15. It was his first professional assignment which was then later reprinted in various trades.

Another highlight in DeCaire’s career is when he was featured in 2011 in an eight-page article, “Why Paint?” in China’s prolific Fantasy Art Magazine. DeCaire was featured as an exemplary artist from the West.

DeCaire has illustrated a lot of other items for Marvel, including Iron Man and Dr. Strange, and other character lines for independent publishing houses like Cisco-Kid, The Phantom, Green Hornet, Werewolf and Vampire books, and other icons in American literature and folklore.

He is currently illustrating his very own brainchild, “The Which-When Man” though a release date has not been set. DeCaire is also writing and illustrating his own How-To-Draw book, a Bible adaptation and an esoteric take on consciousness in “The Other You.”

DeCaire is currently presenting at conventions, retail stores, libraries, schools and art centers across the country his own self-designed, performance/workshop.

It shows the connections between science and mathematics and the immortal superhero — in real-time. This program dubbed, “The Superhero in Real-Time,” has been presented to some of the biggest comic-cons in the United States including Wizard World (Chicago); The Dragon-Con in Atlanta which boasted over 80,000 fans in attendance; Detroit’s Motor-City Comic-Con with 50,000 fans in attendance; and Steel City Comic-Con just outside Pittsburgh.

According to DeCaire, the best part of the conventions is when the artist gets to spend time with movie stars and TV personalities, like Bryce Dallas Howard of Jurassic World; Annie Potts of Ghostbusters; Danny Glover of Lethal Weapon; and Kathryn Newton of the hit vampire film, Abagail and the long-running television series, Supernatural.

In all his travels, DeCaire has greeted at least a half-a-million fans from Texas to Alaska, and New York to Los Angeles and so many communities in-between.

The artist always signs and gives away his demo-drawings and autographed, full-color prints to select patrons at every event. To learn more and to register, call (209) 966-2140.

The library is located at 4978 10th Street in Mariposa.