Mike Lilly (Penciller Zero) is a professional comic book artist who studied with Carmine Infantino at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Rich Buckler at Visage Studios and interned at Valiant Comics in the early 90’s.

He’s gone on to work on such titles as The Tick, Van Helsing, Grimm Fairy Tales, Nightwing, Vampirella, Black Terror, Annihilation Conquest Quasar, Detective Comics, Marvel Knights, Catwoman, Punisher, and Dungeons & Dragons (to name a few).

 

Mike contributed an exclusive cover to DC Comic’s landmark Detective Comics #1000.

His work on Vampirella Revelations from Harris Comics won him an Art Show Award of Excellence from I-CON 25.

 

He’s also done sketch card work on such licenses for Dynamite’s KISS, Bettie-Page, Dejah Thoris, Woman of Cosplay, Vampirella’s 50th Anniversary and upcoming Red Sonja as well as Star Wars Heritage and Revenge of the Sith, Lord of the Rings Masterpieces, Universal Monster’s Frankenstein, Marvel Comic’s the Avengers, DC Comic’s Legacy and Breygent’s Vampirella.

Besides publishers like: Marvel, DC Comics, Dynamite, Kingstone, and New England Comics, his client list includes NIKE, MakerBot, Scholastic, Kreiss Furnishings, sci-fi novelist Adam Train and work with Stan Lee for the NHL.

 

Currently Mike continues to pencil covers for Zenescope’s line of books, comic book and concept art for feature film director Paul McDonnell (The Film Artists) as well as other movie projects, work for Thrilling Nostalgia Comics, covers for indy comic Proxima, revamping his co-creator owned comic: The Mercury Chronicles and work on his own property: Man-Mountain (with his son Robert). Concurrently he works on many private commissions and travels to conventions around the US and abroad (til the pandemic has subsided).

Mike resides in NYC with his wife and son and is an avid Lego collector (See Below)...

 

"Had small LEGO sets when I was a kid. Am an old school model builder (Revell, Testors, Monogram WWII tanks, battleships, aircraft carriers, etc.).

Love the whole model building hobby.

Many years later, son 3 got a Mega Bloks Pro-Builder Helicopter. We enjoyed it immensely. Great bonding moment.

Went in search of more, realized Lego and Mega-Bloks are two very different companies, and Lego clearly stood out as the superior designer and high brick quality standard.

 

Early '08 got INDIANA JONES TEMPLE ESCAPE*. Fantastic kit, loved it ever since and the search for more began.

Really got into Lego collecting at San Diego Comic Con 2008 purchasing IMPERIAL DROPSHIP and REBEL SCOUT SPEEDER for my 5 year old son. We also were lucky enough to get the BRICKMASTER SAN DIEGO COMIC CON EXCLUSIVE INDIANA JONES set (which was limited to 500 kits) at the same convention.

We've been hooked ever since!!!

 

Favorite themes are INDIANA JONES (all-time) and Star Wars.

Having a great time with the Super-Hero lines as well as building Agents and NinjaGo kits (lots of fun and good build techniques).

 

Pursuing some holy grail sets such as:

-Ultimate Collectors Series 75192 MILLENNIUM FALCON

(The NEW big bad boy! It's a holy grail set even though it's brand new on the market. My local LEGO shop only got TWO total in last time. Very hard to get a hold of.)

-CASTLE GIANT CHESS SET

-UCS SUPER STAR DESTROYER

(to name a few).

 

*Favorite Set (Overall) - INDIANA JONES TEMPLE ESCAPE

(So many traps, details and really captures the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark).

 

-Favorite Minifigure - INDIANA JONES

(Hat, whip, satchel-overall look is really spot on for such a little figure).

Runner-up CHROME DARTH VADER.

 

Favorite Mech - ROBO ATTACK

(fantastic and extremely posable model).

Favorite Midi-Scale - IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER

Favorite Mini-Scale - SLAVE I (Brickmaster).

Favorite Star Wars vehicle - 6212 X-WING FIGHTER

(great design and a sturdy model).

Favorite Vehicle - TUMBLER: JOKER's ICE CREAM SURPRISE

(Although not movie accurate the design and detail of the Tumbler looks great).

 

-Favorite Ideas - NASA APOLLO SATURN V

(One of Lego's best of all time!).

-Favorite Lego Movie - METAL BEARD's SEA COW

-Favorite Superheroes - S.H.I.E.L.D. HELICARRIER

(Jack Kirby forever inspiring)

-Favorite UCS - 10188 DEATH STAR

(So good I bought it twice!)

 

Favorite Advent Calendar - KINGDOMS ADVENT CALENDAR

Favorite Adventurers - TEMPLE of MOUNT EVEREST

Favorite Agents - AERIAL DEFENCE UNIT

Favorite Architecture - 21019 The EIFFEL TOWER

Favorite Atlantis - CITY of ATLANTIS

Favorite BrickHeadZ - BOBA FETT & HAN SOLO in CARBONITE

Favorite Castle - DWARVES' MINE

Favorite CMF - Series 1 ROBOT (w/Series 7 SPACE MARINE runner-up).

Favorite Creator - SPACE SHUTTLE EXPLORER

Favorite DC Superheroes - BATWING BATTLE over GOTHAM CITY

Favorite Duplo Promo Brick - LEGO store MASTER BUILDER EVENT R2D2

Favorite Games - MONSTER 4

Favorite Lord of the Rings - The BATTLE of HELM's DEEP

Favorite Master Builders Academy - INVENTION DESIGNER

Favorite Monster Fighers - The GHOST TRAIN

Favorite Monthly Mini-Model Builds - July '11 LIGHTHOUSE

Favorite NinjaGo - RATTLECOPTER

Favorite Pharaoh's Quest - SCORPION PYRAMID

Favorite Pirates of the Caribbean - ISLA de la MUERTE

Favorite Prince of Persia - QUEST AGAINST TIME

Favorite Space - EARTH DEFENSE HQ

Favorite Spongebob Squarepants - The FLYING DUTCHMAN

 

*GOLD RATED Reviewer on Brickset* (LEGODAD42)"