Education
Wiacek attended the in New York City from 1971–1974.
Wiacek attended the in New York City from 1971–1974.
Foreign a short time in 1975–1976 he inked backgrounds (over Curt Swan"s pencils) on Superman for District of Columbia Comics. He moved on to regular inking work for District of Columbia, and then in 1978 began a long association with Marvel. Wiacek has inked over such pencilers as Carmine Infantino on Star Wars, John Romita Junior. on The Uncanny X-Men, June Brigman on Power Pack, John Byrne on Sensational She-Hulk, and Walter Simonson on X-Factor and Orion and George Pérez Brave and the Bold, volume 2.
He has also worked with creators such as Bob Budiansky, Colleen Doran, Ron Garney, Mike Grell, Michael Netzer (Nasser), Kevin Nowlan, Don Perlin, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barry Windsor-Smith.
Over the years, Wiacek has also inked comics published by Dark Horse and Valiant. Wiacek taught first-year students at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art for a brief period in the early 1990s.
Wiacek got his start in the mid-1970s as a member of the "Crusty Bunkers" inking collective.