Marc Hempel (born May 25, 1957)[2] is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman.

Writer and artist Marc Hempel grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Baltimore.

[8] His art has also appeared in Marvel Fanfare, Epic Illustrated, Heavy Metal, Jonny Quest, Tarzan the Warrior, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, Flinch, My Faith in Frankie, The Dreaming, Lucifer, and Disney Adventures.

[10] Hempel has created advertising art for print and television as well as character design for HBO Animation.

He has produced CD art for the Nashville band Swamp Rat, drawn an episode of the online strip Munden's Bar for ComicMix.com, illustrated a 21–page Escapist story for Dark Horse Comics, and contributed to Mad, Nickelodeon Magazine, and SpongeBob Comics.