Mark Smylie is an American
comics
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creator, writer and illustrator. He is best known for his ''
Artesia'' epic fantasy comic series.
[Cornog, Martha (July 1, 2011). "Graphic Novels: Archaia's A-List", '']Library Journal
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'' 136 (12).
Biography
Born in
Florida
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in 1967, he studied political science, philosophy, art history, and English literature at
Columbia University
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for four years. Besides ''Artesia'', Smylie has also done numerous illustrations for
role-playing game
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s and other media. He has done interior illustrations for ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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'' manuals, including ''
Faiths and Pantheons
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Contents
It details the mechanics of the ...
'', ''
Epic Level Handbook
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'', and ''
Complete Warrior''. After first working with
Sirius Entertainment
Sirius Entertainment was an American comic book company which operated from 1994 to 2007. Sirius Entertainment was founded by Robb Horan, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Larry Salamone, Fassbender, Tom. "A Sirius Interview: With Two Sirius Guys," ...
, he founded
Archaia Studios Press
Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an imprint of American comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios.
Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an American comic book publ ...
in 2002 to publish ''Artesia'' and eventually comics from other creators.
The setting of Smylie's novel ''The Barrow'' is the same as his ''Artesia'' series.
[(December 23, 2013). "Fiction Reviews: The Barrow", '']Publishers Weekly
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'' 260 (51).
Smylie was nominated for the 2006
Russ Manning
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award for most promising newcomer, and his ''Artesia'' series was nominated for several comics awards.
References
External links
*
Talking with Archaia Studios Press' Mark Smylie April 24, 2006,
Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic bookârelated news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
1967 births
American comics writers
American illustrators
Fantasy artists
Living people
Role-playing game artists
Columbia University alumni
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