Mark Brooks (comics)

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Mark Brooks
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Born (1973-04-12) April 12, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, cover artist
Notable works
 Avengers , Secret Empire , Han Solo
Awards Inkpot Award (2014) [1]
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Mark Brooks is an American comic book artist. For his cover art, he was awarded the Inkpot Award in 2014.

Contents

He has produced designs for a line of Marvel figures manufactured by Sideshow Collectibles. [2] [3]

Career

Brooks' first published work was in 10th Muse, written by Marv Wolfman for Image Comics, in which he penciled the Atlas back-up stories in 2001. His first cover was a variant for the Atlas #1 one-shot from Avatar Press, which he also penciled. [4] His other early work included illustrating the covers for Transformers: More Than Meet the Eyes for Dreamwave Productions, G.I Joe vs. the Transformers for Devil's Due Publishing, and Ultraman Tiga for Dark Horse Comics. [5]

In 2004, Brooks penciled and provided the cover art for a number of issues of Marvel Age Spider-Man, his first collaboration with Marvel. He then worked on Cable & Deadpool for two issues before moving on to illustrate the first arc of Amazing Fantasy (vol.2) featuring Anya Corazon. He signed an exclusive contract with Marvel the same year. [6] Since then he has worked on various projects including penciling issues of The Amazing Spider-Man , Ultimate Spider-Man Annual, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four , and providing cover art for titles such as Araña: The Heart of the Spider, Avengers: The Initiative , Dark Reign: Young Avengers , and X-Men: Legacy . [5]

In 2014, Brooks was awarded the Inkpot Award. [1]

In 2016, Brooks gained critical acclaim and was nominated for the Eisner Award in two categories, best penciler/inker and best limited series, for his work in the Han Solo miniseries with writer Marjorie Liu, set between the original Star Wars film and The Empire Strikes Back. [7]

In 2017, Brooks was the main cover artist for the 12-issue Secret Empire crossover storyline written by Nick Spencer.[ citation needed ]

In 2022, Brooks was the main cover artist for the Judgment Day crossover event written by Kieron Gillen.[ citation needed ]

Awards and recognition

Technique

Brooks primarily pencils his work digitally before colouring and rendering them with markers, coloured pencils, and acrylic paint. [10]

His style has been compared to that of artist Alex Ross, who is known for his realistic depiction of comic book characters. [11]

Bibliography

Interior work

DC Comics

  • Robotech Sourcebook #1 (with various artists) (2003)

Marvel Comics

  • Marvel Age Spider-Man #1–2, 4, 6 (2004)
  • Cable & Deadpool #1–2 (2004)
  • Amazing Fantasy (Vol. 2) #1–2, 5–6 (2004)
  • Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #515–518 (with Mike Deodato Jr.) (2004–2005)
  • X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One Shot #1 (eight pages, with various artists) (2005)
  • X-Men Unlimited (Vol. 2) #9 (11 pages, with Sam Kieth) (2005)
  • Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1–2 (2005–2006)
  • New X-Men (Vol. 2) #20–22; (with Paul Pelletier): #23 (2006)
  • Ultimate X-Men (Vol. 1) #75 (12 pages, with Ben Oliver), 94–95, 97–100 (2006–2009)
  • X-Men Annual (Vol. 3) #1 (2007)
  • Ultimate Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #39–41, 47–49 (2007–2008)
  • Young Avengers Presents #4 (2008)
  • Ultimate X-Men/Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1 (with Dan Panosian) (2008)
  • Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1–5 (2009)
  • Cloak and Dagger (Vol. 4) #1 (2010)
  • Age of Heroes #2 (2010)
  • Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men #1 (one page, with various artists) (2010)
  • Spider-Man: Back in Quack #1 (with Ray-Anthony Height and Joe Suitor) (2010)
  • Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #588 (with Nick Dragotta) (2011)
  • Thor (Vol. 1) #620.1 (2011)
  • Uncanny X-Force (Vol. 1) #11–13 (2011)
  • Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #1–5 (with Roland Boschi) (2012)
  • AvX: Consequences #4 (2012)
  • Avengers: Heroes Welcome #1 (2014)
  • Ultimate Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #200 (with various artists) (2014)
  • Han Solo #1–5 (2016–2017)
  • Star Wars Saga #1 (2017)
  • Giant Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum #1 (with various artists) (2020)

Other publishers

  • 10th Muse #7–9 (Image Comics, 2001)
  • Atlas #1 (Avatar Press, 2002)
  • Judo Girl #1 (Alias Enterprises, 2005)

Cover work

DC Comics

  • Detective Comics (Vol. 3) #982–989, 991–995, 1002–1004 (variant covers) (2018–2019)
  • Heroes in Crisis #1 (variant cover) (2018)
  • DCeased #6 (2019)
  • Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy #6 (variant covers) (2020)
  • Batman/Superman (Vol 2) #13 (variant cover) (2020)

Marvel Comics

  • Marvel Age Spider-Man #1–6 (2004)
  • Amazing Fantasy (Vol. 2) #1–6 (2004)
  • Cable & Deadpool #5, 29, 34–35 (2004–2006)
  • Araña: The Heart of the Spider #1–12 (2005–2006)
  • Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005 #1 (2005)
  • Ororo: Before the Storm #1 (2005)
  • X-Men Unlimited (Vol. 2) #9 (2005)
  • New X-Men (Vol. 2) #20–25 (2006)
  • Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2–3 (2006–2008)
  • What If? Spider-Man The Other #1 (2006)
  • X-Men Annual (Vol. 3) #1 (2007)
  • Ultimate Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #47–49 (2007–2008)
  • Avengers: The Initiative #14–20 (2008–2009)
  • Ultimate X-Men (Vol. 1) #98–99 (2009)
  • Hulk: Broken Worlds #1 (2009)
  • Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1–5 (2009)
  • Ultimatum: X-Men Requiem #1 (2009)
  • Cloak and Dagger (Vol. 4) #1 (2010)
  • Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age #1 (2010)
  • X-Men Origins: Deadpool #1 (2010)
  • Rawhide Kid (Vol. 4) #3 (2010)
  • Captain America (Vol. 1) #612 (variant cover) (2010)
  • Secret Avengers (Vol. 1) #7 (variant cover) (2010)
  • The Incredible Hulks #618 (variant cover) (2010)
  • New Avengers (Vol. 2) #7 (variant cover) (2011)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #651 (variant cover) (2011)
  • 5 Ronin #2 (variant cover) (2011)
  • Uncanny X-Force (Vol. 1) #11 (variant cover) (2011)
  • Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #1–2 (2012)
  • X-Men: Legacy #260.1–275 (2012)
  • Uncanny Avengers (Vol. 1) #1 (variant cover) (2012)
  • AvX: Consequences #4 (variant cover) (2012)
  • Avengers (Vol. 5) #1, 3 (variant covers) (2012)
  • AAFES #14 (2013)
  • A + X #4 (variant cover) (2013)
  • Fearless Defenders #1–12 (2013)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #1, 5 (variant covers) (2013)
  • Secret Avengers (Vol. 2) #4 (variant cover) (2013)
  • X-Men (Vol. 4) #1 (variant cover) (2013)
  • Age of Ultron #10 (2013)
  • Infinity #1 (variant cover) (2013)
  • Deadpool (Vol. 5) #21–25.NOW, 27, 30–32, 34–39, 41–42; (variant covers): 28–29 (2013–2015)
  • Revolutionary War: Alpha #1 (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Dark Angel #1 (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Knights of Pendragon #1 (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Death's Head II #1 (2014)
  • Superior Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #27.NOW (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Supersoldiers #1 (2014)
  • Avengers: Heroes Welcome #1 (2014)
  • Avengers Undercover #1 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Motormouth #1 (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Warheads #1 (2014)
  • Revolutionary War: Omega #1 (2014)
  • Magneto (Vol. 3) #3 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Avengers World #7 (2014)
  • Original Sins #1–5 (2014)
  • Uncanny X-Men Special #1 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Iron Man Special #1 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Nova Special #1 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Ant-Man (Vol. 1) #1–5 (2015)
  • Star Wars (Vol. 2) #13–14; (variant cover): #1 (2015–2016)
  • Darth Vader (Vol. 1) #14–15, 19–20; (variant cover): #1 (2015–2016)
  • Princess Leia #1 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Kanan - The Last Padawan #1–5 (2015)
  • Secret Wars #1, 5 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Spider-Gwen (Vol. 1) #1 (variant cover) (2015)
  • X-Tinction Agenda #1 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Ant-Man: Last Days #1 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Astonishing Ant-Man #1–3, 5–7 (2015–2016)
  • Kanan #7–12 (2015–2016)
  • Star Wars: Vader Down #1 (2016)
  • All-New, All-Different Avengers #4 (variant cover) (2016)
  • A-Force (Vol. 2) #3 (variant cover) (2016)
  • Black Panther (Vol. 6) #1 (variant cover) (2016)
  • Han Solo #1 (variant cover) (2016)
  • Champions (Vol. 2) #1 (variant cover) (2016)
  • Deadpool (Vol. 6) #25 (variant cover) (2017)
  • Star Wars: Darth Maul #1 (variant cover) (2017)
  • Secret Empire #0–10 (2017)
  • Darth Vader (Vol. 2) #1 (variant cover) (2017)
  • Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 4) #1 (variant cover) (2017)
  • Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Captain Phasma #1 (variant cover) (2017)
  • Secret Empire Omega #1 (2017)
  • Marvel Legacy (Vol. 1) #1 (variant cover) (2017)
  • Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (Vol. 1) #14 (variant cover) (2017)
  • Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #1 (variant covers) (2017)
  • The Avengers (Vol. 1) #675–690 (2018)
  • Avengers Universe (UK) (Vol. 3) #3–5, 7, 9–10, 19 (2018–2019)
  • The New Mutants: Dead Souls #1 (variant covers) (2018)
  • Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 (variant covers) (2018)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #24, 49 (variant covers) (2018–2020)
  • Tony Stark: Iron Man #2, 15 (variant covers) (2018)
  • Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #25–36; (variant covers): #1, 5 (2018–2021)
  • Extermination #1-5 (2018–2019)
  • Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 5) #4 (variant cover) (2019)
  • Infinity Wars #6 (variant covers) (2018)
  • Captain Marvel (Vol. 10) #1, 9–16 (variant covers) (2019–2020)
  • Avengers No Road Home #1 (variant covers) (2019)
  • Conan the Barbarian (Vol. 3) #4 (variant cover) (2019)
  • Deadpool (Vol. 7) #14 (variant cover) (2019)
  • Black Cat (Vol. 1) #2 (variant covers) (2019)
  • House of X #1 (variant covers) (2019)
  • Powers of X #1 (variant covers) (2019)
  • Marvel Comics #1000 (variant covers) (2019)
  • X-Men (Vol. 5) #1, 6 (variant covers) (2019)
  • Mighty World of Marvel (Vol. 7) #21 (variant cover) (2019)
  • Amazing Mary Jane #1 (variant covers) (2019)
  • X-Men/Fantastic Four (Vol. 2) #1–4 (variant covers) (2020)
  • Iron Man (Vol. 6) #1 (variant cover) (2020)
  • X of Swords: Creation #1 (variant cover) (2020)
  • Avengers (Vol. 8) #37 (variant cover) (2020)
  • Demon Days: X-Men #1 (variant cover) (2021)
  • Captain America Anniversary Tribute #1 (variant cover) (2021)
  • Black Widow (Vol. 8) #9–10 (variant covers) (2021)
  • X-Men: Trial of Magneto #1 (variant cover) (2021)
  • Inferno (Vol. 2) #1 (variant covers) (2021)
  • X Lives of Wolverine #3 (variant cover) (2022)
  • Immortal X-Men #1–8 (2022)
  • Captain America (Vol. 10) #0 (variant cover) (2022)
  • A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1–6 (2022)
  • Avengers Assemble: Alpha #1 (2022)

Other publishers

  • Atlas #1 (variant cover) (Avatar Press, 2002)
  • G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3–4 (variant covers) (Devil's Due Publishing, 2003)
  • Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #3–4 (Dreamwave Productions, 2003)
  • Voltron: Defender of the Universe #0 (Dreamwave Productions, 2003)
  • Misplaced #2 (Image, 2003)
  • Ultraman Tiga #2–3 (Dark Horse, 2003)
  • Judo Girl #1 (variant cover) (Alias Enterprises, 2005)

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