Mark Harrison (comics)

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Mark Harrison
Born (1963-09-22) 22 September 1963 (age 59)
Nationality British
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Durham Red
Glimmer Rats

Mark Harrison (born 22 September 1963) is a British comic book artist and occasional writer. The bulk of his work has appeared in the magazine 2000 AD . [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Harrison's fully painted style uses strong, dark colours and computer effects, though recent series The Ten-Seconders (written by Rob Williams) shows him moving towards lighter pencilling.

Biography

Harrison graduated from School of Art, Bournville in 1982.

He started work at 2000 AD in 1994 working on the Durham Red-related titles [5] as well as Glimmer Rats and The Ten-Seconders .

Harrison has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

Most recently he has been creating book covers for Abaddon Books. [6]

Harrison joined Oxford based games developer Rebellion as Head of Concept[ citation needed ] and worked on Star Wars: Battlefront (PSP), Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron , [7] and Aliens vs. Predator (Xbox 360 and PS3).

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

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