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]
| Mark Harrison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 September 1963 |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Durham Red Glimmer Rats |
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 edit
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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 edit
Comics work includes:
- Judge Dredd: "Conspiracy of Silence" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #891-894, 1994)
- Durham Red:
- "Mirrors" (with Peter Hogan, in 2000 AD #901-903, 1994)
- "Deals" (with Peter Hogan, in 2000 AD #960-963, 1995)
- "Night of the Hunters" (with Peter Hogan, in 2000 AD #1000-1005, 1996)
- "Epicedium" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1006, 1996)
- "The Scarlet Cantos" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1078-1089, 1998 ISBN 1-904265-86-3)
- "Mask of the Red Death" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1111, 1998)
- "The Vermin Stars" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1250-1261, 2001 ISBN 1-904265-08-1)
- "The Empty Suns Book I" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1362-1368, 2003)
- "The Empty Suns Book II" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1382-1386, 2004)
- Strontium Dogs: "High Moon" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #940-947, 1995)
- Pulp Sci-Fi:
- "Grunts" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1096, 1998)
- "Space Weed" (in 2000 AD #1120, 1998)
- "Blood of Heroes" (in 2000 AD #1126, 1999)
- Glimmer Rats (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD prog 2000 & #1174-1182, 1999–2000, tpb, ISBN 1-56971-698-6)
- The Scarlet Apocrypha (with Dan Abnett):
- "Genegun SD" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.16, 2002)
- "In the Flesh" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.18, 2002)
- The Ten-Seconders (with Rob Williams, in 2000 AD #1469-1479, 2006)
- Damnation Station (with Al Ewing, in 2000 AD #1850-1861, 2013)
References edit
- ^ Mark Harrison at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
- ^ Mark Harrison at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- ^ Mark Harrison at 2000AD online
- ^ Don't Mess With Interdimensional Mercenary Women Graeme McMillan, 6 February 2008, io9.com
- ^ Durham Red – the Scarlet Cantos Saga Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Paul Stewart, Sunday, 25 May, 2000adreview.co.uk
- ^ Mark Harrison – cover artist
- ^ 'Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron': The Official Team Blog – Storyboarding the Cutscenes Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Online Portfolio
- The Travellers, original strip & art.
- Loose Cannons, a 4-part mini-series (written by Dan Abnett) for Marvel which was never published but has been put online.