Mark Brooks (comics)

Mark Brooks
Born	(1973-04-12) April 12, 1973 (age 51)
Nationality	American
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.

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

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]}

• June 2010 Inkwell Awards Ambassador (June 2010 – present)^[8]
• August 2014 Inkpot Award Winner^[1]
• May 2017 Eisner Award Nominee: Best Limited Series (Han Solo)^[9]
• May 2017 Eisner Award Nominee: Best Penciler/Inker (Han Solo)^[9]

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]

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

• 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)

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

• 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)

• 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)

• Mark Brooks at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Mark Brooks on Marvel.com
• Mark Brooks on DeviantArt.com

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