Mark Harrison is a British comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 artist and occasional writer. The bulk of his work has appeared in the comic 2000 AD

2000 AD (comic)

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...

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Harrison's fully painted style is notable for its use of strong, dark colours and computer effects, though recent series The Ten-Seconders

The Ten-Seconders

The Ten-Seconders is a story in 2000 AD written by Rob Williams and drawn by Mark Harrison. The second instalment "Make. Believe." started with art by Dom Reardon.It is about a group of survivors fighting against Gods that have taken over the planet....

(written by Rob Williams) shows him moving towards lighter pencilling.

Biography

Harrison graduated from School of Art, Bournville

Birmingham Institute of Art and Design

The Birmingham Institute of Art and Design is the largest British university art and design teaching and research centre outside London. It is a faculty of Birmingham City University and the largest, most successful department of the university.-History:BIAD dates back, in various incarnations, to...

 in 1982.

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

The Ten-Seconders

The Ten-Seconders is a story in 2000 AD written by Rob Williams and drawn by Mark Harrison. The second instalment "Make. Believe." started with art by Dom Reardon.It is about a group of survivors fighting against Gods that have taken over the planet....

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Harrison has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

collectible card game.

Most recently he has been creating book covers for Abaddon Books

Abaddon Books

Abaddon Books is a British publishing imprint, founded in 2006. It is part of the Rebellion group of companies, along with publishing companies Solaris Books, 2000 AD, 2000 AD Graphic Novels, and Cubicle 7....

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Harrison joined Oxford based games developer Rebellion as Head of Concept and worked on Star Wars: Battlefront

Star Wars: Battlefront

Star Wars: Battlefront is a first and third-person video game based on battles in the Star Wars film series. It was developed by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts and released on September 20, 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, the same day as the release of the Star Wars...

(PSP), Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron is the third entry in the Star Wars Battlefront series of video games, first released on October 9, 2007 in North America and later in Australia and Europe. The game was designed as a PlayStation Portable exclusive and features the eponymous Rebel Alliance...

 and the recent Aliens vs Predator (video game) 2010 release (Xbox 360 and PS3)

External links

• Online Portfolio
• The Travellers, original strip & art.
• Loose Cannons, a 4 part mini-series (written by Dan Abnett
  Dan Abnett
  Dan Abnett is a British comic book writer and novelist. He is a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, including 2000 AD...
  
  ) for Marvel which was never published but has been put online.