Mark Smylie

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Mark Smylie is a comics creator, writer and illustrator. He is best known for his Artesia epic fantasy comic series.

Born in Florida in 1967, he studied political science, philosophy, art history, and English lit at Columbia University for four years. Besides Artesia, Smylie has also done numerous illustrations for role-playing games and other media. After first working with Sirius Entertainment, he founded Archaia Studios Press to publish Artesia and eventually comics from other creators.

Smylie was nominated for the 2006 Russ Manning award for most promising newcomer, and his Artesia series was nominated for several comics awards.