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. He has done interior illustrations for Dungeons & Dragons manuals, including Faiths and Pantheons, Epic Level Handbook, and Complete Warrior.^[1] 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.

References

Dungeons & Dragons

Basics

General	Controversies Editions Gen Con Popular culture Related products Retro-clones RPGA Sources and influences Variants

Gameplay	Adventures Alignment Dungeon Master Game mechanics Magic Miniatures

Creators	Dave Arneson Keith Baker Ed Greenwood Jeff Grubb Gary Gygax Tracy Hickman Robert J. Kuntz Mike Mearls Frank Mentzer Jim Ward Margaret Weis

Companies	Grenadier Models Hasbro Judges Guild Paizo Ral Partha Strategic Simulations, Inc. TSR Wizards of the Coast

Licenses	Game System License Open Game License System Reference Document

Geography and cosmology

Campaign settings	Al-Qadim Birthright Blackmoor Council of Wyrms Dark Sun Dragonlance Eberron Forgotten Realms Ghostwalk Greyhawk Mystara Oriental Adventures Planescape Ravenloft Spelljammer

Worlds	Abeir-Toril Eberron Krynn Mystara Oerth Underdark

Planes of existence	Prime Material Plane Inner Planes Outer Planes Far Realm Plane of Shadow

Player characters

Races	Dragonborn Dwarf Eladrin Elf Gnome Halfling Half-elf Half-orc Human Planetouched (Aasimar Genasi Tiefling)

Classes	Assassin Barbarian Bard Cavalier Cleric Druid Fighter Magic-User/Mage/Wizard Mystic/Monk Paladin Ranger Shaman Sorcerer Thief/Rogue Warlock Warlord List of alternative classes

Character lists	Greyhawk Ravenloft Forgotten Realms

Notable characters	Drizzt Do'Urden Elminster Raistlin Majere Mordenkainen Lord Soth Strahd von Zarovich

Beasts and other beings

Creatures and monsters

Selected types	Celestials Constructs Draconic creatures Dragons Elementals Fey Fiends Giants Humanoids Lycanthropes Monstrous Humanoids Oozes Plant Creatures Undead

Notable	Beholder Drow (dark elf) Githyanki Illithid (mind flayer) Lich

Lists by edition	1974–1976 1977–1999 AD&D 1st edition AD&D 2nd edition D&D 3rd edition D&D v3.5 D&D 4th edition

List of monsters	A B

Human and Demihuman	Human Dwarven deities Elven deities (Seldarine) Gnome deities Halfling deities

Monster	Archdevils Demon lords Dragon deities Drow deities (Dark Seldarine) Fey deities (Seelie Court) Giant deities Goblinoid deities Orc deities

Lists by setting	Dragonlance deities Eberron deities Forgotten Realms deities Greyhawk deities

Publications

Editions core rulebooks	Monster Manual Player's Handbook Dungeon Master's Guide

Revision rule sets	Chainmail Dungeons & Dragons (Original) Dungeons & Dragons (Basic) Expert Companion Master Immortals Rules Cyclopedia

Supplements	Arms and Equipment Guide Battlesystem Book of Exalted Deeds Book of Vile Darkness Deities & Demigods Draconomicon Fiend Folio Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Libris Mortis Manual of the Planes Psionics Handbook AD&D 2nd edition D&D 3rd edition D&D v3.5 Expanded and Complete Unearthed Arcana

Periodicals	Dragon Dungeon Adventures Imagine Living Greyhawk Journal Polyhedron

Notable modules	Against the Giants Dead Gods Desert of Desolation Dragonlance Expedition to the Barrier Peaks The Gates of Firestorm Peak The Isle of Dread The Keep on the Borderlands The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth Queen of the Spiders Ravenloft Red Hand of Doom The Ruins of Undermountain The Temple of Elemental Evil Tomb of Horrors White Plume Mountain

Early games (1975–1983)

Other games by
campaign setting

Dark Sun	Dark Sun: Shattered Lands Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands

Dragonlance	Heroes of the Lance Dragons of Flame War of the Lance DragonStrike Shadow Sorcerer Champions of Krynn Death Knights of Krynn The Dark Queen of Krynn

Eberron	D&D: Dragonshard D&D Online: Stormreach

Forgotten Realms	Hillsfar Eye of the Beholder Dungeon Hack Unlimited Adventures Menzoberranzan Blood & Magic Descent to Undermountain Demon Stone Daggerdale Neverwinter

Mystara	Order of the Griffon Warriors of the Eternal Sun Fantasy Empires Tower of Doom Shadow over Mystara Collection Chronicles of Mystara

Ravenloft	Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession Ravenloft: Stone Prophet Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft

Various settings	Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace D&D: Stronghold AD&D: Slayer Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance Planescape: Torment D&D: Heroes The Temple of Elemental Evil D&D: Tactics

Authority control	VIAF: 48961396

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