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.

Career

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. 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. 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. 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. In 2014, Brooks was awarded the Inkpot Award. 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. In 2017, Brooks was the main cover artist for the 12-issue Secret Empire crossover storyline written by Nick Spencer. In 2022, Brooks was the main cover artist for the Judgment Day crossover event written by Kieron Gillen.

Awards and recognition

Technique

Brooks primarily pencils his work digitally before colouring and rendering them with markers, coloured pencils, and acrylic paint. His style has been compared to that of artist Alex Ross, who is known for his realistic depiction of comic book characters.

Interior work

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers

Cover work

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers