Mark Crilley, author portrait
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Mark Crilley

Mark Crilley was raised in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Kalamazoo College, he traveled to Taiwan and Japan, where he taught English for nearly five years. It was during his stay in Japan that he created the Eisner Award–nominated comic Akiko on the Planet Smoo, which spawned a series of graphic novels and prose novel adaptations. In 1998, Mark Crilley was named to Entertainment Weekly’s It List of the 100 most creative people in entertainment.
The Comic Book Lesson
Mark Crilley's Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands
The Two-Pencil Method
Chibi! The Official Mark Crilley How-to-Draw Guide
Manga Art
Mastering Manga 3
The Drawing Lesson
The Realism Challenge
Mastering Manga 2
Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley
Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Scenes
Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Faces
Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Bodies
Rogmasher Rampage
Akiko: Pieces of Gax
Akiko: The Training Master
Akiko and the Journey to Toog
Creatch Battler
Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 5000
Akiko in the Sprubly Islands
Akiko on the Planet Smoo
Akiko in the Castle of Alia Rellapor
Akiko and the Great Wall of Trudd

Books

The Comic Book Lesson
Mark Crilley's Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands
The Two-Pencil Method
Chibi! The Official Mark Crilley How-to-Draw Guide
Manga Art
Mastering Manga 3
The Drawing Lesson
The Realism Challenge
Mastering Manga 2
Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley
Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Scenes
Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Faces
Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Bodies
Rogmasher Rampage
Akiko: Pieces of Gax
Akiko: The Training Master
Akiko and the Journey to Toog
Creatch Battler
Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 5000
Akiko in the Sprubly Islands
Akiko on the Planet Smoo
Akiko in the Castle of Alia Rellapor
Akiko and the Great Wall of Trudd

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