Mark Nelson (artist)

Mark A. Nelson is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games and comic books.

Works

Mark Nelson has continued to produce interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine since 1985^[specify]. He has also produced artwork for other games including Villains and Vigilantes (Fantasy Games Unlimited), Earthdawn and Shadowrun (FASA), and Orpheus (White Wolf), and illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

Nelson also taught at Northern Illinois University for 20 years.^[1] One of his students was Tom Baxa.^[2]

Nelson's artwork has also appeared in comic books and computer games^[specify] .^[3] His comic book work includes the series Aliens.^[4][5] He contributed to the magazine Hero Illustrated.^[6]

In a review of the comic book Night City No. 1, critic Michael Sangiacomo described Nelson's work as "carefully articulated".^[7]

References

1. ^ http://www.graphicclassics.com/pgs/mnelson.htm
2. ^ http://www.baxaart.com/aboutme_index.htm
3. ^ http://www.grazingdinosaurpress.com/pages/mark/bio.html
4. ^ Broeske, Pat H. (October 30, 1988). "Eggstraordinary", Los Angeles Times, p. 20.
5. ^ Szadkowski, Joseph (October 12, 1996). "The Dark Horse decade: A long, cool reign of mature and diverse comics", The Washington Times, p. B4.
6. ^ Szadkowski, Joseph (April 8, 1995). "Hero chats with cartoon creators", The Washington Times, p. B4.
7. ^ Sangiacomo, Michael (December 29, 1998). "Hot on the stands", Newhouse News Service.

External links

• Mark Nelson :: Pen & Paper RPG Database

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