Marvano

Marvano
Marvano at International Comics Festival in Lodz, Poland
Born	Mark van Oppen 29 April 1953 (1953-04-29) (age 58)
Nationality	Belgian
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works	The Forever War

Mark van Oppen, better known as Marvano, is a Belgian comic artist.

Biography

Born in 1953 in Belgium, he studied interior architecture before working as an illustrator and starting to draw graphic novels.^[1] Probably his best known work is the collaboration with Joe Haldeman on the Forever War graphic novel, an adaptation of the award-winning The Forever War novel. Marvano and Haldeman also worked together on a comic adaption of the novel Buying time called Dallas Barr. Afterwards he did comic books in a historical setting, like Berlin (Berlin in Germany during and after World War II) and Grand Prix (about grand prix racers during the 30's).

References

1. ^ Marvano (database entry from the lambiek.net Comiclopedia)

References

• Marvano at Bedetheque (French)
• Marvano at the Comic Book DB

Persondata
Name	Marvano
Alternative names	van Oppen, Mark
Short description	comic artist
Date of birth	29 April 1953
Place of birth	Belgium
Date of death
Place of death