Mark Bloodworth is a storyteller and artist who created the critically favored, urban crime comic book: Nightstreets for Arrow Comics during "The Black and White Independent Explosion of the Eighties" from 1985-89. In early 1990 he took over art chores on another Arrow book called Deadworld (now being published by Image Comics). After a few issues Mark had taken over both art and writing chores on the book.

In 1991 he was contracted by Marvel Comics to create character design, spot illos, and story art for Clive Barker's Hellraiser. Throughout the rest of the decade and into the new millennium he illustrated many comic books, such as: Cheerleaders from Hell, Jack the Rippper, Raven Chronicles, The Ripper Legacy (from Caliber Comics); the critically hailed Abel, written by William Harms (from Slave Labor and currently by AiT/Planet Lar); and three plates for Zorro: The Master's Edition, Vol.1 (from Pulp Adventures).

For over a decade as a commercial artist providing concept art, presentation graphics, and a mountain of storyboards for many advertising and marketing agencies from coast to coast. He has also designed and rendered images and logos for use on high-end outerwear for men's urban apparel companies such as Pelle Pelle and Schott, NYC. Mark has recently worked with film director and instructor, Douglas Schulze on his latest movie endeavor providing storyboards, concept and production art.

6/7/2008
Latest Illustration work
Just finished the art for another Short Tales (The Grasshopper and the Ants) for ABDO Publishing. Local writer Rob M. Worley adapted the folk tale.

Recently did some merchandising art for a local marketing company, EVIGNA, to be included in the NISMO (Nissan Motor Sports) catalogue. They needed a 4 page comic book vignette in a stark B&W look.

Comics< br/> The Ripper Legacy trade paperback is available to order from Transfuzion Publishing or your local comicbook store. Diamond Previews Code: JUN08 4276. It will be available in bookstores and on-line booksellers in August 2008 ISBN: 978-0-941613-37-8

Thanks to everyone who came by and said "hi" during the 2008 Motor City Con at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan. I was haunting both the Transfuzion Publishing and Arrow Comics booths.

3/26/2008
Midnight Mortuary On ISSUU
Hey, if downloading the Mortuary is too much hassle, head on over to www.issuu.com and check it out there, or click on the way cool viewer below.

Dead Or Alive 2008 Edition
A redesign of the Western Zombie Horror Novel by William Harms with cover art and interior illustrations by Mark Bloodworth. Navigate on over to the downloads page, click on the link and give it a read.

The Girls Of Deadworld
These are pinups I illustrated for the new DEADWORLD anthology from TRANSFUZION PUBLISHING. They are of the main gals from the first two volumes of DEADWORLD. Check 'em out.

The MySpace page of Nightstreets and Midnight Mortuary
Hey, guess what? I have a MySpace page now. (all because I wanted to check out some pics on the RAIN CHRONICLES page) So if you are on MySpace too, head over and say hi. www.myspace.com/thenightstreets

Been Busy
Just finished the art for another SHORT TALES for ABDO Publishing. This time it's the Town Mouse, Country Mouse; next up is the lesson of The Grasshopper and the Ants.

The Ripper Legacy 2008 REDUX
I first read the script by Jim Alexander about 10 years ago and I still like it. Gary Reed and I had long discussed collecting this 3 issue mini-series (which I illustrated with characters created by Gary) into a trade paperback and it has finally happened. Here's a preview of the new edition of The Ripper Legacy soon to be released by TRANSFUZION PUBLISHING.

12/29/2007: One year ago I handed in the artwork (Cover art and 32 interior plates) for a children's book version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, adapted by Christopher Long, to be published under the SHORT TALES banner by the MAGIC WAGON arm of ABDO Publishing. Well I just received word that it is out for purchase this month. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.

Here are some details to aid your search:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
by Christopher E. Long & Mark Bloodworth
Library Binding: 32 pages
Publisher: Magic Wagon (January 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 160270127X
ISBN-13: 978-1602701274

12/28/2007: Hey everyone, the COMMON FOE TPB (to which I contributed a cool pinup) by KEITH GIFFEN, SHANNON DENTON, JEAN-JACQUES DZIALOWSKI and FEDERICO DALLOCCHIO is on the shelves at your local comic book store. Published by DESPERADO STUDIOS, if you can't find it over there, may I suggest going right to Shannon Denton's KOMIKWERKS site, hit the Amazon.com link and you will find it.

Here is some info to aid your search:
COMMON FOE
Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Desperado Publishing (December 12, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0979593964
ISBN-13: 978-0979593963

12/27/2007: THE RAIN. The local horror movie I've been storyboarding will be on location down south this February. This shoot should be the final one with the whole 3 chapter photoplay being completed and put together for release later in 2008. I can't wait.

12/9/2007: Midnight Mortuary^TM is a monster-mag homage to all those great 70's black & white comic magazines that i enjoyed in my youth. I finally have it finished and have posted it on my downloads page. Forty-eight pages of fear-filled fun for your enjoyment!

12/9/2007: Hey have you ever thought, "Boy the stuff Mark has available to download is great fun and I'd like to show my appreciation?" I've thought that too. So I've added a PayPal donate button on the downloads page.

12/2/07: During the next two weeks I will be posting comic books and pin-ups on eBay. Have you done your Christmas shopping?

10/28/07: I will be a guest at the Xcape CON I on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3. It's at the Birch Run Expo Center in Birch Run, MI. See ya there!

9/22/07: Hey all! Mark this on your calendars: WONDER WOMAN DAY II Sunday, October 28, 2007 -- 2pm-6pm, Admission - FREE! Held at Excalibur Comics, 2444 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon. As a part of national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, WONDER WOMAN DAY is an ALL AGES benefit and celebration for two Domestic Violence shelters and a Crisis Line!

I was asked to contribute a piece of artwork for a silent auction to help raise money during this wonderful event. I created a pencil piece of Hippolyta and young Princess Diana. If you wish to bid on this or any of the other cool art pieces go to:

http://www.wonderwomanmuseum.com
/WWDay2/WWDay2.html

The bulk of the artwork will be appearing starting October 1st.

9/21/ 07: Want to see some recent work?
www.Howl-o-Scream.com
Click on Tampa. Enter the Flash site and when the disc jockey table comes up, move your mouse to the right until the image moves. Find the rolled up comicbook and click on it. As of today, the first chapter is online.

9/3/07: Just wanted to let everyone know that TRANSFUZION Publishing has just released 3 books containing artwork by me. The first: The Illustrated JACK the RIPPER is a repackaging of my previous JtR work with Gary Reed, containing new art, maps and articles.

The second: OF SCENES and STORIES is an anthology of Gary Reed's short stories. It contains artwork by myself, Guy Davis, Vince Locke, Mike Perkins, Michael Lark, Patrick Zircher, Michael Gaydos, Jim Calafiore, and others. It is also notable for reprinting the very FIRST collaboration between Gary, Vince Locke and myself, predating our DEADWORLD stint by a year.

The third offering is: DEADWORLD: BITS and PIECES. Another anthology! This time of, well, you guessed it, Deadworld! This collect a host of DW short stories. The one I wrote, "AMY", was pencilled by Paul Daly (did a great job!) and inked by Mr. Locke! It is also contains the VERY FIRST Deadworld story from THE REALM issue 4. This was the DW preview piece by Stu Kerr, Ralph Griffith, and (in his debut) Vince Locke. So, go to the TRANSFUZION site and order one of each!

8/5/07: I've posted a preview of the soon to be released Ripper Legacy on my downloads page. The Ripper Legacy is a modern-day tale of an investigation of the Jack-The-Ripper murders by the Raven Chronicles characters. Gary Reed is compiling a trade paperback of the three issue mini-series.

7/17/07: Allied and Axis soldiers battling outside of Belgium during WW2 battle each other and a deadly supernatural menace. That's the basic plot of Shannon Denton's collected series COMMON FOE. To be released later this year from DESPERADO. Why should you care? 'Cause I did a cool pinup piece for it. Check it out!

7/17/07: Well guess what everyone, I was at Doug (and his beautiful wife Julie) Schulze's new digs for a summertime soire this past weekend and he informed me that the trailer for his short film THE RAIN is online and viewable at the MPI website. Not only that, but also the original 7 minute vignette which I storyboarded ages ago. So go and check 'em out!

7/8/07: I'll be joining the Dark Elf Designs crew at Comic Relief in Flint on Saturday, July 21st between Noon and 7pm. We'll be signing books and doing sketches. So, stop on by!