Mark Crilley
| Mark Crilley | |
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| Born |
21 May 1966 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Artist, Illustrator, Author, and Comic Book Writer/Graphic Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Akiko, Miki Falls, Brody's Ghost |
| Spouse | Miki Crilley |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
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Mark Crilley is an American manga creator, artist & children's book author/illustrator. He is the creator of Miki Falls and "Brody's Ghost". He is also noted for his instructional videos on drawing on YouTube in various styles, including manga-styles. He was at one point an English teacher in Fukushima, Japan, as well as Changhua, Taiwan.
Mark Crilley was born on 21 May 1966. He was raised in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Crilley began drawing from a very young age and he is a big fan of Samraj. He graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1984, proceeding to Kalamazoo College, where he befriended children's book writer/illustrator (and 2001 Caldecott award winner) David Small. Small greatly affected Crilliey's artistic development as an illustrator and as a writer.
Upon graduating from college in 1988, Crilley moved to Taiwan, then Japan, and once more in Taiwan in 1993. He made his living by teaching English. It was while living in Japan, in the fall of 1992, that Crilley came up with the comic book Akiko and created his first adventure comic book.
Akiko is an American comic book series written and drawn by Mark Crilley and published by Sirius Entertainment. The series ran for fifty-two issues and was a thirteen-time Eisner nominee. The comics have spawned a series of ten children novels from Random House Children's Books. The collection includes:
The story has been described as a cross between The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars, centering on the adventures of Akiko, a Japanese American girl, on and around the planet Smoo, and other whimsical lands. She is accompanied by her alien friends, Mr. Beeba the well-read professor, the courageous but impulsive Spuckler, Gax the worn down, kind robot, and Poog, the Toogolian, floating, purple head.
Miki Falls is an OEL manga series created by Mark Crilley and published by HarperCollins under its HarperTeen imprint. It is structured as a four-volume series, each book taking place during one of the seasons over the course of a year. It follows the main protagonist Miki Yoshida in her senior year of high school, and she plans of making it the better year yet. However, a strange new boy arrives in town and Miki is going to find out what he's up to. It has been optioned for development as a feature film by Paramount and Brad Pitt's productions company.
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