Mark Martin (cartoonist)

Mark Martin is an American cartoonist.

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American - Cartoonist

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Martin's work is generally lighthearted humor and satire, illustrated in an energetic and elaborate style. His first major work in the 1980s was Gnatrat, a parody of Batman featuring a rat who dresses as a gnat to fight crime. He went on to work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, and created a long-running humor strip featured in Comics Buyer Guide, "20 Nude Dancers 20". As an editor, Martin created the anthology Hyena and briefly oversaw a humor section in Heavy Metal. He then moved toward working almost exclusively in children's comics, often for Nickelodeon's Nick magazine, while producing other work for his Web site.

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Batman - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Heavy Metal - Nickelodeon

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His collaborations with long-time friend Jim Woodring include the children's series Tantalizing Stories, and several mini-comics featuring their characters Frank and Montgomery Wart.

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Jim Woodring - Frank

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Martin is often mistaken for the race-car driver Mark Martin; this is a frequent subject of his comics in recent years.

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