Mark
@markwwc.bsky.social
Comics writer. Self-publisher + freelance editor. Chicano. He/him. Icon by Kat Baumann.
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Mark
@markwwc.bsky.social
· Jul 8
I'm Mark, I write comics, and this is #PortfolioDay.
I write comics about people in fantastic situations processing real emotions.
My first MG OGN is out next year, and I am pursuing more MG and YA work. Particularly children's fantasy like Earthsea and Prydain.
✉️: markoliverstack@gmail.com
I write comics about people in fantastic situations processing real emotions.
My first MG OGN is out next year, and I am pursuing more MG and YA work. Particularly children's fantasy like Earthsea and Prydain.
✉️: markoliverstack@gmail.com
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Added some color to my Ingrid to try to have a good handle on how I would approach it with this style! ☺️
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Added some color to my Ingrid to try to have a good handle on how I would approach it with this style! ☺️
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I'll add links to my writing throughout the day. "Ash Eater" is my latest, a coming-of-age horror story about seeing beyond the veil, and it's adorned with a sick as hell Naomi Butterfield illustration to boot buttondown.com/ChrisMJones/...
Ash Eater
illustration by Naomi Butterfield Just as an object takes fire and is consumed, so is the world of desires consumed and destroyed after death […] It might...
buttondown.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'll add links to my writing throughout the day. "Ash Eater" is my latest, a coming-of-age horror story about seeing beyond the veil, and it's adorned with a sick as hell Naomi Butterfield illustration to boot buttondown.com/ChrisMJones/...
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just got laid off!! if you dig my writing or my posts a couple of bucks would go a long way right now ko-fi.com/D1D6GQF8
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
just got laid off!! if you dig my writing or my posts a couple of bucks would go a long way right now ko-fi.com/D1D6GQF8
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In MADNESS, a Greek god is recalled into the world to inhabit the body of a fresh cadaver.
In the process, his mind is broken and he must go on a journey across America and into the Underworld to recover his memory and learn what it means to be a god.
In the process, his mind is broken and he must go on a journey across America and into the Underworld to recover his memory and learn what it means to be a god.
MADNESS; or, the Modern Dionysus — Weekend Warrior Comics
In an echo of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the rebirth of Dionysus from the shredded remains of Zagreus in the Orphic tradition, Zig finds himself called into being by members of a modern cult wh...
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
In MADNESS, a Greek god is recalled into the world to inhabit the body of a fresh cadaver.
In the process, his mind is broken and he must go on a journey across America and into the Underworld to recover his memory and learn what it means to be a god.
In the process, his mind is broken and he must go on a journey across America and into the Underworld to recover his memory and learn what it means to be a god.
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The Scent of May Rain. People liked this one!
Esther is a Jewish golem woman who is brought to life in 1920 and told that her place is to serve. Follow her over the next 100 years of her life as she becomes a mother, a fighter — and maybe even her own person.
Esther is a Jewish golem woman who is brought to life in 1920 and told that her place is to serve. Follow her over the next 100 years of her life as she becomes a mother, a fighter — and maybe even her own person.
The Scent of May Rain — Weekend Warrior Comics
Esther is a Jewish golem woman who is brought to life in 1920 and told that her place is to serve. Follow her over the next 100 years of her life as she becomes a mother, a fighter — and maybe even he...
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Scent of May Rain. People liked this one!
Esther is a Jewish golem woman who is brought to life in 1920 and told that her place is to serve. Follow her over the next 100 years of her life as she becomes a mother, a fighter — and maybe even her own person.
Esther is a Jewish golem woman who is brought to life in 1920 and told that her place is to serve. Follow her over the next 100 years of her life as she becomes a mother, a fighter — and maybe even her own person.
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Buy some books before the holidays!
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark Volume One — Weekend Warrior Comics
An urban vigilante goes on a genre-hopping tour of her hometown to hunt down the copycat impersonating her superhero father in the first volume of this superhero comic.
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Buy some books before the holidays!
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
This sounds meaner than it is, but the new Frankenstein had me thinking about the whole "Tim Burton is doing an Alice in Wonderland!" thing.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This sounds meaner than it is, but the new Frankenstein had me thinking about the whole "Tim Burton is doing an Alice in Wonderland!" thing.
Jacob Elordi is pretty dang good in this Frankenstein movie that I otherwise struggled with watching the entire time.
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Jacob Elordi is pretty dang good in this Frankenstein movie that I otherwise struggled with watching the entire time.
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Gotta go to the post office this upcoming week. Make me mail some more books!
Buy some books before the holidays!
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark Volume One — Weekend Warrior Comics
An urban vigilante goes on a genre-hopping tour of her hometown to hunt down the copycat impersonating her superhero father in the first volume of this superhero comic.
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Gotta go to the post office this upcoming week. Make me mail some more books!
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I’ve read this and it’s a fun bit of work. Well worth checking out.
Buy some books before the holidays!
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark Volume One — Weekend Warrior Comics
An urban vigilante goes on a genre-hopping tour of her hometown to hunt down the copycat impersonating her superhero father in the first volume of this superhero comic.
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I’ve read this and it’s a fun bit of work. Well worth checking out.
Gotta go to the post office this upcoming week. Make me mail some more books!
Buy some books before the holidays!
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark Volume One — Weekend Warrior Comics
An urban vigilante goes on a genre-hopping tour of her hometown to hunt down the copycat impersonating her superhero father in the first volume of this superhero comic.
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Gotta go to the post office this upcoming week. Make me mail some more books!
Get excited.
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
Shelved By Genre
These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!
bookshop.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Get excited.
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my dear friends over at moonshot are raising funds for CASA to support immigrants in maryland! if you donate $5+ you can enter the ghost bundle raffle and win some stickers and a digital copy of haunts from me (along with other prizes!!)
tiltify.com/@moonshotnet...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
my dear friends over at moonshot are raising funds for CASA to support immigrants in maryland! if you donate $5+ you can enter the ghost bundle raffle and win some stickers and a digital copy of haunts from me (along with other prizes!!)
tiltify.com/@moonshotnet...
tiltify.com/@moonshotnet...
Went to the Ren Fair. Bought some clothes because I felt like a dork wearing regular ones on their turf. Heading back tomorrow.
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Went to the Ren Fair. Bought some clothes because I felt like a dork wearing regular ones on their turf. Heading back tomorrow.
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thinking about all the old Keeping time illustrations I did before I knew I was going to make it an actual comic
July 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
thinking about all the old Keeping time illustrations I did before I knew I was going to make it an actual comic
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This is SUCH a good comic, y'all.
In MADNESS, a Greek god is recalled into the world to inhabit the body of a fresh cadaver.
In the process, his mind is broken and he must go on a journey across America and into the Underworld to recover his memory and learn what it means to be a god.
In the process, his mind is broken and he must go on a journey across America and into the Underworld to recover his memory and learn what it means to be a god.
MADNESS; or, the Modern Dionysus — Weekend Warrior Comics
In an echo of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the rebirth of Dionysus from the shredded remains of Zagreus in the Orphic tradition, Zig finds himself called into being by members of a modern cult wh...
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is SUCH a good comic, y'all.
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I heard a familiar melody on the air while reading Batman #1 before a flight. I wrote about it, and hope you'll follow me on a short journey about Bat-aesthetics, writers and visual styles, and why Batman is in its Jorge Jimenez era.
🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨
Batman #1: Styles Upon Styles Upon Styles Is What They Have, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2025/11/05/b...
Batman #1: Styles Upon Styles Upon Styles Is What They Have, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2025/11/05/b...
Batman #1: Styles Upon Styles Upon Styles Is What They Have
By David Brothers Batman is one of the most popular characters in the world, and still a complicated sell for me. A side effect of reading a lot of really good Batman comics is that each new one ha…
shelfdust.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I heard a familiar melody on the air while reading Batman #1 before a flight. I wrote about it, and hope you'll follow me on a short journey about Bat-aesthetics, writers and visual styles, and why Batman is in its Jorge Jimenez era.
Buy some books before the holidays!
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark Volume One — Weekend Warrior Comics
An urban vigilante goes on a genre-hopping tour of her hometown to hunt down the copycat impersonating her superhero father in the first volume of this superhero comic.
weekendwarriorcomics.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Buy some books before the holidays!
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
The Relentless Lark is a 100-page paperback collecting four B/W issues.
When her superhero father disappears, Jane learns a lot more about the man than she bargained for as she hunts down a copycat.
I know anyone that wants a digital copy of that new Superman movie? Have an extra code to offload
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I know anyone that wants a digital copy of that new Superman movie? Have an extra code to offload
oh whoa, Mikie Sherill in the governor seat! I canvassed for her years back in Jersey
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
oh whoa, Mikie Sherill in the governor seat! I canvassed for her years back in Jersey
That Bob Dylan movie honestly might not be any good, but it's read on the guy as a petty jerk who found success and acclaim so stifling that he was compelled to routinely blow everything up around him makes for some fun
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
That Bob Dylan movie honestly might not be any good, but it's read on the guy as a petty jerk who found success and acclaim so stifling that he was compelled to routinely blow everything up around him makes for some fun
Jackie to me just now: Did you show me this scene [from Meet Joe Black] just to show me how good Brad Pitt is at eating?!
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Jackie to me just now: Did you show me this scene [from Meet Joe Black] just to show me how good Brad Pitt is at eating?!
It's hard to not want to antagonize a readership
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's hard to not want to antagonize a readership
Me when I spot the Invisible Man trying to sneak up on me because he doesn't know I got that Predator Vision
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Me when I spot the Invisible Man trying to sneak up on me because he doesn't know I got that Predator Vision