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BIOGRAPHY

Mark Todd graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1993. He then moved to New York City, working with clients such as Mtv, Coca-Cola, Sony Music, The New Yorker and The MTA. In 2003, he moved back to southern California with his wife and fellow artist, Esther Pearl Watson and their daughter Lili, an avid artist herself. Mark also co-teaches with Esther at Art Center College of Design. Their latest book for teens, "Whatcha mean, What's A Zine?" about creating zines and mini-comics, published by Houghton Mifflin, was released in 2006. His next book, BAD ASSES, 104 pages of exactly that, published by Blue Q, will be available in 2008.

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST

Houghton Mifflin Books
Clearasil
Rolling Stone
Fuse TV
Blue Q
Boston Magazine
New York Times
Country Music Television
Entertainment Weekly
Spin Magazine
MTA
Outside Magazine
Los Angeles Times
EURO RSCG Advertising
Wieden and Kennedy
Spot Design
Coca-Cola
Mtv

LECTURES

Zineland, Hammer Museum, CA 2007
Otis College of Art, CA 2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 2007
Comicon International, San Diego, CA 2006
Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2005
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas 2004
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2003
"America Illustrata", Rome, Italy 2000
Grafil, Olso, Norway 1999

TEACHING

Pratt Insititute, Brooklyn, NY 2000-2002
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2003-Present

BOOKS

BAD ASSES, Blue Q 2008
Whatcha Mean What's a Zine?, Houghton Mifflin Spring 2006
Monster Trucks!, Houghton Mifflin 2003
The Pain Tree and Other Teenage Angst-Ridden Poetry, Houghton Mifflin 2000

artwork copyright Mark Todd 2007