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    Mark Crilley

    Mark Crilley was raised in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Kalamazoo College, he traveled to Taiwan and Japan, where he taught English for nearly five years. It was during his stay in Japan that he created the Eisner Award–nominated comic Akiko on the Planet Smoo, which spawned a series of graphic novels and prose novel adaptations. In 1998, Mark Crilley was named to Entertainment Weekly’s It List of the 100 most creative people in entertainment.
    The Comic Book Lesson
    The Comic Book Lesson
    A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics
    Mark Crilley
    9781984858436
    $18.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 26, 2022
    Ten Speed Graphic
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    The Two-Pencil Method
    The Two-Pencil Method
    The Revolutionary Approach to Drawing It All
    Mark Crilley
    9780399581250
    $18.99 US
    Paperback
    Sep 18, 2018
    Watson-Guptill
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    The Drawing Lesson
    The Drawing Lesson
    A Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to Draw
    Mark Crilley
    9780385346337
    $18.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 05, 2016
    Ten Speed Graphic
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    The Realism Challenge
    The Realism Challenge
    Drawing and Painting Secrets from a Modern Master of Hyperrealism
    Mark Crilley
    9780385346290
    $19.99 US
    Paperback
    May 05, 2015
    Watson-Guptill
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Books

    The Comic Book Lesson
    The Comic Book Lesson
    A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics
    Mark Crilley
    9781984858436
    $18.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 26, 2022
    Ten Speed Graphic
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    The Two-Pencil Method
    The Two-Pencil Method
    The Revolutionary Approach to Drawing It All
    Mark Crilley
    9780399581250
    $18.99 US
    Paperback
    Sep 18, 2018
    Watson-Guptill
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    The Drawing Lesson
    The Drawing Lesson
    A Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to Draw
    Mark Crilley
    9780385346337
    $18.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 05, 2016
    Ten Speed Graphic
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    The Realism Challenge
    The Realism Challenge
    Drawing and Painting Secrets from a Modern Master of Hyperrealism
    Mark Crilley
    9780385346290
    $19.99 US
    Paperback
    May 05, 2015
    Watson-Guptill
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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