Mark Askwith - Books and Comics

Books and Comics

Having been inducted into the worlds of science fiction, fantasy and comics at a young age (Askwith cites in particular C.S. Lewis's Narnia books, works by Andre Norton and Robert A. Heinlein, Superhero comics and Tintin), and later rubbing shoulders with Science Fiction and comics authors at The Silver Snail and Bakka-Phoenix, Askwith has dabbled in writing himself, mostly comics.

Most notably, his collaboration with Dean Motter in helping write the authorised "The Prisoner" sequel met with considerable critical and fan-approval. The four-part prestige-format mini-series, serialised between 1988 and 1989 has subsequently been collected in graphic novel format as Shattered Visage, still in print (since 1990) and published by DC Comics/Warner Bros. in the US, and Titan Books in the UK.

Other comics work includes:

• Andromeda (Silver Snail Comics, 1986)
• Canadian Comics Cavalcade (Artworx, 1986)
• The True North (CLLDF, 1988)
• Sheet Music (Fantagraphics, 1988)
• "Raising the Roof!" in Justice League International #18 (DC, Oct 1988)
• "Sharks" in Taboo #2 (Spiderbaby Grafix, Jan 1989)
• "Davey's Dream" in Taboo #4 (Spiderbaby Grafix, Jan 1990)
• Caliber Presents #24 (Caliber, 1991?)
• Silencers #1-4 (Caliber Comics, Jul-?Oct? 1991)
• Legends (Draxhall Jump, 2002)
• "Joyride" in Batman: Gotham Knights #32 (DC Oct 2002)
  • Collected in Batman: Black & White 3 (May 2007) (ISBN 1-40121-531-9)
• "Moebius: A Sketch" in Negative Burn #1 (Desperado Publishing/Image May 2006)
• The Comic Eye #1 (Blind Bat, Dec 2007)