Mark McKenna
Comic Artist
Long Hill, NJ, USA
Biography:
Mark McKenna is a veteran of the comic book industry. In that time he has worked on Batman, Wolverine, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and more recently on Star Wars, counting close to 600 comics in all.
Mark's work can be seen in Legendary Picture Books PACIFIC RIM movie prequel as well as Dark Horse Comic's Star Wars-The Old Republic: The Lost Suns. In 2012 his work on the online web comic titled "Star Wars: Blood of the Empire" was collected into an 84 page trade paperback and was the lynchpin for the 2012 released Bio-ware online video game, The Old Republic. DC and Marvel have collected Mark's work in multitudes of titles such as Doom Patrol, Venom, Deadpool Classics and Exiles.
Mark has also created, written, inked and published the Sci Fi/Horror COMBAT JACKS comic book mini series. The COMBAT JACKS Collection which collects the 144 page mini series into a hardcover mini series is NOW available.. under Mark's Banana Tale Press imprint.
His children's book series Banana Tail and Friends is a labor of love that he created when his daughter was four and had a newborn son. The BOOnana Tail Halloween Special was released for Halloween 2014 and was treated as an "all ages" comic project that continues to grow with children that had the original storybooks read to them as younger children. The other Banana Tail titles include; Banana Tail's Tales and Activities, Banana Tail's Colorful Adventure and the soon-to-be-released Banana Tail and the Checkerboard Jungle.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Ocean City Comic Con 2024 - December 14-15, 2024 in Ocean City, MD, USA
- CharlestonCon 2024 - November 24, 2024 in North Charleston, SC, USA
- Carlisle Comic Con 2024 - October 18-19, 2024 in Carlisle, PA, USA
- Great Media Comic Con 2024 - April 12-14, 2024 in Media, PA, USA 2023
- Ocean City Comic Con 2023 - December 9, 2023 in Ocean City, MD, USA
- Fairfax Comic Con 2023 - August 26-27, 2023 in Chantilly, VA, USA 2022
- Ocean City Comic Con 2022 - December 10, 2022 in Ocean City, MD, USA
- New Jersey Collector Fest 2022 - June 26, 2022 in Wayne, NJ, USA
- Albany Comic Con 2022 - June 12, 2022 in Albany, NY, USA 2021
- Super Jersey Comic Expo 2021 - November 6, 2021 in Holmdel, NJ, USA
- Harrisburg Comic & Pop Con 2021 - September 18-19, 2021 in Harrisburg, PA, USA 2020
The Great Philadelphia Comic Con 2020 - September 4-6, 2020 in Oaks, PA, USAConvention CancelledSuper Jersey Comic Expo 2020 - August 1, 2020 in Holmdel, NJ, USAConvention CancelledDenver Pop Culture Con 2020 - July 3-5, 2020 in Denver, CO, USAConvention PostponedHudson Valley Comic Con 2020 - May 9-10, 2020 in Poughkeepsie, NY, USAConvention CancelledAlbany Comics & Toy Show 2020 - March 29, 2020 in Albany, NY, USAConvention PostponedSuper Jersey Comic Expo 2020 - March 21, 2020 in Holmdel, NJ, USAConvention Postponed- First State Comic Con 2020 - March 1, 2020 in Wilmington, DE, USA 2014
- Connecticut ComiConn 2014 - August 15-17, 2014 in Bridgeport, CT, USA 2011
- Connecticut ComiConn 2011 - August 27, 2011 in Stamford, CT, USA 2002
- Great American Comic Book / Sci-Fi Expo 2002 - November 15-17, 2002 in Boston, MA, USA 2001
- Great American Comic Book / Anime / Sci-Fi Expo 2001 - October 19-21, 2001 in Boston, MA, USA
16 confirmed guest appearances