Painter, illustrator, design director: Mark Chiarello is all that and more! Today's guest has done just about everything in the comics world (and beyond), starting with the painted Batman tale Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop (winner of the 1993 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book). For nearly 27 years, Mark was the Senior VP, Art & Design Director for DC Comics, where (among other things) he created anthologies like Batman: Black and White, Solo, and Wednesday Comics, as well as shepherding landmark series like Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier and Jeph Loeb's and Jim Lee's Batman: Hush into existence. He's written and illustrated guide books, painted 60 portraits for Heroes of the Negro Leagues, and has even done some commercial illustration for movies and music.

You can follow Mark on his website markchiarello.com or Instagram @markchidc.

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