Mark Bloodworth is a storyteller and artist who created the critically favored, urban crime comic book: Nightstreets for Arrow Comics during the Independent Explosion of the 1980's. In early 1990 he took over art chores on Deadworld. In 1991 he was contracted by Marvel Comics to create character design, spot illos, and story art for Clive Barker's Hellraiser. Throughout the rest of the decade and into the new millennium he illustrated many comic books, such as: Cheerleaders from Hell, Jack the Rippper, Raven Chronicles, The Ripper Legacy, the critically hailed Abel, written by William Harms (from AiT/Planet Lar); and drew Deadworld: The Last Siesta which was nominated for a number of awards including Mark winning a Ghastly Award for his art.