Mark Pennington has been working in the commercial art field for over twenty years. He graduated from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1985. He went on to gain employment as a toy designer at Hasbro and Mattel, doing toy designs for such lines as G.I. Joe and Transformers.

In 1988, Mark got his first work as an inker in the comic book industry working for SQP on the titles Judge Dredd and Blaine. From there he went on to work for almost every major comic publisher including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Now Comics, Adventure Comics, and CrossGen Comics. His name appeared on the credits of some of the industry's highest profile projects such as; Eclipso, X-Men, the Violator mini-series, the Angela mini-series, X-Force, Death: Time of Your Life, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Backlash, The Tenth, Daredevil, Spiderman, Fantastic Four, Fright Night 2, a 23 issue run of Shade, The Changing Man, and numerous others.

As well as inking comics, Mark has also contributed his painting skills to many collectible card games and role playing guides such as Legend of the Five Rings, Hackmasters, and Third World.

When he's not hard at work, Mark likes to spend time helping his wife Cathy and playing with their three children. In his free time he gets away from the drawing board and out into the sunshine where he plays golf and tennis.