Mark Beyer

Mark Beyer (b. 1950, USA) taught himself to draw in the first 25 years of his life without the benefit of art school training. In 1975 he proved to the world that formal education was grossly overestimated by creating and publishing his first comic: 'Tony Target'. From that time on, a not-so-steady stream of works followed. In 1980 the mini-comic 'Death and Amy & Jordan at Beach Lake' won Beyer his first fans. Among these was Raw editor Art Spiegelman, who made sure that, in addition to his own works, Mark Beyer was the one artist featured in every issue of the legendary Raw comix magazine. After Spiegelman's 'Maus' was completed, Raw came to a sudden stop. Mark Beyer had made a name for himself, but at the same time had difficulties keeping his audience. Mark Beyer's animated art could be seen on MTV's series, Liquid Television.