Hi, I’m Mark 👋🏽
I grew up on a steady diet of robots, superhero comics, Seinfeld reruns and sugary beverages. I still enjoy robots, superhero comics and Seinfeld reruns.
The Star Trek TNG season 5 episode Tapestry changed my life. You should watch it.
Superman is my dude but I have to admit my spirit animal is Peter Parker.
MOST ASKED QUESTIONS + FAVORITES
MOST ASKED QUESTION #1
What is muz?
muz is the inspiration to share what you love. It took me years to boil it down to that one sentence. There is no end goal and it’s all in the pursuit personal contentment and, ideally, taking some friends with you on the journey.
MOST ASKED QUESTION #2
Where did you learn to draw?
I stared at the pictures in comics and watched cartoons/anime relentlessly. Then repeat that over and over again. I’d copy what I saw and figured out what worked and just as importantly, what I wasn’t good at. Drawing the same thing over and over again produces results but drawing hands hasn’t gotten any easier and I still don’t like drawing nostrils.
MOST ASKED QUESTION #3
Why is bubble tea your logo?
Because nobody has never not smiled drinking bubble tea. Apologies for butchering the English language but it’s true.
FAVORITE BOOK
50th Law by 50 Cent & Robert Greene
“Most people can’t handle boredom. That means they can’t stay on one thing until they get good at it. And they wonder why they’re unhappy” - 50 Cent
FAVORITE ANIME (BESIDES AKIRA)
Moldiver
Nerd bends dimensional space around him to create an invincible quantum field suit via a device that’s about the size of a credit card which his sister steals and makes her own. I’m in.
FAVORITE ARTIST
Katsuya Terada
Who do you think inspired me to start drawing on walls with a Sharpie? By the way, I highly recommend everything on the Archipel YouTube channel if you need creative inspiration.
FAVORITE MUSICIANS
Queen
Ever since Flash Gordon played every weekend on WPIX 11 during my childhood, I was hooked. What I saw was cheesy but what I heard was amazing.
FAVORITE SONG
Sweety (English version)
According to my old iPhone, I played this song 8,681 times. This song puts me in a chill, hopeful and glad-to-be-alive kind of mood. I loved it enough to make a shirt out of it.
FAVORITE HOBBY
Chillin’ Down The Shore At Dawn
On a clear summer morning, nothing beats an empty beach, a surfboard in the sand, MOGO’s tacos, ice cold Snapple and a comic book TPB. I’m from Jersey. We say shore when everyone else means beach.
