Mark Badger is an illustrator who has worked as a penciler, inker, cover artist, painter, and occasional colorist in the American comic book industry. In addition to his career as a comic book artist, Badger is a political activist and organizer, often mixing the comic book medium with activism. As an early adapter of digital tools to create comic art, Badger has taken to create web-based comics for the purposes of education and activism. Badger also teaches ?Programming, comic books, and web development? at San Francisco?s Academy of Art University. At the age of 30, Mark Badger was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He lives in Oakland, California. Notable works include Doctor Strange, Excalibur, Gargoyle, Power Pack for Marvel Comics, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight: Jazz, Batman: Run, Riddler, Run, Martian Manhunter, The Spectre, and The Shadow Strikes for DC Comics, The Masque for Dark Horse Presents, American Flagg! for First Comics, and The Score for Piranha Press. Mark Badger's independent works include Instant Piano, Urban Empathy, Carabella on the Run, Abstract Kirby, and Julius Caesar.