Born in 1955 near Philadelphia and raised outside Pittsburgh, Penn., Mark Schultz, at age six,
discovered comic books (Dell Comics' Tarzan and DC Comics' Superman, Metal Men and Hawkman), and classic
adventure films (King Kong and the Tarzan series). As a teenager, he was inspired by the works of Edgar Rice
Burroughs and Robert E. Howard, and the illustrators associated with them, namely Al Williamson, Roy Krenkel
and Frank Frazetta.
Upon graduating from Kutztown State College in 1977, Schultz devoted his career to producing commercial
illustrations until 1986. Then giving into a long-repressed desire to tell stories, he wrote Xenozoic Tales,
a series of comic books published by Kitchen Sink Press. Xenozoic Tales blended genres in exquisitely drawn
and told stories featuring jet-powered Cadillacs and fearsome dinosaurs. A critical and commercial success,
Xenozoic Tales was adapted to a CBS television animated series aptly named Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.
In recent years, Schultz co-created and co-wrote SubHuman, an underwater adventure series for Dark Horse Comics,
and he scripted DC Comics' Superman, Man of Steel from 1998 to 2003.
He continues to write and draw Xenozoic stories,
as well as produce scripts and cover art for various comic book projects, including Star Wars, Aliens and Predator.
