Book Illustration

I've had the good fortune to illustrate books books published by Pearson, Penguin-Random House, McGraw-Hill, Macmillan, Prentice Hall, Harvard Business Review Press, and John Wiley & Sons, including several bestsellers.

I cover a fairly range of genres, from nonfiction and business, to children's fiction - and their appropriate drawing styles. 

For business books, I often illustrate concepts, as well as write and draw humor for cartoons to communicate key themes.

For children's books, I like to work closely with authors in creating characters, settings and worlds that fit their visions.

While many of my clients are authors with publishers, I also enjoy working with authors who are approaching agents, or are taking their books direct to market with self publishing.

Regardless of your path to getting your book into the hands of your readers, it would by my pleasure to discuss your book and your ideas for illustration. 

Twenty four cartoons written & drawn for bestseller Humanocracy,

by Gary Hamel - Published by Harvard Business Review Press.

"Mark: I so appreciate your help through the process of creating cartoons for the book

and promotional tour. While I’ve been working other New Yorker cartoonists,

I’ve relied most heavily on you. I think your capacity to capture an idea visually

is akin to magic."  - Gary Hamel.

Humor and illustrations written and drawn for Managing Priorities,

by former DreamWorks and Apple exec, Harry Max.

Published late 2024

"Harry Max clearly lays out the steps that anyone can use to be more productive and effective. It's required reading for anyone wanting to be a better business leader."
—Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix

   New York Times Bestseller, A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink,

published by Penguin-Random House.

"Mark did an absolutely fantastic job illustrating my book, Better yet, he was a pleasure to work with--a model of professionalism and high standards."   - Daniel H. Pink 

    The author discussing an illustration from the book, at his TED Talk.

Published 2025  

Five Minutes from a Meltdown.

A review and interview from Literary Titan: "The cartoons in this book are as entertaining as the writing, elevating this collection from amusing to laugh-out-loud enjoyment."

Cartoons and  humor created for Good Habits, Bad Habits,

the psychology bestseller, by USC Emerita Provost Professor, Wendy Wood.

Published by MacMillan.

45 cartoons and illustrations written drawn for the business bestseller,

"Would You Do That To Your Mother?" by former Microsoft and Zappos executive,
Jeanne Bliss - Published by  Penguin Random House.

20 illustrations created for British author James Borg's book,

Body Language, published by Pearson-Prentice Hall.

42 cartoons written and drawn for New York Times bestseller, "Inbound Marketing"

      written by the founders of Hubspot, Inc., published by John Wiley & Sons.

One of 27 cartoons created for a soon-to be published book about online dating.

Written and drawn for a college Political Science textbook, published by McGraw Hill.

One of 20 illustrations for an AP History textbook. McGraw Hill Publishing

An illustration for a book on AI robotics

Book cover illustration created for  a novel by Michael Brown,  Emmy award winning scriptwriter and producer.

Published 2025: A 32-page children's picture book about a retiree who takes

a job as a dog groomer...and promptly loses her glasses, after which entropy ensues.

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