Mark Zingarelli has passed away. No further information is available at this time.
His career spans over five decades, and includes work in indy comic books, graphic novels; as well as The New Yorker, Scholastic, Nintendo, AT&T and many other clients.
Born in Pennsylvania, he attended The Ivy School of Professional Art, then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in art and film production. He moved from Pennsylvania to San Diego upon graduation in 1975. He soon became a full-time freelance illustrator. Five years later, he moved to Seattle where he created a comic strip review column "Eatin' Out with Eddie" for The Rocket newspaper. He began contributing to the Robert Crumb-edited Weirdo Magazine. Crumb introduced him to Harvey Pekar and Art Spiegelman. Zingarelli's art began appearing in American Splendor and The New Yorker. In the 1990s, Mark and his family moved back to Irwin, Pennsylvania, where he had grown up.
From his David Wasting Paper interview in 2011:
"Make sure you really, really love it and be prepared to never stop learning from the experience. A lifetime isn’t enough time to do all of it so enjoy the time you have and make the most of every second you are able to draw."
2015: Mark Zingarelli in his studio. Photo by Danielle Fox for the Pittsburgh Paper.
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I was obsessed with those early strips of his on Weirdo, i studied the cattle mutilations one like it was the rosetta stone, both an introduction to Forteana and to deadpan cartooning. Q.E.P.D.
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