Mark Monlux

Mark Monlux is an illustrator and cartoonist. His first award was at age ten when he won the National Safety Poster Contest. He started his first freelancing business at the age of thirteen, creating custom murals and sculptures. He graduated from Central Washington University with a BA in Graphic Art in 1985 and has worked full-time freelancer. While the bulk of his work has been in the adverting and publishing world, his work in recent years has turned to various aspects of Graphic Facilitation; Ideation Illustration, Cartoon Reporter, Sketchnoter, and Whiteboard Animation. He has a national reputation for his knowledge of copyright law, contracts, good trade practices, and business ethics. He founded Weird Cabal, a collective of artists creating movie poster art, and co-founded The C.L.A.W. The Cartoonists’ League of Absurd Washingtonians. He’s also a member of the Graphic Artist Guild, the National Cartoonists Society, and Cartoonists Northwest. He lives in the Fern Hill area of Tacoma with his loving wife.