Mark “Tex” Texeira has been a comic book artist and illustrator for the last 30 years.

Mark Texeira was born and raised in New York City. He attended Manhattan's High School of Art and Design and was granted a Presidential Scholarship at the School of Visual Arts, where he attended for two years before dropping out to pursue a freelance commercial art career. During this period, Texeira took classes at the Art Students League. His oil paintings soon won mentions at the Salmagundi Club and the Society of Illustrators.

Classically trained as a painter, Texeira broke into the comics field in the early 1980s.

His career has featured iconic runs on both Ghost Rider and Wolverine. Other titles he has contributed to include Jonah Hex and its spinoff Hex (1985-1986), Psi-Force (1986 - 1987), Punisher War Journal (1990), Sabretooth (1993), Spider-Man: Legacy of Evil (1996), Black Panther Vol.3 (1998), Moon Knight Vol. 4 (1999), Vampirella, Cyclops (2001), and Hercules Vol. 4 (2005).