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Mark Parisi's comic panel off the mark hits a bull's eye with slightly skewed humor and a twisted look at the little things we take for granted. Distributed by Atlantic Feature Syndicate since 1987, off the mark is available daily and Sunday through United Feature Syndicate.
Parisi's off the mark is a world of scheming pets, evil computers and talking plants that puts an ironic, absurd or just plain silly spin on the ordinary occurrences of everyday life. Described by one newspaper editor as "sweet-natured and devilish at the same time", off the mark receives fan mail from readers of all ages.
Parisi grew up in Massachusetts. He had a fairly typical progression of cartooning influences: "Peanuts", then Mad Magazine, then "The Far Side". He dabbled with video production at Salem State College, had a music video appear on MTV, and earned a degree in graphic design, but cartooning was always his first love. In 1987, Parisi shopped his off the mark comic panel around to local newspapers and began picking up clients, eventually gaining 100 clients, a line of greeting cards, T-shirts, books, calendars and a heavily trafficked web site. Currently the Chairman of the New England Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, Parisi also does a weekly cartoon for Billboard Magazine called "Rim Shots." His four compilation books are available from Plan Nine Publishing. Parisi's wife, Lynn, is also his business partner. They have a daughter and 3 cats.
Plus Licens represents United Feature Syndicate and Newspaper Enterprise Association for syndication rights to off the mark in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
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