Mark Van Oppen is a Belgian author and artist. He began as an interior architect, did some illustration work, and then was chief editor of the Dutch version of the magazine Tintin. In 1988, he offered to adapt American novelist Joe Haldeman's award-winning book The Forever War into comic form. Their collaboration continued, first with "Dallas Barr" (adapted from Buying Time) and then with "Forever Free." A celebrated science-fiction artist, Marvano also worked on historical and contemporary series such as "Rourke," "Berlin" and "Grand Prix."

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