Mark Reusch was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1973, and is known for his contributions in freelance illustration. After graduating from Massachusetts College of Art in 1995 with a BFA in Illustration, he worked for the Boston Phoenix, a local weekly alternative paper. Since then, he has produced more than five hundred illustrations for the Phoenix Media Group, and has won two New England Press Association awards. In the late 1990s, Reusch began painting full-color concert posters for his friends' bands, and the posters have been exhibited in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia poster shows. He currently resides in Providence.