Mark Bagley began his career as a technical illustrator for Lockheed. He got into comics by winning the contest in the Marvel Try-Out Book. He was assigned to Marvel's 'Amazing Spider-Man' in 1991, and was a regular artist on the title until 1996. In 2000, he began working on 'Ultimate Spider-man'. Besides 'Spider-Man', Bagley did the first 25 books of 'New Warriors'. Bagley's other credits include 'Alias', 'Fantastic Four', 'Night Thrasher', 'Robocop', and 'Thunderbolts'.
Mark Bagley, signing in Essen (Photo courtesy of Henrik Bernd)