Parisi has also said he admires the work of cartoonists Jim Meddick, Sergio Aragonés, and Garry Trudeau.
[1] In addition, Mark is the author and illustrator of the Marty Pants middle-grade novel series for HarperCollins.
Parisi began drawing when he was very young, and frequently copied comic strips out of newspapers.
Parisi said that after reading Charles Schulz' comic strip Peanuts, he "immediately wanted to draw it.
[3] In 2008, 2011, and 2017 Parisi won the "Best Newspaper Panel" award for Off the Mark from the National Cartoonists Society.