Works other than comics include providing the cartoon strip on the inside sleeve of Jethro Tull's 1976 album "", background art for the 1994 computer game "Beneath a Steel Sky" and the cover to "K", the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. In 1988, he did the cover art of album "The Madness". In 2007, he served as a consultant on the film "Watchmen", which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009. "" (2009) featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons.
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Dave Gibbons | Work in other media
Yes, he did the cover art of album "The Madness", he served as a consultant on the film "Watchmen", background art for the 1994 computer game "Beneath a Steel Sky" Yes, background art for "Beneath a Steel Sky" and the cover to "K" Yes, the cartoon strip on the inside sleeve of Jethro Tull's album. Background art for the 1994 computer game "Beneath a Steel Sky".
what is sinestro corps war?
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An American comic book crossover event
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who is the writer?
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Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons
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who are the characters?
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Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Guy Gardner, and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps
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what are some of the other works of the second writer you mentioned?
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"The Trials of Nasty Tales", "Watchmen", "For the Man Who Has Everything"
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has he worked on anything other than comics?
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Works other than comics include providing the cartoon strip on the inside sleeve of Jethro Tull's 1976 album "", background art for the 1994 computer game "Beneath a Steel Sky" and the cover to "K", the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. In 1988, he did the cover art of album "The Madness". In 2007, he served as a consultant on the film "Watchmen", which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009. "" (2009) featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons.
Dave Gibbons | Work in other media
David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries "Watchmen" and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He was an artist for "2000 AD", for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.
Dave Gibbons | Introduction
Gibbons earliest published work was in British underground comics, starting with "The Trials of Nasty Tales", including the main cover illustration, and continuing in "cOZmic Comics" produced by Felix Dennis.
Dave Gibbons | British comics work
On 9 April 2011 Gibbons was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white "Superior" comic book, with various artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering. The artists included Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock, Adi Granov, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular "Superior" artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover.
Dave Gibbons | 2010s
For the 1985 "Superman Annual" No. 11, Gibbons drew the main story "For the Man Who Has Everything", again written by Alan Moore. During 1985 and 1986, Gibbons' artwork graced the pages of several issues of both DC's "Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe" and Marvel's "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition". He was one of the contributors to the "DC Challenge" limited series and in December 1986, he contributed to Harrier Comics' "Brickman" No. 1 alongside Kevin O'Neill, Lew Stringer and others. Between May and August 1988, he contributed covers to "The Phantom" miniseries, inked Kevin Maguire's pencilled contribution to "Action Comics" No.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
From the start of the 1990s, Gibbons began to focus as much on writing and inking as on drawing, contributing to a number of different titles and issues from a variety of companies. Particular highlights included, in 1990, Gibbons writing the three-issue "World's Finest" miniseries for artist Steve Rude and DC, while drawing "Give Me Liberty" for writer Frank Miller and Dark Horse Comics. He penned the first "Batman versus Predator" crossover for artists Andy and Adam Kubert (Dec. 1991–Feb. 1992), and inked Rick Veitch and Stephen R. Bissette for half of Alan Moore's "1963" Image Comics series (1993). Rejoining Frank Miller in mid-1994 on "Martha Washington Goes to War", the following year Gibbons wrote the Elseworlds title "Superman: Kal" for José Luis García-López, melding Arthurian legends to the Superman mythos in an "out-of-continuity" tale set in an alternate DC Universe.
Dave Gibbons | 1990s
Gibbons was one of the artists on the "" one-shot written by Evan Dorkin and in December 2001 Gibbons collaborated with Stan Lee on "Just Imagine... Stan Lee creating Green Lantern". Gibbons wrote "Captain America" issues #17–20 (Nov. 2003–Jan. 2004) for artist Lee Weeks. In 2005, he drew covers for "JSA", as well as producing the complete original graphic novel "The Originals", a black and white graphic novel which he scripted and drew. Published by Vertigo, the work is set in the near future, but draws heavily on the imagery of the Mods and Rockers of the 1960s. He wrote "The Rann–Thanagar War" six-issue limited series for DC Comics, one of four lead-ins to the company-wide "Infinite Crisis" storyline, and returned to the Green Lantern Corps with the five-issue "Green Lantern Corps: Recharge" (Nov.
Dave Gibbons | 2000s
Gibbons was born on 14 April 1949, at Forest Gate Hospital in London, to Chester, a town planner, and Gladys, a secretary. He began reading comic books at the age of seven. A self-taught artist, he illustrated his own comic strips. Gibbons became a building surveyor but eventually entered the UK comics industry as a letterer for IPC Media. He left his surveyor job to focus on his comics career.
Dave Gibbons | Early life
Gibbons believes that his own involvement likely came about after the idea was already in its early initial stages. He recalls that he had: To complement the story, Gibbons remembers working on rough character designs which ultimately changed little in their final appearance from "the descriptions that Alan had provided," trying to come up with "a classic superhero feel but be a little bit stranger ... a sort of operatic look ... an Egyptian kind of a look." Gibbons lettered "Watchmen" and it was his lettering style that later served as one of two reference sources used by Vincent Connare when creating the controversial font Comic Sans in 1994.
Dave Gibbons | "Watchmen"
Gibbons was one of the British comic talents identified by Len Wein in 1982 for American publisher DC Comics: he was hired primarily to draw "Green Lantern Corps" backup stories within the pages of "Green Lantern". Gibbons' first DC work was on the Green Lantern Corps story in "Green Lantern" No. 161 (February 1983), with writer Todd Klein, as well as the concurrently released "Creeper" two-part backup story in "The Flash" #318–319. Gibbons drew the lead story in "The Brave and the Bold" No. 200 (July 1983) which featured a team-up of the Batmen of Earth-One and Earth-Two. With "Green Lantern" No.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
Dave Gibbons stated in an interview published in "Artists on Comic Art", that "Bogey" stories, published in the English comics magazine "Warrior", influenced the page layout for "Watchmen".
Bogey (comics) | Influences
Working on early feature "Ro-Busters" (after "Starlord" merged with "2000 AD"), Gibbons became one of the most prolific of "2000 AD"'s earliest creators, contributing artwork to 108 of the first 131 Progs/issues. He returned to the pages of "the Galaxy's Greatest Comic" in the early 1980s to create Rogue Trooper with writer Gerry Finley-Day and produce an early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists. He illustrated a handful of "Tharg's Future Shocks" shorts, primarily with author Alan Moore.
Dave Gibbons | IPC Comics
Gibbons entered the British comics industry by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC. One of his earlier works was a 12-part comic-series titled "Year of the Shark Men" for D.C. Thomson's "The Wizard" magazine, in April 1976 – July 1976 When the science-fiction title "2000 AD" was set up in the mid-1970s, Gibbons contributed artwork to the first issue, "Prog 01" (February 1977), and went on to draw the first 24 instalments of "Harlem Heroes", one of the founding (and pre-Judge Dredd) strips. Midway through the comic's first year he began illustrating "Dan Dare", a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series and artist Frank Hampson who, alongside Frank Bellamy, Don Lawrence and Ron Turner are well-liked and inspirational artists to Gibbons, whose "style evolved out of [his] love for the "MAD" magazine artists like Wally Wood and Will Elder".
Dave Gibbons | IPC Comics
The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on 23 November 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation. In 2014 he was appointed the UK's first Comics Laureate, to act as an ambassador for comic books and their potential to improve literacy. Gibbons drew the 1950s variant cover for "Action Comics" No. 1000 (June 2018).
Dave Gibbons | 2010s
Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist. David or Dave Gibbons may also refer to:
David Gibbons (disambiguation) | Introduction
172 (Jan. 1984), Gibbons joined writer Wein on the main feature while continuing to illustrate the backup features. In issue No. 182, Wein and Gibbons made architect John Stewart, who had been introduced previously in issue No. 87, the title's primary character. Ceding the "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" backup features to various other individuals from No. 181, Gibbons last issue with Wein was issue No. 186 (March 1985). Gibbons returned to pencil the backup story "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" with Alan Moore in issue No. 188. While Marvel Comics reprinted some of Gibbons' Marvel UK "Doctor Who" work, Eclipse Comics reprinted some of his "Warrior" work and Eagle reprinted various Judge Dredd tales, Gibbons continued to produce new work almost exclusively for DC throughout the 1980s.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
He is best known in the US for collaborating with Alan Moore on the 12-issue limited series "Watchmen", now one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, and the only one to feature on "Time"s "Top 100 Novels" list. Gibbons' artwork in "Watchmen" is notable both for its stark utilisation of the formulaic comicbook nine-panel grid layout, as well as for its intense narrative and symbolic density, with some symbolic background elements suggested by Moore, others by Gibbons. Initially pitched by Moore to use the Charlton Comics characters which had been purchased by DC Comics, "Watchmen" was re-tooled to feature new, analogue characters when it became clear that the story would have significant and lasting ramifications on its main players.
Dave Gibbons | "Watchmen"
However, he says that he does not "believe my style suits ," and did not enjoy working from scripts written by American writers who, he felt must have "watched too much television as children," peppering their scripts with TV/film terminology and tropes.
Arthur Ranson | Other comics work
Titles published by Dark Horse include:
Dave Gibbons | Dark Horse Comics
Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include:
Dave Gibbons | DC Comics
600, and produced the cover to "Action Comics Weekly" No. 601.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include:
Dave Gibbons | Marvel Comics
Gibbons has commented that "It's just a shame they couldn't have used just the original font, because it's a real mess. I think it's a particularly ugly letter form."
Dave Gibbons | "Watchmen"
In Marvel Edge's "Savage Hulk" No. 1 (Jan 1996), Gibbons wrote, penciled, inked, coloured and lettered "Old Friends", a version of the events of "Captain America" No. 110 from the point of view of the Hulk. In 1996 and 1997, Gibbons collaborated with Mark Waid and Jimmy Palmiotti on two issues of the Amalgam Comics character "Super-Soldier," a character born from the merging of the DC and Marvel Universes after the events of the 1996 intercompany crossover "DC vs. Marvel/Marvel vs. DC". Among many other covers, one-shots and minor works, Gibbons worked with Alan Moore again briefly on the latter's Awesome Entertainment "Judgment Day" miniseries, providing (variant) covers to all three issues, on the first issue of Kitchen Sink Press' "The Spirit: The New Adventures" revival and within the pages of the "Alan Moore Songbook".
Dave Gibbons | 1990s
Gibbons departed from "2000 AD" briefly in the late 1970s/early 1980s to become the lead artist on "Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly", for which magazine he drew the main comic strip from issue No. 1 until No. 69, missing only four issues during that time. The "Doctor Who Storybook 2007" (released Christmas 2006) features a story called "Untitled" which includes the name "Gibbons" in a list of great artists of Earth history.
Dave Gibbons | "Doctor Who"
In the mid 1990s he inked "Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man" for Tekno Comix. He worked on Scooby-Doo comics for DC from 1999 to 2005. Other pencilers he worked with include John Romita, Gil Kane, George Tuska, Sal Buscema, Tom Morgan, Keith Giffen, George Pérez, Jim Mooney, Don Newton, and Keith Pollard.
Dave Hunt (artist) | Career
Gibbons agreed that the echoing of the EC-style layouts "was a very deliberate thing", although his inspiration was rather Harvey Kurtzman, but it was altered enough to give the series a unique look. The artist also cited Steve Ditko's work on early issues of "The Amazing Spider-Man" as an influence, as well as "Doctor Strange", where "even at his most psychedelic [he] would still keep a pretty straight page layout". The cover of each issue serves as the first panel to the story. Gibbons said, "The cover of the "Watchmen" is in the real world and looks quite real, but it's starting to turn into a comic book, a portal to another dimension." The covers were designed as close-ups that focused on a single detail with no human elements present.
Watchmen | Structure
Gibbons and Bolland were to draw alternate issues (Bolland's first issue was "Powerman" No. 2.), and Bolland recalls that "soon Dave had drawn his entire story and I had produced just a few pages." This knowledge – "that Dave could produce a page a day... and that I was going to have to do the same" – was a shock, but proved to be "the very best kind of training ground." With comics purportedly being new to Nigeria, Bolland recalls this work being created specifically to be "really simple; six panels on a page and [all] the panels had to be numbered." Not only was this work "[t]he best way to learn the simple rules of comic book storytelling," but "better still, it was going someplace where nobody I knew could see it." He "drew around 300 pages of that very straightforward, simple-to-follow work, and I guess the storytelling flowed naturally from that." Even so, he "was always struggling to get the last eight or ten pages finished," and was occasionally helped by friends, both from his "Norwich School of Art days," Gibbons and future-"2000 AD" and "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" artist Kevin O'Neill.
Brian Bolland | "2000 AD", "Judge Death" and "Walter the Wobot"
Moore and Gibbons designed "Watchmen" to showcase the unique qualities of the comics medium and to highlight its particular strengths. In a 1986 interview, Moore said, "What I'd like to explore is the areas that comics succeed in where no other media is capable of operating", and emphasized this by stressing the differences between comics and film. Moore said that "Watchmen" was designed to be read "four or five times", with some links and allusions only becoming apparent to the reader after several readings. Dave Gibbons notes that, "[a]s it progressed, "Watchmen" became much more about the telling than the tale itself.
Watchmen | Art and composition
The main thrust of the story essentially hinges on what is called a macguffin, a gimmick ... So really the plot itself is of no great consequence ... it just really isn't the most interesting thing about "Watchmen". As we actually came to tell the tale, that's where the real creativity came in." Gibbons said he deliberately constructed the visual look of "Watchmen" so that each page would be identifiable as part of that particular series and "not some other comic book". He made a concerted effort to draw the characters in a manner different from that commonly seen in comics.
Watchmen | Art and composition
The artist tried to draw the series with "a particular weight of line, using a hard, stiff pen that didn't have much modulation in terms of thick and thin" which he hoped "would differentiate it from the usual lush, fluid kind of comic book line". In a 2009 interview, Moore recalled that he took advantage of Gibbons' training as a former surveyor for "including incredible amounts of detail in every tiny panel, so we could choreograph every little thing". Gibbons described the series as "a comic about comics". Gibbons felt that "Alan is more concerned with the social implications of [the presence of super-heroes] and I've gotten involved in the technical implications." The story's alternate world setting allowed Gibbons to change details of the American landscape, such as adding electric cars, slightly different buildings, and spark hydrants instead of fire hydrants, which Moore said, "perhaps gives the American readership a chance in some ways to see their own culture as an outsider would".
Watchmen | Art and composition
2005 – March 2006), co-written with Geoff Johns, which spun off into an ongoing, Gibbons-written series in August 2006.
Dave Gibbons | 2000s
He designed the logo for Oni Press in 1997. In 1999 he penciled and inked Darko Macan's four-issue "Star Wars: Vader's Quest" miniseries.
Dave Gibbons | 1990s
At this time, Gafford became editor of "Adventure Comics Digest", and with writer Bob Rozakis revived the "Challengers of the Unknown", with art first by George Tuska and later by Alex Toth. Gafford also wrote most of the short-lived Creeper back-up series in "The Flash", featuring British artist Dave Gibbons' first work for DC, — though most of the scripts were scrapped after a change of editors. He colored the second to last issue and was the artist on the final back-up.
Carl Gafford | Early comics career
Titles published by various American publishers include:
Dave Gibbons | Other US publishers
The majority of Gifford's output is of humour strips, for a wide range of titles. He also co-created, wrote and drew the superhero strip Streamline and drew and wrote several adventure strips.
Comics art and writing of Denis Gifford | Comics art and scriptwriting: other titles
He has worked as a Writer, Penciller, Inker, colorist and editor on various comic books.
Duncan Eagleson | Comic Work
The final year of "O'Neill" was reprinted in "[[Comics Revue]]". Dan O'Neill was one of twenty-two artists and writers featured in the documentary "Comic Book Confidential". He was interviewed while playing pool next to two scantily clad women. He describes his career as "if you're going down in flames you might as well hit something big."
Dan O'Neill | Other work
Michael Straczynski's run on "Spider-Man" as comics that he has enjoyed. Other creators whose work he has long-admired include John Romita, Sr., John Buscema, Gene Colan, and others he has stated he presently admires or are friends that he enjoys working with include George Pérez, Andy Kubert, and Rick Leonardi. He has named Pérez as his favorite artistic collaborator, and has named Pérez, Leonard Kirk and Dale Keown as the artists whose art has mostly closely matched the visuals he conceived when writing comic book scripts.
Peter David | Personal life
Over the years, Campiti was a writer or co-writer for hundreds of comic books, often illustrated by the artists that he discovered, including Lim, Sears, Jason Pearson, and Mike Okamoto on "Hero Alliance" alone. His credits include "Superman", "T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents", "Magnus, Robot Fighter", "Beauty and the Beast", "Dark Shadows", "Hero Alliance", and many others — including "Exposure" and "Jade Warriors" for Image Comics and, most recently, for Keenspot. He was the writer of Stan Lee's "How To Draw Comics", released in November 2010 from Watson-Guptill/Dynamite Entertainment. In March 2013, Campiti was elected to the Board of Directors of Red Giant Entertainment, a publicly traded transmedia company.
David Campiti | Other Works
Aside from his work on multiple "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" projects, and as publisher of Tundra Publishing, Eastman has created a variety of other comics work. One of these projects was "Fistful of Blood", a black and white graphic novel featuring a blend of influences from spaghetti western and horror. The book featured art by Simon Bisley and was published by Heavy Metal. He also wrote one episode of the animated children’s series Corn & Peg He is an interviewee in the documentary movies "Independents", and "".
Kevin Eastman | Other comics work
Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:
Dave Gibbons | Vertigo
In 2004, Ordway was inker on "JLA" issues #94–99, the “Tenth Circle” story arc which reunited the former "Uncanny X-Men" creative team of writer Chris Claremont and artist John Byrne. From 2003–2008, he provided new covers to the "Superman: The Man of Steel" series of six trade paperbacks, collecting the early adventures of the Post-Crisis Superman. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the original "Crisis", DC published Geoff Johns' "Infinite Crisis" limited series (Dec. 2005–June 2006), for which Ordway provided the artwork for the flashback scenes set on Earth-Two, including a recreation of the cover to "Action Comics" #1, which he cites as another favorite piece of his.
Jerry Ordway | Other DC work
Marvel". Castellini others works include "Spider-Man", "Conan the Barbarian" and "". He drew the 100-page comic book one-shot "Man and Superman" in 2019 with writer Marv Wolfman.
Claudio Castellini | Biography
In addition to the thousands of comics pages that he has lettered, Workman has also written and/or drawn for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Archie Comics, "National Lampoon", "Playboy", Hamilton Publishing, Image Comics, and others. He wrote an introduction and the final chapter in Bhob Stewart's "Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood" and contributed a short autobiographical piece in comics form to the TwoMorrows book "Streetwise". Working in an art style similar to that of artist Mike Sekowsky, he pencilled and inked three of the dust jackets for the hardcover DC Comics "Justice League Archives" series. He wrote and drew the 41-page "Adventures of Roma" which ran in consecutive issues of "Dark Horse Presents" in 1987.
John Workman | Writing, artwork and design
Brain Scan Studios released the parody of the graphic novel "Watchmen" to serve as a satire of not only the series, but also "the comics industry, the movies they spawn and the creators that get trampled on". Valerie D'Orazio, of Occasional Superheroine, expands on this description, observing that while she usually cringes at comic book parodies, "Watchmensch" is different in that it is actually an "allegory about the rift between "Watchmen" creator Alan Moore and DC Comics - and, by extension, a meditation on the issue of creator's rights" further calling it a "comic book industry fable". She further commends Swedish artist Simon Rohrmuller on having nailed Dave Gibbons' artistic style: "the reader can momentarily forget that he or she is reading a parody...at least until Dan Dreiberg shows up in a female nurse's outfit".
Watchmensch | Publication and reception
Jock began his professional career at British comics magazine "2000 AD", on series including "Judge Dredd" and "Lenny Zero", the latter with writer Andy Diggle. It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint, working on "The Losers" and "". Also at Vertigo and with Mike Carey, another former "2000 AD" writer, Jock worked on an issue of "Hellblazer" and the "Faker" limited series, returning the character John Constantine in the graphic novel "" with Jamie Delano. Following his run on "Green Arrow" he got more work on main DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on "Detective Comics", the first featuring Batwoman and the second Batman.
Jock (cartoonist) | Comics
Other newspaper strips were produced by Gifford for "Empire State News" and "Sunday Dispatch". Gifford's early work was with D.C. Thomson and the majority of his work was for humour strips, but he went on to cover various genres and styles, including adventure, detective, science fiction, Western and superheroes.
Denis Gifford | Comic art and comic writing: 1942–82
Comics work (interior pencil art unless noted) includes:
Dave Cockrum | Bibliography
David was fortunate to alternate with Keith Watson from the original Frank Hampson studio. Together they recreated Dare into an eighties action hero, retaining the look of the original character but heavily influenced by movies such as "Alien" and "Predator". Work followed for AC Comics and Tekno Comix in the USA, the most successful work being on "", written by Bryan Talbot. David wrote and drew a regular sci-fi strip and designed many spacecraft for Games Workshop. "Obvious Tactics" the graphic novel for Black Library has been reprinted twice and is available as a free download. For eleven years he provided the colour and 3D computer effects for the "Scorer" football strip in the "Daily Mirror".
David Pugh (comics) | Comics
At the 2010 Chicago Comicon, editor Mark Chiarello offered him the art duties on the four-issue miniseries "Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan", one of eight tie-in prequels to the seminal 1986-1987 miniseries "Watchmen", which would be written by J. Michael Straczynski, and which would require Hughes to delay finishing "All-Star Wonder Woman". Hughes accepted the job of drawing that miniseries, which was announced in February 2012, and premiered August 22, 2012. Hughes commented: "I love Alan Moore's canon of work, with special affection for "Miracleman", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", and most definitely "Watchmen". I hope to do some sort of justice to Dave Gibbons' brilliant art: he's one of the all time great illustrators ever to work in the field of comics...I'm fairly stoked to be working with the fabulous J.
Adam Hughes | 2010s
Outside the comic book field, Brereton's work includes the package illustration for a video game called "Machine Head," billboard and advertising art for Rawhide (a Wild West park in Scottsdale, Arizona), concept art for Pressman Films, the television show "Numb3rs", development for Walt Disney Television Animation and album covers for the bands Toto, Fireball Ministry, Sote, Ghoultown, and Rob Zombie's "Hellbilly Deluxe".
Dan Brereton | Other work
Moore's opposition to the film adaptation crystallized after the 2003 film version of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was released, and he intended to give any resulting royalties from "Watchmen" to the comic's artist, Dave Gibbons. In Moore’s opinion, Hayter's script was the closest anyone could get to the original comic, but added that he would not be going to see the film when completed. Moore said, "My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way: in an armchair, nice and cozy next to a fire, with a steaming cup of coffee." In November 2006, Zack Snyder said that he hoped to speak to Moore before filming, though the writer had sworn off involvement with film or television productions after his disagreement over the "V for Vendetta" film adaptation.
Production of Watchmen (film) | Moore and Gibbons' involvement
Ezquerra also collaborated numerous times with writer Garth Ennis on "Bloody Mary", "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade", "War Stories", a "Hitman" annual with artist Steve Pugh, and two "Preacher" specials ("The Good Old Boys" and "The Saint of Killers" miniseries) for DC Comics, and "Just a Pilgrim" for Black Bull Entertainment. Ezquerra occasionally used the nom de plume ""L John Silver"" for work such as 2000AD's ""The Riddle of the Astral Assassin!"" prog 118, and "ABC Warriors", progs 134–136.
Carlos Ezquerra | Other work
Between 1980 and 1984, Alan Moore became a recurring presence in comic books published in the United Kingdom. Both the British division of Marvel Comics, IPC Magazines (publisher of the comic "2000 AD"), and Quality Communications (publisher of the comic "Warrior") hired Moore to write for them. On more than one occasion Moore worked on comics with artist Dave Gibbons and the two enjoyed working together. Gibbons' talent caught the attention of DC Comics in 1982. That year, Len Wein hired him as the artist of the "Green Lantern" series. The following year Moore was also hired by Wein who had been seeking a writer for "Swamp Thing" due to the low sales the title had seen.
For the Man Who Has Everything | Background and context
In 1992–1993, Lomax wrote Marvel Comics' Vietnam comic "The 'Nam", as well as providing inks for their comic "Sleepwalker", "The Punisher", and others. He has also had comics and cartoons appear in dozens of national magazines, including "Easyriders", "Heavy Metal", "CARtoons," various truck magazines, and numerous pornographic magazines. His weekly comic, "Boomer Hayes" is created in collaboration with Steven Calitri of "American Towman Magazine".
Don Lomax | Other comics work
He has drawn / painted several book covers, worked on a movie and written several short stories for anthology books.
Duncan Eagleson | Other Work
MacManus had a hand in the creation of one of the comic's most enduring characters, "Rogue Trooper", alongside writer Gerry Finley-Day and artist Dave Gibbons, and he co-wrote the character with Simon Geller in 1986.
Steve MacManus | Biography
Recently Workman has lettered much of the Marvel, DC and Wildstorm work of Tommy Lee Edwards, including "Gemini Blood" (1996–1997), "The Question" (2005), "Bullet Points" (2007), "Turf," "Marvel 1985" (2008) for which he won the 2009 Harvey Award for lettering, and DC's "Mother Panic" (2016)."
John Workman | Tommy Lee Edwards
Johnston has written a number of comics, mainly consisting of one-shots and graphic novella. The first consists of parodies, such as "Watchmensch" and "Civil Wardrobe" (alluding to Marvel's 2006 story "Civil War"). The second include his original work, both creator-owned and those based on licensed properties, like "", "The Flying Friar" (based on the life of Joseph of Cupertino) and "Chase Variant" which started life at Mam Tor Publishing's "Event Horizon". In 2007, he wrote the IDW trading card set "George W. Bush and the Weapons of Mass Distraction". He wrote and drew a number of pages for the "Popbitch" book and curated the Harrods Comic Timing exhibition of original comic book artwork.
Rich Johnston | Comics creator
Bolland had other thoughts, and suggested including an undrawn 20-page story called "The Actress & the Bishop and the Thing in the Shed" (written 18 years previously), and two stories written and illustrated by him for Vertigo Comics. After negotiations with DC, the two stories – "Princess & the Frog" (from "Heartthrobs") and "The Kapas" (from "Strange Adventures") were included alongside six limited edition Éditions Déesse prints.
Brian Bolland | Other comics work
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival established the Comics Laureate in 2015. Dave Gibbons, best known for his artwork on Watchmen as well as numerous projects for Marvel, DC Comics and 2000AD, was appointed as the inaugural Comics Laureate in February 2015. During the opening event at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October 2016, Charlie Adlard was announced as the second Comics Laureate. Charlie Adlard is the artist behind "The Walking Dead" comic book series, now a TV series and video game. He has also worked on many other comic projects including 2000AD, Mars Attacks, the X-Files, Judge Dredd and X-Men.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival | Comics Laureate
David has stated that he tries to block out different days and different times to work on different projects. He usually works in the morning, for example, on novels, and does comics-related work in the afternoon. Having previously used Smith Corona typewriters, he writes on a Sony Vaio desktop computer, using Microsoft Word for his comics and novel work, and Final Draft for his screenplays. When writing novels, he sometimes outlines the story, and sometimes improvises it as he is writing it. Following his stroke in December 2012, David began using DragonDictate to write. Todd McFarlane's original art for the cover of "The Incredible Hulk" #340, featuring Wolverine, which McFarlane gave to David as a gift, hangs in David's office.
Peter David | Writing habits and approach
Dave Simons (December 20, 1954 - June 9, 2009) was an American comic book artist known for his work on "Conan", "Ghost Rider", "Red Sonja", and "Spider-Man" for Marvel Comics and "Forgotten Realms" for DC Comics. He is also known for commercial storyboard and games artwork work on "The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs" and "Greyhawk Ruins".
Dave Simons | Introduction
Beginning in 1972, he worked as an inker for Marvel Comics, assisting Mike Esposito and Frank Giacoia. He inked artists including John Byrne and Ross Andru, working on titles such as "Spider-Man", "Captain America" and the "Fantastic Four". In 1978 he began working for DC, where he worked with Superman pencilers Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger and other artists on "Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes", "Wonder Woman", and "DC Comics Presents". In the 1980s, he worked with penciler José Delbo on Marvel's "Transformers" comics. Beginning in 1991 he worked for Disney, on titles such as "The Little Mermaid", "Darkwing Duck", and "Beauty and the Beast".
Dave Hunt (artist) | Career
Stokes got into the comics industry thanks to his brother George Stokes who already worked for IPC. He lived in India until the age of 8 or 9 and when he returned to England the first comic work he saw was that of his brother and colleagues, as well the "Eagle" which launched around the same time. This sparked a lifelong interest in comics and he moved from drawing comics in his spare time at school, to trying not to draw comics at art school (where they discouraged his interest), to doing it professionally, starting in the early 1960s. He worked, largely uncredited (as was the way at the time), for IPC for 16 years where, among other things, he drew all 360 instalments of "Fishboy" as well as a number of other "Buster" titles.
John Stokes (comics) | Biography
"Watchmen" was first mentioned publicly in the 1985 "Amazing Heroes Preview". When Moore and Gibbons turned in the first issue of their series to DC, Gibbons recalled, "What really clinched it [...] was [writer/artist] Howard Chaykin, who doesn't give praise lightly, and who came up and said, 'Dave what you've done on "Watchmen" is freaking A.'" Speaking in 1986, Moore said, "DC backed us all the way [...] and have been really supportive about even the most graphic excesses". To promote the series, DC Comics released a limited-edition badge ("button") display card set, featuring characters and images from the series.
Watchmen | Publication and reception
"Arnold the Isshurian", a parody of Conan and Little Nemo, 2 pages, Epic Illustrated, February 1982
Dave Sim | Other work
In 1993, Grant and Ranson contributed the two-part story "Tao" to DC Comics' "Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight" series (issues #52-53). In 1997, Ranson provided the artwork for a one-shot prestige-format single issue for DC Comics, "Batman/Phantom Stranger". Written by one of Ranson's frequent collaborators, Alan Grant (a mainstay at "2000 AD", and also a major contributor to the Batman mythos), the story saw the two characters team-up to "solve the mystery of a missing civilization." Grant and Ranson had previously produced "an outline of a Phantom Stranger story [Ranson] wanted to draw," but were rebuffed. Indeed, Ranson recalls that Grant was asked to write in "Batman/Phantom Stranger" a Stranger who "must do nothing spooky." He worked on a number of X-Men-related comics for Marvel.
Arthur Ranson | Other comics work
Outside comics, Giella did commercial art for advertising agencies such as McCann Erickson and Saatchi & Saatchi, and publishers such as Doubleday and Simon & Schuster.
Joe Giella | Other work
Stevens' first professional comic work was inking Russ Manning's pencils for the "Tarzan" newspaper comic strip and two European "Tarzan" graphic novels in 1975; he later assisted Manning on the "Star Wars" newspaper strip. He began doing occasional comic book work, including providing illustrations for fanzines (inking drawings by comic book veteran Jack Kirby among them), as well as creating the Aurora feature for Japan's Sanrio Publishing. Starting in 1977, he drew storyboards for Hanna-Barbera's animated TV shows, including "Super Friends" and "The Godzilla Power Hour", where he worked with comics and animation veteran, Doug Wildey. For the rest of the decade, he continued to work in animation and film, joining the art studio of illustrators William Stout and Richard Hescox in Los Angeles, working on projects such as storyboards for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and pop singer Michael Jackson's video "Thriller".
Dave Stevens | Early work
In 1990, he left Flash Gordon altogether when the syndicate, King Features, asked him to take a cut in pay. He drew the daily Spider-Man comic strip for two weeks in 1986. His last work was for Dark Horse Comics, where he wrote and drew many Indiana Jones and Predator comic books. In recognition for his work, he was awarded the Inkpot Award in 1991.
Dan Barry (cartoonist) | Work
He wrote the final episode of the fourth series of the Doctor Who-related "Gallifrey" audio drama series for UK-based Big Finish Productions. In 2019, David was announced as part of the team developing a television series based on the life of decorated dog hero Sergeant Stubby, serving as a prequel to the 2018 animated feature film "".
David Wise (writer) | Other work
His other work includes the comic strips "The Lone Ranger" (1980–1983), "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1981–1983), and Disney's "Gargoyles" during the 1990s. In 2008 he returned after a 20-year absence to Marvel and wrote "True Believers", a limited series about a team trying to uncover secrets in the Marvel Universe. He was head scriptwriter on the 1988–1992 live action "Superboy" television series, and co-wrote (with Mario Puzo and John Briley) the 1992 film "", produced by "Superman: The Movie" producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind. Bates made a return to writing Superman, this time as an Elseworlds story titled "Superman: The Last Family of Krypton", published in August 2010.
Cary Bates | Later career and other work
Flynn was an avid reader of comic and graphic novels when she was a child. She collaborated with illustrator Dave Gibbons and wrote a comic book story called "Masks". It is part of the anthology series "Dark Horse Presents" and was published by Dark Horse Comics in February 2015.
Gillian Flynn | Comic book
On the strength of "Watchmen", the editorial staff of "2000 AD" asked Dave Gibbons if he would be interested in redesigning the Rogue Trooper character. Gibbons accepted and proposed also writing it, which was greenlit by Richard Burton. However, time commitments would not allow him to both write it and provide the stories art and Will Simpson was brought in to cover the art duties. Gibbons says the redesign "was my chance to put everything into Rogue Trooper I wanted and take out all the crap, like the bio-chips" The fourteen-part story was hit by scheduling problems due to the lateness of the art.
Friday (2000 AD) | Publication history
"Dan Dare" was extensively revamped to make it more futuristic. In the new stories he had been put into suspended animation and revived in the year 2177. Several artists were tried out before Mills settled on Italian artist Massimo Belardinelli, whose imaginative, hallucinatory work was fantastic at visualising aliens, although perhaps less satisfying on the hero himself. The scripts were endlessly rewritten in an attempt to make the series work, but few "Dan Dare" fans remember this version of the character fondly. Belardinelli and Gibbons later switched strips, with Gibbons drawing "Dan Dare" and Belardinelli drawing the "Harlem Heroes" sequel "Inferno".
2000 AD (comics) | The opening line-up
Davies is the editor of several collections for Wordsworth & Collectors Library (Barnes & Noble) including: In 2009 an omnibus volume of William Fryer Harvey's stories, titled "The Beast with Five Fingers" (). The volume contains 45 stories, and an extensive biographical introduction. His DVD work includes writing and narrating commentaries for the MPI release of the digitally re-mastered Basil Rathbone Holmes films; conducting interviews on the new Jeremy Brett Holmes releases; and with David Jason on "A Touch of Frost" DVDs. Davies is one-third of the literary performance group The Mystery Men, alongside Matthew Booth and M. J. Elliott.
David Stuart Davies | Other work
This work was published in 2003, two years after his departure from DC. Millar started the "Ultimate X-Men" comics, the "Ultimate Fantastic Four", and "The Ultimates". Stan Lee, creator of many characters of Marvel comics, praised his work, but also advised him: "That's great, but you should do your own characters instead of doing mine. I didn't do Superman and Batman and Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes. I went off and did the X-Men." Dave Gibbons, artist of "Watchmen", was impressed by his work and started working with him in "Kingsman", published by Marvel at the Icon Comics imprint, which allowed Millar to retain the rights.
Ultimate Marvel | Notable writers
In 1992, Jim Shooter hired Englehart to write for Valiant Comics where he scripted issue #1-4 of "X-O-Manowar" and the first issue of "Shadowman". Also in 1992, he co-created the Ultraverse comics universe for Malibu Comics and wrote "Night Man" and the superhero-team series "The Strangers". "Night Man" was later adapted for a syndicated television series which ran for two seasons. Englehart wrote three episodes of the television series. He also wrote issues of other Malibu comic series like "Freex", "Hardcase" and "Prototype". For Claypool Comics, he wrote the supernatural series "Phantom of Fear City" #1-12 (May 1993 - May 1995) and, for Topps Comics, several "Jurassic Park" limited series in the years 1993 to 1995.
Steve Englehart | Other comic work
In 1986, DC published two groundbreaking limited series: "Watchmen" by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons and "" by Frank Miller. The Watchmen helped usher in the era of anti-heroes. But, more importantly, it was one of the most artistically ambitious and psychologically complex comic book series ever produced. It helped gather respect for the medium and set the bar for subsequent writers.
Events from the Modern Age of Comic Books | "Watchmen"
In his aforementioned works for Mirage, he introduced the superhero character "Pteranoman", intended to launch a new comic title, of which only one issue actually went into print.
Don Simpson (cartoonist) | Other work
Moore stated in 1985 that if the "Watchmen" limited series was well-received, he and Gibbons would possibly create a 12-issue prequel series called "Minutemen" featuring the 1940s superhero group from the story. DC offered Moore and Gibbons chances to publish prequels to the series, such as "Rorschach's Journal" or "The Comedian's Vietnam War Diary", as well as hinting at the possibility of other authors using the same universe. Tales of the Comedian's Vietnam War experiences were floated because "The 'Nam" was popular at the time, while another suggestion was, according to Gibbons, for a "Nite Owl/Rorschach team" (in the manner of "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)", and also in the sense that the original Charlton characters Blue Beetle and The Question had worked together as a team from time-to-time).
Before Watchmen | Publication history
David draws primarily digitally, and his first published comic book illustration work was in Archaia's original graphic novel, "Syndrome" with writers Daniel Quantz and R. J. Ryan in 2010, followed by "Days Missing Vol. 2: Kestus" for which he received a Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award nomination.
David Marquez (comics) | Career
Stevens' work has had a significant influence on comic book and fantasy illustrators, among them Adam Hughes. Artist Laura Molina, with whom Stevens had a romantic relationship in the late 1970s, used him as the subject of her controversial "Naked Dave" series of paintings.
Dave Stevens | Legacy
Jaffee began his career in 1942, working as a comic-book artist for several publications, including "Joker Comics", in which he was first published in December 1942, and continuing in other comics published by Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, the 1940s and 1950s precursors, respectively, of Marvel Comics. While working alongside future "Mad" cartoonist Dave Berg, Jaffee created several humor features for Timely, including "Inferior Man" and "Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal". Jaffee originally considered himself strictly as an artist until he was disabused of the notion by editors and art directors who were reviewing his portfolio. "When prospective clients laughed and asked 'Who wrote the gag?' my response was 'I did, sir.' Which was very confusing since I didn't realize any writing had taken place.
Al Jaffee | Career
According to "Green Lantern" writer Geoff Johns in a 2006 Newsarama interview, Prime would not be escaping under Guy's watch: "Not at all. That’s ridiculous. Anyone who’s read Guy Gardner for the last two years in "Green Lantern" or in "Green Lantern Corps" knows that he’s a much better, stronger character than that. And even in the old Giffen stuff, he would probably break some rules, taunt the other heroes, and drink a beer or two, but he would not be that much of an idiot. He was never that much of an idiot, and certainly not with what I'm doing with him, or with what Dave Gibbons is doing with him in "Corps".
Guy Gardner (comics) | "Infinite Crisis" and "One Year Later"
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Richard E. Jennings | Bibliography
His other work includes "Action Comics", "Bishop Vol.1", "Detective Comics", "Green Lantern", "Superman" and "X-Men".
Cam Smith | Biography
Bates worked on the DC Comics nostalgic event "DC Retroactive" writing stories for the one-shot specials "DC Retroactive: Flash - The '70s" (with art by Benito Gallego and Sal Buscema), and "DC Retroactive: JLA - The '70s" (drawn by Gordon Purcell and Andy Smith), both released with September 2011 cover dates.
Cary Bates | Later career and other work
Gifford wrote, drew and often created a wide selection of back-up strips that featured in a number of the "Marvelman" titles, usually one-page humour strips, as well as the "Marvelman Family" strip in its own title. Gifford used a variety of pen-names for the work, including Belteshazzar Oakworm, Clubtwee Gleeb and 'Fred Granule Bepp'., Joe King, Jack Upp and Belle Tupp. These humour strips may have been reprinted across a number of titles in the L. Miller & Son stable.
Comics art and writing of Denis Gifford | Comics art and scriptwriting: Marvelman titles
Hicklenton got his first break when he realised a friend at college was Ron Smith's daughter so he made her a Judge Dredd Christmas card. However, regular work remained elusive until, on the advice of his mother, he phoned Pat Mills directly and their working relationship developed from there. He did other work with Mills including a strip in the now defunct CoolBeansWorld site. He also drew "ZombieWorld" (as John Deadstock) for Dark Horse Comics, who commissioned him because, as Mills has said "John is the ultimate horror artist ... I defy anyone to show me an artist whose monsters are more grotesque, whose zombies have a more ghastly look in their eye."
John Hicklenton | Comics
In addition to comic-book illustration and coloring, Goldberg drew gag cartoons for men's magazines and did advertising art including a billboard for No-Cal Soda.
Stan Goldberg | Other work
He also wrote and designed two hardcovers for Heavy Metal Books, "Heavy Metal: 25 Years of Classic Covers" and "Innocent Images". A self-published booklet,"The Comic Book Crisis," which examined the business side of comic books was incorporated (with additional new material) into issue 199 of "The Comics Journal", featuring commentary by Mike Friedrich, Steve Geppi, Kurt Busiek, Gary Groth and others.
John Workman | Writing, artwork and design
Neither man felt the stories would have gone anywhere, with Moore particularly adamant that DC not go forward with stories by other individuals. Gibbons was more attracted to the idea of a "Minutemen" series, because it would have "[paid] homage to the simplicity and unsophisticated nature of Golden Age comic books—with the added dramatic interest that it would be a story whose conclusion is already known. It would be, perhaps, interesting to see how we got to the conclusion." In 2010, Moore told "Wired" that DC offered him the rights to "Watchmen" back earlier that week, if he would agree to prequel and sequel projects.
Before Watchmen | Publication history
He didn't copy DC Comics' "The Flash" or Timely Comics' "The Wizard" rendering technique of blurred windstreams following those superheroes' every move.
Mort Meskin | Comics work
He became a fan of Byrne's, particularly his work on "Namor". A graduate of Frederick High School, Gallaher attended Hood College in Maryland, double-majoring in both Special Education and Psychology. During his junior year, despite his love for teaching, he felt compelled to write. He switched to Goddard College on learning that David Mamet, William H. Macy, and Piers Anthony studied there. The school allowed him to create his own curriculum to major in Comics. He also taught a comics class to seniors and juniors with the work of Garth Ennis and Warren Ellis included as part of the curriculum.
David Gallaher | Early life
Toward the end of his work at Marvel, he wrote Hanna-Barbera stories for Mark Evanier under the joint anagrammatic pseudonym Reg Everbest. Only two of these, featuring Magilla Gorilla and the Clue Club, were published in English.
Steve Gerber | Other comics work
Working in and around the Aberdeen area from 1967 to 1975, Workman created local and regional advertising, always attempting to do the ad work in comics form whenever he was allowed to do so. He also did comics fanzine work, writing and drawing for several different publications, including fanzines overseen by Rick Spanier ("Assorted Superlatives") and by Mark Wheatley. In 1968, he met gag cartoonist Carl Stamwitz who had worked for Marvel Comics in their humor magazines. He was further encouraged when he met and had numerous conversations with the legendary writer-artist Basil Wolverton in 1969. He got his start in comics publishing on a national level in 1972 by writing and drawing two four-page comics features, "Sindy" and "The Fallen Angels," that appeared for three years in two California-based men's magazines published by "Archie Comics" alumnus Ed Goldstein.
John Workman | Career
Brennert then wrote four issues of "The Brave and the Bold" featuring Batman team-ups with the Creeper, the Hawk and Dove, the Robin of Earth Two, and the Catwoman. Editor Dennis O'Neil had him write "Daredevil" #192 (March 1983), which followed Frank Miller's run on that title. Due to his television schedule, Brennert did not have the time to write any additional comic books for several years. A Deadman story in "Christmas with the Super-Heroes" #2 (1989) was his next work in the comics industry, followed by a Black Canary tale in "Secret Origins" vol. 2 #50 (Aug. 1990). He wrote "", the first DC comic book to feature the Elseworlds logo.
Alan Brennert | Comic books