Category: art

2000AD Art work.

Something from a sci fi special…

I have absolutely no idea who did this all I know is that it is from a Sci Fi summer special and alas I don’t have many of those to trawl through to try and find out but I do rather love the simplicity and the characters.  It always reminded me of the ‘Ant Hill Mob’ in whacky races, you know the ones they were the gangsters that drove around in the ‘Roaring Plenty’.

I don’t even know where I got it from you know, maybe it was Ebay or maybe from a Con somewhere.  Either way I rather like it especially because it has the lettering on the acetate overlay.

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Farewell Carlos Ezquerra

A sad day indeed

Carlos Ezquerra passed away today and it is a sad day indeed.  Whilst many have drawn Dredd it was Carlos’ work that was so instantly recognisable and held me captive from such a young age.  Carlos brought Dredd to life and so much of what we now know and love about Dredd and the Mega Cities was of his making.

Beyond Dredd there is his work on Strontium dog and others.  He really was one of the greatest comic book artists ever and his work has always meant such a lot to me and delights me every time I see it.

I remember going to a con a few years ago just to see him and was gutted when he couldn’t get there because of air traffic controllers somewhere or other and when I eventually got my hands on a piece of his work it was like all my Christmas’ rolled into one.

Below is one that I have shared before that really shows just how amazing an artist he was and by all accounts he was a pretty top bloke too.

RIP Carlos…

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Twisted Dark

A great collection written by Neil Gibson

I have picked up so many different comic collections and graphic novel collections over the years and this is one of my favourites.  Written by Neil Gibson and illustrated by various artists it is a collection of tales which are, as the title suggests, both twisted and dark.

The artwork is quite wonderful in it’s variety and perhaps different to that which you would be used to if your experience of comics is mainstream DV and Marvel kind of stuff.

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2000AD ART – Rogue Trooper by Mike Collins

A piece from London Super Comic Con in 2013.

One of the real joys of the cons I visit is the thrill of one of your favourite artists being there and fingers crossed, getting them to do you a drawing.  Back in 2013 I picked this piece up at London super comic convention, drawn by Mike Collins.  I am a huge Rogue Trooper fan (and must show you my tattoo to prove it at some point).  

 Best known these days as a storyboard artist for TV (Doctor Who, Sherlock, Knightfall, Good Omens), Mike Collins has a thirty-year track record as a comic artist and writer, including producing a critically acclaimed adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. He has worked on all the major Marvel and DC characters, including Spider-Man, X-Men, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. He also draws a series of graphic novels based on the adventures of Varg Veum, Gunnar Staalesen’s iconic Norwegian private eye.

Quite often you can just stand there and watch them draw which is so very cool.  I think this piece cost me £35 and took him quite some time.  Certainly wasn’t a quick scribble.

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Art work. Rabbit Hare

Something I picked up at a con in London.

Normally I shouw you my comic art but this is different.  I picked this up at a con in London a few years ago and had forgotten about it.  Only cost me £15 and is a limited print and as I recall I have anther one somewhere of a Tiger/Moth combination.  This is the octopus/crayfish/hare combo.  It is called sea hare.

Comic cons often also have your general artist type with his stuff on display and I remember seeing this and loving both the combination of the creatures but loving the detail and the pen strokes. The intricate detail is gorgeous and just rather beautiful.  I adore the hybrid creature idea too, weird stuff like that really floats my boat.

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Ive tried to find out who did it but have struggled.  Shame really.

I really do need to get some of this stuff framed.

 

2000AD – Low Life

Rob WIlliams, Smudge, D’Israeli and Rufus Dayglo

One of my favourite characters in 2000AD is Dirty Frank.  He’s an undercover judge with some serious mental health issues and an absolute bloody hoot.  I fell in love with D’Israeli’s artwork a couple of years ago and really cannot get enough of it.  It is jarring and somewhat unconventional and a real pleasure to behold.  I love the black and white stuff and the writing in ‘Living the Low Life’ is as funny as hell.  Well worth picking up.

D’Israeli actually did a drawing for me when I met him at a con a few years ago and I have been meaning to get it turned into a tattoo for a while now.  Really must get that done.  I should try find it…

 

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2000AD – America

Colin MacNeil and John Wagner. Buy it, read it. It is bloody awesome.

I was reminded of this by something on Twitter this morning and have been rereading it.  One hell of a story by John Wagner beautifully illustrated and bloody hell so on the money given what is going on in America right now.

I am not trying to bash the US, I grew up in South Africa loving all things America, so it saddens me to see what is going on now.

Don’t say you weren’t warned though okay…just saying.

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