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Simon Bisley
Bisley photographed at Bristol UK Comics Convention, 2005.
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Penciller, Artist

Simon Bisley (born March 4 1962) is a British comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine. His style, reliant on paints and airbrushing as well as inks, was strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta and Bill Sienkiewicz[citation needed], and took inspiration from rock album covers and graffiti as well as traditional comics art.[citation needed]

Biography

Early life and career

File:Simon bisley doom patrol cover.jpg
Simon Bisley's cover artwork for a 1990 issue of the comic Doom Patrol.

While still a student, Bisley did a painting of a robot holding a baby that he sent to the offices of 2000 AD. The image was seen by Pat Mills and inspired him to relaunch the ABC Warriors strip, with Bisley as artist, in 1987. Following this, Bisley took over drawing of Sláine. Bisley also painted the intercompany crossover Judge Dredd and Batman, Judgement on Gotham.

As of 2007, Bisley is an occasional contributor to the comics magazine Heavy Metal and has most recently done a cover for a new comic book company based in Hong Kong called Fluid Friction Devashard - www.fluidfriction.com .

Bibliography

Comics

  • ABC Warriors: "The Black Hole" (with Pat Mills, in 2000 AD #555-558, 563-568 & 577-581, 1988)
  • Sláine (with Pat Mills):
    • "The Horned God Book I" (in 2000 AD #626-635, 1989)
    • "The Horned God Book II" (in 2000 AD #650-656 & 662-664, 1989-90)
    • "The Horned God Book III" (in 2000 AD #688-698, 1990)
  • "Once Upon A Time In The West" (with Alan Grant, in Toxic! #1, 1991)
  • Heavy Metal Dredd (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, reprinted from Rock Power. collected in Heavy Metal Dredd ISBN 0749315555):
    • "A Mega-City Primer" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.14, 1991 and 2000 AD #1068, 1997)
    • "Rock On, Tommy Who?!" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.16, 1992)
    • "Chicken Run" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.17, 1992)
    • "The Legend of Johnny Biker" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.19, 1992)
    • "Ironfist" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.61, 1994)
    • "Night Before Christmas" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.62, 1994)
    • "The Great Arsoli" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.15, 1996)
    • "Bimba" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.17, 1996)
  • Motorhead (covers for 1-6. 1995-96. Dark Horse Comics)

DC Comics

Covers

Album covers

Computer game box-cover art

Trivia

The visual design of the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Satan Pit" is based on Bisley's art.[citation needed][1]

In the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, Simon Pegg plays a graphic artist named Tim Bisley, a reference[2] to Simon Bisley.

References

  1. ^ artist biography, "The Tick's 20th Anniversary Special Edition #1", May 2007, New England Comics Press
  2. ^ Spaced Series 2 DVD Homage-o-meter (Alternative subtitles)
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