Dave Gibbons
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Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949) is a British writer and artist of comics.
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[edit] IPC Comics
Gibbons broke into British Comics by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC. When 2000 AD was set up, Gibbons was brought in as an Art Director. He also drew one of the original strips in "Prog1", Harlem Heroes, as well as the occasional Future Shock. After the first year he began illustrating Dan Dare, a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series.
He was also known, by sight but not by name, to readers of the short lived IPC title Tornado. Much as 2000 AD was "edited" by the alien Tharg, Tornado was "edited" by a superhero, Big E, who also worked on the magazine in his alter-ego, Percy Pilbeam. These characters appeared in photos within the comic, and both Big E and Pilbeam were portrayed by Gibbons for the entire 22 issue run of Tornado before it was subsumed into 2000 AD.
[edit] Doctor Who
After leaving 2000AD, Gibbons became the lead artist on Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly, drawing the main comic strip for most of the issues from #1 until #69.
[edit] DC Comics: the 1980s
Gibbons was one of the British comic talents identified by Len Wein in 1982 and was hired to draw Green Lantern for DC.
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. Gibbon's work in Watchmen is notable for its regular grid of 9 panels on a page as well as its intense narrative and symbolic density (some symbolic background elements were suggested by Moore, others were created by Gibbons) was usually drawn in a regular nine-grid pattern.
[edit] Recent Work
Gibbons' most recent complete work (2005) is a black and white graphic novel, The Originals, which he scripted as well as 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.
His recent projects include the DC Comics six-issue limited series The Rann/Thanagar War (which ties into the recently released seven-issue Infinite Crisis limited series) and Green Lantern Corps: Recharge. Gibbons also provides the cover artwork for Albion, the Wildstorm six-issue limited series plotted by Alan Moore and written by his daughter Leah and her husband.
More recently Gibbons is doing covers for Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza's run on Action Comics issues #841-843.
[edit] Awards
Gibbons has won several awards [1] :
- The 1987 Jack Kirby Award for Best Finite Series (Complete in 1986) for Watchmen with Alan Moore
- The 1987 Jack Kirby Award for New Series for Watchmen with Alan Moore
- The 1987 Jack Kirby Award for Best Writer/Artist (Single or Team) for Watchmen with Alan Moore
He has also received nominations for other awards:
- The 1986 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for Superman Annual 2 with Alan Moore
- The 1987 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for Watchmen #1 with Alan Moore, another nomination for Watchmen #2 with Alan Moore.
[edit] Bibliography
Comics work includes
- Harlem Heroes (in 2000 AD # 1-25, 1977)
- Dan Dare (in 2000 AD # 28-60, 64-72 & 73-78, 1977-78)
- Ro-Busters (in 2000 AD # 86-92, 1978)
- Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 87, 1978)
- Ro-Busters (in 2000 AD # 98-101, 1979)
- Dan Dare (in 2000 AD # 100-126, 1979)
- Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 130, 1979)
- The ABC Warriors (in 2000 AD # 130-131, 1979)
- Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine # 1-16 & 19-57, 1979-1981)
- Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales (in 2000 AD # 157, 1980)
- Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales (in 2000 AD # 176, 181, 183, 184 & 198, 1980-81)
- Rogue Trooper (in 2000 AD# 228-232, 234-35, 239-240 & 249-250, 1981-82)
- Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine # 60-69, 1982)
- Dr. Dibworthy (in 2000 AD # 273, 1982)
- Green Lantern # 160, 162, 165-67, 173-76, 178-83, 185-86, 188 (DC Comics, Jan. 1983-May 1985)
- Watchmen (1986-7)
- Rogue Trooper: The War Machine (scripter, in 2000 AD # 650-53, 667-671 & 683-87, 1989-90)
- Give Me Liberty/Martha Washington stories (1990-97)
- Batman vs. Predator (script)
- World's Finest (script)
- Rogue Trooper (in 2000 AD prog 2000, 1999)
- The Originals (DC, 2004)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (2005)
- The Rann-Thanagar War (2005)
- Albion (2005) [covers only]
- Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2006)
- Green Lantern Corps (2006-???)
- Action Comics (2006) #841-843 (covers only)
[edit] References
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