D'Israeli
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Matt Brooker, whose work most often appears under the pseudonym D'Israeli (sometimes D'Israeli D'Emon D'Raughtsman), is a British comic artist, colorist, writer and letterer. Other pseudonyms he uses include "Molly Eyre", for his writing, and "Harry V. Derci"/"Digital Derci" for his lettering work.
In 1988 he worked as the penciller on issues 7 to 12 of Mister X (Vortex) (volume two). His early work also includes the surreal Timulo, which appeared in Deadline magazine in 1989. Also in Deadline, he co-created Fatal Charm with Shane Oakley. In 1991 he co-created the cyberpunk series Lazarus Churchyard with Warren Ellis.
Kingdom of the Wicked, a graphic novel about a children's book writer who returns as an adult to the world he imagined as a child, only to find it at war, began a regular partnership with writer Ian Edginton. The pair have also created Scarlet Traces, a sequel of sorts to H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds in graphic novel form, and Leviathan, a steampunk horror series which appeared in 2000 AD, and contributed a two-part storyline to the Batman event No Man's Land. With Paul Cornell, he created XTNCT, a satirical series involving genetically modified dinosaurs, for the Judge Dredd Megazine.
As a writer-artist, he has created Future Shocks for 2000 AD, and Consequences, a one-off sequel to Timulo. He has drawn Judge Dredd, worked as a colourist on Miracleman and 2000 AD, and as an inker on Neil Gaiman's Sandman and Grant Morrison's Kill Your Boyfriend. Most of his recent work is created directly on computer using Adobe Illustrator, with 3D modelling software used for some complex designs.
[edit] Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- "God's Little Acre" (with Ian Edginton, in Revolver #2, 1990)
- Judge Dredd:
- "Return of the Assassin" (colours, with John Wagner and art by Cam Kennedy, in 2000 AD #1141-1147, 1999)
- "Master Moves" (with Gordon Rennie, in Judge Dredd Megazine #217, 2004)
- "Tempus Fugitive" (with Ian Edginton, in 2000 AD #1390, 2004)
- "Horror in Emergency Camp 4" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1425-1428, 2005)
- "Time and Again" (with Ian Edginton, in 2000 AD #1475, 2006)
- Tharg's Future Shocks (script and art):
- "The Petition" (in 2000 AD #1207, 2000)
- "Metamorphic Invaders!" (in 2000 AD #1229, 2001)
- "The 29 Steps" (in 2000 AD #1231, 2001)
- Batman: No Man's Land Volume 2 (with Ian Edginton, tpb, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-599-4)
- Scarlet Traces (with Ian Edginton):
- Scarlet Traces (in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.16-4.18, 2002, tpb, Dark Horse, 2003, ISBN 1-56971-940-3)
- The Great Game (4 issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 2006)
- XTNCT (with Paul Cornell, in Judge Dredd Megazine #209-214, 2003-2004, collected in trade paperback, XTNCT: CM ND HV G F Y THNK YR HRD NGH!, 48 pages, hardcover, December 2006, ISBN 1-904265-69-3
- Leviathan (with Ian Edginton):
- "Leviathan" (in 2000 AD #1351-1360, 2003)
- "Chosen Son" (in 2000 AD prog 2005, 2004)
- "McLean's Last Case" (in 2000 AD #1465, 2005)
- "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (in 2000 AD #1466, 2005)
- Kingdom of the Wicked (with Ian Edginton, graphic novel for Dark Horse, 2004 ISBN 1-59307-187-6) [1]
- H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (with Ian Edginton, Dark Horse e-comic and graphic novel 2006 ISBN 1-59307-474-3) [2]
- Stickleback (with Ian Edginton, in 2000 AD, prog 2007 and #1518, 2006-2007, ongoing)
[edit] External links
- D'Israeli's website
- D'Israeli's blog
- 2000 AD profile
- Sherlock Holmes gallery by D'Israeli
- Biting the Hand That Feed Me, a webcomic about his family
- Interview with D'Israeli
- Another interview with D'Israeli
- How D'Israeli Drew Leviathan a demo on drawing comics by computer