Kev Walker

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Kevin "Kev" Walker is a British comics artist and illustrator, based in Leeds, who works mainly on 2000 AD and Warhammer comics and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.

Walker began his career in 1987 working on Future Shocks in 2000 AD, and followed this up with work on some of the anthology comic’s most popular long-running stories, including Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper (inking Steve Dillon’s pencils), the ABC Warriors and Judge Anderson. Originally known for his glossy, painted style and the fine detail of his inked work, Walker has since 1998 changed the way he works, using a high contrast black line style with heavy shadows coupled with flat computer colouring, reminiscent of the work of Mike Mignola.

In 2005, Walker was commissioned by design agency ODD to draw the character of a 13-year old James Bond for Charlie Higson's Young Bond novel SilverFin (see illustration, right). His illustrations are planned to appear in a future graphic novel of SilverFin.

In April 2006, he tenured Marvel Comics' cosmic crossever event, the Annihilation with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning plotting Nova, one of its four lead-ins.

[edit] Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Rogue Trooper:
  • "Cinnabar" (inks with John Smith and pencils by Steve Dillon, in 2000 AD #624-630 & 633-635, 1989)
  • "The Arena of Long Knives" (with Michael Fleisherm in 1992 2000 AD Yearbook, 1991)

• ABC Warriors (with writer Pat Mills):
  • "Khronicles of Khaos" (with co-writer Tony Skinner, in 2000 AD #7, 50-57, 780-84 & 787-790, 1991-1992)
  • "Dishonourable Discharge" (with co-writer Tony Skinner, in 2000 AD Winter Special #4, 1992)
  • "Hellbringer Book I" (with co-writer Tony Skinner, in 2000 AD #901-911, 1994)
  • "Hellbringer Book II" (with co-writer Tony Skinner, in 2000 AD #964-971, 1995)
  • "Roadkill" (in 2000 AD prog 2000, 1999)

• Anderson: Psi Division: "Childhood's End" (with Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #27-34, 1993)

• The Inspectre (illustrated only the first three episodes, but co-wrote all eleven with Jim Campbell, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 #23-33, 1996-97)

• Mercy Heights (with John Tomlinson, in 2000 AD #1033-1047, 1997)

• The Balls Brothers (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1128-1131 & 1141-1147, 1999)

• Badlands (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1178-1182, 2000)

• Tor Cyan (with John Tomlinson, in 2000 AD #1223-1226 & 1250-1253, 2001)

• Judge Dredd (with John Wagner:
  • "Sin City" (in 2000 AD #1289-1299, 2002)
  • "Mandroid" (in 2000 AD #1452-1465, 2005)
  • "The Connection" (in 2000 AD #1500-1504, 2006)

• Eternal (with Chuck Austen, Marvel Comics, 6 issues MAX mini-series, reinvisioning Jack Kirby's Eternals in more adult direction, 2003

• Annihilation: Nova (with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, Marvel Comics, single issue - #3 in a 4-issue mini-series, 2006)

RPG art work includes:

• Apocrypha Now (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay) (Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 1995): Interior Artist
• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay GM's Screen & Reference Pack (Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 1997): Interior Artist
• Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide (WotC, 2000): Interior Artist
• Apocrypha 2: Charts of Darkness (Warhammer FRP) (Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 2000): Interior Artist, Diagrams, and Maps
• Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game (WotC, 2001): Interior Artist
• Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game, The (Mongoose Publishing, 2002): Cover Artist
• Faiths and Pantheons (Forgotten Realms) (WotC, 2002): Interior Artist
• Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5 (WotC, 2003): Interior Artist
• Eberron Campaign Setting (WotC, 2004): Interior Artist
• Races of Eberron (Wizards of the Coast, 2005): Interior Artist

Magazine work includes:

• Dragon (magazine) #277 (Nov 2000): Cover Artist
• Dragon (magazine) #287 (Sep 2001): Cover Artist
• Dragon (magazine) #295 (Paizo Publishing, May 2002) "Every Home a Castle": Interior Artist

[edit] External links

• 2000 AD profile
• 1999 Interview with the Black Library
• Magic: the Gathering - Cards illustrated by Kev Walker