Dave Gibbons
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| Dave Gibbons | |
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| Born | April 14, 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Penciler, Inker, Writer |
| Notable works | Watchmen |
| Awards | Jack Kirby Award
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Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949) is a British writer and artist of comics.
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[edit] Biography
[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 2000 AD, Gibbons became the lead artist on Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly, drawing the main comic strip for most of the issues from #1 until #69.
The Doctor Who Storybook 2007 (released Christmas 2006) features a story called “Untitled” which includes the name Gibbons in a list of great artists of Earth history.
[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 nine 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).
[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. Gibbons also wrote an Albion spin-off Thunderbolt Jaxon, with art by John Higgins.
More recently Gibbons did covers for Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza’s run on Action Comics issues #841–843. He also wrote Green Lantern Corps, part of the Sinestro Corps storyarc, inspired by a Green Lantern story written by Alan Moore in the 1980s.
[edit] Non-comics
Works other than comics include providing the background art for the 1994 computer game Beneath a Steel Sky.
[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 #11 (1985) 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 (with Tom Tully):
- “The Sport of Tomorrow” (with co-writer Pat Mills, in 2000 AD #1, 1977)
- “The Baltimore Bulls” (in 2000 AD #2–5, 1977)
- “The Siberian Wolves” (in 2000 AD #6–8, 1977)
- “The Montezuma Mashers” (in 2000 AD #9–11, 1977)
- “The Flying Scotsmen” (in 2000 AD #12–15, 1977)
- “Gorgon’s Gargoyles” (in 2000 AD #16–21, 1977)
- “The Bushido Blades” (in 2000 AD #22–24, 1977)
- Dan Dare (in 2000 AD #28–60, 64–72 & 73–78, 1977–78)
- Ro-Busters (in 2000 AD #86–92, 1978)
- Judge Dredd (with John Wagner):
- “Judge Dredd Outlaw” (with co-artist Brian Bolland, in 2000 AD #87, 1978)
- “Dredd and the Mob Blitzers” (in 2000 AD #130, 1979)
- Ro-Busters (in 2000 AD #98–101, 1979)
- Dan Dare (in 2000 AD #100–126, 1979)
- ABC Warriors: “Cyboons” (with Pat Mills, in 2000 AD #130–131, 1979)
- Doctor Who:
- The Iron Legion (1979-1980, TPB, Panini, 2004, ISBN 1904159370) collects:
- “The Iron Legion” (with Pat Mills/John Wagner, in Doctor Who Magazine #1–8)
- “City of the Damned” (with Pat Mills/John Wagner, in Doctor Who Magazine #9–16)
- “The Star Beast” (with Pat Mills/John Wagner, in Doctor Who Magazine #19–26)
- “Dogs of Doom” (with Pat Mills/John Wagner, in Doctor Who Magazine #27–34)
- “The Time Witch” (with Steve Moore, in Doctor Who Magazine #35–38)
- Dragon’s Claw (Panini, 164 pages, 2005, ISBN 1904159818) collects:
- “Dragon’s Claw” (with Steve Moore, in Doctor Who Magazine #39–45)
- “The Collector” (with Steve Moore, in Doctor Who Magazine #46)
- “Dreamers of Death” (with Steve Moore, in Doctor Who Magazine #47–48)
- “The Life Bringer” (with Steve Moore, in Doctor Who Magazine #49–50)
- “The War of Words” (with Steve Moore, in Doctor Who Magazine #51)
- “Spider-God” (with Steve Moore, in Doctor Who Magazine #52)
- “The Deal” (with Steve Parkhouse, in Doctor Who Magazine #53)
- “End of the Line” (with Steve Parkhouse, in Doctor Who Magazine #54-55)
- “The Freefall Warriors” (with Steve Parkhouse, in Doctor Who Magazine #56–57)
- “The Neutron Knights” (with Steve Parkhouse, in Doctor Who Magazine #60)
- The Tides of Time (with Steve Parkhouse, Panini, 212 pages, 2005, ISBN 1904159923) collects:
- “Tides of Time” (in Doctor Who Magazine #61–67)
- “Stars Fell on Stockbridge” (in Doctor Who Magazine #68–69)
- The Iron Legion (1979-1980, TPB, Panini, 2004, ISBN 1904159370) collects:
- 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, 234–235, 239–240 & 249–250, 1981–82)
- Tharg’s Future Shocks (with Alan Moore):
- “Return of the Thing” (in 2000 AD #265, 1982)
- “Skirmish” (in 2000 AD #267, 1982)
- “The Wild Frontier” (in 2000 AD #269, 1982)
- “The Disturbed Digestions of Dr. Dibworthy” (in 2000 AD #273, 1982)
- Time Twisters: “Chrono-Cops” (with Alan Moore, in 2000 AD #310, 1983)
- Green Lantern #160, 162, 165–167, 173–176, 178–183, 185–186, 188 (DC Comics, Jan. 1983–May 1985)
- Superman: “For the Man Who Has Everything” (with Alan Moore, from Superman Annual #11, 1985)
- Watchmen (with Alan Moore, DC, 12 issue limited series, 1986–1987, tpb, 1987)
- A1: Book 1 (with Ted McKeever, ISBN 1-871878-05-5):
- Survivor
- Libretto
- Rogue Trooper (Friday) (script, with Will Simpson):
- “The War Machine Part 1” (in 2000 AD #650–653, 1989)
- “The War Machine Part 2” (in 2000 AD #667–671, 1990)
- “The War Machine Part 3” (in 2000 AD #683–687, 1990)
- Give Me Liberty (with Frank Miller, Dark Horse Comics, 1990–1997)
- Batman vs. Predator (script, with art by Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, Dark Horse Comics, 1991)
- World’s Finest (script, with Steve Rude, three-issue mini-series, DC, 1990)
- The Dome: Ground Zero (script and layouts, with art by Angus McKie, Helix, 1998)
- Rogue Trooper: “Remembrance Day” (with John Tomlinson, in 2000 AD Prog 2000, 1999)
- The Originals (DC, 2004)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (2005)
- Rann-Thanagar War (2005)
- Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2006)
- Green Lantern Corps (2006–?)
[edit] Covers
Covers work includes:
- Albion (2005) [covers only]
- Action Comics (2006) #841–843 (covers only)
[edit] References
- Dave Gibbons at the Grand Comic-Book Database
- Dave Gibbons at the Comic Book DB
- 2000 AD Profile
[edit] Footnotes
| Preceded by Chuck Austen |
Captain America writer 2003–2004 |
Succeeded by Robert Morales |
