Jock (artist)
Mark Simpson, known by the pen name Jock, is a British comics artist, best known for his work in 2000 AD and on The Losers.[1]
Career
Jock began his professional career at 2000 AD, on series including Judge Dredd and Lenny Zero, the latter with writer Andy Diggle.[2]
It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint, working on The Losers[3] and Green Arrow: Year One.[4][5] Also at Vertigo and with Mike Carey, another former 2000 AD writer, Jock worked on an issue of Hellblazer and the Faker limited series,[6] returning the character John Constantine in the graphic novel Hellblazer: Pandemonium with Jamie Delano.[7] Following his run on Green Arrow he got more work on main DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on Detective Comics, the first featuring Batwoman and the second Batman.[8]
On April 9, 2011 Jock was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with Jock and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Adi Granov,[9] Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp,[10] who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on November 23, 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.[9]
Movie work
Jock has contributed concept paintings and key art to a number of film productions and promotional campaigns. These include Hancock, Battleship, the forthcoming Dune adaptation, Children of Men, Dredd and Batman Begins.
Bibliography
Interior comic work includes:
- 2000 AD (Fleetway/Rebellion, 1999–2007):
- Pulp Sci-Fi: "Reapermen" (with Gordon Rennie, in #1170, 1999)
- Judge Dredd:
- "Shirley Temple of Doom" (with John Wagner, in #1193-1196, 2000)
- "Crossing Ken Dodd" (with John Wagner, in #1214, 2000)
- "Rampots" (with John Wagner, in #1231, 2001)
- "Safe Hands" (with Gordon Rennie, in #1273, 2002)
- "Tartan Terrors" (with Gordon Rennie, in #1540, 2007)
- Tor Cyan:
- "Rahab" (with John Tomlinson, in #1295, 2002)
- "Phage" (with John Tomlinson, in #1296, 2002)
- "No Such Place" (with John Tomlinson, in #1297-1299, 2002)
- Judge Dredd Megazine (Fleetway, 2000–2002):
- Judge Dredd:
- "Dead Ringer" (with John Wagner, in vol. 3 #65, 2000)
- "Ten Years" (with John Wagner, in vol. 3 #70, 2000)
- Lenny Zero:
- "Lenny Zero" (with Andy Diggle, in vol. 3 #68, 2000)
- "Dead Zero" (with Andy Diggle, in vol. 4 #1-2, 2001)
- "Wipeout" (with Andy Diggle, in vol. 4 #14-15, 2002)
- Hellblazer (Vertigo, 2003–2010):
- The Losers #1-6, 9-12, 16-19, 23-25, 29-32 (with Andy Diggle, Vertigo, 2003–2006)
- Faker #1-6 (with Mike Carey, Vertigo, 2007–2008)
- Green Arrow: Year One #1-6 (with Andy Diggle, DC Comics, 2007)
- Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3: "Get Mystique (Slight Return)" (with Jason Aaron, Marvel, 2009)
- Forty-Five: "Amy Turner" (with Andi Ewington and 44 other artists, graphic novel, Com.x, 2010)
- Detective Comics (DC Comics, 2010–2011):
- "Cutter" (with Greg Rucka, in #861-863, 2010)
- "The Black Mirror" (with Scott Snyder, in #871-873, 2011)
- "Hungry City" (with Scott Snyder, in #876-878, 2011)
- "My Dark Architect" (with Scott Snyder, in #880, 2011)
- "The Face in the Glass" (with Scott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla, in #881, 2011)
- Immortals: Gods and Heroes: "The Hunt" (script and art, graphic novel, Archaia Studios, 2011)
Covers only
- 2000 AD #1203, 1227, 1236, 1254, 1258, 1260, 1266, 1274, 1304, 1318, 1335, 1397, 1450, 1503 (Fleetway/Rebellion, 2000–2006)
- Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 3 #77 (Fleetway, 2001)
- Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 4 #4, 11 (Fleetway, 2001–2002)
- Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus #4 (Dark Horse, 2003)
- 2000 AD Extreme Edition #1 (Rebellion, 2003)
- King James #1 (DC Comics, 2004)
- The Losers #7-8, 13-15, 20-22, 26-28 (Vertigo, 2004–2005)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #177-178 (DC Comics, 2004)
- Detective Comics #797-800, 809-810, 859 (DC Comics, 2004–2009)
- Catwoman #43 (DC Comics, 2005)
- Batman #642-650, Annual #25 (DC Comics, 2005–2006)
- Nightwing #118-124 (DC Comics, 2006)
- Swamp Thing #26 (Vertigo, 2006)
- Rush City #1-6 (DC Comics, 2006–2007)
- Scalped #1-11, 13-17, 21-60 (Vertigo, 2007–2012)
- Push #1 (Wildstorm, 2009)
- Thunderbolts #127 (Marvel, 2009)
- Die Hard: Year One #1-4 (Boom! Studios, 2009)
- Batman Confidential #33 (DC Comics, 2009)
- Deadlocke #1 (Dark Horse, 2009)
- Greek Street #3-6 (Vertigo, 2009)
- Azrael #1-3 (DC Comics, 2009–2010)
- Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors #5-6 (Wildstorm, 2009–2010)
- Driver (Wildstorm, 2010)
- Daredevil #511 (Marvel, 2011)
- Daredevil: Reborn #1-4 (Marvel, 2011)
- Incredible Hulks #626 (Marvel, 2011)
- Pigs #1 (Image, 2011)
- Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine #3 (Marvel, 2011)
Awards
Nominations
Other accolades
MTV TOP MOVIE POSTERS of 2010: #8 for THE LOSERS poster art[11]
Notes
- ^ Irvine, Alex (2008). "The Losers". In Dougall, Alastair. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0-7566-4122-5. OCLC 213309015
- ^ "Interview: going underground in Mega-City One". SFX. March 2, 2008. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2008/03/02/interview_going_underground_in_mega_city_one/. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
- ^ Sunu, Steve (April 26, 2010). "Andy Diggle & Jock on "The Losers"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25940. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
- ^ Brady, Matt (October 17, 2006). "Back To The Future: DC Announces Five Year One Miniseries". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=87924. Retrieved July 28, 2007.
- ^ Arrant, Chris (May 7, 2007). "Jock on Green Arrow: Year One". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=119545. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
- ^ Singh, Arune (December 1, 2006). "Jock Keeps It Real With "Faker"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8745. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
- ^ Furey, Emmett (July 27, 2007). "Back into Hell: Jamie Delano returns to John Constantine's world". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=10971. Retrieved July 28, 2007.
- ^ Phegley, Kiel (August 9, 2010). "Jock Joins Snyder On "Detective"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27734. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten On The IGN Stage". IGN. April 14, 2011
- ^ "Guinness World Records at Kapow! Comic Con". Guinness World Records. April 9, 2011
- ^ Warmoth, Brian. MTV TOP MOVIE POSTERS of 2010. MTV. December 21, 2010
References
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3853840/
External links
- Jock at the Comic Book DB
Persondata |
Name |
Jock |
Alternative names |
Simpson, Mark (real name) |
Short description |
British comics artist |
Date of birth |
September 24, 1972 |
Place of birth |
East Kilbride, Scotland |
Date of death |
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Place of death |
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