Andy Clarke (comics)

Andy Clarke is a British comics artist who came to prominence working at 2000 AD and became known to a wider audience at DC Comics.

Biography

Andy Clarke started at 2000 AD on Sinister Dexter and would become one of the main artists on the story, between 1998 and 2004. While working there he would also work on some of the comics other flagship titles, like Judge Dredd and Nikolai Dante, and one-off stories like Thirteen and Snow/Tiger.

He started work at DC Comics in 2005 on a number of stories in titles like Aquaman and Detective Comics. In 2008 he has worked on the Two-Face issue of The Joker's Asylum written by David Hine^[1] and then, year later, became the main artist on the R.E.B.E.L.S. ongoing series with writer Tony Bedard who has said that Clarke is "the greatest artist I've worked with in a dog's age ... A lot of people are going to be floored when they see his stuff. He's so meticulous with the details and rendering. He reminds me of Brian Bolland and Kevin Maguire and Frank Quitely all rolled into one."^[2] Although the writing of the series got a mixed reception Clarke's art was praised, with Comics Bulletin review of the first issue suggesting his "pencils take the detailed future grit of Barry Kitson's Legion of Superheroes and mix it with a heavy dose of Frank Quitely's work on All-Star Superman"^[3] and the one at Comic Book Resources picking up on similar themes, saying he was "providing a kind of Barry Kitson stillness combined with a Seth Fisher-esque attention to detail."^[4]

Following an arc on Batman Confidential with Peter Milligan, he was confirmed as the next artist for Batman and Robin after Cameron Stewart.^[5][6] Recently he has been doing covers for David Finch's Batman: The Dark Knight.

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• 2000 AD (Fleetway/Rebellion):
  • Sinister Dexter (with Dan Abnett):
    • "To the Devil a Detour" (in #1088-1089, 1998)
    • "Bullfighting Days" (in #1099, 1998)
    • "Reservations" (in #1126, 1998)
    • "Mission to Mangapore" (in #1189-1197, 2000)
    • "Shrink Rap" (in #1206-1211, 2000)
    • "Money Shots" (in #1227-1228, 2000)
    • "Point Blanc" (in #1231-1233, 2000)
    • "Bullet Time" (in Prog 2001, 2000)
    • "Barf Bag" (in #1243-1245, 2000)
    • "Oh Kal Cutter" (in #1348, 2003)
    • "Five Go Postal in Downlode" (in Prog 2004, 2003)
    • "Just Business" (in #1380-1382, 2004)
    • "Job Jobbed" (in #1383-1385, 2004)
  • Nikolai Dante: "The Octobriana Seduction" (with Robbie Morrison, in #1113-1116, 1998)
  • Pulp Sci-Fi: "Hot Rocks" (with Kek-W, in #1122, 1998)
  • Rose O'Rion (with Kek-W, in #1151-1158, 1999)
  • Judge Dredd (with John Wagner):
    • "War Games" (in #1156-1157, 1999)
    • "A Night with Judge Death" (in #1168, 1999)
  • Thirteen (with Mike Carey, in #1289-1299, 2002)
  • Snow/Tiger: "Pax Americana" (with Andy Diggle, in #1336-1342, 2004)
  • Tharg's Future Shocks: "The Mainstream" (with Colin Clayton and Chris Dows, in #1396-1397, 2004)
• Judge Dredd Megazine (Fleetway/Rebellion):
  • Judge Dredd: "Lobsang Rampage" (with John Wagner, in vol. 3 #61, 2000)
  • Shimura (with Robbie Morrison):
    • "Executioner" (in #224-226, 2004)
    • "Deus X" (in #228-230, 2005)
• Aquaman #30-31: "Kiss of Death" (with Marc Guggenheim, DC Comics, 2005)
• Detective Comics (DC Comics):
  • "Siege" (with Stuart Moore, in v1 #829-830, 2007)
  • "Triage" (with Royal McGraw, in v1 #832, 2007)
  • "Man-Bat" (with John Layman, co-feature, in v2 #13-17, 19-23, 2012–2013)
• Countdown to Final Crisis #34: "The Origin of Lex Luthor" (with Scott Beatty, co-feature, DC Comics, 2007)
• Joker's Asylum: Two-Face (with David Hine, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008)
• R.E.B.E.L.S. #1-3, 7-8, 10 (with Tony Bedard, DC Comics, 2009–2010)
• Batman Confidential #31-35: "The Bat and the Beast" (with Peter Milligan, DC Comics, 2009)
• Batman and Robin (DC Comics):
  • "Batman vs. Robin" (with Grant Morrison and Dustin Nguyen, in v1 #10-12, 2010)
  • "Robin Hears a Hoo" (with Peter Tomasi and Lee Garbett, in v2 #9, 2012)
• Batman v2 (DC Comics):
  • "Ghost in the Machine" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and Becky Cloonan, in #12, 2012)
  • "Tomorrow" (with James Tynion IV, co-feature, in #0, 2012)
  • "Time to Monkey Shine" (with Andy Kubert, in #23.1, 2013)
  • "People in the Dark" (with Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, co-feature, in #25, 2013)
• Batman Eternal #5: "Disinfect" (with Ray Fawkes, Scott Snyder, John Layman and James Tynion IV, DC Comics, 2014)

Covers only

• 2000 AD #1328, 1347, 1362, 1393, 1426 (Rebellion, 2003–2005)
• Batgirl #1-6 (DC Comics, 2008–2009)
• Batman: The Dark Knight #1-5 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Batman #11 (DC Comics, 2012)
• Catwoman #13 (DC Comics, 2012)
• Batman Incorporated #4 (DC Comics, 2012)
• Talon #3 (DC Comics, 2013)
• Detective Comics Annual #2 (DC Comics, 2013)

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