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Colin Wilson is a comic book artist, born in Auckland, New Zealand on October
31, 1949.
He is known for his detailed artwork which he uses in 2000 AD
stories like Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd.
According to Andy
Diggle, the 2000 AD editor who got him back to the
title in the late nineties and has worked with him since, "no one
... draws near-future military hardware like him".[1]
Wilson has also had success in the French comics field,
working on his own title Dans l'Ombre du Soleil, as well
as having runs on well-established titles, like Blueberry. David Bishop, another
2000 AD editor says that Wilson is "a true rarity, a
comics artist whose work has been acclaimed in America, Britain and
most especially in Europe."[2]
Biography
Wilson received his formal training as an artist at Christchurch
School of Art in 1967-1968. Working as an illustrator, he started
his own fanzine,Strips in 1977. Originally
meant as a showcase for Wilson's own comics, Strips soon hosted
many New Zealand comics and revived the New Zealand comic scene. In
1980, he moved to London and did work for the renowned comic
magazine 2000 AD, working on the
properties Judge
Dredd and Rogue
Trooper. In 1997, he moved to Australia, but continued his work
for 2000 AD.
He's mostly known for his work on La Jeunesse
de Blueberry, his solo series Dans L'Ombre du
Soleil. His most famous work in the US is Point
Blank, written by Ed Brubaker. At the 2009 New York
Comic Con it was announced that Wilson would be the artist on
Dark Horse
Comics' new Star
Wars ongoing series Star Wars:
Invasion, with Tom Taylor writing the script.[3]
On October 14, 2008, Variety reported that
Headshot, written by Matz and illustrated by Colin Wilson, had
been acquired by Warner Brothers.[4]
Bibliography
Comics
- The Adventures of Captain Sunshine (with Peter
Farrell, Roy Middleton, Reuben Sandler, Helen Cross, Joe Wylie and
Jean-luc Bozzoli, 1979)
- Judge
Dredd:
- "The Body Sharks" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD
#209-215, 1981)
- "The Numbers Racket" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000
AD #218-219, 1981)
- "Diary of a Mad Citizen" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in
2000 AD #229-230, 1981)
- "The Sweet Taste of Justice" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD
Sci-Fi Special 1981)
- The Doomsday Scenario:
- "War Games" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1158-1159,
1999)
- "Doomsday" (with John Wagner, in Judge
Dredd Megazine #3.56-3.57, 1999)
- "Volt Face" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD
#1167, 1999)
- "Short Circuit" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd
Megazine #3.61, 2000)
- "The Cal Legacy" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000
AD #1178-1179, 2000)
- "Relentless" (with Robbie Morrison, in 2000 AD
#1237-1239, 2001)
- "Hellbent" (with Robbie Morrion, in 2000 AD #1242,
2001)
- "Magic Bullets" (with Al
Ewing, in Judge Dredd Megazine #280-281, 2009)
- Rogue
Trooper (with Gerry Finley-Day):
- "Ascent to Buzzard-Three" (in 2000 AD #236-238,
1981)
- "Blue Moon" (in 2000 AD #241, 1981)
- "Fear of the Machine" (in 2000 AD #246-248, 1982)
- "The Buzzard" (in 2000 AD #251-253, 1982)
- "War of Nerves " (in 2000 AD #258, 1982)
- "All Hell on the Dix-I Front" (in 2000 AD #266-271,
275-277, 1982)
- "Marauder" (with co-artist Cam Kennedy, in 2000 AD #282-289,
1982)
- Dans l'Ombre du Soleil (Glénat):
- Rael (script and art, January 1984, ISBN
2-7234-0419-6)
- Mantell (script and art, July 1986, ISBN
2-7234-0647-4)
- Alia (art, with writer Thierry Smolderen, January 1989, ISBN
2-7234-1014-5)
- La
Jeunesse de Blueberry #4-9 (4-6 with Jean-Michel Charlier and 7-9 with
François Corteggiani, 1985-1994):
- Les démons du Missouri (The Missouri
Demons)
- Terreur sur le Kansas (Terror Over
Kansas)
- Le raid infernal (The Train from Hell)
- La pousuite impitoyable (The Merciless
Pursuit)
- Trois hommes pour Atlanta (The Three Men from
Atlanta)
- Le prix du sang (The Price of Blood)
- Tor Cyan
(with John Tomlinson):
- "World Of Hurt" (in 2000 AD #1254-1256, 2001)
- "The Dead Sorcerer's Coachman" (in 2000 AD #1263,
2001)
- Du plomb dans la tête (aka Headshot) (with Matz, Casterman):[5]
- Les Petits poissons (January 2004)
- Les Gros poissons (February 2005)
- Du bordel dans l'aquarium (January 2006)
- Losers #26-28: "UnAmerica" (with
Andy Diggle, Vertigo, 2005)
- Battler Britton (with Garth Ennis, 5-issue mini-series, Wildstorm, 2006, tpb, 120 pages,
Wildstorm, May 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1378-2, Titan Books, June 2007, ISBN
1845765605)
- Star Wars:
- Legacy (with John Ostrander and Jan Duursema):
- "Trust Issues" (in Legacy #9-10, 2007)
- "Ready to Die" (in Legacy #13, 2007)
- Rebellion:
- "Small Victories" (with Jeremy Barlow, in Rebellion
#12-14, 2008, ongoing)
- "Vectors" (with Rob Williams, in Rebellion
#15-16, 2008, forthcoming)
- Invasion (with Tom Taylor ):
- "Refugees" (in Invasion #1-5 and #0, 2009)
Other
Apart from his work on comics listed above, Colin Wilson has
also done a lot of work as an illustrator, doing covers,
illustrations and sketches for many different projects. This also
includes work on role-playing games like:
- Mega-City
One in Drokk City Prog 2: Mega-City One: Book 2, written
by John Caliber, many different co-artists (2005)
- Mega-City
One in Drokk City Prog 3: The Justice Department, written
by John Caliber, many different co-artists (2006)
- Mega-City
One in Drokk City Prog 4: Future Crime, written by John
Caliber, many different co-artists (2005)
Awards
Notes
- ^
Diggle: Bringing Bionic
Commando to Webcomics, Newsarama, July 18, 2008
- ^
Colin Wilson: Genius at
work, by David
Bishop, July 24, 2006
- ^
NYCC: Colin Wilson Readies the
Troops for “Star Wars: Invasion”, Comic
Book Resources, February 7, 2009
- ^ Warner aims for
'Headshot', Variety, October 14, 2008
- ^
Casterman profile for Du
plomb dans la tête
- ^
Bionic Command comic
page
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