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Jock
Left to right: Mike Carey, Andy Diggle and Jock
Born	Mark Simpson 24th September 1972 East Kilbride, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Pseudonym(s)	Jock
Notable works	Judge Dredd The Losers
Awards	2001: "Best Newcomer" National Comics Award
Official website

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]

Jock began his professional career at 2000 AD, on series including Judge Dredd and Lenny Zero^[2]. He has worked in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint.

Bibliography

The Losers cover by Jock

Comics work includes:

• Pulp Sci-Fi: "Reapermen" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1170, 1999)

• Judge Dredd:
  • "Shirley Temple of Doom" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1193-1196, 2000)
  • "Crossing Ken Dodd" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1214, 2000)
  • "DeadRinger" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.65, 2000)
  • "Ten Years" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.70, 2000)
  • "Rampots" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1231, 2001)
  • "Safe Hands" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1273, 2002)
  • "Tartan Terrors" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1540, 2007)

• Lenny Zero (with Andy Diggle, collected in Mega-City Undercover , 160 pages, Rebellion, January 2008, ISBN 1905437528)):
  • "Lenny Zero" in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.68, 2000)
  • "Dead Zero" in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.01-4.02, 2001)
  • "Wipeout" in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.14-4.15, 2002)

• Tor Cyan (with John Tomlinson):
  • "Rahab" (in 2000 AD #1295, 2002)
  • "Phage" (in 2000 AD #1296, 2002)
  • "No Such Place" (in 2000 AD #1297-1299, 2002)

• Hellblazer:
  • "The Game of Cat and Mouse" (with Mike Carey, Hellblazer #181, Vertigo, 2003)
  • Pandemonium (with Jamie Delano, graphic novel, 128 pages, Titan Books, March 2010, ISBN 1845768655, Vertigo, February 2010, ISBN 1401220355)

• The Losers (with Andy Diggle, DC, 32 issues, 2003-2006)
• Faker (with Mike Carey, 6 issue mini-series, Vertigo, July 2007 - January 2008, tpb, April 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1663-3)^[3]
• Green Arrow: Year One (with Andy Diggle, 6-issue mini-series, DC, July-September 2007, tpb, hardcover, 160 pages, Titan Books, May 2008, ISBN 1845767276, DC, April 2008, ISBN 1401216870) ^[4]
• "Get Mystique (Slight Return)" (with Jason Aaron, in Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3, Marvel Comics, October 2009)
• Batwoman: Detective Comics #861-863, "Cutter" (with Greg Rucka, DC, January-March 2010)

Awards

• 2001: Won "Best Newcomer" National Comics Award
• 2006: Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for The Losers

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Jock at MySpace
• Jock's forum at Standard Attrition

Interviews

• Comics, Covered: Jock on the Scalped process, Newsarama, October 31, 2006
• Jock Keeps It Real With "Faker", Comic Book Resources, December 1, 2006
• Wizard Q&A: Andy Diggle & Jock, Wizard, March 11, 2008
• a podcast interview with JOCK by SiDEBAR