Artist Research

Dave Gibbons

Born April 14^th 1949, Gibbons is an English comic book artist most well known for his work with writer Alan Moore, specifically by the graphic novel Watchmen, and the Superman series “For The Man Who Has Everything”. He has also worked on many popular comic book series' such as Judge Dredd, Green Lantern and Batman. He has won the Jack Kirby awards for best new series and best writer/artist for his work on the Watchmen comics.

John Romita Jr

Born August 17^th 1956, John Romita Jr is an American comic book artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel comics from the 1970's to the 2000's. Most prominently he has done work for the Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man and Uncanny X-Men series', and has a preference for working on gritty, street-level stories as opposed to more outlandish, science-fictionesque works.

Brian Bolland

Born March 26^th 1951 in England, Bolland is a prominent British comic book artist best known as one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists for the British comics anthology 2000 AD. He's also done considerable work for the Batman series, doing interior art for the wildly popular Killing Joke one-shot with writer Alan Moore. He also worked on the self-penned Batman: Black and White story.

He spearheaded the “British Invasion” of the American comics industry in the 1980's, helping British writers rising to prominence in the industry, which involved the inclusion of more mature storylines and a focus away from the superhero genre.

Alex Ross

Nelson Alexander 'Alex' Ross is an American comic book artist and writer known primarily for his painted interiors, covers and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries Marvels, on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics. He's most well known for his work at DC Comics, prominently for his work on the Batman, Justice League and Superman comics.

Yoji Shinkawa

Yoji Shinkawa was born December 25^th 1971 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is most well known for his concept art work for the Metal Gear Solid series, as well as his work on the Zone of the Enders series. Most recently, he did a poster design for the Japanese release of Pacific Rim. He is currently lead artist for many of Kojima Productions' titles.
His style implements ink pens with a brush-like felt tip, and Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. His style of illustration is rather simplistic and minimalistic, using shading to create technically accurate works.