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Nationality
  
British

Movies
  
Role
  
Comics artist

Name
  
Simon Bisley

Pseudonym(s)
  
Biz


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Born
  
4 March 1962 (age 62) (
1962-03-04
)

Area(s)
  
Penciller, Inker, Colourist

Notable works
  
ABC WarriorsLoboSlaine

Siblings
  
Eunice Huthart, Becky Bisley, Paula Bisley

Awards
  
Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics

Books
  
The Melting Pot, Fistful of Blood, The Halo Graphic Novel, The Art of Simon Bisley, Hellblazer: Hooked

Similar People
  
Alan Grant, Pat Mills, Glenn Fabry, Keith Giffen, Kevin Eastman

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Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine.

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Bisley's work influenced the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Satan Pit", and Simon Pegg's character graphic artist Tim Bisley on the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced.

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Early life

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Simon Bisley began drawing when he was six years old. He is self-taught, with only a short one-year stay at an art college.

Career

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Bisley started his career doing magazine and album covers, his first work being a T-shirt design for Heavy Metal magazine Kerrang!

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Eventually, even though he had no experience in comics strip drawing at the time, he was hired by the magazine 2000 AD after they saw his interpretations of their magazine characters. According to the Comic Book Database, "while still a student, Bisley did a painting of a robot holding a baby that he sent to the offices of 2000 AD. The image was seen by Pat Mills and inspired him to relaunch the ABC Warriors strip, with Bisley as artist, in 1987". He started with work on ABC Warriors in 1987, later moving to Sláine and Judge Dredd.

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Since 1997, Bisley is a regular contributor of the comics magazine Heavy Metal.

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Bisley has done design work for several music videos, including Chippendales' "Room Service".

Influences

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Bisley's style is strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, and Richard Corben, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Egon Schiele. He also took inspiration from rock album covers and graffiti as well as traditional comics art.

Bisley's work has inspired the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Satan Pit", and Simon Pegg's character graphic artist Tim Bisley on the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced.

Awards

  • 1989: Won "Favourite Artist UK" Eagle Award
  • 1992:
  • Won "Best Artist" Eisner Award, for Judgement on Gotham
  • Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for Judgement on Gotham and Doom Patrol
  • Nominated for "Best Graphic Album: New/First US publication", for Judgement on Gotham, with Alan Grant and John Wagner
  • 1993:
  • Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for Grendel: War Child, Terminator, and Enemy Within
  • Nominated for "Best Painter (Interior)", for "Lair of the Lizard Ladies" in Mr. Monster Attacks #3
  • References

    Simon Bisley Wikipedia