Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland

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Likening the process to creating "a mini comic strip," Bolland says that "if any detail made any sense it had to be changed to something that didn't. Packaged in a limited-edition, custom-designed slipcase and bearing an exclusive cover printed in metallic inks, this hardcover portfolio contains 12 limited-edition lithographs of key Judge Dredd moments and a vellum overlay of the title page. Bolland is also an accomplished photographer, with examples of his work being included in the Image/Desperado book The Art of Brian Bolland. I'd been working for DC for a few years, and they had a fairly tolerant attitude to my slow pace of work.

In recent years Brian has created several more covers for Rebellion’s various comics and books, but these were created digitally so were outside the remit of a book like this.Oliver, my editor at Rebellion, was a constant sounding board throughout the process and was responsible for bringing in some art himself, including a complete Dredd strip from France—"Night of the Fog"—which I had no idea was out there. Even so, he "was always struggling to get the last eight or ten pages finished," and was occasionally helped by friends, both from his "Norwich School of Art days," Gibbons and future- 2000 AD and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen artist Kevin O'Neill.

Alan had already departed from DC and has, for his own reasons, disassociated himself from the Killing Joke. and then reinterpreted [Dredd] in a style which actually borrowed a lot from the work of the American artists," [14] retaining McMahon's "granite-jawed" look but bringing a level of realism and fine detail to the character, which Mark Salisbury says "finally cemented the iconic image. a] large part of [which] was taken up with comic strips about women tied up in fiendish and excruciating positions by mad robots. From 2007 to 2011, Bolland was the cover artist on Vertigo's Fables spin-off Jack of Fables, replacing previous cover artist James Jean. Bolland is one of the definitive 2000 AD artists, his work on Judge Dredd helped catapult the series to international attention, not least thanks to his co-creation of the arch alien superfiend Judge Death.Brian Bolland is one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists and you can now pick up this classic T-shirt design from the 1980s bearing his vision of the Lawman of the Future! Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland: Masterpiece Edition – Acclaimed as one of the greatest artists of his generation for his work on such titles as Camelot 3000 and Batman: The Killing Joke, Brian Bolland’s work on Judge Dredd helped catapult both the series and Bolland himself to international acclaim. For the final Invisible Kingdom TPB cover, Bolland produced a cover featuring 12 small alternative Invisibles covers, which had been very time consuming. In 1985, as a known fan, Bolland was approached by Nick Landau to select stories and draw covers for two Titan collections of the strip, with a third design going unpublished. did once relay that Grant wanted an arm coming out of the water holding a gun on the cover of the last issue.

Incredibly prolific throughout his career, and writing under a diversity of pen names-often in concert with Alan Grant, with whom he devised and developed 2000 AD's sister comic, Judge Dredd: The Megazine-Wagner has worked extensively beyond the Thargian universe, originating and editing a number of British periodicals as well as writing many American standards, including BATMAN, LOBO, The Punisher and Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett. Brian Bolland: The Apex Edition follows Rebellion’s successful Zenith Apex Edition, which collected Steve Yeowell’s stunning artwork from his and Grant Morrison’s superhero series. R. Martin's Wild Cards anthologies [30]) and magazine covers (including Time Out [10] and every major comics publication). This book will include pages from the Judge Dredd epics; The Cursed Earth, The Day the Law Died, The Judge Child Quest, and Bolland's masterpiece Judge Death Lives. I'd had to build a special wooden case to house my collection and I didn't know where on that shelf the Marvels should fit.I remember seeing Peter Greenaway's film Drowning By Numbers, in which they had these numbers placed subtly in every scene, and I really liked that idea. With both versions of the Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Apex Edition now sold out ( though with very limited extras launching on 2000AD.