Brendan McCarthy
Brendan McCarthy | |
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Born | 1960 London |
Nationality | British |
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Artist, Colourist |
Notable works | Shade, the Changing Man Highlander Rogan Gosh Mad Max: Fury Road |
Brendan McCarthy is a
Life and career
Early life and work
Brendan McCarthy was born in London. As a boy McCarthy soon began drawing his own home-made comics.[
Comics
McCarthy started working for
Over the next few years he worked for the 2000 AD spin off titles
He designed the characters for
In 2009, Brendan was commissioned by Marvel Comics to create a new take on
In 2013 he published The Best of Milligan & McCarthy, a brand new collection of his most famous comic works co-created with Peter Milligan, through Dark Horse Comics.[16] McCarthy wrote and drew a graphic novel titled Dream Gang for the publisher that was released in July 2016.[citation needed] A collection of his classic Judge Dredd stories from over 35 years of work was collected by IDW in hardcover and released in January 2017.[citation needed] Brendan completed artwork on a new Chopper strip for Rebellion Publishing in 2018 and a sequel to The Zaucer of Zilk, published in 2020 in 2000AD. His final strip for the magazine, Nakka of the S.T.A.R.S., was published in 2021.
Film and television
Beginning in the seventies McCarthy has worked extensively in TV, producing designs for an ultimately unmade
McCarthy spent much of the remainder of the 1990s working in film and television, most notably as the production designer of the international hit
Bibliography
Interior comic work includes:
- Sometime Stories #1 (of 2 produced) (script and art, with Brett Ewins, Broglia Press, 1977)
- Sounds: "The Electrick Hoax" (script and art, with Peter Milligan, Spotlight Publications, 1977–1978)
- Fleetway/Rebellion):
- Tharg's Future Shocks:
- "Robot Repairs" (with Robert Flynnand Brett Ewins, in #37–38, 1977)
- "Stasis" (with Charles Swift and Brett Ewins, in #54, 1978)
- "The English/Phlondrutian Phrase Book" (with Alan Moore, in #214, 1981)
- "Sixty Hours that Shook the World" (as R. Jones, with Peter Milligan, in #391, 1984)
- "Bad Maxwell!" (as J. Roberts, with Peter Milligan, in #402, 1985)
- "Do You Copy?" (with Peter Milligan, in Sci-Fi Special '85, 1985)
- "Robot Repairs" (with
- "Encounter: The Day of the Phoenix" (text story by Oniano, with Brett Ewins, in #56, 1978)
- Walter the Wobot (with Gary Rice, in #82, 84–85 and Judge Dredd Annual '81, 1978–1980)
- Strontium Dog:
- In Starlord, 2000 AD's short-lived sister title:
- "Kane's Kolossal Kasino" (with Bill Henry, in Summer Special '78, 1978)
- "The Demon Maker – Master of Chaos!" (with T. B. Grover, in #17, 1978)
- "The Town that Died of Shame" (with Alan Grant and Colin MacNeil, in Sci-Fi Special '88, 1988)
- In Starlord, 2000 AD's short-lived sister title:
- Judge Dredd:
- "Bring Me the Head of Judge Dredd!" (with John Howard and Brett Ewins, in #88, 1978)
- "The Day the Law Died! Parts 5, 17" (with John Howard and Brett Ewins, in #93 and 105, 1978–1979)
- "Untitled" (with an uncredited writer and Brett Ewins, in Annual '79, 1978)
- "New Year is Cancelled" (with John Howard, in #146, 1980)
- "The Wally Squad! Parts 2–3" (with T. B. Grover and Brett Ewins, in #391–392, 1984)
- "Riders on the Storm!" (with T. B. Grover and Tony Riot, in #472–473, 1986)
- "Atlantis" (with T. B. Grover, in #485–488, 1986)
- "Report to the Chief Judge" (with T. B. Grover and Tony Riot, in Judge Dredd Annual '87, 1986)
- "The Witness" (with Alan Grant and Steve Whitaker, in #500–501, 1986)
- "Blood Donor" (with Alan Grant, in #519, 1987)
- "Oz – Parts 5, 7–8, 14–16" (with Alan Grant, in #549, 551–552 and 558–560, 1987–1988)
- "She-Devils!" (with John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brett Ewins and Tony Riot, in Annual '88, 1987)
- "Full Mental Jacket, Parts 4–5" (with John Wagner and Steve Parkhouse, in #581–582, 1988)
- "Spock's Mock Chocs" (with Alan Grant, Steve Whitaker and Jamie Hewlett, in #614, 1989)
- "Doctor What?" (with Al Ewing, in #1712–1713, 2010)
- "Night Zoom" (with John Wagner, in Sci-Fi Special '16, 2016)
- "Hoverods" (with T. C. Eglington, in #2033–2034, 2017)
- ABC Warriors (with Pat Mills, in #120 and 127–128, 1979)
- Ro-Jaw's Robo-Tales: "Ye First Robote" (with Gary Rice, in #166, 1980)
- Sooner or Later (with Peter Milligan and Tony Riot, in #468–486, 488–496 and 498–499, 1986)
- Zaucer of Zilk:
- "Zaucer of Zilk" (with Al Ewing, in #1775–1784, 2012)
- "A Zaucerful of Zecrets" (with Peter Hogan, in #2162–2169 and 2171–2173, 2019–2020)
- Tharg's 3rillers Present: "Nakka of the S.T.A.R.S" (with Roger Langridge, in #2222–2224, 2021)
- Vanguard Illustrated #1–3: "Freakwave!" (script and art, with Peter Milligan, anthology, Pacific, 1983–1984)
- Scream! #7: "The Punch and Judy Horror Show" (with James Nicholas, anthology, IPC Media, 1984)
- Strange Days #1–3 (with Peter Miligan and Brett Ewins, anthology, Eclipse, 1984–1985)
- Paradax! #1–2 (with Peter Milligan, Vortex, 1987)
- News on Sunday: "Summer of Love" (seven episodes, with Peter Milligan, 1987)
- Crisis(anthology, Fleetway):
- John Smith and Jim Baikie, in #11, 1989)
- Artoons (one-page illustrations, with Tony Riot, in #15–24, 1989)
- A1 #1: "The Hollow Circus" (script and art, anthology, Atomeka, 1989)
- Deadline, 1990)
- Revolver #1–6: "Rogan Gosh: Star of the East" (with Peter Milligan, anthology, Fleetway, 1990)
- Shade, the Changing Man vol. 2 #22: "A Pale Afternoon" (with Peter Milligan, DC Comics, 1992)
- Carol Swain, graphic novel, Tundra Publishing, 1992)
- Rock Power: "The Ballad of Toad McFarlane ('cept It's Not a Ballad)" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, IPC Media, 1992)
- Solo #12 (script and art, with Steven Cook, Howard Hallis, Jono Howard, Tom O'Connor and Robbie Morrison, DC Comics, 2006)
- Captain America: Who Won't Wield the Shield?: "Doctor America" (with Matt Fraction and Howard Hallis, anthology one-shot, Marvel, 2010)
- Spider-Man|Spider-Man: Fever #1–3 (script and art, Marvel Knights, 2010)
- Vertigo, 2010)
- Age of Heroes #4: "Captain America: Man of God" (with Elliott Kalan, anthology, Marvel, 2010)
- Judge Dredd Megazine (anthology, Fleetway/Rebellion):
- Judge Dredd: "The Walking Dredd" (with Rob Williams, in #311, 2011)
- Chopper: "Wandering Spirit" (with David Baillie, in #395–399, 2018)
- Scalped #50: "The Art of Surviving" (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Vertigo, 2011)
- Rocketeer Adventures #4: "Flight of the Aeronaut" (with John Arcudi, anthology, IDW Publishing, 2011)
- Judge Dredd #2: "The Good Parts" (with Duane Swierczynski, co-feature, IDW Publishing, 2012)
- Justice League vol. 2 #23.3 (with China Miéville, among other artists, DC Comics, 2013)
- Dark Horse Presents (anthology, Dark Horse):
- "The Deleted" (script and art, with Darrin Grimwood, in vol. 2 #32–35, 2014)
- "Dream Gang" (script and art, in vol. 3 #1–4, 7–10 and 14–17, 2014–2015)
- Doctor Fate vol. 4 #17–18 (with Paul Levitz, DC Comics, 2016–2017)
- The Spirit Centenary Newspaper (script and art, anthology, LICAF, 2017)
Covers only
- Fleetway/Rebellion, 1977–2018)
- Judge Dredd's Crime Files #3 (Eagle, 1985)
- Judge Dredd Mega-Special '89, Yearbook '93 (Fleetway, 1989–1993)
- The Best of 2000 AD #41, 46, 49, 77–78, 101–102 (Fleetway, 1989–1994)
- Mister X vol. 2 #1 (Vortex, 1989)
- The Saga of the Man Elf #1 (Trident, 1989)
- Shade, the Changing Man vol. 2 #1–13, 24–29, 31–32 (DC Comics, 1990–1993)
- Titan, 2002)
- Virgin, 2008)
- Judge Dredd Megazine #272, 329 (Rebellion, 2008–2012)
- Peter Parker #4 (Marvel, 2010)
- Jonah Hex vol. 2 #56 (DC Comics, 2010)
- Xombi vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2011)
- Catalyst Comix #3, 6, 9 (Dark Horse, 2013–2014)
- Judge Dredd #13–16 (IDW Publishing, 2013–2014)
- Doctor Fate vol. 4 #16 (DC Comics, 2016)
- The Electric Sublime #4 (IDW Publishing, 2017)
- Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #6 (DC's Young Animal, 2017)
- Black Hammer: The Quantum Age #4 (Dark Horse, 2018)
- Kick-Ass vol. 2 #13 (Image, 2019)
- Prodigy #5 (Image, 2019)
Awards
- 1992: nominated for Eisner Award for "Best Cover Artist", for Shade, the Changing Man[19]
- 1993: nominated for Eisner Award for "Best Cover Artist", for Shade, the Changing Man and "Best Graphic Album: New" for Skin[20]
References
- ^ Brendan McCarthy
- ISBN 1-905437-22-6
- ^ Windsor, John (8 April 2001). "Justice for Dredd". The Observer. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
Bad Company was launched as a comic in 1988 by Ewins, Milligan and Jim McCarthy, brother of Brendan, a Dredd artist
- ^ "Sometime Stories". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Sometime Stories number 2". The Strangeness of Brendan McCarthy.
- ^ Notting Dale. Carbreaker Gallery
- ^ The Republic of Frestonia. Car Breakers Gallery
- ^ Bishop, 2007, page 120
- ^ Brevoort, Tom. Formative Crisis, Marvel.com, 29 January 2009
- ^ Cardwell, Mark. "Interview: Brendan McCarthy". Dogmatika. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Laura (21 January 2010). "Preview of 'Spider-Man: Fever' by Brendan McCarthy – EXCLUSIVE". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ Mautner, Chris (3 February 2010). "High Fever: An interview with Brendan McCarthy". Robot 6. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ Keily, Karl (2 December 2011). "Brendan McCarthy Brings "The Zaucer of Zilk" TO "2000AD"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Byrne, Carol (5 April 2012). "West Clare goes graphic for Zaucer of Zilk". The Clare Champion. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Wells, Pete (7 April 2012). "Brendan McCarthy – Digidelic Zaucery!". 2000AD Covers Uncovered. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (5 November 2013). "The Best of Milligan & McCarthy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Brendan McCarthy Goes Full Throttle for 'Mad Max: Fury Road'". 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road wins most awards of the night with six Oscars". 29 February 2016.
- ^ "1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Brendan McCarthy Showreel on YouTube
- Brendan McCarthy at IMDb
- Brendan McCarthy interviewed by 2000adreview.co.uk
- Brendan McCarthy at the Grand Comics Database
- Brendan McCarthy at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)