Brian Lewis (illustrator)

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Brian Lewis
BornBrian Moncrieff Lewis
(1929-06-03)3 June 1929
United Kingdom
Died4 December 1978(1978-12-04) (aged 49)
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Artist

Brian Moncrieff Lewis (3 June 1929 – 4 December 1978)

Eagle. He also used a more cartoony style to draw humor comic strips for Wham!, Smash, Cor!!, and Buster
. In the 1970s, Lewis focused on comics adaptations of television and horror film properties.

Biography

Lewis served in the Royal Air Force, and became involved in science fiction fandom in the early 1950s.

His first professional illustration was for the Radio Times, and he began contributing to New Worlds in 1954, painting forty covers for the magazine. He also painted 21 covers for Science Fantasy, 19 for Science Fiction Adventures and a few for Digit Books between 1957 and 1962.[1] His work was characterised by strong colours laid on thickly, and was influenced by surrealists Paul Klee and Max Ernst and illustrator Richard Powers.[2]

His first work in comics was the strip Magna Carta for Lone Star in 1959.

Eagle. He also used a more cartoony style to draw Pest of the West and Georgie's Germs in Wham!,[1] and Space Jinx and Charlie's Choice for Smash.[4]
He also drew the illustrations for a Supercar storybook.

Around 1966, he moved into animation, working on films such as

TV Action.[4] He illustrated horror adaptations for Dez Skinn's House of Hammer (including most covers for that series), as well as illustrating a number of episodes of the ongoing feature Van Helsing's Terror Tales. This latter work led to commissions for Warren Publishing's Vampirella in the USA.[3] He also continued his illustration work with Tomboy in Cor!! and Buster,[5] and Mark Strong in Look-in. In 1978, he had a brief stint on Dan Dare in 2000 AD, drew two strips in the Van der Valk annual, and produced some technical illustrations for Harry Harrison
's book Mechanismo: An Illustrated Manual of Science Fiction Hardware.

Death

He died on 4 December 1978. His final published work appeared in

Halls of Horror
vol. 3, #5 (issue #29) (1984), a story originally produced in 1978.

Awards

Lewis was nominated for "Favourite British Artist" in the 1978 Eagle Awards.[6]

Bibliography

Jet Ace Logan, from Tiger, 1961

Comics

  • Magna Carta, in Lone Star (1959)
  • Tiger
    (1961)
  • Captain Condor – Space Ship Pilot, in Lion (Dec. 1961–Jan. 1963)
  • Tiger
    (13 [362] Jan. 1962–1963)
  • Paddy Ryan, in
    Tiger
    (1962–1963)
  • Memorable Moments in Sport, in
    Tiger
    (1962–1963)
  • Mann of Battle, in
    Eagle
    (1963)
  • John Brody, in Boys' World (1963–1964)
  • Brett Million, in Boys' World (1963–1964)
  • The Destroyer from the Depths, in
    Tiger
    (1964)
  • Planet Z, in Hurricane (1964)
  • The Guinea Pig, in
    Eagle
    (1965)
  • Pest of the West (written by Leo Baxendale), in Wham! (c. 1965–c. 1968)
  • Georgie's Germs, in Wham! (c. 1965–c. 1968)
  • Space Jinx, in Smash! (5 Feb. 1966–16 May 1966)
  • Moon Madness (written by Alf Wallace), in Smash! (2 Apr. 1966–16 May 1966)[7]
  • Charlie's Choice, in Smash! (11 June 1966–7 Sept. 1968)
  • Captain Scarlet, Countdown (29 May 1971)
  • Let the Aliens Land!, in
    TV Action
    #59–66 (Apr. 1, 1972–May 20, 1972)
  • The Final Climb, in
    TV Action
    #67–70 (May 27, 1972–June 17, 1972)
  • Mark Strong, in Look-in #37–41 (9 Sept. 1972–7 Oct. 1972)
  • Tomboy in Cor!! and Buster (1974–1976)
  • Chilling Tales of Mystery from Damian Darke, in Spellbound (1976)
  • "Highway of Hell" (Van Helsing's Terror Tales) (written by Steve Parkhouse), in House of Hammer #2 (Dec. 1976)
  • The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (with Steve Moore; film adaptation), in House of Hammer #4 (Feb. 1977)
  • "Malvoisin's Mirror" (Van Helsing's Terror Tales) in House of Hammer #6 (June 1977)
  • The Quatermass Xperiment (with Les Lilley and Ben Aldrich; film adaptation), in House of Hammer #8–9 (July 1977–Aug. 1977)
  • "Lair of the Dragon" (Van Helsing's Terror Tales) (written by Steve Moore), in House of Hammer #11 (Aug. 1977)
  • "Curse of Cormac," (Van Helsing's Terror Tales) (written by Steve Parkhouse), in House of Hammer #13 (Oct. 1977)
  • The Reptile (with Steve Moore; film adaptation), in House of Hammer #19 (Apr. 1978)
  • "The Nightmare Planet" (Dan Dare), in 2000 AD #61–63 (22 April 1978–6 May 1978)
  • "International Incident" and "The Squealer," in Van der Valk annual (1978)
  • "Prey for the Wolf" (written by Cary Bates), Vampirella #82 (Oct. 1979)
  • "The Night Holds Terror" (Van Helsing's Terror Tales) (written by Tise Vahimagi), in
    Halls of Horror
    vol. 3, #5 (issue #29) (1984) — originally produced in 1978

Illustrations

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Steve Holland, Brian Lewis, Bear Alley, 3 June 2008
  2. ^ Jon Gustafson and Peter Nicholls, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
  3. ^ a b c d e Fco. Javier Alcázar Guijo, Brian Lewis, el Británnico Olvidado, Tebeosfera (in Spanish)
  4. ^ a b Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 93
  5. ^ Gent, Mike. "The Story of Cor!!," DownTheTubes.net. Retrieved Feb. 12, 2021.
  6. ^ The source for this and the other 1978 winners is Previous Winners: 1978, at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.)
  7. ^ Stringer, Lew. "Moon Madness in 1966," Blimey! The Blog of British Comics (July 20, 2009).

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