John Hicklenton

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John Hicklenton
ZH, Switzerland
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Penciller, Artist, Inker
Pseudonym(s)John Deadstock
Notable works
Nemesis the Warlock
AwardsEagle Award, Grierson documentary award x 2

John Hicklenton (8 May 1967 – 19 March 2010), aka John Deadstock, was a British

comics artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship 2000 AD characters like Judge Dredd (in particular Heavy Metal Dredd) and Nemesis the Warlock
during the Eighties and Nineties.

He had

Dignitas
in Switzerland.

Comics

Hicklenton got his first break when he realised a friend at college was

Ron Smith's daughter so he made her a Judge Dredd Christmas card.[1]

However, regular work remained elusive until, on the advice of his mother, he phoned Pat Mills directly and their working relationship developed from there. He did other work with Mills including a strip in the now defunct CoolBeansWorld site. He also drew ZombieWorld (as John Deadstock) for Dark Horse Comics, who commissioned him because, as Mills has said "John is the ultimate horror artist ... I defy anyone to show me an artist whose monsters are more grotesque, whose zombies have a more ghastly look in their eye."[2]

Here's Johnny

He was diagnosed with

British Medical Journal[7] and in 2008 won an unprecedented two Grierson Awards for "Best Newcomer"[8] and "Best Arts Documentary".[9]

Later activities

He continued to draw, working on projects like Sand for Renegade Arts Entertainment,[10] and also focused on bringing multiple sclerosis as a disease to the public's attention in order to help those with the condition to fight for better treatment and research from the medical community. In his final year he wrote and illustrated his graphic novel, 100 Months (published by Cutting Edge Press), which he finished the day before he died.

Death

On 23 March 2010 Pat Mills announced via the 2000 AD

Dignitas.[13][14][15][16]

Bibliography

Comic work includes:

  • ISBN 1-905437-81-1
    ):
  • Nemesis the Warlock (with Pat Mills):
  • Third World War (with Pat Mills):
    • "Here be dragons" (in
      Crisis
       No. 16, 1989)
    • "The word according to Ryan" (with co-authors Pat Mills/Alan Mitchell, in Crisis No. 25, 1989)
    • "The Dark other" (in Crisis No. 29, 1989)
    • "The rhythm of resistance" (in Crisis No. 30, 1989)
    • "Black man's burden" (in Crisis No. 35, 1990)
  • "Ryan of the Yardies" (script and art, in Crisis No. 30, 1989)
  • Rogue Trooper (Friday): "Circus Daze" (with Michael Fleisher, in Rogue Trooper Annual 1991, 1990)
  • Judge Dredd:
    • "Black Widow" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 1) #7–9, April–June 1991)
    • "Resyk Man" (with Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 20, January 1993)
    • "Fat Bottom Boys" (with Robbie Morrison, in Judge Dredd Mega Special 1995, July 1995)
    • "
      Blood of Satanus III
      : The Tenth Circle" (with Pat Mills, in Judge Dredd Megazine #257–265, May–December 2007)
  • The Fear Teachers (with Pat Mills/Tony Skinner, in Toxic! #28–31, October 1991)
  • John Smith
    , in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 1) No. 17, February 1992)
  • Heavy Metal Dredd:
    • "The Fan" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 19, January 1993)
    • "Too Much Monkey Business" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 21, February 1993)
    • "The Most Dangerous Guitar in the World" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 22, February 1993)
    • "Mort Rifkind Rises Again" (with John Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 23, March 1993)
    • "The Big Hit" (with John Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 24, March 1993)
    • "Graceland" (with David Bishop, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 25, April 1993)
    • "Monkey Beat" (with John Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #34–35, August 1993)
    • "Kiss of Death" (with Jim Alexander, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 36, September 1993)
  • Pandora (with Jim Alexander):
    • "Pandora" (in Judge Dredd Mega Special 1994, June 1994)
    • "Mural Scream" (in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #77–81, April–June 1995)
  • Mean Machine
    : "Visiting Time" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 82, 1995)
  • "Trespass" (with Gordon Rennie, in Inferno! No. 8, 1998)
  • "Cycles of Chaos" (with Andy Jones, in Warhammer Monthly No. 9, November 1998)
  • ISBN 1-59307-384-4
    )
  • ISBN 0-9565445-2-5
    )

Notes

  1. ^ Hanly, Gavin (5 September 2006). "John Hicklenton interview". 2000 AD Review. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006.
  2. ^ Pat Mills interview, Dark Horse.com
  3. ^ Here's Johnny documentary (2008) Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Here's Johnny at Channel Four
  5. ^ March 2008 interview at American premiere of documentary Archived 14 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Daily Telegraph
    , 8 November 2008
  7. ^ BMJ review Archived 6 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Best Newcomer Grierson Award Archived 12 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Best Arts Documentary Grierson Award
  10. ^ Sand[permanent dead link] at Renegade Arts Entertainment
  11. ^ Langshaw, Mark (23 March 2010). "Artist John Hicklenton dies, aged 42". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  12. Forbidden Planet. Archived from the original
    on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  13. Brighton Argus
    . Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  14. ^ "Comic book artist ends life at suicide clinic after battle with MS". The Daily Telegraph. 26 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  15. ^ "Judge Dredd artist dies at suicide centre Dignitas". BBC News. BBC. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  16. ^ "John Hicklenton". The Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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