Simon Bisley
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Eisner Award for "Best Artist" (1992) | |
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Simon Bisley is a British
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, saying "I found it very difficult to get any kind of feedback from the art teachers. They weren't interested at all in what I was doing, so I became kind of very introverted with regard to my artwork and yeah, I was just all self-taught."[1]
Career
Bisley started his career doing magazine and album covers, his first work being a T-shirt design for heavy metal magazine Kerrang![1]
Eventually, even though he had no experience in comics strip drawing at the time, he was hired by the magazine
Since 1997, Bisley has been a regular contributor to the comics magazine Heavy Metal.[4]
Bisley has done design work for several music videos, including Chippendales' "Room Service".[citation needed]
In the early 2000s, Bisley was commissioned to create artwork for the
Influences
Bisley's style is strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta,[6] Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, and Richard Corben, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Egon Schiele.[7] He also took inspiration from rock album covers and graffiti as well as traditional comics art.
Bisley's work influenced the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Satan Pit",[8] and Simon Pegg's character graphic artist Tim Bisley on the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced.[9]
Bibliography
Comics
DC
- The Authority/Lobo (with co-writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant):
- Jingle Hell (2004)
- Spring Break Massacre (2005)
- Batman: Black & White, miniseries, #2 (with Neil Gaiman, 1996)
- ISBN 1-56389-022-4
- Batman/Lobo One-Shot (April 2000)
- Global Frequency #7 (with Warren Ellis, 2003)
- Hellblazer #259-260, 265–266, 282 (full art); #271-274 (along with Giuseppe Camuncoli) (2009–11)
- Lobo:
- The Last Czarnian (with co-writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, 96 pages, 1992) ISBN 0-930289-99-4
- Lobo's Back (with Keith Giffen, 96 pages, 1993) ISBN 1-56389-103-4
- Paramilitary Christmas Special (with Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, 1991)
- The Last Czarnian (with co-writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, 96 pages, 1992)
Fleetway
- Sláine): #626-635, 650–656, 662–664, 688-698 (1989–90); (Judge Dredd) #1068 (1997)
- Judge Dredd Megazine #1.14, 1.16, 1.17, 1.19, 2.61, 2.62, 3.15, 3.17 (1991–96)
Full Circle
- Full Cirkle, vol. 1 (with Simon Reed, 2003)
- Full Cirkle, vol. 2 (with Simon Reed, 2007)
- Thicker Than Blood (colours, with Simon Reed and art by Mike Ploog, 2007)
Marvel
- X-Men Unlimited #46 (with Ian Edginton, 2003)
- Halo Graphic Novel, (with Lee Hammock, 2006)
- Incredible Hulk #620 (with Brandon Montclare, 2011)
Verotik
- Verotika #1 (with Glenn Danzig (w), 1994)
- Verotika #2 (cover, 1995)
- Death Dealer #1 (with Glenn Danzig (w) and Frank Frazetta (cover), 1995)
- Satanika (Vol 1) #0 (with Glenn Danzig (w) and Frank Frazetta (cover), 1995)
- Satanika (Vol 1) #1-2 (covers, 1995)
- Jaguar God #0 (with Glenn Danzig (w), 1996)
- Verotik Illustrated (with Bill Oakley, 1997)
- Ge Rouge #1/2 (with Glenn Danzig (w), 1998)
- Dalkiel The Prophecy (with Glenn Danzig (w), 1998)
- The Darker Horror of Morella (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2001)
- Inquisitor (cover, 2002)
- Hidden Lyrics of the Left Hand (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2010)
- Jaguar God Snake Brothers Revenge (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2012)
- Satanika 18th Anniversary Issue (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2013)
- Verotika Returns (Vol 1) #2-3 (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2014)
- The Infernals (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2017)
- Lyrics of the Left Hand, Volume II (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2018)
- Satanika Versus Morella's Demon #1-2 (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2019
- Verotika Revenge (with Glenn Danzig (w), 2021)
Other publishers
- "Once Upon A Time in the West" (with Alan Grant, in Toxic! #1, 1991)
- "Reapers" (with ISBN 1-59307-872-2)
- The Terminator: The Enemy Within #1-4 (Dark Horse Comics, 1991–1992, covers)
- Bisley's Scrapbook (Atomeka Press, 1993)
- ISBN 0-87816-362-X)
- ISBN 1-887279-36-9)
- Mutant Chronicles: Golgotha (illustration by Bisley, Acclaim Comics, 1996)
- , 1997)
- ISBN 1-882931-86-6)
- The Dead (with Alan Grant, Berserker Comics, 2008–2009)[10]
- Church of Hell #1-3 (Berserker Comics, 2009, covers)[11]
- The Lost Pages (Zaid Comics, 2020, cover)
- The Lost Pages 3 (Zaid Comics, 2023, cover)
- SOS: Onslaught (Chimera Comics, 2020, cover)
Collected editions
- ISBN 1-4012-0992-0
- Global Frequency, Volume 2: Detonation Radio, ISBN 1-4012-0291-8
- ISBN 0-7493-1555-5):
- "A Mega-City Primer" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.14, 1991 and 2000 AD #1068, 1997)
- "Rock On, Tommy Who?!" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.16, 1992)
- "Chicken Run" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.17, 1992)
- "The Legend of Johnny Biker" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.19, 1992)
- "Ironfist" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.61, 1994)
- "Night Before Christmas" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.62, 1994)
- "The Great Arsoli" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.15, 1996)
- "Bimba" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.17, 1996)
Music album covers
- Mayhemic Destruction (1987), by Mortal Sin
- Created in Hate (1988) by Annihilated
- First Offence (1988), by First Offence
- Kilt by Death (1990), by Drunken State
- Thrall-Demonsweatlive (1993), by Danzig
- 6:66 Satan's Child (1999), by Danzig
- Gorgeous Frankenstein (2007), by Gorgeous Frankenstein
- Lost Tracks of Danzig(2007), by Danzig
- Among Flies (2008), by Last House on The Left
- Black Laden Crown (2017) by Danzig
- The Blood of Gods (2017), by Gwar
Computer game box
- Gods (1991), by The Bitmap Brothers
- Weaponlord (1995), by Visual Concepts
- Fur Fighters (2000), by Bizarre Creations (Viggo's Revenge release)
- Namco Bandai Games (Heihachi Mishima's second costume.)
Role-playing games
- Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (2017, Modiphius Entertainment, inner pages illustrations by Simon Bisley, among others)
Movie posters
- Centurion (2010) (Possibly in error, also attributed to Simon Bowles and Pathe productions.)
- Black Death (2010)
Books
- Biz: The Intense Art of Simon Bisley (Verotik Pub Inc, August 1997)
- Fakk 2 (80 pages, Heavy Metal Magazine, June 1999)
- The Art of Simon Bisley Redux (132 pages, Heavy Metal Magazine, June 2007, ISBN 1-932413-79-0)
- Simon Bisley's Illustrations from the Bible: A Work in Progress (Heavy Metal Magazine, July 2007, ISBN 1-932413-78-2)
- Simon Bisley Calendar 2010 (Heavy Metal Magazine, August 2009, ISBN 1-935351-06-0)
Awards
- 1990: Won "Favourite Artist UK" Eagle Award
- 1992:[12]
- Won "Best Artist" Judgement on Gotham
- Won "Best Artist" UK Comic Art Award[13]
- Won "Best Original Graphic Novel" UK Comic Art Award for Judgment on Gotham (with John Wagner and Alan Grant)
- Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for Judgement on Gotham and Doom Patrol
- Nominated for "Best Graphic Album: New/First US Publication" Eisner Award, for Judgement on Gotham (with Alan Grant and John Wagner)
- Won "Best Artist"
- 1993:[14]
- Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for Grendel: War Child, Terminator, and Enemy Within
- Nominated for "Best Painter (Interior)" Eisner Award, for "Lair of the Lizard Ladies" in Mr. Monster Attacks #3
- Nominated for "Best Artist" UK Comic Art Award[15]
- 2002: Nominated for "Best Artist Ever" National Comics Award
References
- ^ a b "Comic Art & Graffix Gallery Artist Interviews - Simon Bisley". www.comic-art.com.
- ^ "Simon Bisley Comic Book DB". comicbookdb.com. 2008.
- ^ Ringgenberg, Steve (1995). "interview with Bisley, p. 1". comic-art.com. Wayback Machine.
- ISBN 9780313399237.
- ^ Collis, Clark (8 August 2006). "System of a Down's drummer on his art-covered kit". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Ringgenberg, Steve (1995). "interview with Bisley, p. 5". comic-art.com. Wayback Machine.
- East Coast Comiccon. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Artist Biography", "The Tick's 20th Anniversary Special Edition #1", May 2007, New England Comics Press
- ^ Spaced Series 2 DVD Homage-o-meter (Alternative subtitles)
- ^ The Dead issue #1 at Berserker Comics
- ^ Church of Hell at Berserker Comics
- ^ 1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners at the Comic Book Awards Almanac
- ^ "Newswatch: UK Awards Named," The Comics Journal #149 (March 1992), p. 22.
- ^ 1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners at the Comic Book Awards Almanac
- ^ ER. "International Miscellanea: 1993 UK Comic Art Awards," The Comics Journal #161 (August 1993), p. 40.
External links
- Simon Bisley at the Grand Comics Database
- Simon Bisley at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Simon Bisley at IMDb
- Simon Bisley - Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Simon Bisley - 2000adonline.com credits list
- Intervista a Simon Bisley . Comicon Napoli 2014 on YouTube