Introduction
Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine.
His style, reliant on paints, acrylics, inks and multiple-mediums, is strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, and Richard Corben. He also took inspiration from rock album covers and graffiti as well as traditional comics art. In turn he and his work has inspired various forms in media, including the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Satan Pit", and Simon Pegg's character graphic artist Tim Bisley on the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced.
Early life
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.
Career
Bisley started with doing magazine and album covers, his first work being a T-shirt design for heavy metal magazine Kerrang!
Eventually, even though he had no experience in comics strip drawing at the time, he was hired by the magazine 2000 AD after they saw his interpretations of their magazine characters. He started with work on ABC Warriors in 1987, later moving to Sláine and Judge Dredd.
Since 1997, Bisley is a regular contributor of the comics magazine Heavy Metal.
Bisley has done design work for several music videos, including Chippendales' "Room Service".
Awards
- 1989: Won "Favourite Artist UK" Eagle Award
- 1992:
- Won "Best Artist" Eisner Award, for Judgement on Gotham
- Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for Judgement on Gotham and Doom Patrol
- Nominated for "Best Graphic Album: New/First US publication", for Judgement on Gotham, with Alan Grant and John Wagner
- 1993:
- Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for Grendel: War Child, Terminator, and Enemy Within
- Nominated for "Best Painter (Interior)", for "Lair of the Lizard Ladies" in Mr. Monster Attacks #3
- 1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners at the Comic Book Awards Almanac
- 1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners at the Comic Book Awards Almanac