Dave Gibbons' pre-2000 AD work

[Jim_Campbell]

That Van Helsing page is f*cking brilliant.

Cheers!

Jim

[Emperor]

OK I started a thread over there:
http://downthetubes.ning.com/xn/detail/887566:Topic:22248

Jeremy Briggs has linked to this piece he wrote which includes a panel from Gibbons, drawing the fictional editor The Wanderer:

http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/12/bionic-arm.html

[Emperor]

Here's one I've only just turned up for you:

A job for Marvel dating from 1975!

Hope that helps ...

The comments there also point to this, from 1974 with Dez Skinn:

http://booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com/2006/04/early-dave-gibbons.html

[Jim_Campbell]

The comments there also point to this, from 1974 with Dez Skinn:

Which, to my eyes, oddly looks more like 'classic' Gibbons than the 1975 job.

Cheers

Jim

[Emperor]

The comments there also point to this, from 1974 with Dez Skinn:

Which, to my eyes, oddly looks more like 'classic' Gibbons than the 1975 job.

Well I suppose there is no guarantee that everything was published in order, or if something is a reprint. However, my guess is he either tried a different style as he thought it might be more marketable or someone was monkeying around with the inks. Something to ask him in the interview perhaps... I know I;d be interested ion his thoughts about his artistic inspirations and how his style has developed over the years (or formative years ).