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Cam Kennedy

Cliff Robinson

Leigh Gallagher

Belardinalli

Ron Smith.

" I even liked his work on Strontium Dog, but that's just me.  And it really is just me."

It definitely isn't.

Whilst I would rather Carlos had drawn every Stront tale, I think Harrison was the ideal choice to follow him. Carlos was a totally unique artist with no clones or imitators and his own way of drawing faces. Harrison was the same.

His work on Strontium Dog was so atmospheric and bleak. Feral never looked as good again and Dougal the dog was a great creation.

I love that Harrison was forging his own path with his own style. Whilst others were starting to play with colour, Harrison was showing new ways to play with ink.

It's a shame that stripwise he was giving a poisoned chalice followed by two marmite strips.

I do wonder how things might have been had he been given the A.B.C. Warriors gig. Had there been three artists instead of two, it wouldn't have been pitting SMS versus Bisley in a way that pitting Fabry against Pugh lost us Pugh. Perhaps we might have been enjoying Harrison and SMS's work for a lot longer.

Oh, and Revere is just fantastic.

Simon Coleby.

415: Bright eyes, burning like fire.
438: Warning:Nem at work.

Prog 430: Ace Garp - You'll never warp alone
Prog 412: Hot Digital Dog

Belardinelli

Simon Davis.

Dave Gibbons.
He's the definitive artist on Ro-Busters and with such a talent for drawing robots, it's a shame he didn't draw more of the episodes O'Neill or McMahon couldn't cover. Still, that Cyboons story is fantastic.

His art on Rogue Trooper was dynamic and atmospheric.

And then there are a load of fantastic one-offs. That first Doctor Dibworthy being a favourite.

Dave Taylor.

Ron Smith - a very underrated artist who never seems to get the credit he deserves for doing so much of the heavy lifting on Dredd during the first 10 years.
Post prog 500, the way he was shifted onto the poorer strips was a criminal waste of his talents.

His art on stories like Black Plague, Blood of Satanus and Graveyard Shift was phenomenal.
Smith was also one of the best artists at managing the shift from the 'straight' action to the 'comedic' elements of Dredd - sometimes within the same page.
And there also seemed to be nothing he couldn't draw. His work on the Daily Star Dredds was effortless in squeezing a story onto a single page.

Both are fantastic but D'Israeli.