Info on John M Burns’ working method?

[Fat Bobby]

Does anyone have any information or insight into John M Burns' working method that they could share with me?

What I had in mind specifically is how does he go about producing work like this:

http://abraham100.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/john-m-burns.html

and this:



It's all from an early 90's Dredd story (Raider). If I had to guess I would say that the colours were achieved with a combination of coloured ink and acrylic paint (sometimes separate, sometimes combined) and the line work with black ink. What I want to know is, would he apply the coloured ink and/or paint first followed by the black line work or vice versa?

Also this work:





From an adaptation of the Tripods television series, if I had to guess (and I'm usually not a good judge of these things) I would say maybe coloured ink (or maybe paint) and then black ink for the line work, but again, which would come first?

I've tried looking for information on Burns' working method online but can't find anything. The only interviews with him that I know of are not available online and I've not yet been able to track down the print copies.

Any help would be awesome.

[Pete Wells]

The panel under the two Raider ones is Steve Dillon.

I reckon you're spot on though.

[Fat Bobby]

The panel under the two Raider ones is Steve Dillon.

Yeah you're right, I forgot to point that out in my post. Is it possible to edit one's posts?

[JayzusB.Christ]

Only for a few minutes after posting.  You could ask a mod, but I wouldn't worry about it - it's only a tiny error.  There was an extensive interview with JB in the Megazine, in which he discusses his techniques, but I can't remember the issue.  Anyone?

[CrazyFoxMachine]

http://2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=megprofiles&choice=224

"John Burns - Veteran"

There are a few on eBay here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC0.A0.Xdon%27t+dare+to+forget&_nkw=megazine+224&_sacat=0&_from=R40

[Fat Bobby]

http://2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=megprofiles&choice=224

"John Burns - Veteran"

There are a few on eBay here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC0.A0.Xdon%27t+dare+to+forget&_nkw=megazine+224&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Yep, grabbed a copy, looking forward to reading that interview, thanks for your help guys:)

[Mabs]

We should get a brand new interview from the maestro! I find his technique and style captivating.

[TordelBack]

Wow, never saw that Tripods work before.  That seems to be an original story too, I don't recognise the scenes from either the (excellent) books or the (equally excellent) TV series.  Love to read that!

[Fat Bobby]

Wow, never saw that Tripods work before.  That seems to be an original story too, I don't recognise the scenes from either the (excellent) books or the (equally excellent) TV series.  Love to read that!

Here is the blog entry where you can find some more of Burns' Tripods pages (I only posted 2 out of about 6):

http://bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/john-burnss-tripods.html

Apparently it originally appeared in something called BEEB, in the mid 80s. It was apparently a Look in style publication featuring comic book adaptations of TV shows.

[pauljholden]

Back when 2000ad went full colour, I think they introduced a process whereby b&w lineart would be reproduced on clear acetate and the line art would be reproduced in blue line printed on art paper - so you could paint on the blueline and overlay the line art.

Whether that's how John does his work, I've no idea, but certainly that was one method used.

-pj