Simon Coleby (born 1 March 1967) is a British comic book artist who has worked mainly for British sci-fi comic 2000 AD and Marvel Comics.

Biography[edit]

Coleby started his mainstream work in the British comics industry in 1987, working at both 2000 AD and Marvel UK. His first published work was a cover for issue #222 of the latter's Transformers comic, depicting Carnivac and Springer.^[1] At 2000 AD he contributed heavily to Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper spin-offs Friday and Venus Bluegenes,^[2] 3 as well as becoming the lead artist on Low Life.^[3]

After working with Christos Gage on "Midnighter: Armageddon", he is working on the post-World's End relaunch of The Authority^[4] with writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning.^[5] He will also be working on Wildstorm's adaptation of Fringe because, according to editor, Ben Abernathy, "Simon Coleby is so far ahead on 'Authority' he has time to contribute 11 pages a month."^[6]

Abernathy, has said "Simon Coleby ... is definitely on the fast-track to becoming an 'elite' level artist."^[5]

Bibliography[edit]

• Tharg's Future Shocks: "Rogan's Last Ride" (with Ian Rimmer, in 2000 AD #647, 1989)
• "Crocodile Tears" (with John Tomlinson, in 2000 AD #648, 1989)
• Rogue Trooper (Friday) (with Michael Fleisher):
  • "Saharan Ice Belt War" (in 2000 AD #730-741, 1991)
  • "Scavenger of Souls Prologue" (in 2000 AD #850-851, 1993)
• Judge Dredd:
  • "School Bully" (with Garth Ennis and Gina Hart, in 2000 AD #742, 1991)
  • "A Clockwork Pineapple" (with Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD #743-745, 1991)
  • "The Flabfighters" (with Garth Ennis in 2000 AD #758-759, 1991)
  • "Koole Killers" (with Garth Ennis and Gina Hart, in 2000 AD #772-774, 1992)
  • "A Magic Place" (with Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon & Gina Hart, in 2000 AD #783-785, 1992)
  • "Dead Ringer" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.67, 2000)
  • "Bato Loco" (with Gordon Rennie, in Judge Dredd Megazine #202, 2003)
  • "My Beautiful Career" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #215, 2004)
  • "It's your Funeral, Creep!" (with Tharg the Mighty, in Judge Dredd Megazine #219, 2004)
  • "Meat Patrol" (with Gordon Rennie, in Judge Dredd Megazine #224, 2004)
  • "Mandroid: Instrument of War" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1555-1556, 2007)
• Warheads #6-8 (with Nick Vince, Marvel UK, 1992)
• The Incomplete Death's Head (with Dan Abnett and John Freeman, Marvel UK, 1992)
• Death's Head II #6-7, 9 and 11 (with Dan Abnett, Marvel UK, 1992)
• The Punisher 2099 #20-25, 28 (pencils, with Pat Mills/Tony Skinner, Marvel Comics, 1994–1995)
• Venus Bluegenes:
  • "Bitchin'!" (with Steve White, in 2000AD Winter Special 1995)
  • "On the Fragshell" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #976-979, 1996)
• Lobo #52 (with Alan Grant, DC, 1998)
• Inquisitor Ascendant (with Dan Abnett, 84 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-84154-143-5)
• Inquisitor Ascendant II (with Dan Abnett, 80 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-84154-238-5)
• Bato Loco (with Gordon Rennie):
  • "True Romance" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #208, 2003)
  • "Head Job" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #229-230, 2005)
• The Legion #15, 18 (inks, with Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, DC Comics, 2003)
• The Eternal #1-6 (inks, with writer Chuck Austen and pencils by Kev Walker, Marvel MAX, 2003–2004)
• Ultimate Nightmare (inks, writer by Warren Ellis, with pencils by Trevor Hairsine, Marvel, 2004)
• Low Life (with Rob Williams, collected in Mega-City Undercover, 160 pages, Rebellion Developments, January 2008, ISBN 1-905437-52-8):
  • "Rock and a Hard Place" (in 2000 AD #1425-1428, 2005)
  • "He's making a list..." (in 2000 AD Prog 2006, 2005)
  • "Con Artist" (in 2000 AD #1484-1490, 2006)
  • "Baby Talk" (in 2000 AD #1521-1524, 2007)
• Malone (with Cal Hamilton, in 2000 AD, #1500-1506, 2006)
• Sinister Dexter (with Dan Abnett):
  • "Pros and Cons" (in 2000 AD #1516, 2006)
  • "The Doctor is in" (in 2000 AD #1535-1538, 2007)
• "Midnighter: Armageddon", (with Christos Gage, one-shot, Wildstorm, October 2007)
• The Authority (with Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, Wildstorm, August 2008 - ongoing) collected as:
  • World's End (136 pages, August 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2362-1)

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External links[edit]

• Official website