Brian Moncrieff Lewis (3 June 1929 – 4 December 1978)[1] was a British science fiction illustrator, comics artist, and animator. In the 1950s, he illustrated covers for pulp magazines like New Worlds, Science Fantasy, and Science Fiction Adventures. In the 1960s, he drew adventure comic strips for Tiger, Boys' World, Hurricane, and Eagle. He also used a more cartoony style to draw humor comic strips for Wham!, Smash, Cor!!, and Buster. In the 1970s, Lewis focused on comics adaptations of television and horror film properties.
Brian Lewis
Born
Brian Moncrieff Lewis (1929-06-03)3 June 1929 United Kingdom
Died
4 December 1978(1978-12-04) (aged 49) United Kingdom
His first work in comics was the strip Magna Carta for Lone Star in 1959.[1][3] In the early 1960s, he drew adventure strips Jet Ace Logan, The Suicide Six, Paddy Ryan, Memorable Moments in Sport, and The Destroyer from the Depths for Tiger; Captain Condor for Lion; John Brody[1] and Brett Million[3] for Boys' World; Planet Z for Hurricane; and The Guinea Pig[1] and Mann of Battle[3] for Eagle. He also used a more cartoony style to draw Pest of the West and Georgie's Germs in Wham!,[1] and Space Jinx and Charlie's Choice for Smash.[4] He also drew the illustrations for a Supercar storybook.
Around 1966, he moved into animation, working on films such as Yellow Submarine.[1] In the late 1960s and 70s, he drew comics adaptations of television properties for TV21, Countdown,[3] and TV Action.[4] He illustrated horror adaptations for Dez Skinn's House of Hammer (including most covers for that series), as well as illustrating a number of episodes of the ongoing feature Van Helsing's Terror Tales. This latter work led to commissions for Warren Publishing's Vampirella in the USA.[3] He also continued his illustration work with Tomboy in Cor!! and Buster,[5] and Mark Strong in Look-in. In 1978, he had a brief stint on Dan Dare in 2000 AD, drew two strips in the Van der Valkannual, and produced some technical illustrations for Harry Harrison's book Mechanismo: An Illustrated Manual of Science Fiction Hardware.
Deathedit
He died on 4 December 1978. His final published work appeared in Halls of Horror vol. 3, #5 (issue #29) (1984), a story originally produced in 1978.
Awardsedit
Lewis was nominated for "Favourite British Artist" in the 1978 Eagle Awards.[6]
"The Night Holds Terror" (Van Helsing's Terror Tales) (written by Tise Vahimagi), in Halls of Horror vol. 3, #5 (issue #29) (1984) — originally produced in 1978
technical illustrations, Mechanismo: An Illustrated Manual of Science Fiction Hardware (written by Harry Harrison) (Reed Books, 1978) ISBN0-89169-504-4
cover illustration, The Wall of Years[1] (written by Andrew M. Stephenson) (Orbit Books, 1979) ISBN9780708880432
Referencesedit
^ abcdefghiSteve Holland, Brian Lewis, Bear Alley, 3 June 2008
^Jon Gustafson and Peter Nicholls, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
^ abcdeFco. Javier Alcázar Guijo, Brian Lewis, el Británnico Olvidado, Tebeosfera (in Spanish)
^ abAlan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 93
^Gent, Mike. "The Story of Cor!!," DownTheTubes.net. Retrieved Feb. 12, 2021.
^The source for this and the other 1978 winners is , at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.)
^Stringer, Lew. "Moon Madness in 1966," Blimey! The Blog of British Comics (July 20, 2009).
External linksedit
Brian Lewis on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Posts relating to Brian Lewis at the British Comic Art blog
Posts relating to Brian Lewis at Peter Gray's Cartoons and Comics blog
Posts relating to Brian Lewis on Grantbridge Street
December 07, 2023
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Brian Moncrieff Lewis 3 June 1929 4 December 1978 1 was a British science fiction illustrator comics artist and animator In the 1950s he illustrated covers for pulp magazines like New Worlds Science Fantasy and Science Fiction Adventures In the 1960s he drew adventure comic strips for Tiger Boys World Hurricane and Eagle He also used a more cartoony style to draw humor comic strips for Wham Smash Cor and Buster In the 1970s Lewis focused on comics adaptations of television and horror film properties Brian LewisBornBrian Moncrieff Lewis 1929 06 03 3 June 1929United KingdomDied4 December 1978 1978 12 04 aged 49 United KingdomNationalityBritishArea s Artist Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Death 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 3 1 Comics 3 2 Illustrations 4 References 5 External linksBiography editLewis served in the Royal Air Force and became involved in science fiction fandom in the early 1950s His first professional illustration was for the Radio Times and he began contributing to New Worlds in 1954 painting forty covers for the magazine He also painted 21 covers for Science Fantasy 19 for Science Fiction Adventures and a few for Digit Books between 1957 and 1962 1 His work was characterised by strong colours laid on thickly and was influenced by surrealists Paul Klee and Max Ernst and illustrator Richard Powers 2 His first work in comics was the strip Magna Carta for Lone Star in 1959 1 3 In the early 1960s he drew adventure strips Jet Ace Logan The Suicide Six Paddy Ryan Memorable Moments in Sport and The Destroyer from the Depths for Tiger Captain Condor for Lion John Brody 1 and Brett Million 3 for Boys World Planet Z for Hurricane and The Guinea Pig 1 and Mann of Battle 3 for Eagle He also used a more cartoony style to draw Pest of the West and Georgie s Germs in Wham 1 and Space Jinx and Charlie s Choice for Smash 4 He also drew the illustrations for a Supercar storybook Around 1966 he moved into animation working on films such as Yellow Submarine 1 In the late 1960s and 70s he drew comics adaptations of television properties for TV21 Countdown 3 and TV Action 4 He illustrated horror adaptations for Dez Skinn s House of Hammer including most covers for that series as well as illustrating a number of episodes of the ongoing feature Van Helsing s Terror Tales This latter work led to commissions for Warren Publishing s Vampirella in the USA 3 He also continued his illustration work with Tomboy in Cor and Buster 5 and Mark Strong in Look in In 1978 he had a brief stint on Dan Dare in 2000 AD drew two strips in the Van der Valk annual and produced some technical illustrations for Harry Harrison s book Mechanismo An Illustrated Manual of Science Fiction Hardware Death edit He died on 4 December 1978 His final published work appeared in Halls of Horror vol 3 5 issue 29 1984 a story originally produced in 1978 Awards editLewis was nominated for Favourite British Artist in the 1978 Eagle Awards 6 Bibliography edit nbsp Jet Ace Logan from Tiger 1961Comics edit Magna Carta in Lone Star 1959 Jet Ace Logan in Tiger 1961 Captain Condor Space Ship Pilot in Lion Dec 1961 Jan 1963 The Suicide Six in Tiger 13 362 Jan 1962 1963 Paddy Ryan in Tiger 1962 1963 Memorable Moments in Sport in Tiger 1962 1963 Mann of Battle in Eagle 1963 John Brody in Boys World 1963 1964 Brett Million in Boys World 1963 1964 The Destroyer from the Depths in Tiger 1964 Planet Z in Hurricane 1964 The Guinea Pig in Eagle 1965 Pest of the West written by Leo Baxendale in Wham c 1965 c 1968 Georgie s Germs in Wham c 1965 c 1968 Space Jinx in Smash 5 Feb 1966 16 May 1966 Moon Madness written by Alf Wallace in Smash 2 Apr 1966 16 May 1966 7 Charlie s Choice in Smash 11 June 1966 7 Sept 1968 Captain Scarlet Countdown 29 May 1971 Let the Aliens Land in TV Action 59 66 Apr 1 1972 May 20 1972 The Final Climb in TV Action 67 70 May 27 1972 June 17 1972 Mark Strong in Look in 37 41 9 Sept 1972 7 Oct 1972 Tomboy in Cor and Buster 1974 1976 Chilling Tales of Mystery from Damian Darke in Spellbound 1976 Highway of Hell Van Helsing s Terror Tales written by Steve Parkhouse in House of Hammer 2 Dec 1976 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires with Steve Moore film adaptation in House of Hammer 4 Feb 1977 Malvoisin s Mirror Van Helsing s Terror Tales in House of Hammer 6 June 1977 The Quatermass Xperiment with Les Lilley and Ben Aldrich film adaptation in House of Hammer 8 9 July 1977 Aug 1977 Lair of the Dragon Van Helsing s Terror Tales written by Steve Moore in House of Hammer 11 Aug 1977 Curse of Cormac Van Helsing s Terror Tales written by Steve Parkhouse in House of Hammer 13 Oct 1977 The Reptile with Steve Moore film adaptation in House of Hammer 19 Apr 1978 The Nightmare Planet Dan Dare in 2000 AD 61 63 22 April 1978 6 May 1978 International Incident and The Squealer in Van der Valk annual 1978 Prey for the Wolf written by Cary Bates Vampirella 82 Oct 1979 The Night Holds Terror Van Helsing s Terror Tales written by Tise Vahimagi in Halls of Horror vol 3 5 issue 29 1984 originally produced in 1978Illustrations edit Radio Times before 1954 40 covers New Worlds magazine 1954 21 covers Science Fantasy 1957 1962 19 covers Science Fiction Adventures 1957 1962 covers Digit Books 1957 1962 1 c 15 covers House of Hammer 1976 1978 cover Starlord 1978 technical illustrations Mechanismo An Illustrated Manual of Science Fiction Hardware written by Harry Harrison Reed Books 1978 ISBN 0 89169 504 4 cover illustration The Wall of Years 1 written by Andrew M Stephenson Orbit Books 1979 ISBN 9780708880432References edit a b c d e f g h i Steve Holland Brian Lewis Bear Alley 3 June 2008 Jon Gustafson and Peter Nicholls The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction a b c d e Fco Javier Alcazar Guijo Brian Lewis el Britannico Olvidado Tebeosfera in Spanish a b Alan Clark Dictionary of British Comic Artists Writers and Editors The British Library 1998 p 93 Gent Mike The Story of Cor DownTheTubes net Retrieved Feb 12 2021 The source for this and the other 1978 winners is Previous Winners 1978 at the official Eagle Awards website archived at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 September 2018 Stringer Lew Moon Madness in 1966 Blimey The Blog of British Comics July 20 2009 External links editBrian Lewis on Lambiek Comiclopedia Posts relating to Brian Lewis at the British Comic Art blog Posts relating to Brian Lewis at Peter Gray s Cartoons and Comics blog Posts relating to Brian Lewis on Grantbridge Street Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brian Lewis illustrator amp oldid 1147797559, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
