John Bolton (born 23 May 1951) is a British comic book artist and illustrator most known for his dense, painted style, which often verges on photorealism.[citation needed] He was one of the first British artists to come to work in the American comics industry,[2] a phenomenon which took root in the late 1980s and has since become standard practice.
John Bolton
Born
(1951-05-23) 23 May 1951 (age 72) London, England, United Kingdom
From 1989 Bolton devoted himself to horror, his favourite genre. Apart from a great number of covers for Dark Horse Comics and adaptations of horror movies, the main work of this period is his collaboration with writer Clive Barker (including the Hellraiser comic book version).
In 1990 Bolton worked on the first episode of The Books of Magic for DC Comics, written by Neil Gaiman. The physical appearance of the protagonist, Timothy Hunter, is that of Bolton's eldest son.[5] In other comic books he has also portrayed his wife and sons.
In 1995 Bolton produced art for the Man-Bat mini-series, written by Jamie Delano for DC Comics. Bolton said he accepted only because the story pivoted on a villain, instead of Batman, who he considered too winning a character.
Later Bolton worked on another Batman book, Batman/Joker: Switch. His latest works include User, written by Devin Grayson, Menz Insana, a mad trip by Christopher Fowler, and Gifts of the Night by Paul Chadwick.
In other mediaEdit
In 2003, author Neil Gaiman directed A Short Film About John Bolton where the painter (played by John O'Mahony) is interviewed by a reporter seeking to answer "Where do your ideas come from?" The artist is portrayed as very soft-spoken and reclusive, somewhat of a reluctant local celebrity in Crouch End, London. Bolton himself plays a guest interviewed at a gallery showing.
BibliographyEdit
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^Arndt, Richard J. "A 2005 Interview with Steve Bissette about Bizarre Adventures!" Enjolrasworld.com: Marvel’s Black & White Horror Magazines Checklist. Accessed 8 May 2013.
^Dakin, John. "John Bolton: Britain's Foremost Fantasy Artist, from Dracula to the Bionic Woman," The Comics Journal #55 (Apr. 1980), pp. 54–61.
^"JOHN BOLTON," The Comics Journal #122 (June 1988), pp. 137–139.
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External linksBiography EditBorn 23 May 1951 in London England Bolton s introduction to comics came about quite casually after he graduated from East Ham Technical College whose former alumni include Gerald Scarfe Barry Windsor Smith and Ralph Steadman with a degree in graphics and design His first works in Great Britain were for magazines like Look In alongside other British talents such as Arthur Ranson Angus P Allan and Jim Baikie The House of Hammer 3 and Warrior edited by Dez Skinn In 1981 Marvel Comics editor Ralph Macchio noticed his work and called him to work for an adaptation of Kull of Valusia for Marvel Preview After illustrating two Kull stories Bolton began working on the historical fantasy character Marada written by Chris Claremont author of X Men This was published in Epic Illustrated in black and white and then coloured as a Marvel Graphic Novel After another fantasy series Black Dragon 1985 the duo Claremont amp Bolton produced some short stories about X Men s lives for X Men Classic 4 This represented the first introduction of Bolton to the world of superheroes In this period Bolton worked on covers for Eclipse and Pacific publishers and on the graphic novel Someplace Strange written by Ann Nocenti 1988 Horror Edit From 1989 Bolton devoted himself to horror his favourite genre Apart from a great number of covers for Dark Horse Comics and adaptations of horror movies the main work of this period is his collaboration with writer Clive Barker including the Hellraiser comic book version In 1990 Bolton worked on the first episode of The Books of Magic for DC Comics written by Neil Gaiman The physical appearance of the protagonist Timothy Hunter is that of Bolton s eldest son 5 In other comic books he has also portrayed his wife and sons In 1995 Bolton produced art for the Man Bat mini series written by Jamie Delano for DC Comics Bolton said he accepted only because the story pivoted on a villain instead of Batman who he considered too winning a character Later Bolton worked on another Batman book Batman Joker Switch His latest works include User written by Devin Grayson Menz Insana a mad trip by Christopher Fowler and Gifts of the Night by Paul Chadwick In other media EditIn 2003 author Neil Gaiman directed A Short Film About John Bolton where the painter played by John O Mahony is interviewed by a reporter seeking to answer Where do your ideas come from The artist is portrayed as very soft spoken and reclusive somewhat of a reluctant local celebrity in Crouch End London Bolton himself plays a guest interviewed at a gallery showing Bibliography EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it October 2008 Comics work includes Father Shandor with Steve Moore in House of Hammer appearing in issues 8 16 21 and 24 and later reprinted in Warrior comics 1 3 The Spiral Path with Steve Parkhouse in Warrior 1982 Army of Darkness script and art with Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi Dark Horse Comics 3 issue mini series 1992 1993 Batman Manbat with Jamie Delano three issue mini series DC Comics Elseworlds 1995 God Save the Queen with Mike Carey graphic novel 96 pages Vertigo June 2007 ISBN 1 4012 0303 5 The Evil Dead art with writer Mark Verheiden 4 issue mini series Dark Horse Comics 2008 Shame art with writer Lovern Kindzierski trilogy Renegade Arts Entertainment Conception 2011 Pursuit 2013 Redemption 2015 Bolton has illustrated cards for collectible card games like the Magic The Gathering and Vampire The Eternal Struggle Notes Edit Inkpot Award Arndt Richard J A 2005 Interview with Steve Bissette about Bizarre Adventures Enjolrasworld com Marvel s Black amp White Horror Magazines Checklist Accessed 8 May 2013 Dakin John John Bolton Britain s Foremost Fantasy Artist from Dracula to the Bionic Woman The Comics Journal 55 Apr 1980 pp 54 61 JOHN BOLTON The Comics Journal 122 June 1988 pp 137 139 Irvine Alex 2008 The Books of Magic in Dougall Alastair ed The Vertigo Encyclopedia New York Dorling Kindersley pp 38 41 ISBN 0 7566 4122 5 OCLC 213309015References EditJohn Bolton at the Comic Book DB archived from the original External links EditOfficial website nbsp John Bolton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database John Bolton Un Profilo Long article in Italian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Bolton illustrator amp oldid 1168160913, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
