I was going to do a listing of my favourite comic artists attending the London film and comic con at Olympia on Friday 26th - Sunday 28th July (tickets are available here) when I suddenly realised that MIKE DOREY will be attending (as well as all those other great names). Only his second ever con appearance. Wow. Looking forward to this now.
Details of artists below (for a full list of the creators attending just go here)
Mike Dorey worked on most of the British boys comics of the 70’s to early 90’s. He had lengthy runs on many classic characters including the defining style on Computer Warrior for Eagle.
In the early years of 2000AD he illustrated Ro-Busters, ABC Warriors, Invasion, Mach 1, Mach Zero, Rogue Trooper and Tharg's Future Shocks, among many others.
In addition to this, he was the artist on Victor Drago in Tornado and Hellman in Action (and then Battle-Action). Future Ball was drawn in the final years of Roy of the Rovers.
In Victor and Warlord he drew Sergeant Rayker, Iron Annie, Wolverine, Cassidy, Howzatt, Tough of the track, Morgyn the Mighty, Head Hunter of the Galaxy and Cadman.
Comrade Bronski and Manta Force were drawn in Eagle.
Some of his work is reproduced by Rebellion in ‘2000AD the Ultimate Collection’ and by Titan books in ‘Tales of Nu-Earth’ featuring Rogue Trooper.
He now works on TV and film storyboards.
Apart from a recent Scottish convention, this is Mike's SECOND EVER CONVENTION, and is a must-see!
Gary Erskine has worked in the comic industry for near thirty years for MARVEL, DC Comics, Vertigo, Dark Horse Comics, IMAGE, IDW and other companies with writers Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, James Robinson and Grant Morrison on books including The Unwritten, Hellblazer, War Stories, The Massive with Brian Wood, and Grindhouse with Alex De Campi, with characters as diverse as Judge Dredd, Starman, John Constantine, Dan Dare and Captain America. He has also contributed to licenses including Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Transformers and Terminator. He mentors film students on storyboarding, teaches workshops at schools and libraries and is currently writing and publishing ROLLER GRRRLS. Future work includes Incendiary.US and Zachariah Gunn: Dakota.
Gary has also provided storyboards and concept design work for the games and film industry and also works commercially with clients including D'Agostini, SONY, EA Games COLORS, Team GB British Cycling, J League and the Joshua Agency. He has also contributed a short story to the successful Metal Made Flesh series for Subversive Comics working with writer Cy Dethan called The Final Piece Of Me. Recent work includes the companion graphic novel to the Frontlines series of sci-fi novels by Marko Kloos, written by Ivan Brandon for Jet City Comics and covers for Sabrina, The Teenage Witch for Archie Comics.
Outside comics, Gary also hosts character Design workshops for schools and teaches storyboards for film students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and more recently provided workshops for the Prince's Trust. He has produced educational and promotional work and talks for various universities including Glasgow and St Andrews. He also teaches games design at Fife college.
Gary was also the Creative Director of the Glenrothes Comic Con events [2017, 2018]
He lives near St. Andrews with his wife Mhairi and cats, Meg and Mog.
Appearing All Days
Artist Dan Boultwood has worked on projects for SONY, WARNER BROTHERS, BUDWEISER and EIDOS, including ‘Timesplitters 2’.
In addition to 'Danger Academy', within comics he co-created ‘The Gloom’ and ‘Agent Mom' (MTV), ‘Hope Falls’ (Markosia), ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars’ and ‘Horowitz Horrors’ (Hachette Books), and ‘The Prince Of Baghdad’ (DFC / Random House). Additional work includes 'Starship Troopers' (SONY / Markosia) and 'Phonogram' (Image Comics).
He also created ‘It Came’ for Titan Books, ‘Haggis and Quail’ and ‘Squid Squad’ for The Phoenix Magazine (David Fickling Books) and is the adaptor of the ‘Dirk Lloyd’ books, beginning with ‘Dark Lord, the Teenage Years’. Also a one-time editor for Titan, he has recently released Newbury & Hobbes with writer George Mann.
Currently an Editor for Titan Publishing, David Leach’s career as a cartoonist, writer and editor spans over 30 years, starting as the 'ghost artist' of HENRY'S CAT.
Among many others, he’s worked for IPC, Marvel UK, Marvel US, BBC Worldwide, Panini, Egmont, Tundra, and Fleetway. His work has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and Private Eye as well as WHIZZER & CHIPS, GAS, BRAIN DAMAGE, UT, MOOSE KID, CASPER and also within the pages of 1980s cult comics, TOXIC! and OINK! where he created PSYCHO GRAN and THE DINNER LADIES FROM HELL.
In addition to this, David co-wrote and drew THE TOXIC CRUSADERS for Marvel.
In his role as editor for Titan Comics, he works on a variety of titles including THE BLACKLIST, ANNO DRACULA, HAMMER’S THE MUMMY, CAPTAIN KRONOS, LENORE, FIGHTING AMERICAN, DAN DARE, WALLACE & GROMIT and ADVENTURE TIME. He’s also edited collections of vintage comic strips including BETTY BOOP, MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN, FLASH GORDON, JANE and ROY OF THE ROVERS.
In 2014 Dead Universe Comics published the first two issues of DAVID LEACH CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE, David’s autobiographical comic and in 2016 they published the first issue of PSYCHO GRAN VS… a new four-issue mini-series featuring Psycho Gran fighting various movie and comic book characters.
Outside of comics, in 2013 David co-won Channel Four’s Come Dine With Me.
DAVID LLOYD created the globally-successful, V For Vendetta, in company with writer, Alan Moore. Amongst many other things he has worked on the Hellblazer series, Aliens, Global Frequency, and War Stories.
He's also the creator of the acclaimed crime graphic novel, Kickback , which is now available, with all kinds of extras, from digital publisher, Sequential.
His current and entire occupation is publishing the pioneering cyberspace comic art magazine, Aces Weekly : www.acesweekly.co.uk
More information on David’s past and present projects can be found via www.lforlloyd.com, on
Deviantart.com, and on his Facebook page.
Attending: All Days
Lew Stringer began his career in comics in 1983, creating humour strips for Marvel UK titles such as THE DAREDEVILS, SPIDER-MAN, and THE TRANSFORMERS. He swiftly expanded his portfolio to freelance for IPC and other companies on OINK!, BUSTER, VIZ, and many other publications for a range of age groups. His most popular characters include COMBAT COLIN, TOM THUG, PETE AND HIS PIMPLE, ROBO-CAPERS, and many more.
Over the last three decades, Lew has created strips both as a writer and artist for numerous mainstream publications in the UK as well as occasionally generating his own self-published comics.
Internationally, Lew produced a series of BRICKMAN strips for Image Comics' ELEPHANTMEN, back up comic-horror pages for Dark Horse's GRINDHOUSE, and created THE SUBURBAN SATANISTS for the Scandinavian comic HERMAN HEDNING. In more recent times, Lew has worked on legendary British comics THE DANDY and THE BEANO, along with DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE, TOXIC, and EPIC magazines.