British comics artist (born 1969)
Chris Weston (born 1969) is aBritish comics artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries.
Weston was born in January 1969 inRinteln , Germany, and lived in various countries as a child. His career began when he was apprenticed for a year to work withDon Lawrence , by the end of which he had secured paid work on the British stripJudge Dredd .
He worked with writerJohn Smith on the ten-partIndigo Prime story "Killing Time", in which characters battledJack the Ripper aboard a time travelling train.
Weston's work in America began with onSwamp Thing duringMark Millar 's time as scriptwriter. He has since gone on to be published inThe Invisibles ,[ 1] Starman ,JSA ,Lucifer , andThe Authority .
He has also worked onThe Filth andMinistry of Space . The former acreator-owned written byGrant Morrison , the latter a "what if?"limited series written byWarren Ellis which saw Britain winning theSpace Race .[ 2]
Most recently he has provided the art forFantastic Four: First Family .
In 2008 Weston illustratedThe Twelve , a twelve-issuelimited series written byJ. Michael Straczynski .[ 3] [ 4] The series involves a team formed fromTimely Comics characters includingThe Witness ,The Black Widow andElektro .[ 5]
Since 2005 Weston has written a number of stories that he has also drawn, including a number of one-offs for2000 AD andThe Twelve: Spearhead a prequelone-shot .[ 6]
Interior comic work includes:
2000 AD (anthology ,Fleetway /Rebellion ):Judge Dredd :"A Night at the Circus" (withJohn Wagner , in #596, 1988) "Worms" (withAlan Grant , in #598, 1988) "Accident Prone" (with Alan Grant, in #602, 1988) "Tyger, Tyger..." (with Alan Grant, in #607, 1988) "Crazy Barry, Little Mo" (with John Wagner, in #615-618, 1989) "The (Great) Little U-Front Disaster" (with John Wagner, in #641, 1989) "The Vidders" (withGarth Ennis , in #749, 1991) "To Thing with Love" (with John Wagner, in #956, 1995) "Rest Stop" (withGordon Rennie , in #1194, 2000) "The Death of Dan-E Cannon" (script and art, in #1800, 2012) "The Heart is a Lonely Klegg Hunter" (withRob Williams , in #1888-1889, 2014) "Boxing Day" (with Rob Williams, in #2011, 2016) "The Fields" (with Rob Williams, in #2035-2036, 2017) "Fit for Purpose" (with Rob Williams, in #2073-2074, 2018) "Elevator Pitch" (with Rob Williams, in #2088-2089, 2018) "Unearthed" (co-writer with Rob Williams, drawn byPatrick Goddard , in #2124-2125, 2019) "Cadet Dredd vs. Grudzilla" (script and art, in #2130, 2019) "Control" (with Rob Williams, in #2141-2145, 2019) Tharg's Future Shocks :"Amanda" (withJim Campbell , in #623, 1989) "The God Fish" (withMike Collins , in #636, 1989) "House of the Future" (withChris Gormley , in #637, 1989) "Tharg's Terror Tales: Counts as One Choice" (script and art, in #1645, 2009) "Whatever Happened to the Green Pedestrian Palm?" (script and art, in Prog 2010, 2009) Inside Moves (withJohn Smith , in #631, 1989)Rogue Trooper :"The Hit Conclusion" (withSteve Dillon , inWinter Special '89, 1989) "Decoys" (withMichael Fleisher , inRogue Trooper Annual '91, 1990) "Enfleshings" (with John Smith, inYearbook '93, 1992) "Shock Tactics" (with John Smith, inSci-Fi Special '93, 1993) "Scavenger of Souls" (with Michael Fleisher, in #873-880, 1994) "G.I. Blues" (withMark Millar , in #901-903, 1994) "Hill 392" (withSteve White , inPoster Prog #4, 1994) Indigo Prime (with John Smith, in #678, 680-682,Winter Special '90 and 735-744, 1989–1991)Nemesis the Warlock : "Bride of the Warlock" (withPat Mills , inWinter Special '92, 1992)Robo-Hunter : "Something for the Weekend, Sir?" (with John Smith, inSci-Fi Special '92, 1992)Tales of MC-1 : "Animal House" (with John Smith, inSci-Fi Special '92, 1992)Canon Fodder :"Canon Fodder" (with Mark Millar, in #861-867, 1993) "Dark Matter" (withKek-W , in #980-987, 1996) Vector 13 : "Case One: Side Step" (withDan Abnett , in #1062, 1997)Nikolai Dante : "Russia's Greatest Love Machine, Part 1" (withRobbie Morrison , in #1066, 1997)Downlode Tales : "City on Fire" (with Dan Abnett, in #1155-1160, 1999)Pulp Sci-Fi : "Feast of Skin" (with John Smith, in #1163, 1999)Sláine : "The Bogatyr" (with Pat Mills, in #2111, 2018)Strontium Dog : "Bleeding Dogs Lie" (withMatt Smith , inVillains Takeover Special! , 2019)Swamp Thing vol. 2 #153: "Twilight of the Gods" (with Mark Millar,Vertigo , 1995)The Invisibles (withGrant Morrison , Vertigo):"Season of Ghouls" (in vol. 1 #10, 1995) "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (withPhil Jimenez , in vol. 2 #9, 1998) "Kissing Mister Quimper" (in vol. 2 #14-17 and 19-22, 1998–1999) "Goodbye Rag" (among other artists, in vol. 3 #3, 2000) Time Breakers #1-5 (withRachel Pollack ,Helix , 1997)The Dreaming #25: "My Year as a Man" (withPeter Hogan , Vertigo, 1998)Star-Spangled Comics : "...A Terrifying Hour!" (withGeoff Johns ,one-shot , DC Comics, 1999)Starman vol. 2 #55 (withDavid Goyer ,James Robinson ,Peter Snejbjerg andJohn McCrea , DC Comics, 1999)Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0: "A Chilly Day in Opal" (with Geoff Johns, James Robinson andLee Moder , 1999)JSA Secret Files #1: "History 101" (withRon Marz , co-feature, DC Comics, 1999)Lucifer #1-3: "A Six-Card Spread" (withMike Carey , Vertigo, 2000)The Authority #18-19: "Earth Inferno" (with Mark Millar,Wildstorm , 2000)Flinch #15: "Watchful" (withLucius Shepard , anthology, Vertigo, 2000)Ministry of Space #1-3 (withWarren Ellis ,Image , 2001–2004)Enemy Ace: War in Heaven #1 (of 2) (with Garth Ennis, DC Comics, 2001)War Story: Johann's Tiger (with Garth Ennis, one-shot, Vertigo, 2001)The Filth #1-13 (with Grant Morrison, Vertigo, 2002–2003)Judge Dredd Megazine (anthology, Rebellion):Judge Dredd :"Wharever Happened to Tweak?" (with Pat Mills, in #214, 2004) "Six" (with John Wagner, in #221-222, 2004) Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #11-12: "Jonni Future" (withSteve Moore , anthology,America's Best Comics , 2004)Event Horizon Volume 1 : "Heinrich Manoeuvre's H.E.A.D Trip!" (script and art, anthologygraphic novel ,Mam Tor , 2005)Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #197-199: "Blaze of Glory" (withWill Pfeifer , DC Comics, 2006)Fantastic Four: First Family #1-6 (withJoe Casey ,Marvel , 2006)American Splendor (withHarvey Pekar , anthology, Vertigo):"Comic Convention Comic" (in vol. 2 #2, 2006) "Fall" (in vol. 3 #1, 2008) The Twelve (Marvel):The Twelve #1-12 (withJ. Michael Straczynski , 2008–2012)The Twelve: Spearhead (script and art, one-shot, 2010)Four Feet from a Rat #1-4: "The Little Guy" (withMother , anthology, Mam Tor, 2008)Rocketeer Adventures #2: "It Ain't the Fall That Kills Ya..." (withMark Waid , anthology,IDW Publishing , 2011)Adventures of Superman vol. 2 #12: "Savior" (with Rob Williams,digital , DC Comics, 2013)Batman: Black and White vol. 2 #5: "I Killed the Bat!" (withBlair Butler , anthology, DC Comics, 2014)Marvel Comics #1000: "The Guild of Strange Science" (withAl Ewing , anthology, Marvel, 2019)Zzap!64 #70, 72 (Newsfield Publications , 1991)The Best of 2000 AD #91 (Fleetway , 1993)2000 AD #925, 1383, 1650, 1760, 1771, 1776, 1782, 1837, 2065, 2110 (Fleetway/Rebellion , 1995–2018)Judge Dredd Megazine #215, 231, 325, 400 (Rebellion, 2004–2018)Elephantmen #5 (Image , 2007)The Twelve #0 (Marvel , 2008)The Phantom Patrol tpb (Book Palace , 2009)Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #3 (DC Comics , 2010)Judge Dredd: Anderson, PSI-Division #1 (IDW Publishing , 2014)Big Trouble in Little China #1 (Boom! Studios , 2014)Chrononauts #1 (Image, 2015)Dan Dare vol. 2 #1-4 (Titan , 2017–2018)The Prisoner: Uncertainty Machine #1 (Titan, 2018)^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "The Invisibles", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.),The Vertigo Encyclopedia , New York:Dorling Kindersley , pp. 92– 97,ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1 ,OCLC 213309015 ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Filth", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.),The Vertigo Encyclopedia , New York:Dorling Kindersley , p. 83,ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1 ,OCLC 213309015 ^ The Gold, the Bad, and the Ugly: Weston Talks "The Twelve" Archived 3 March 2016 at theWayback Machine , 26 July 2007,Comic Book Resources ^ SDCC '07: Marvel’s the Twelve Revealed ,Newsarama ^ Mystery Men's Dozen: Brevoort Talks "The Twelve" Archived 3 March 2016 at theWayback Machine , 26 July 2007,Comic Book Resources ^ Phegley, Kiel (12 March 2010),Chris Weston: Spearheading The Twelve's Return ,Comic Book Resources , retrieved21 March 2010
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