Ashley Wood

Ashley Wood at an art exhibition in Tokyo , 2014

Ashley Wood (* 1971 in Perth , Australia ) is an Australian comic book writer , illustrator and designer .

Wood is best known to the wider public for his illustrations for various titles from Marvel , Image, and IDW Publishing , among others. a. to Spawn , Tank Girl, and Judge Dredd . He is also a painter and mixed-media active Artists and operated from 2008 to 2019 as a character designer , together with Kim Fung Wong in Hong Kong based company ThreeA from the Designer Toys produces and were driven out, the extent on Woods paintings, drawings and Comics are based.

Life

Wood lives with his wife, author TP Louise , and their two sons in Perth, Australia.

World of Ashley Wood - 7471Verse

Designer toys from the Popbot range from a private collection.

In addition to his commissioned work for larger comic publishers and the video game manufacturer Konami , Wood and his wife TP Louise have been developing their own fictional universes since 2001 , their most prominent and continuously expanding series Popbot , Word War Robot and Adventure Kartel , as well as a collaboration between Wood and South African rap since 2015 -Rave Duo Die Antwoord are. Wood and Louise publish the actions taking place under the label 7471Verse , named after the company 7174 Pty Ltd., which they jointly founded in 2004 . The media used for publication include comics and illustrated books at IDW Publishing and a range of designer toys, oil paintings and mixed media works that have been exhibited in various galleries around the world, for example in Hong Kong, New York and Paris .

Popbot

The 13-volume Eisner Award- nominated comic series Popbot takes place in a fictional universe that Wood himself calls "a heady mix of Jacob's Ladder and Fritz the Cat , with a side serving of David Lynch weird ass salad" (German : "An exciting mix of Jacob's Ladder and Fritz the Cat with a completely crazy David Lynch salad as a side dish"). The interwoven narrative threads revolve around the eponymous, humanoid robot Popbot , who works as a bodyguard for a cat that was once celebrated as a rock star, as well as a femme fatale who fights against a group of murderous androids equipped with consciousness and artificial intelligence and a former punk musician , who leads a group of cloned , autistic urban samurai in battle against a group of robots. Numerous characters in the series have been released as Designer Toys by ThreeA (see picture). In 2012, a possible film adaptation was offered on the American Film Market .

World War Robot

World War Robot , mostly WWR abbreviated, is one of the science fiction genre of associated alternative history -narrative in which a fictitious been registered between 1980 and 1990 World War is at the center. In this Great War , the political powers of the earth's population face each other and the parts of humanity that have fled to the planet Mars due to religious and political oppression . Both sides use diesel-powered combat robots, all of which are designed and sold by the industrialist Darwin Rothchild , who lives on the moon . The WWR universe created by Wood is based on various comic and illustrated book publications, individual paintings and a series of designer toys from ThreeA. In 2009 Jerry Bruckheimer secured the rights to a film adaptation . According to the Internet Movie Database , filming is currently in development.

Adventure cartel

The events of this dystopian narrative, set in an alternative present, are only fragmentarily portrayed against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse and depict the experiences of a group of survivors who give the series its name. In addition to an illustrated book published in 2014, the individual fragments of the story can be found in the comics included with the Designer Toys in this series.

The Antwoord DAx3A

There has been a collaboration between Wood and the South African rap-rave duo Die Antwoord since 2015. This has resulted in a series of designer toys and, since 2017, a comic series by the two musicians Ninja and Yolandi Visser (text) and Wood (drawings) under the title Fuck Everyone * . The designer toys based on the fictional characters of the musicians from their album Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid (2016) were nominated for the Designer Toy Award in 2018.

Awards

Awards

• 2002: Spectrum Awards Gold Award in Advertising for Popbot
• 2002: Spectrum Awards Gold Award in Comic for Popbot
• 2002: Communication Arts Award of Excellence in Illustration for Popbot
• 2011: Designer Toy Awards - Community Choice Artist of the Year
• 2011: Designer Toy Awards - Manufacturer of the Year for ThreeA

Nominations

• 2006: Eisner Award Best Short Story for the Richard Matheson adaptation Blood Son (with Chris Ryall )
• 2006: Eagle Award for Favorite Artist: Fully-Painted Artwork for Metal Gear Solid : Sons of Liberty
• 2007: Eagle Award for Favorite Artist: Fully-Painted Artwork for Tank Girl: The Gifting
• 2007: Eagle Award for Favorite Comics-Related Book for Uno Tarino: Latest Art by Ashley Wood
• 2015: Designer Toy Awards - Community Choice Artist of the Year
• 2017: Designer Toy Awards - Best Licensed Designer Toy of the Year
• 2018: Designer Toy Awards - Best Licensed Designer Toy of the Year

Bibliography (excerpt)

• Popbot, Vol. 1 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2001 ISBN 978-0971228221 .
• Uno Fanta: The Art of Ashley Wood . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2002 ISBN 978-0971228207 .
• Dos Fanta: More Art of Ashley Wood . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2002 ISBN 978-0971228276 .
• Popbot, Vol. 2 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2002 ISBN 978-0971228252 .
• Popbot, Vol. 3 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2002 ISBN 978-0971228290 .
• Popbot, Vol. 4 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2003 ISBN 978-0971977594 .
• Popbot, Vol. 5 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2004 ISBN 978-1932382181 .
• Tres Fanta: Even More Art Of Ashley Wood . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2004 ISBN 978-1932382211 .
• CSI, Book 1 (with Max Allan Collins, Gabriel Rodriguez). Titan Books, London 2004 ISBN 978-1840237719 .
• Popbot, Vol. 6 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2004 ISBN 978-1932382464 .
• Lore (with TP Louise). IDW Publishing, San Diego 2004 ISBN 978-1932382372 .
• Metal Gear Solid, Volume 1 (with Kris Oprisko ). IDW Publishing, San Diego 2005 ISBN 978-1932382648 .
• Metal Gear Solid, Volume 2 (with Kris Oprisko). IDW Publishing, San Diego 2006 ISBN 978-1933239309 .
• Sam and Twitch: The Brian Michael Bendis Collection, 1 (with Brian Michael Bendis ). Image Comics, Berkeley 2006 ISBN 978-1933239309 .
• Popbot, Vol. 7 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2004 ISBN 978-1933239873 .
• Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty (with Alex Garner). IDW Publishing, San Diego 2006 ISBN 978-1933239781 .
• Uno Tarino: Artwork by Ashley Wood . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2007 ISBN 978-1600101236 .
• Tank Girl: The Gifting (with Alan Martin). IDW Publishing, San Diego 2007 ISBN 978-1600101090 .
• World War Robot, Vol 1 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2008 ISBN 978-1600103247 .
• Dos Tarino: The Latest Art by Ashley Wood . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2008 ISBN 978-1600102578 .
• Popbot, Vol. 8 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2009 ISBN 978-1600100963 .
• World War Robot, Vol 2 . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2009 ISBN 978-1600105067 .
• Tre Tarino . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2009 ISBN 978-1600105432 .
• Zombies vs Robots Aventure (with Chris Ryall). IDW Publishing, San Diego 2010 ISBN 978-1600107177 .
• Hellspawn: Complete Collection (with Brian Michael Bendis, Steve Niles ). Image Comics, Berkley 2010 ISBN 978-1607061557 .
• Mystery Society (with Steve Niles, Fiona Staples ). IDW Publishing, San Diego 2010 ISBN 978-1600107986 .
• Judge Dredd: v. 22: The Complete Case Files (1977-1992) (with various authors). 2000 AD / Rebellion Developments , Oxford 2014 ISBN 978-1600107986 .
• Adventure cartel . IDW Publishing, San Diego 2014 ISBN 978-1631400339 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ashley Wood Artist: Sub-item Biography . Retrieved June 29, 2015.
2. ^ IDW Publishing and Konami Present Metal Gear Solid - The Comic Book ( Memento from March 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 29, 2015.
3. ↑ Ashley Wood Artist: Subsection 7174 Pty Ltd. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
4. ↑ HK Venture, November 6-13, 2009 . Retrieved June 29, 2015.
5. ↑ Jonathan Levine Gallery, October 20 - November 17, 2012 . Retrieved June 29, 2015.
6. ↑ Daniel Maghen Gallery, May 15 - June 1, 2013 . Retrieved June 29, 2015.
7. ^ The long lost Ashley Wood interview . Retrieved June 29, 2015.
8. ↑ Talking 'Popbot' with Ashley Wood , Comic Book Resources Interview, Nov. 3, 2001. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
9. ↑ Cult Comicbook Property 'Popbot' Goes AFM Route, October 31, 2012 . Retrieved June 29, 2015.
10. ↑ Bruckheimer gears up for 'War' , Variety , June 30, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
11. ↑ IMDB: World War Robot . Retrieved June 29, 2015.
12. ^ Die Antwoord Made a Limited Release Comic Book , NCU, July 22, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
13. ↑ ^{a b} 2018 Designer Toy Awards . Retrieved May 10, 2018.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Science Fiction Awards Database . Retrieved July 16, 2016.
15. ^ IDW Publishing ( Memento from September 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 29, 2015.
16. ↑ 2011 Designer Toy Awards . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
17. ↑ 2011 Designer Toy Awards . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
18. ↑ 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards . Comic Book Awards Almanac website. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
19. ↑ 2006 Eagle Awards . The Beat Comic News website. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
20. ↑ 2007 Eagle Awards . Comicforum website. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
21. ↑ 2007 Eagle Awards . Comicforum website. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
22. ↑ 2015 Designer Toy Awards . Retrieved October 12, 2015.
23. ↑ 2017 Designer Toy Awards . Retrieved February 27, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Ashley Wood  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Publishing site of 7174 Publishing
• Ashley Wood's Instagram page
• Page of ThreeA