Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland (born March 26, 1951 in Lincolnshire ) is a British comic book artist and author.
Life and work
Bolland began drawing at the age of ten, influenced by comic books from the publishers Dell Comics and DC . As a teenager he attended art school and during this time submitted his first work for underground magazines such as Friendz , International Times and OZ and Time Out . His characteristic style, which is characterized above all by his clean lines, his attention to detail and the naturalistic-authentic, photography-like charisma of his pictures, he already shaped during this time.
After Bolland had published a few fanzines, he got his first paid order for an illustration from Time Out magazine in 1971 . On the recommendation of the draftsman Dave Gibbons , he was accepted into the clientele of the art agency Bardon Press Features in 1972, which provided him with his first work. In 1977 Bardon Bolland secured permanent positions at the publishing house IPC on whose weekly magazine 2000 AD he was involved from then on (from # 41). He mainly drew stories about the policeman Judge Dredd , who lived in a dystopian future .
From 1979 Bolland began to work for the US publisher DC-Comics , for which he has since illustrated the covers of comic books and anthologies as well as posters, for example for the series The Flash , Superman , Green Lantern , Wonder Woman and Batman: Gotham Knights . In the 1990s, he also drew several stories for 2000AD about the adventurer Tank Girl, who lived in a post-apocalyptic future .
The series that Bolland has designed include the twelve-part mini-series Camelot 3000 from 1982 by Mike W. Barr , the environmental activist series Animalman , and Alan Moore's graphic novel The Killing Joke from 1988. Together with Grant Morrison , Bolland produced the Independent series The Invisibles in front of and with Bolland Strips! , a series of self-made comic strips, he tried his hand at writing for the first time.
Individual evidence
literature
- Salisbury, Mark: Artists on Comic Art , pp. 10-29. Titan Books, 2000 ISBN 1-84023-186-6
- Pruett, Joe (Ed.): The Art of Brian Bolland . Image Comics, 2006 ISBN 1-58240-603-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Brian Bolland in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bolland, Brian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British comic book artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lincolnshire |