Colin Wilson (draftsman)

Colin Wilson 2012 at the International Game Days / ComicAction in October 2012 in Essen

Colin Wilson (born October 31, 1949 in Christchurch ) is a New Zealand comic artist .

Life

Wilson worked as a draftsman and photographer in New Zealand before moving to London in 1980, where he worked on the series Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper for comic magazine 2000 AD . As a draftsman and copywriter for the French publisher Glénat , he produced the 3-volume series Dans l´ombre du soleil (German: In the shadow of the sun ). Here he was based on the drawing style of Jean Giraud and so Jean-Michel Charlier became aware of him when he was a draftsman for the youth adventures of Lieutenant Blueberrysought. Six albums were created in this way. However, Charlier died in 1989 while working on the third volume, which he wrote up to page 28. François Corteggiani completed the album and continued the series with other albums (and after Wilson with Michel Blanc-Dumont as a draftsman).

It is noteworthy that Wilson, although at the latest with Blueberry arrived in the European author's comic, continues to appear as a "commissioned artist" for various series and different publishers. In 2000 he drew a special edition of the traditional Italian western series Tex (text: Claudio Nizzi , German at Panini Comics ). In 2002, Point Blank was a 5-part series for the American market, together with copywriter Ed Brubaker, and since 2007 Wilson has also been drawing for the Star Wars comic series, including the series Star Wars: Invasion . For the French publisher Delcourt he also designed individual volumes of the Jour J series (Eng .: Tag X , Panini Comics).

After the three-part thriller lead in the skull (2004-2006, text: Matz), which was filmed with Sylvester Stallone under the title Bullet to the Head in 2013, his current series Wonderball (since 2014, so far 5 volumes, German with Alles Gute ! ) another thriller.

Albums

• In the shadow of the sun (complete edition by Kult Comics , April 2019)

1. Rael (Feest, 1988)
2. Mantell (Feest, 1989)
3. Alia (Feest, 1990)

• The youth of Blueberry , text: Jean-Michel Charlier , François Corteggiani (see above)

1. The Devils of Missouri (Ehapa, 1987 / Ehapa, 2004 / Carlsen, 1990)
2. Riot in Kansas (Ehapa, 2004 / Carlsen, 1991)
3. Death Mission in Georgia (Ehapa, 2004 / Carlsen, 1991)
4. Merciless hunt (Ehapa, 2004 / Carlsen, 1992)
5. Three men for Atlanta (Ehapa, 1994)
6. The Price of Blood (Ehapa, 1995)

• Thunderhawks , text: François Corteggiani , from volume 2 drawings by Michel Suro

1. Settlement in Red Springs (Carlsen, 1993)

• Rain Dogs (Cult Editions, 2001)

• Lead in the skull , text: Matz

1. Small fish (Colorful Dimensions, 2008)
2. Big fish (Colorful Dimensions, 2010)
3. Chaos in the aquarium (Colorful Dimensions, 2011)

• Wonder ball , text: Fred Duval & Jean-Pierre Pécau with Fred Blanchard , coloring: Jean-Paul Fernandez

1. Shooter (All the best !, 2016)
2. Phantom (All the best !, 2017)
3. Sheriff (All the best !, 2017)
4. Photographer (Alles Gute !, 2017)
5. Beekeeper (All the best !, 2018)

Web links

• Colin Wilson at Comicguide.de
• Homepage of the artist