Brendan McCarthy Archives

Comic book creator, and TV/movie writer/designer Brendan McCarthy tweeted the sad news "Sadly, my eyesight has deteriorated to a point where drawing any new comics is unrealistic I've always worn glasses and done alright, but lately there's been a marked decline I can still write and design stuff, and I'll do a final 'Art Of'[...]

Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of Gorillaz will be joining over forty other artists for the new Gorillaz Art Book from Z2 Comics next spring for the 20th anniversary (stop it, really??) of Gorillaz with new interpretations of 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, and Russel Hobbs in one volume, case bound at 12.6 x 9.2 inches and 288[...]

I can't even believe the detail work on those spears! Contributors to DHP #9 include: Fred Van Lente, Alex de Campi, Victor Santos, Mike Grell, Brendan McCarthy, Mark Evanier, Guiu Vilanova, Jerry Ordway, and Sergio Aragonés. Dark Horse describe DHP #9 thus: Sergio Aragonés's Groo gets involved in politics, and that's not good for man, woman, or child[...]

Divided into four large chapters, known as "Phase I" through "Phase IV," Zenith was still talked about fondly and with respect among fans who read it way back when, as it hit the stands. The only other glimpse of hope previously offered to those looking to read this legendary series was hundreds of copies of Zenith[...]

Now it has nothing whatsoever to do with Forever Evil, but it does have a different artist on every page, and single handedly employs more female comics creators than every other DC comic book put together. It also has Brendan McCarthy's first internal comics work for DC Comics since Solo in 2006 (he had a Jonah[...]

A few ch-ch-changes from solicitations to actual published comics, in terms of who's actually doing them… Fantastic Four #14 will now be drawn by Raffaele Lenco rather than Mark Bagley. Koi Pham replaces Tan Eng Huat on X-Men Legacy #17 Jeremy Haun replaces Jorge Lucas as artist on Ra's Al Ghul And The League Of Assassins #1 Dial E[...]

You could buy a used copy of Skin by Milligan and McCarthy on Amazon for over £27. Or on Wednesday at 7.30pm, you could go to Gosh Comics in London to hear Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy doing a talk and Q&A about their new book from Dark Horse that collects the very best of their hard-to-find[...]

And while Diego Bernard is a fine artist, there was a part of me that wished for Brendan McCarthy, and a reteaming of the pair… But these things are rare and probably unachievable now. Back in the eighties, Milligan and McCarthy created between them some of the most influential comic books Strange Days, with celebrity superhero Paradax[...]

Those who managed to reclaim their creator ownership of concepts, those who didn't and what this might mean for the situation regarding Zenith. It also inspired comics creator Brendan McCarthy to write a response in the comments, in which we get another history, including that of his own Paradax…. As you weren't around in the 80′s and[...]

Over the weekend we reported on a piece of original Paradax art being sold on eBay as being drawn by Brendan McCarthy Except Brendan McCarthy was sure it wasn't The piece was pulled, but some curious conversations have revealed the truth Brendan McCarthy writes; Just to bring you up to speed, the mystery of this Paradax[...]

Found on eBay Brendan McCarthy: "I really put my greatest effort into making sure that the Paradax comic was going to look amazing It's a great personal favourite of mine Paradax 1 and Strange Days 2 I think aresome of my best works." Paradax first appeared in the three issues of Strange Days (1984-1985). This is an increadibly RARE item[...]

Louis Falcetti writes for Bleeding Cool; UPDATE: Apparently for every mention of Harlequin Comics, it should have read Walking Dead #103. Possibly the

"Stories spotlight a space heist on a ghost ship, a spirit who wants to play synthesizer in a techno band, a ghost-for-hire haunting agency and others dark, twisted tales." The creators are Geoff Johns, Gilbert Hernandez, Phil Jimenez, Joe Kubert, Jeff Lemire, John McCrea, Amy Reeder Hadley, Paul Pope and Neil Kleid with covers by[...]

Jamie will be talking, amongst other things, about Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy's Skin. No I'm not going I wasn't sure if I'd be able to go, and when I did, they'd all sold out Buggers. If you are going, do let us all know how it goes.     Gorillaz' Jamie Hewlett, Tamara Drewe's Posy Simmonds, Roald Dahl's[...]

David Hine, author of Bulletproof Coffin with Shaky Kane, has been writing about another hero of British comics, Brendan McCarthy's early work, including Electric Hoax with Peter Milligan But now he has reprinted an early encounter with the creator, by way of a 1980-published comic called Cipher, and a cover strip by Brendan, never reprinted since[...]

If you're lucky. Created at the Kapow Comic Convention earlier in the year, its aim was to tell a Superior story with as many people as possible, raise money for charity and break a couple of world records in the process. I'm not sure how the Most Contributors To A Comic Book record was arrived at –[...]

Here are some excluisve designs and concepts for a Simon Cowell TV series that never made it… A few years back, SYCO, his production company, got in touch with Brendan McCarthy (Reboot, Rogan Gosh, Strange Days, Judge Dredd) to help them conceptualise a new TV format, after the international success of the new Doctor[...]

The cover to The Walking Dredd, Williams & McCarthy for an upcoming Judge Dredd Megazine #311, out the end of May in the UK, the end of June in the US. Brendan McCarthy is quotes as saying "Awash in a sea of zombie comics and movie and cable TV shows, I thought it would be interesting[...]

Brendan McCarthy told me; I recently tried Marvel on a sequel to FEVER called "Carnival of Light", named after the unreleased Sgt Pepper era sound-collage that the Beatles knocked up for a "Happening" at the Round House in London. Marvel told me they have trimmed plans for their more 'fringe' titles, so it's very unlikely this one[...]

A glance at the roster of talent involved is enough to take the breath away, and it should be remembered that a whole generation of readers was able to pick up almost any given issue and see a dozen of these guys at their very best. So thank you: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Gerry Finley-Day, Alan[...]