Dave Gibbons Archives

If there was ever a day to enjoy the two best takes on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons & colorist John Higgins' comic book classic Watchmen, today would be that very day Why? Because you can catch both of them on the same streaming service! Wait… was there another reason? First up, we've got HBO[...]

Over time I was only off by about four million" "I had the honour of being the second person ever to be Funky Flashman from the Fourth World…  I appeared in Sleeper as agent W… I helped Dave Gibbons get a gig to do a promotional poster to be given out in Hall H when the[...]

It is meant to include the artists whose work was used to develop Midjourney's AI art offering. They include comic book creators such as Tim Bradstreet, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Art Spiegelman, Brian Bolland, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bill Watterson, Bill Willingham, Ben Templesmith, Adi Granov, Al Davidson, Alex Toth, Arthur Rackham, Arthur Suydam, Scott McCloud, Ryan North, Mort Drucker,[...]

A Hard Agree Christmas Carol is the December 2023 edition of Hard Agree's annual yuletide charity podcast, featuring host Andrew Sumner and an all-star line-up from comics, movies, TV & theatre performing a live recitation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in support of ComicBooks for Kids.Joining Sumner on the podcast are Dave Gibbons, Michael[...]

In the now-classic Superman story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, For The Man Who Has Everything, Batman and Wonder Woman visit Superman in his Fortress Of Solitude.. …to find him in the arms of a Black Mercy plant giving him his dreams of living in Krypton, and allowing Mongul free reign to conquer the Earth. The[...]

Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons, who wrote and drew the original story in Marvel's Doctor Who Weekly in 1980. Image: BBC Screencap So why, when you get a TV show or film based on a Marvel superhero comic book, are the credits for the comic book creators buried deep during the final credits? If there is a contractual[...]

Which was based on the comic that Mills and Dave Gibbons created for Doctor Who Weekly from Marvel back in 1980 "YES! I was talking to a retailer today who told me that comic has rocketed from around 30 quid to 200 overnight." Now, this is Mark Millar, so obviously, the numbers are going to be[...]

Davies's David Tennant (Fourteenth Doctor) & Catherine Tate (Donna Noble)-starring episode acknowledge the creators of Beep the Meep (voiced by Miriam Margolyes)? There it was, right at the end of the opening title credits – with the episode written by Davies from a story by Pat Mills & Dave Gibbons. Written by Mills & John Wagner and drawn[...]

But why no mention of the co-writer credit for John Wagner? Well, Pat Mills says, "Even though they were under absolutely no obligation to do so, Bad Wolf very generously paid Dave Gibbons and myself for the return of The Star Beast In fact, they also offered to pay John Wagner, too, as both our names[...]

In 1980, Doctor Who Weekly, published by Marvel Comics UK, included a new comic book strip by Pat Mills, John Wagner, and Dave Gibbons, edited by Dez Skinn, Star Beast Pat Mills is best known as the founder of 2000AD and co-creator of Judge Dredd, Punisher 2099 and Marshall Law; John Wagner is his Dredd co-creator[...]

£14.99 in British pounds. They also have the Fourth Doctor collection from Marvel UK/Panini, which includes the Star Beast story by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons, which has been adapted for the new David Tennant 2023 Doctor Who season And they even put Beep The Meep on the cover This will be widely released on the[...]

B7 Media has announced at this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere in England, that they are releasing an audiobook recording of  Dave Gibbons' Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography The audiobook will be available exclusively to buy and download from Audioteria from December and will be available on other audiobook platforms from Spring 2024[...]

At the last London Film And Comic Con, I found myself emergency-hosting The Dave Gibbons Autobiography Panel with Tim Pilcher, looking at the new book, Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography By Dave Gibbons It has now been published from Dark Horse Comics, and I have finally managed to make some sense of the very low-quality audio recording[...]

Dave Gibbons is the co-creator of Watchmen, Give Me Liberty, Kingsmen and creator of The Originals Pat Mills is the co-creator of 2000AD, Judge Dredd, Marshall Law and much more And also, a long time ago, they were the creative team, alongside writer John Wagner, and editor Dez Skinn for the Star Beast comic strip that[...]

Events include Dave Gibbons talking about his memoir Confabulations on the 24th of June and an Illustration Masterclass with Chris Mould for the 25th of June. However, the choice of an AI Illustration for their promotion, when they are featuring actual human illustrators has not gone down well with a litany of protests on Twitter[...]

We assume he was talking about Pat Mills, John Wagner and artist Dave Gibbons, who first created Beep the Meep Now think about that Pat Mills and John Wagner are the creators of Judge Dredd for 2000AD, and Dave Gibbons not only drew Rogue Trooper for 2000AD but went on to co-create and draw Watchmen[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for April 2023, in which a new comic book convention comes to Battersea Park, Mark Stafford launches his exhibition, there are big signings at Gosh and Forbidden Planet with Garth Ennis, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Andy Diggle and plenty more besides But[...]

I get the feeling that this week may be quite Dave Gibbons-heavy As I finally manage to wade through the panel I hosted between Tim Pilcher and Dave Gibbons at LFCC last November, and from the Century Club Comica Panel with Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons, as part of Paul Gravett's Comica events last week[...]

Watchmen was a comic book by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins You might have heard of it; it was quite popular Was turned into a movie, a TV series, toys, unauthorised prequels, sequels and eventually merged with the history of the DC Universe So what's next? Well, I may have some other gossip[...]

Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons, talking to writer and critic Tim Pilcher, about their fifty-year friendship, after first meeting in a London comic book convention, also just down the road, in 1972 It's part of a series of events being hosted at the Century Club, Paul Gravett's Comica for 2023, and I'll be reporting on[...]

And now in March, it will host the long-awaited return of Comica, The London Comics Festival in association with VIP Brands Ltd and The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, a series of panels running in the evening through the month, with everyone from Armando Iannucci to Posy Simmonds, from Brian Bolland to Iain Sinclair, Dave[...]

Joining Sumner on the podcast are legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock; BBC presenter & wine expert Olly Smith, author, actor & MCU star Evangeline Lilly, comic book legend Dave Gibbons, West End theatre star Julie Stark, comics editor & creator David Leach and Titan Comics' marketing man and ComicBooks for Kids UK director Will O'Mullane[...]

This is an attempt to sift through them all and find the most relevant items. What's FOC-ing this weekend? Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography is an alphabetical indexed link of anecdotes from the life of Dave Gibbons and published by Dark Horse "A comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the world's most famous[...]

But it seems there is another moderation emergency and I will also be the moderator for the Who Watches Dave Gibbons panel at 3pm today A career retrospective and a plug for the upcoming book written with LFCC Comic Zone organise Tim Pilcher, I haven't actually read the book But my plan is to just[...]

Alice Oseman describes the book as candid writing, with playful artwork, and a riotous and a fearlessly real story of figuring out that you're trans – this book will bring hope and comfort to so many. Thursday , 7th of July Troopers, Central London, inquire here. Friday, 8th of July London Film & Comic Con, Hammersmith Olympia, London, From[...]

As part of a massive auction of premium comic books and original artwork at Heritage Auctions, taking place today, with Bleeding Cool covering only a tiny smattering of it, we have one of those rarest things, a page from Watchmen #1 by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons An iconic full shot of the Nite Owl[...]

At press time, stories will be created by a virtual who's who of writers and artists, including Brent Anderson, Sergio Aragones, June Brigman, Kurt Busiek, Howard Chaykin, Joshua Dysart, Mark Evanier, Emil Ferris, Dave Gibbons, Rob Guillory, John Layman, Gabriel Rodriguez, Stan Sakai, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Chris Sprouse, Jill Thompson, Matt Wagner, Mark Waid,[...]

Recently Tim Pilcher and Dave Gibbons collaborated on the How Comics Work volume looking at the nuts and bolts of creating comic books Now Tim Pilcher is collaborating with Dave Gibbons on his new autobiography from Dark Horse Comics, Dave Gibbons' Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography And as part of the sales pitch for the book, Gibbons[...]

Today sees Heritage Auction lists, individually, all twelve issues of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen, the comic book that changes the medium Once seen as the holy of holies And for a comic that I picked up in the bargain bins in the early nineties, every issue selling for above its cover price –[...]

So much heart." And it will also contain a pin-up by Dave Gibbons or his most famous creation, Rorschach from Watchmen The first time he has returned to the character for DC Comics/Warners for over a decade And a tribute that comes from the heart. Batman/Catwoman Special pin-up by Dave Gibbons BATMAN CATWOMAN SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR[...]