Simon Bowland Archives

Review: Lonely Receiver #1
Letterer Simon Bowland, who chooses a color palette for his captions to match Jen's stylized colors, excels here as well. Bleeding Cool readers can look forward to conversations with Zac Thompson after every issue of Aftershock's Lonely Receiver. Lonely Receiver #1, Aftershock's latest series from writer Zac Thompson and artist Jen Hickman, is a break-up turned into a sci-fi horror story[...]
Bloodshot Salvation #3
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Bloodshot Salvation #3 from Valiant by Jeff Lemire, Lewis LaRosa, Mico Suayan, Diego Rodriguez, Brian Reber and Simon Bowland continues the story of Bloodshot and his family as things fall apart. Bloodshot Salvation #3 cover by Kenneth Rocafort Bloodshot's partner, Magic, and their daughter Jessie have been on the run ever since his apparent death, and[...]
Preview 8 Pages Of Dredd: Uprise Arriving This Week Continuing From Dredd: Underbelly
This week on Wednesday, October 29th, Rebellion are releasing a 32-page movie sequel comic book, DREDD: Uprise, one of a two-part mini-series by Arthur Wyatt, Paul Davidson, Chris Blythe, and Simon Bowland, with cover by Ben Willsher. Since its predecessor, DREDD: Underbelly sold out twice (and is getting a variant reprint this week also with a[...]
Process Art For Captain Victory #3 By Nathan Fox
Here is some process art for Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #3 out Wednesday. Pencils and inks are by Nathan Fox, colors are by Brad Simpson and letters are by Simon Bowland. And of course the comic is based on characters by Jack Kirby with a script by Joe Casey. For more on Captain Victory and the Galactic[...]
Alan Moore Is Creating An Open Access Comics App With Titles From Peter Hogan, Garth Ennis, Leah Moore, And John Reppion (UPDATE)
What will this "technical toolkit" feature and what will these cutting-edge digital comics look like? The anticipation begins. UPDATE: The Electricomics website "about us" section also added more information today regarding the origin of the idea for the project and the creators who will be working on the platform, adding Nicola Scott, Jose Villarrubia, Colleen Doran, Paul[...]
Why You Shouldn't Just Read Numbercruncher, You Should Read It All At Once
Written by Simon Spurrier, with artwork by PJ Holden, colors by Jordie Bellaire, and letters by Simon Bowland, the first thing you'll notice about the comic is how compressed it is, something that's becoming unusual these days At a guess, it's likely that this kind of densely crafted storytelling relates to its short-form serial origin[...]
The Last 2000AD Of 2013
Top marks to Simon Bowland for great lettering too, especially on the sound effects. 4.Robot Remembrance Pat Mills! Clint Langley! Annie Parkhouse! Horrible mechanical violence! The ABC Warriors are back in Return to Mars This is a smartly done, small scale piece that emphasizes both the absurdity and brutality of the ABCs The piece is essentially a[...]