Ian Gibson

Ian Gibson is a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s black-and-white work for 2000 AD.

Biography

His imaginative cartoonish, and intricately detailed style (especially in black and white strips) lends itself best to humorous strips, such as Robo-Hunter and Ace Trucking Co., although his work on the Alan Moore-penned The Ballad of Halo Jones shows that he is capable of telling a serious story.

In the US, Gibson made a good name for himself drawing Mister Miracle for DC Comics in the 1980s. Subsequently he started work on Meta 4, an innovative science fiction/superhero comic written by Stefan Petrucha. This series was cut short when publisher First Comics went out of business.

Since 2000, Gibson has mostly been occupied drawing Judge Dredd and the revived Robo-Hunter series.

He also regularly contributes articles and rants to the Den Of Geek website about the state of today's comics industry.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 14, 17, 22, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37-38, 42, 45-46 & 48-49, 1977-78)
• Walter the Wobot (in 2000 AD # 50-51, 1978)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 53-56, 1978)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 76-85 & 100-112, 1978-79)
• Project Overkill (in 2000 AD # 119-126, 1979)
• The Mind of Wolfie Smith (in 2000 AD # 127-130, 1979)
• Robo Hunter (in 2000 AD # 152-174, 1980)
• Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales (in 2000 AD # 188, 1980)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 190-91 & 195, 1980-81)
• Tharg the Mighty (in 2000 AD # 198-99, 1981)

• Tharg's Future Shocks: "Grawks Bearing Gifts" (with Alan Moore, in 2000 AD #203, 1981)

• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 201, 204 & 208, 1981)
• Tharg the Mighty (in 2000 AD # 208-209 & 222-223, 1981)
• Ace Trucking Co. (in 2000 AD # 239-243, 1981)
• Tharg the Mighty (in 2000 AD 1983 Annual, 1982)
• Robo Hunter (in 2000 AD # 259-272, 275-281, 283-88, 292-307 & 312-331, 1982-83)
• Robo-Hunter: "Hoagy's First Case" (2000 AD 1984 Annual)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 343-45, 354-55 & 364-65, 1983-84)
• The Amazing Maze Dumoir (in 2000 AD # 368-369, 1984)
• Anderson: Psi Division (in 1985 Judge Dredd Annual)

• The Ballad of Halo Jones (with Alan Moore):
  • "Ballad of Halo Jones: Book 1" (in 2000AD #376-385, 1984)
  • "Ballad of Halo Jones: Book 2 Prologue" (in 2000AD #405, 1985)
  • "Ballad of Halo Jones: Book 2" (in 2000AD #406-415, 1985)
  • "Ballad of Halo Jones: Book 3 Prologue" (in 2000AD #451, 1986)
  • "Ballad of Halo Jones: Book 3" (in 2000AD #452-466, 1986))

• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 419-420, 1985)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 435-443, 1985)
• Anderson: Psi Division (in 1986 Judge Dredd Annual, 1985)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 444, 1985)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 468-469, 476 & 496-498, 1986)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 521, 1987)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 578-580, 1988)
• Mister Miracle #1-5 (DC Comics, 1988)
• Anderson: Psi Division (in 2000 AD Winter Special # 1, 1988)
• Star Wars: Droids (Star Comics, 1986)
• Return of the Taxidermist (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 37-46, 1993-94)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 50-52, 1994)
• I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant (in 2000 AD # 1050-1059, 1997)

• Banzai Battalion (with John Wagner):
  • "The Fitz" (in 2000 AD #1257-1262, 2001)
  • "Save the Fitz!" (in 2000 AD prog 2003, 2002)

• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD prog 2004, # 1371-1373, 1406-1411 and prog 2005, 2003-04)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD from # 1450, 2005)
• Millennium #1-8 (inker, DC Comics)
• Green Lantern Corps #214-216 (DC Comics)

References

• Ian Gibson at the Grand Comic-Book Database
• Ian Gibson at the Comic Book DB
• 2000 AD profile
• Ian Gibson at Lambiek

External links

• Ian Gibson's home page
• Ebay Profile Gibson's self written profile on, where fans leave feedback ebay
• Forsaken memory Luke Gibson (musician) son of Ian Gibson

Interviews

• Ian Gibson Interview, 2000ADReview, December 4, 2002