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Nigel Dobbyn, “2000 AD” Artist, Dead at 56

By | August 30th, 2019
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Nigel Dobbyn

Rebellion have announced that veteran “2000 AD” artist Nigel Dobbyn has died. He was only 56 years old.

Based in northeast England, Dobbyn began drawing for fanzines like “Killing Stroke” and “Harrier’s Avalon” after receiving his engineering degree in 1984. He made his professional debut in “2000 AD” four years later, beginning with a trio of ‘Future Shocks’ stories for the magazine, and continuing with Hilary Robinson’s ‘Medivac 318’ saga, as well as Mark Millar and Garth Ennis’s ‘Strontium Dogs’ stories.

Dobbyn was also a prolific illustrator of children’s comics, starting with the UK’s Sonic the Hedgehog magazine “Sonic the Comic” during the 1990s. Other work in this area included Dark Horse Comics’ “Digimon,” Classical Comics’ Shakespeare adaptations, and Panini’s “Spider-Man and Friends.” He also wrote and drew ‘Billy the Cat’ for The Beano, and collaborated with writer Tony Lee on the graphic novel of Anthony Horowitz’s Nightrise.

Other work by Dobbyn included designing The H.P. Lovecraft Drawing Book for Arcturus Publications, the “Saxon Princess” comic strip on display in the Kirkleatham Museum at Redcar, North Yorkshire, and Garth Ennis’s ’90s “Demon” run for DC. He had recently returned to “2000 AD” for the ‘Ace Trucking Co.’ strip.

“2000 AD” editor Matt Smith said, “Everyone here at ‘2000 AD’ was shocked and saddened to hear of Nigel’s death, and our deep condolences got out to his family. He was fantastically adept artist, equally capable of conveying the deep-space drama of ‘Medivac 318’ as he was the manic energy of the ‘Strontium Dogs Gronk’ stories. A regular contributor to the Prog during the 1990s, his clear storytelling, strong lines and bold colours made him an instantly recognisable presence. Although he’d dropped out of the comic in the noughties, he came back recently to draw some ‘Ace Trucking’ one-offs, and he did a beautiful job on the characters, instilling the pages with the humour and action he did so well.”


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Christopher Chiu-Tabet

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