Online Art Board Supplies Comic art for the major US companies such as Marvel or DC is drawn on special art board that includes 'blue line' indicators so the artists draw to the correct size proprotional to the final US comic book art size. Artists contracted to the companies are provided with this board, although I am not sure if this is still supplied gratis, as it was in Paul Neary's day as Editorial Director at Marvel UK, or if they have to pay for it. Page measurements apparently vary slightly from company to company, so using ordinary Bristol board and a ruler may be a better option for the aspiring artist than seeking down this specialised board. 2000AD is now published pro to US comic book size. BlueLine There is a type of Bristol board called BlueLine which features these the official comic page measurments printed on it. It's solicited through Previews and, therefore, most comic shops should be able to order it. Some artists don't like it. Bristol Board • Most art supply shops in Belfast sell Bristol board in A3 20 sheet blocks. Art Supplies • Great Art Supplies Gerstaecker UK Limited / Great Art, Normandy House, 1 Nether Street, Alton, Hampshire GU34 1EA Telephone Order line 0845 601 5772 (Local call rate) Described as Europe's largest and brightest catalogue for art materials, this company says "Whatever your angle - whether you're an art student, leisure painter, art teacher or professional artist - we're sure that you'll find that we are full of all the supplies you need." They publish a variety of catalogues for each country -- one artist I know orders material from their French rather than UK edition. • London Graphics Company 16-18 Shelton Street, Covent Garden London WC2H 9JL Tel: 020 7759 4500 Fax: 020 7759 4585 London Graphic Centre was established in 1973 as a specialist graphic materials supplier to the London Design and Advertising market. Dip Pens • Hans Presto This Swedish (with English translation) site apparently stocks and sells just about every dip pen ever made. It also has sections on Lettering, Comics and Handwriting. (thanks to artist Kev Hopgood for this one)

NEW BRITISH COMICS COLLECTIONS AVAIALBLE NOW... This is the first Dan Dare collection I've edited for Titan Books, comprising work by Frank Hampson, Frank Bellamy and Don Harley. Superb World War 1 strip first published in Battle and another collection edited by me for Titan

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David Gaddis
Official: www.davidgaddis.com
Pictured: A panel from Piercing by David Gaddis. © David Gaddis

Internet Magazine said of this guy: "If David Cronenberg illustrated comics, Piercing would be the result..."

Howard Gardner
Official: www.hgillustration.co.uk
Pictured: A panel from The Magic Tears © Howard Gardner

A surrealist cartoonist I came across whose strip work is a sheer delight -- and funny too, always a bonus!

Ricardo Garijo
Official web site: www.garijo.com.ar
• downthetubes Obituary
• Commando Checklist

Ricardo Garijo, who died in October 2009, was an artist for Commando who had worked in graphic media since 1980, drawing for DC Thomson since 1982, drawing thousands of pages of war cartoons and illustrations.
In the 1990's he began creating comics for other European periodicals, published in Spain, France and Italy, and published his own magazine, Gurbos in Extinction which was conceived as a tribute to the old Argentinean comic creators, some of the best in the world. He was also an author and teacher.

Bambos Georgiou
Official: www.astrapets.com

Both inker and artist, Bambos' many credits include work for Panini and illustration work for a number of magazines. He has also published several collections of featuring his own characters, the Astrapets, which are available via Smallzone.

Ian Gibson
Official: www.igibson.demon.co.uk
Pictured: One of Ian's all-time favourite strips, Genghis Grimtoad, written by Alan Grant and John Wagner. Genghis Grimtoad, which first appeared in Marvel UK's Strip! title, is © its respective creators.

Gibson's numerous credits include titles such as Action!, Valiant and 200AD and characters that include The Ballad of Halo Jones, Judge Anderson, Robohunter and Judge Dredd for 2000AD, Genghis Grimtoad which first appeared in Marvel UK's Strip comic and more. The site includes plenty of iamges of past work and some intriguing sneak previews of upcoming projects.

A fantastic CD of Ian's original art -- over 1000 original pages of art in the 2000AD artist's collection, (both for sale and his private collection) has been produced for potential buyers. The CD also features examples of some of the private commissions Ian has produced for fans, plus limited edition prints that are for sale (A3 size)

If any fans of Ian's would like a CD sent free of charge to your home for viewing, e-mail jane AT ian-gibson.com

Recommended Books
• The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones
by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson
Alan Moore and Ian Gibson ’s epic story of a girl in the wrong place at the wrong time. Halo Jones wasn’t anyone special. She wasn’t brave, or clever, or strong. She was just somebody who had to get out. Escaping the Hoop, Manhattan Island’s land of mindless leisure, is just the first step in a cosmic adventure that takes Halo to the far ends of the galaxy, through war and peace, trial, despair and triumph. But as she said: "Anybody could have done it."
• Buy it from Amazon.com • Buy it from Amazon.co.uk

Robo-Hunter: Play It Again, Sam
By John Wagner, et al
Sam Slade is the 22nd century's greatest robo-hunter - if your droid has disappeared or there's a cyborg on the loose, he's the man to call. Now, he's been employed by the British Government, and he's facing musical lunacy on every side during National Song Week...
• Buy it from Amazon.com • Buy it from Amazon.co.uk

• Read an interview with Ian Gibson: homepage.eircom.net/~twoms/halo1.htm

Stuart Giddings
ComicSpace: www.comicspace.com/gidz/
After a break of about 10 years Stuart came back to drawing comic strips in 2008, working with creators like Dave Hailwood on new material.

Giles
Tribute Page: giles.clickhere2.net
Cartoonist for the Daily Express, his visual commentary on British life certainly delighted my Dad and thousands of others for over 50 years.

Stan Goldberg
Official: www.stangoldberg.com
Pictured: The cover of Archie #506 by Stan Goldberg. © Archie Comics

US. Official site of the longtime Archie Comics artist. Features biography, allery, and more.

Stan Goldberg has been a comic book artist for over 50 years, having started his career (at age 16) in 1949 as a staff colourist for Timely (now known as Marvel) Comics.

Dan Goldman
Official: http://dangoldman.net
Dan Goldman is a New York-based writer, artist and designer. His critically-acclaimed graphic novel Shooting War was listed among 2007's top graphic novels in the Village Voice and Publisher's Weekly. He is also a founding member of online comics anthology ACT-I-VATE, where he serializes the psychedelic psychodrama "Kelly".
Dan is currently working with The New Republic's Michael Crowley on 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail, a nonfiction comics memoir of the presidential primaries to be published by Crown Books in autumn 2008.

The Goodman Brothers
Dave Goodman: www.bahala-na.co.uk
Arthur Goodman: www.favouritecrayon.co.uk
Square Eyed Stories : www.squareeyedstories.co.uk

Dave Goodman specialises in anthropomorc animals. Square Eyed Stories was founded in September 1997 by Jim McGee and members of the Ian Hering Comics Workshop at Liverpool Community College. The first issue came out in January 1998 and it has continued to be produced by members of the Comics Workshop since, as well as contributors from around the UK and abroad. Square Eyed Stories can be found at most major UK comic conventions, especially those with a sizeable small press presence; look for the Zip Gun Comics table.

Adi Granov
Official: www.adigranov.net
Adi Granov was announced as one of Marvel Comics’ Young Guns in 2004. In the proceeding years he has worked as a comic book artist for that company, including not only a relaunch for the Iron Man comic but being involved in the visual design of the suit armour for the 2008 Iron Man film.

Jamie Grant
Official: www.hopestreetstudios.com/jamie_grant.html
Colourist and co-conspirator with writer Alan Grant on Wasted ("the cutting-edge comic for Today's Youth Gone Wild!", published by Bad Press), Northern Lightz and more. His credits include titles such as All Star Superman, Testament and more.

Peter Gray
Official: www.pgcartoons.co.uk
Draws cartoons for greeting cars, comics and more.

Robin Grenville
Official: www.grenville-evans.co.uk
Pictured: A panel from a strip entitled "Smart Mobility" © Robin Grenville

UK Artist and illustrator, including comic strips and special commissions.

Adam Grose
Official: www.clownpress.com
ComicSpace: www.comicspace.com/adamgrose
MySpace: www.myspace.com/adamrgrose

Clown Press publisher Adam says he has been an artist for pretty much all his life. "I started drawing from the age of 6 months, when my mum, who used to draw lots of charcoal drawings, placed a crayon in my hand and watched me create, since then I have not stopped, drawing everyday."

Martin Griffiths
Official: www.martingriffiths.com
Martin's credits include Thundercats and Action Force for Marvel UK.

Paul Gulacy
Official: www.gulacy.com
Pictured: The cover of the Master of Kung Fu #2. © Marvel Comics

Matthieu Bortolin's excellent site devoted to the work of the artist including gallery, interviews and more.

Paul Gulacy's distinctive art was something I loved as a kid, reading the original Master of Kung Fu from Marvel.

Books to Buy
• Spies, Vixens and Masters of Kung Fu: The Art of Paul Gulacy
By J. David Spurlock, Michael Kronenberg
Vanguard Productions
• Buy it from Amazon.com • Buy it from Amazon.co.uk

Simon Gurr
Official: www.simongurr.com

Simon Gurr draws and writes comics and creates all sorts of things for web and print: some of his web games live on the award-winning ARKive site and he's illustrated several books for Oxford University Press, including Arnold Bennett’s The Card and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

His comics work includes strips for 2000AD; The Enhancer, co-written with Peter Gurr; St. Vincent’s Rock, written by Eugene Byrne; The Day of The Triffids, serialised for newspaper by the artist; and Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Graphic History, written by Eugene Byrne

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