Spider-Man versus Doc Ock by Leigh Baulch
Leigh was happy to confirm the piece is his work, although he also feels it isn’t his finest moment…
“Back then, I could never render in ink as well as I could in pencil,” says Leigh, who today is Titan Entertainment Group’s Operations Director – and kindly provided us with both art and final covers of two much better examples of his art work for Marvel UK’s Spider-Man comic, which we’re delighted to be able to share here.
Long before Leigh Baulch rose to the dizzying heights of power he now enjoys at Forbidden Planet, part of the Titan Entertainment Group, Leigh’s work appeared in all sorts of places, including the comics fanzine BEM (alongside the likes of Kev Hopgood and Mike Collins), working with Steve Moore and Jerry Paris on a Spider-Woman strip in 1983 and the 1985 and 1986 UK Comics Art Convention booklets.
Worzel Gummidge art by Leigh Baulch for Marvel UK’s scarecrow-inpsired licensed title, published in 1982.
Despite his busy day job Leigh tells us “I’m still producing work, but it’s not yet ready for public consumption.”
As the man who helped bring me on board to be Managing Editor at Titan Magazines many years ago now, I’m delighted to have the chance to show off some of Leigh’s work here.
Thanks to Dave Frankcom for the original posting and Dave Weir for correctly identifying Leigh’s work
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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