I don't mean to sound flippant, but I think Brian Lewis would have become a big star if he hadn't kicked the bucket when he did. 2000AD would have been a great showcase for his work. This is from 2000AD 22nd April 1978.
Rob Moran? Did you do a Johnny Red strip for a Battle annual/Summer Special(?) back in the day? I also remember an ABC Warriors pin-up in a 2000AD annual? And another complete strip for 2000AD (an annual?). What was it? Dan Dare?
brilliant artist loved his painted Hammer covers for Dez Skinn
ReplyDeleteI love Brian Lewis art...he did some great stuff for Thomson's girl comics, too. Great artist.
ReplyDeleteRob Moran? Did you do a Johnny Red strip for a Battle annual/Summer Special(?) back in the day? I also remember an ABC Warriors pin-up in a 2000AD annual? And another complete strip for 2000AD (an annual?). What was it? Dan Dare?
ReplyDeleteAs for Brian Lewis: I think some of his best work was the Hammer adaptations.
ReplyDeleteJust noticed a House of Hammer piece on Dez Skinn's site:
http://dezskinn.com/Warner-Williams/#Hammer
Quality Comics released a compilation of some of them. It's probably going for next to nothing now:
http://britishcomicart.blogspot.com/2009/08/reptile.html
http://hairygreeneyeball.blogspot.com/2009/07/reptile.html
BL did an adaptation of Moon Zero Two: a very campy sci-fi film (by Hammer) which is a personal favourite of mine.
I loved Brian's artwork on this strip and was also a huge fan even as a little kid due to his work in House of Hammer mag.
ReplyDeleteI didn't really know much about him until the 80s when Quality Comics published a compilation of his Hammer work. I loved his linework.
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