Colin Wilson

After his studies at the Christchurch School of Art, Colin Wilson worked in television, as a photographer and as an independent illustrator. In 1977 he published his first comics in his own fanzine, Strips. In 1980 he and his wife (and colorist) Janet Gale moved to London, where he got a job at 2000 AD magazine. There, he made several stories for the series 'Judge Dredd' and 'Rogue Trooper'. He then began his own science-fiction series for the French publisher Glénat, 'Dans l'Ombre du Soleil', which was published in Circus magazine in 1983. A year later, Wilson got his real breakthrough in Europe when Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud asked him to take over the western series 'La Jeunesse de Blueberry'. Wilson worked on the comic until the 1990s, first with Charlier, later with François Corteggiani as scriptwriter. Also with Corgeggiani, he started the aviation series 'Thunderhawk' for the agency Strip Art Features. In 1997, Colin Wilson left Europe and headed for Australia, where he continued to work for 2000AD. In 1999, he published his first album with Casterman, 'Los Angeles'. For this same publisher, he began 'Head Shot' with French scriptwriter Matz, a series that also broke through in the USA. Wilson has additionally worked for the Italian publisher Bonelli on a 'Tex Willer' story in 2000. He worked with Gordon Rennie on 'Rain Dogs' and with John Tomlinson and Kevin Walker on 'Tor Cyan'. In recent years, he has been working for the US market. Wilson drew the mini-series 'Point Blank' with scripts by Ed Brubaker for Wildstorm, and did a couple of fill-ins on 'The Losers' for DC/Vertigo. He contributed to the 'Star Wars' series 'Rebellion', 'Legacy' and 'Knight of the Old Republic' of Dark Horse, and worked with Garth Ennis on the WWII comic 'Battler Britton' for DC/Wildstorm. source: www.lambiek.net