Cliff Robinson is a British

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artist, probably best known for his cover work on 2000 AD, and contributions to the ''

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'' strip.

Biography

Clifford Robinson was raised in Gorleston-on-Sea,

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, England. Robinson has an extremely precise

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style which is extremely well suited to producing detailed, composed single images for cover art. But his strip work has also been praised highly by, among others,

Gordon Rennie Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for ''Warhammer Fantasy''. In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate ...

. This excerpt from a 2004 interview demonstrates the regard in which Robinson’s art is held by the ''2000 AD'' writers: Robinson’s strip work outside Judge Dredd has been quite limited, though he did create the strip ''Mother Earth'' with Bernie Jaye.

Bibliography

*''

'': ** "Block Rite" ( with John Wagner and Alan Grant as T.B. Grover, in "2000AD" #489, 1986) ** "A Real Xmas Story" ( with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in "2000AD" #502, 1986) ** "First of the Many" (with

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and Gina Hart, in ''2000 AD'' #775, 1992) * ''Mother Earth'' (with co-authors

Paul Neary Paul Neary (born 1949) is a British comic book artist, writer and editor. His first work was for Warren Publishing in the 1970s before working with Dez Skinn at Marvel UK as well as work for '' 2000 AD''. He later became editor-in-chief of ...

and Jaye, in ''2000 AD'' #867-872, 1993) *''

Vector 13 ''Vector 13'' is a comic strip published in the British magazine '' 2000 AD''. It featured the eponymous agency set up to investigate anomalous phenomena and conspiracy theories. It was influenced by American TV drama ''The X-Files'' (which was at t ...

'': ** "Case Three: Graven Images" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #1064, 1997) ** "Case Eleven: Search & Rescue" (with

, in ''2000 AD'' #1072, 1997) ** "Divine Fury" (with Lee Marks, in ''2000 AD'' #1117, 1998) *''Pulp Sci-Fi'': ** "Eggs is Eggs" (with Mike Carey, in ''2000 AD'' #1145, 1999) ** "War of Words" (with

Robbie Morrison Robbie Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer known for his work in the weekly anthology '' 2000 AD'', where he co-created the long-running serial '' Nikolai Dante'' with artist Simon Fraser. Career Morrison began his career in '' 2000 AD ...

, in ''2000 AD'' #1159, 1999) * ''

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'': "Futurity" (with

Arthur Wyatt Arthur Wyatt is a writer for British comic '' 2000 AD'', creating stories mostly in the Future Shock format and in the Judge Dredd universe, including the comicbook sequels to the 2012 Dredd movie. Wyatt was also selected as one of 2005's fiv ...

, in ''2000 AD'' #1599, 2008)

Notes

References

*
Cliff Robinson
at 2000 AD online

External links

Cliff Robinson's blog
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