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

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, England. Robinson has an extremely precise inking 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

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'': ** "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

Garth Ennis Garth Ennis (born 16 January 1970) is a Northern Irish-American comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series ''Preacher'' with artist Steve Dillon, his nine-year run on Marvel Comics' ''Punisher'' franchise, and '' The Boys'' with artist Dar ...

and

Gina Hart Gina Hart is a British comics artist best known for her colouring work on the ''Rupert Bear'' strips. Unusually for a creator on this venerable strip, Hart enjoys close links with the fan community.The Followers of Rupert, ''Nutwood Newsletter' ...

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

Paul Neary Paul Neary (18 December 1949 – 10 February 2024) was 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 ...

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

Vector 13 {{italic title ''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' ...

'': ** "Case Three: Graven Images" (with John Smith, 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 ADs ...

, in ''2000 AD'' #1159, 1999) * '' Terror Tales'': "Futurity" (with Arthur Wyatt, in ''2000 AD'' #1599, 2008)

Notes

References

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Cliff Robinson
at 2000 AD online

External links

Cliff Robinson's blog
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