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Colin Wilson (born 31 October 1949) is a
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artist. He is known for his detailed artwork which he used in '' 2000 AD'' stories like ''
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'' and ''
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''. According to
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, the ''2000 AD'' editor who got him back to the title in the late nineties and has worked with him since, "no one ... draws near-future military hardware like him". Wilson has also had success in the French comics (coined "bande dessinées" – BD – in French) field, working on his own title ''Dans l'Ombre du Soleil'', as well as having a run on the well-established ''
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'' series. David Bishop, another ''2000 AD'' editor says that Wilson is "a true rarity, a comics artist whose work has been acclaimed in America, Britain and most especially in Europe."


Biography

Born in
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, Wilson received his formal training as an artist at Christchurch School of Art in 1967–1968. Working as an illustrator, he started his own
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, ''Strips'', in 1977. Originally meant as a showcase for Wilson's own comics, ''Strips ''soon hosted many New Zealand comics and revived the New Zealand comic scene. In 1980, he first moved to London and did work for '' 2000 AD'', working on
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and
Rogue Trooper ''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a "Supersoldier, Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue ...
before moving with his fiancée and later wife on a tourist visa to firstly Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1982, subsequently to Brussels, Belgium in 1984, before settling a year later for a longer haul in the Provence, France. In Belgium, Gale started out her own comics career as colorist, at first only for the creations of her future husband, but at a later point in time for other (European) comics artists as well. After he became noticed for the debut "Raël" outing of his first BD science fiction series ''Dans L'Ombre du Soleil'' for French publisher Glénat, Wilson was selected to continue the art for the western series '' La Jeunesse de Blueberry'' (''Young Blueberry'') by its original creators
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and
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in person. In 1997, the Wilson/Gale couple left France and relocated to
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, and it was from there that he continued his work for Europe and ''2000 AD'', took on new commissions for the US comics market, as well as eventually making his Francophone BD market comeback. Upon his departure from France to Australia, he drew a long story for Italian western comics character
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and published by
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in 2000. His later works for the US comics market included ''
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. The violent and gritty nature of ''Point Blanc'' came at a personal cost for Wilson however, as it heralded the end of both his marriage and his two decades old professional partnership with wife and colorist Janet Gale. In 2008, Wilson made a successful comeback on the Francophone BD market when he was contracted by
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to provide the art for the mini-series ''Du Plomb Dans La Tete'' (written by
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), and from 2011 onward by publisher Delcourt to do so likewise for several of their series. On 14 October 2008, ''Variety'' reported that his graphic novel ''Du Plomb Dans La Tete'', also known as '' Headshot'', had been acquired by
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.Warner aims for 'Headshot'
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'', 14 October 2008
It was adapted into the 2012 film ''
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''.


Bibliography


Comics

*'' The Adventures of Captain Sunshine'' (with Peter Farrell, Roy Middleton, Reuben Sandler, Helen Cross,
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and Jean-luc Bozzoli, 1979) *''
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'': ** "The Body Sharks" (with
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/ Alan Grant, in '' 2000 AD'' #209–215, 1981) ** "The Numbers Racket" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #218–219, 1981) ** "Diary of a Mad Citizen" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #229–230, 1981) ** "The Sweet Taste of Justice" (with Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1981'') **
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'' #3.56–3.57, 1999) *** "Volt Face" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #1167, 1999) *** "Short Circuit" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #3.61, 2000) *** "The Cal Legacy" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #1178–1179, 2000) ** "Relentless" (with
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, in ''2000 AD'' #1237–1239, 2001) ** "Hellbent" (with Robbie Morrion, in ''2000 AD'' #1242, 2001) ** "Magic Bullets" (with
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, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #280–281, 2009) *''
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): ** "Diversion" (in ''2000 AD'' #222, 1981) ** "Seeing Is Believing" (in ''2000 AD'' #225, 1981) *''
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): ** "Ascent to Buzzard-Three" (in ''2000 AD'' #236–238, 1981,
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collection "Rogue Trooper, Book One",
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, 64 pages, softcover, September 1985, ) ** "Blue Moon" (in ''2000 AD'' #241, 1981, graphic novel collection "Rogue Trooper, Book One") ** "Fear of the Machine" (in ''2000 AD'' #246–248, 1982, graphic novel collection "Rogue Trooper, Book Two", Titan Books, 64 pages, softcover, March 1986, ) ** "The Buzzard" (in ''2000 AD'' #251–253, 1982, graphic novel collection "Rogue Trooper, Book Two") ** "War of Nerves " (in ''2000 AD'' #258, 1982, graphic novel collection "Rogue Trooper, Book Two") ** "All Hell on the Dix-I Front" (in ''2000 AD'' #266–271, 275–277, 1982, graphic novel collection "Rogue Trooper, Book Three", Titan Books, 64 pages, softcover, April 1986, ) ** "Marauder" (with co-artist
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, in ''2000 AD'' #282–289, 1982, graphic novel collection "Rogue Trooper, Book Four", Titan Books, 64 pages, softcover, August 1986, ) *''Dans l'Ombre du Soleil'' ( Glénat; In English: ''Into the Shadow of the Sun'',
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): ** 1: "Raël" (script and art, January 1984, ; English: June 1988, ) ** 2; "Mantell" (script and art, July 1986, ) ** 3: "Alia" (art, with writer
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, January 1989, ) *'' La Jeunesse de Blueberry'' (''Young Blueberry'') #4–9 (4–6 with
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and 7–9 with
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as writers): :Note: Publisher
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had advanced plans to release the Wilson ''Young Blueberry'' albums in English as well (the first title having already received an ISBN) in their "ComCat" collection, after they had published the first three original ones by series creators
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and Jean-Michel Charlier in 1990 (and where the first two Wilson albums were already announced on the back covers), but Catalan's mid-1991 bankruptcy thwarted the intent. :* 4: "Les démons du Missouri" (, September 1985, – ''Missouri Demons'', ComCat comics, January 1991, ; cancelled) :* 5: "Terreur sur le Kansas" (Novedi, October 1987, – ''Terror Over Kansas'', ComCat comics, 1991, cancelled) :* 6: "Le raid infernal" (Novedi, March 1990, – ''The Train from Hell'') :* 7: "La pousuite impitoyable" (Novedi, January 1992, – ''The Merciless Pursuit'') :* 8: "Trois hommes pour Atlanta" (, June 1993, , no first printing ISBN issued – ''The Three Men from Atlanta'') :* 9: "Le prix du sang" (
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) ** 1: "Les rangers du ciel" (April 1992, ) ** 2: "Le fantôme de la Sierra" (October 1994, , with co-artist ) *''Pulp Sci-Fi'': ** "Welcome to the Machine" (with Kek-W, in '' 2000 AD'' #1119, 1998) ** "The Irydian Factor" (with
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, in '' 2000 AD'' #1125, 1998) *''Los Angeles'' (
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) ** "L'ultimo ribelle" (Volume 14, 2000, – no first printing ISBN issued) *''
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'' (with John Tomlinson): ** "World of Hurt" (in ''2000 AD'' #1254–1256, 2001) ** "The Dead Sorcerer's Coachman" (in ''2000 AD'' #1263, 2001) *''
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, May 2009, ) *''Jour J'' ( Delcourt, with writers , and ) ** 5: "Qui a tué le président ?" (February 2011, ) **10: "Le gang Kennedy" (September 2012, ) *''Wonderball'' (Delcourt, with writers Fred Duval, Jean-Pierre Pécau and Fred Blanchard) ** 1: "Le chasseur" (September 2014, ) ** 2: "Le fantôme" (April 2015, ) ** 3: "Le shérif" (February 2016, ) ** 4: "Le photographe" (January 2017, ) ** 5: "L'apiculteur" (March 2018, ) *** "L'intégrale" (February 2020, – comic album series collection) *''XIII Mystery'' (Dargaud, with writer
Frank Giroud Frank Giroud (3 May 1956 – 13 July 2018) was a French comics writer. Early life Giroud was born on May 3, 1956, in Toulouse, France. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes, and he passed the agrégation in History. Career Giroud ta ...
) ** 8: "Martha Shoebridge" (June 2015, ) *''Nevada'' (Delcourt, with writers Fred Duval and Jean-Pierre Pécau) ** 1: "L'étoile solitaire" (May 2019, ) ** 2: "Route 99" (June 2020, ) ** 3: "Blue Canyon" (June 2021, ) ** 4: "Jack London" (January 2023, ) ** 5: "Viva Las Vegas"" (January 2024. ) With the exception of ''Los Angeles'', all other work Wilson had created for the Francophone BD market, has been released in multiple other languages in Europe as well, beyond French alone. His UK/US work is usually readily available through internet retailers, such as Amazon.


Other

Apart from his work on comics listed above, Colin Wilson has also done a lot of work as an illustrator, doing covers, illustrations and sketches for many different projects. This also includes work on role-playing games like: *''
Mega-City One Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends ...
'' in Drokk City Prog 2: Mega-City One: Book 2, written by John Caliber, many different co-artists (2005) *''
Mega-City One Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends ...
'' in Drokk City Prog 3: The Justice Department, written by John Caliber, many different co-artists (2006) *''
Mega-City One Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends ...
'' in Drokk City Prog 4: Future Crime, written by John Caliber, many different co-artists (2005)


Awards

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
– won Best Story,
Prix Saint-Michel The Prix Saint-Michel () is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and although often said to be the oldest European comics awards, they are actually the ...
, for ''Du plomb dans la tête''


Notes


References

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Colin Wilson
at 2000 AD online

at
Lambiek Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the prov ...
's Comiclopedia
Colin Wilson
at Bedetheque


Sources

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External links


Colin Wilson BD
– Home page
Personal blog


Interviews

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Colin 1949 births New Zealand comics artists New Zealand comics writers New Zealand graphic novelists Living people Artists from Christchurch