Edmund Bagwell (1966 – 2017) was a

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artist. Professionally he was also known as Edmund Perryman, EC Perriman, Edmund Kitsune, Anonyman and Anoniman. Bagwell was born in Preston,

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, and studied art at Leeds Polytechnic. His early career as a comics artist saw him write and draw his own strip, ''Syd Serene'', for '' Deadline'' in 1988. He also illustrated '' Black Axe'' (1993) for

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, a

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strip for ''

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'', a ''

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'' story for '' 2000 AD'', and stories for ''

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'' and other titles, before moving on to develop

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and digital design for computer games and film companies. He returned to comics several years later, when he was headhunted to illustrate independent British comic ''Event Horizon''. His work for that comic was noticed by

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, the editor of ''2000 AD'', who asked him to work on some one-off stories and then on new series '' Cradlegrave'' (2009). Other stories Bagwell illustrated for ''2000 AD'' include '' Indigo Prime'', '' The Ten-Seconders'' and '' Tharg's Future Shocks''. He died on 14 May 2017, due to pancreatic

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Bibliography

* "A Single English Rose" (writer and artist), ''Blaam!'' #1 (1988) * "Doctor Thallus and His Amazing Theories" (writer and artist), '' Deadline'' #2 (1988) * "A Moral Tale" (written by Michael Bonner), ''Deadline'' #3 (1988) * "A Moral Tale: Attack of the Killer Zombie Pensioners from Bradford" (written by Michael Bonner), ''Deadline'' #4 (1989) * ''Syd Serene'' (writer and artist), ''Deadline'' #5–6 (1988) * "C-RAP" (written by Peter Hogan), ''

'' #41 (1990) * "The Big Voice" (written by Nick Abadzis), ''Crisis'' #63 (1991) * Contributed to ''The Comic Relief Comic'' (1991) * ''Judge Dredd:'' "Joovz N' the Hood" (written by John Wagner), ''Judge Dredd Mega-Special'' #2 (1992) * ''Motormouth and Killpower'' #7 (written by Graham Marks), (1992) * "Mirrors" (written by Terry Kavanagh), ''2099 Unlimited'' #7 (1993) * Contributed to ''AIDS Awareness'' #1 (1993) * ''Black Axe'' #1–7 (written by

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) (1993) * ''Nick Fury:'' "Duty and Country" (written by Glenn Greenberg), ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #159 (1994) * ''Tharg's Future Shocks:'' ** "Spaceland" (written by

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), '' 2000 AD'' #1508 (2006) **"Natural Order" (written by Arthur Wyatt), ''2000 AD'' #1527 (2007) ** "Rapture Ready" (written by Arthur Wyatt), ''2000 AD'' #1576 (2008) * ''Cradlegrave'' (written by John Smith), ''2000 AD'' #1633–1644 (2009) * ''Tharg's Future Shocks:'' "Cargo Culture" (written by Arthur Wyatt), ''2000 AD'' #1664 (2009) * ''Tharg's Terror Tales:'' "Pea Patch Podlings" (written by Arthur Wyatt), ''2000 AD'' #1674 (2010) * ''Indigo Prime:'' ** "Everything and More" (written by John Smith), ''2000 AD'' #1750–1753 (2011) ** "Anthropocalypse" (written by John Smith), ''2000 AD'' #1756–1763 (2011) * ''Judge Dredd:'' "Day of Chaos: Tea for Two" (written by John Wagner), ''2000 AD'' #1785 (2012) * ''Tharg's Terror Tales:'' "Blackspot" (written by John Smith), ''2000 AD'' #1801 (2012) * ''The Ten-Seconders:'' ** "Godsend" (episodes 1–8 and 11) (written by Rob Williams), ''2000 AD'' #1839–1849 (2013) ** "Harris's Quest for the Perfect Xmas Pint" (written by Rob Williams), ''2000 AD Prog 2014'' (2013)

References

* "Obituary: Edmund Bagwell," by Karl Stock, ''

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'' #385, pp. 52–53 (2017)
Obituary
at Bear Alley
Edmund Bagwell's entry at Barney
2000ad.org
E. C. Perriman's entry at The Comic Book Database

Edmund Perryman's entry at The Comic Book Database
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