Matt Timson is a British

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who resides in

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Biography

Timson has done a lot of work (especially covers) for British small press comics including '' Solar Wind'', '' The End Is Nigh'' and '' FutureQuake'', as well as working as a freelance illustrator. In recent years he has begun to get professional comics work, on '' Popgun'' with Leah Moore and John Reppion, and most recently on '' Impaler'', after the title moved from

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to Top Cow. Comics critic Timothy Callahan in a review of ''Impaler'' #3 said:

Bibliography

Comics

Interior comics work includes: * "The Ripper" (written by

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, in '' FutureQuake'' #1, 2003) "The Ripper"
* "The Omnocular Man" (written by Paul Scott, in '' Solar Wind'' #2, 2003 & #3, 2004) * "54 Jones" (written by Paul Scott, in ''Omnivistascope'' Model One, 2005 & Model Two, 2006) * "Labour 7" (in Twelve a - retelling of the 12 tasks of Herakles) * "The Last War" (written by Al Ewing, in '' The End Is Nigh'' #2, 2005) * "Death Squid" (written by Paul Scott, in ''Solar Wind'' #1, 2003 & #2, 2003) * ''

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'' #2 (written by Simon Spurrier, with art by Frazer Irving,

, 2007) * "Deadeye" (written by Leah Moore and John Reppion, in '' Popgun'' #1 and 2,

, 2007, 2008) * '' Impaler'' (with

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, 5-issue

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, Top Cow Productions, December 2008 - March 2010, ongoing, tpb, 160 pages, August 2010, ) * "Zip" (with

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and 44 other artists, in ''

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graphic novel,

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, February 2010, ) * ''

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'' #89 (with Joshua Hale Fialkov, Top Cow, January 2011)

Covers

*'' Solar Wind'' #1 *'' The End Is Nigh'' #1 (right) *'' FutureQuake'' #4 * ''Violent'' #8 * ''Omnivistascope Model One''

Awards

*2010: Nominated for "Favourite Newcomer Artist" Eagle Award

Notes

References

External links

*
Matt Timson's blogThe making of Impaler
by Matt Timson, Comic Monsters.com
FULL ISSUE - Top Cow's 'Impaler #1'
Newsarama, March 11, 2009
''Impaler'' #1-3 review
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