Rufus Dayglo is a British

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working in comics, illustration, and storyboards. He is working for '' 2000 AD'' and

Titan Books Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of the British entertainment company Titan Entertainment, which was established as Titan Books in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cine ...

in the United Kingdom, and DC Vertigo,

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

and

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in the United States. His ''Tank Girl'' work has also been published by Ankama Editions in France in 2011.

Biography

Dayglo started his career in the animation industry working on feature films, pop promos, storyboarding and commercials before moving into comic book art. Dayglo relaunched Tank Girl with Alan Martin (writer) and Ashley Wood (artist), and drew 5 complete series of ''Tank Girl'' with co-creator Alan Martin (writer), for

(''Bad Wind Rising'' mini series),

(Image Tank Girl quarterly one shots), and

IDW Comics IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comi ...

(''The Royal Escape'' mini series). The ''Tank Girl'' series Dayglo has drawn are ''Tank Girl: Visions of Booga'', ''Tank Girl: Skidmarks'', ''Tank Girl: The Royal Escape'', ''Tank Girl: We Hate Tank Girl'', and ''Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising''. He has drawn '' Snaked'', a mini series with writer Clifford Meth for IDW, ''Tank Girl: The Gifting'' (drawing issues 2-4), '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' and '' Low Life'' with Rob Williams for ''2000 AD''. Dayglo has worked with Ashley Wood's 3A toys. He also drew two series of

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and the series ''Counterfeit Girl'' for '' 2000 AD''. Dayglo is releasing new creator owned projects in 2019.

Bibliography

*'' Tharg's Future Shocks'': ** "The Burning Deck" (with Jaspre Bark, in ''2000 AD'' #1359, 2003) ** "A Sound of Intergalactic Thunder" (with

Al Ewing Al Ewing ( ; born 12 August 1977) is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press, for '' 2000 AD'', and for Marvel Comics. Career Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page '' Future Shocks'' format for '' ...

, in ''2000 AD'' #1449,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

) *''Whatever Happened To?'': " John 'Giant' Clay" (with

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 ...

, in ''

Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content L ...

'' #216,

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 ...

) * "Earth War" (with Jaspre Bark, in ''2000 AD Winter Special 2005'') *'' Tales From the Black Museum'': "God of Gamblers" (with

, in ''

'' #251,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

) * ''Doomed'' #4: "F. Paul Wilson's Faces" (with F. Paul Wilson,

, 2006) * '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' #9,10,11 and 12 (art, with Alex Garner and finishes by Ashley Wood,

) * ''Tank Girl'' **''The Gifting'' #2, 3 and 4 (4-issue mini-series,

, May–August, 2007) ** ''Visions of Booga'' (4-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, May 2008-ongoing) ** ''Skidmarks'' (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #275- , 2008-ongoing) ** ''Tank Girl'' ** ''The Royal Escape'' (4-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing ) ** ''Bad Wind Rising'' (4-issue mini-series, Titan Books ) ** '' We hate Tank Girl'' (

) * '' Snaked'' (with Clifford Meth,

, December 2007-ongoing) *GHOSTS issue 1 "The night after I took the data entry job, I was visited by my own ghost" (with Al Ewing,

Vertigo Comics DC Vertigo, also known as Vertigo Comics or simply Vertigo, is an Imprint (trade name), imprint of the American comic book publisher DC Comics. Vertigo publishes comics with adult comics, adult content, such as nudity, drug use, profanity, and ...

, 2012) *VERTIGO QUARTERLY issue 2: MAGENTA "The Shoe in the Attic" (with Peter Milligan,

, 2014) *The Unwritten: Volume 7 (with Mike Carey

, 2013) * '' Low Life'': "War without Bloodshed" (with Rob Williams, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'', #271-274, 2008) *

Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazi ...

"On the Job" (with John Wagner, in '' 2000 AD'' Free Comic Book Day Issue May 5, 2012) *

"Streets of Dan Francisco" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD '' #1520, 2007) *"Last Gang In Town" (6 issue mini series, with Simon Oliver,

2015) *"Bad Company: First Casualties" (with Peter Milligan, 12 part series, in ''2000 AD'' #1950 - #1961 2015) *"Counterfeit Girl" (with Peter Milligan, 10 part mini series, in ''2000 AD'' #2000 - #2010 2016) *"Bad Company: Terrorists" (with Peter Milligan, 12 part series in ''2000 AD'' #2061 - #2072 2017) *"

: Cursed Earth" (board game, Osprey Games, 2019)

References

External links

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Rufus Dayglo
at 2000AD site online

Interviews

Down The Tubes, 27 July 2009

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