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-based artist known for his award-winning covers for science-fiction magazine, '' Interzone'', and for his work for British anthology magazine '' 2000 AD''.

Biography

He has drawn for comics including ''Oddmags'', '' 2000 AD'', ''Arcane'', ''Games Workshop'' and ''

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'' (both UK and US editions). He has also produced illustrations and covers for books including

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' ''Kerosina'', and works for

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and other publishers.

Awards

SMS won the ''Ken MacIntyre'' award (voted by the

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, the British National Science Fiction Convention) in 1989 and the 1997

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Art award in 1998.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *'' Captain Airstrip One'' (inks/letters, with writer

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, and pencils by Chris Brasted, in ''Mad Dog'' #10, 1985)Captain Airstrip One
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'': "The Black Hole" (with

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, in '' 2000 AD'' #559-562 & 573–576, 1988, collected in ''Black Hole'', 2002, ) * "Fragments" (pencils, with writer

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, in ''

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'' #20, Valkyrie Press, June 1989) * "Original Sin" (with Ron Wolfe, in ''

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'' #6,

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, 1990) *'' Heart of Empire'' #2-3, 7, 9 (inks, with script and pencils by

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, 1999) Children's picture book "If I had a Dog", 2012

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References

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External links

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SMS at the ISFDB"If I had a Dog" on Facebook
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