Simon Bisley

Simon Bisley (March 4th, 1962) is a British artist, painter and comic writer specialized in science-fiction, fantasy and horror. He became famous thanks to the series ABC Warriors and Slaine, and for his work on the series Lobo, of which he is considered the definitive interpreter of the homonymous character. Simon Bisley became famous for the first time in England and in Europe during the 90s for his rough paintings, which followed the Frank Frazetta style, on the pages of the first British anthology series 2000 AD, for titles such as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors and Slaine. He also became a regular collaborator of Heavy Metal magazine. In the United States Bisley became famous as an illustrator for the Batman/Judge Dredd:Judgement on Gotham crossover (which earned him the Eisner Award for best artist), as well as for the successful series Lobo, Hellblazer, Doom Patrol, The Demon, Swamp Thing, Sandman, and others, all for DC Comics. Bisley’s style, based on paints, acrylics, inks, and multi-media, was strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, William Turner and his colleague Richard Corben. He was also inspired by the covers of rock albums and graffiti, in addition to the art of traditional comics. Bisley has also worked on several major and independent comic projects, including his story Bad Boy with Frank Miller for Oni Press. He worked for Marvel, Image, Dark Horse (for which he also worked on the series Grendel) and other publishers. He is especially famous for his painted covers, but often he also contributes with pencil and ink illustrations. He still occasionally collaborates with the comic book magazine Heavy Metal and has also worked on album covers for bands such as Danzig, King Prawn and Mortal Sin.

Simon Bisley will be present every day at the festival with Mirage Comics.