British comics artist
Mark Simpson , known by the pen name Jock , is a
Scottish cartoonist, best known for his work in
2000 AD ,
The Losers ,
[1] and more recently
Batman
[2] and
Wolverine .
[3] He is also known for
Wytches by
Image Comics .
Career
Comics
Jock began his professional career at British comics magazine
2000 AD , on series including
Judge Dredd and Lenny Zero , the latter with writer
Andy Diggle .
[4]
It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the
American comic book market at
DC Comics and their
Vertigo imprint, working on
The Losers
[5] and
Green Arrow: Year One .
[6]
[7] Also at Vertigo and with
Mike Carey , another former 2000 AD writer, Jock worked on an issue of
Hellblazer and the
Faker
limited series ,
[8] returning the character
John Constantine in the
graphic novel
Hellblazer: Pandemonium with
Jamie Delano .
[9] Following his run on Green Arrow he got more work on main
DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on
Detective Comics , the first featuring
Batwoman and the second
Batman .
[10]
Jock is also a prolific cover artist with a distinctive style – he has produced covers for several titles across all major publishers.
On 9 April 2011 Jock was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the
IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two
Guinness World Records , the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer
Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white
Superior comic book, with Jock and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including
Dave Gibbons ,
Frank Quitely ,
John Romita Jr. ,
Adi Granov ,
[11]
Doug Braithwaite ,
Ian Churchill ,
Olivier Coipel ,
Duncan Fegredo ,
Simon Furman ,
David Lafuente ,
John McCrea ,
Sean Phillips and
Liam Sharp ,
[12] who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist
Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on 23 November 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.
[11]
Movie work
Jock has contributed concept paintings and key art to a number of film productions and promotional campaigns, including
Hancock ,
Battleship ,
Children of Men ,
Dredd ,
Batman Begins and
X-Men: Days of Future Past . He was the principal Concept Designer on Dredd . He continued his work with Dredd scriptwriter Alex Garland on Garland's next film,
Ex Machina , working on the AI robot Ava.
Poster art
Jock has produced a number of silk screen prints and poster art for Mondo,
[13] including
The Divide ,
Zombie ,
The Last House on the Left ,
West of Memphis ,
The Dark Knight Rises ,
The Raid ,
Dredd ,
Zero Dark Thirty ,
The Thing ,
Halloween , and
Iron Man 3 .
Awards
Nominations
2006
Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist (for The Losers )
2012 Stan Lee Award for Best Artist (for Detective Comics )
[14]
Awards
2001
National Comics Award for Best New Talent (for "Judge Dredd" in 2000AD , tied with Frazer Irving, for "Necronauts" in 2000AD)
[15]
2012 Stan Lee Award for Best Ongoing Series (for Detective Comics , with Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla)
[16]
MTV The 10 Best Movie Posters of 2010 (#8, for The Losers poster art)
[17]
2019 SXSW Excellence in Poster Design Winner for
Daniel Isn't Real
Bibliography
Comics
2000 AD
Pulp Sci-Fi : "Reapermen" (with
Gordon Rennie , in #1170, 1999)
Judge Dredd :
"Shirley Temple of Doom" (with
John Wagner , in #1193–1196, 2000)
"Crossing Ken Dodd" (with John Wagner, in #1214, 2000)
"Rampots" (with John Wagner, in #1231, 2001)
"Safe Hands" (with Gordon Rennie, in #1273, 2002)
"Tartan Terrors" (with Gordon Rennie, in #1540, 2007)
Tor Cyan (with
John Tomlinson ):
"Rahab" (in #1295, 2002)
"Phage" (in #1296, 2002)
"No Such Place" (in #1297–1299, 2002)
Judge Dredd Megazine (Fleetway):
Judge Dredd (with John Wagner):
"Dead Ringer" (in vol. 3 No. 65, 2000)
"Ten Years" (in vol. 3 No. 70, 2000)
Lenny Zero (with
Andy Diggle ):
"Lenny Zero" (in vol. 3 No. 68, 2000)
"Dead Zero" (in vol. 4 #1–2, 2001)
"Wipeout" (in vol. 4 #14–15, 2002)
DC Comics /Vertigo
Hellblazer :
The Losers #1–6, 9–12, 16–19, 23–25, 29–32 (with Andy Diggle, Vertigo, 2003–2006)
Faker (with Mike Carey, Vertigo, 2007–2008)
Green Arrow: Year One (with Andy Diggle, DC Comics, 2007)
Detective Comics :
"Cutter" (with
Greg Rucka , in #861–863, 2010)
"The Black Mirror" (with
Scott Snyder , in #871–873, 2011)
"Hungry City" (with Scott Snyder, in #876–878, 2011)
"My Dark Architect" (with Scott Snyder, in No. 880, 2011)
"The Face in the Glass" (with Scott Snyder and
Francesco Francavilla , in No. 881, 2011)
Batman :
"
All-Star Batman ":
The Batman Who Laughs #1–7 (with Scott Snyder, DC Comics, 2018–2019)
Batman: One Dark Knight #1–3 (2022)
Marvel Comics
Other publishers
Forty-Five : "Amy Turner" (with Andi Ewington and 44 other artists, graphic novel,
Com.x , 2010)
Immortals: Gods and Heroes : "The Hunt" (script and art, graphic novel,
Archaia Studios , 2011)
Wytches (with
Scott Snyder , Image Comics, 2014)
Cover art
2000 AD #1203, 1227, 1236, 1254, 1258, 1260, 1266, 1274, 1304, 1318, 1335, 1397, 1450, 1503 (
Fleetway /
Rebellion Developments , 2000–2006)
Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 3 No. 77 (Fleetway, 2001)
Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 4 No. 4, 11 (Fleetway, 2001–2002)
Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus No. 4 (
Dark Horse , 2003)
2000 AD Extreme Edition No. 1 (Rebellion, 2003)
King James No. 1 (
DC Comics , 2004)
The Losers #7–8, 13–15, 20–22, 26–28 (
Vertigo , 2004–2005)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #177–178 (DC Comics, 2004)
Detective Comics #797–800, 809–810, 859, 871–881 (DC Comics, 2004–2012)
Catwoman No. 43 (DC Comics, 2005)
Batman #642–650, Annual No. 25 (DC Comics, 2005–2006)
Nightwing #118–124 (DC Comics, 2006)
Swamp Thing No. 26 (Vertigo, 2006)
Rush City (DC Comics, 2006–2007)
Scalped #1–11, 13–17, 21–60 (Vertigo, 2007–2012)
Push No. 1 (
Wildstorm , 2009)
Thunderbolts No. 127 (
Marvel , 2009)
Die Hard: Year One #1–4 (
Boom! Studios , 2009)
Batman Confidential No. 33 (DC Comics, 2009)
Deadlocke No. 1 (Dark Horse, 2009)
Greek Street #3–6 (Vertigo, 2009)
Azrael #1–3 (DC Comics, 2009–2010)
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors #5–6 (Wildstorm, 2009–2010)
Driver (Wildstorm, 2010)
Daredevil No. 511 (Marvel, 2011)
Daredevil: Reborn (Marvel, 2011)
Incredible Hulks No. 626 (Marvel, 2011)
Pigs No. 1 (Image, 2011)
Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine No. 3 (Marvel, 2011)
Wolverine
MAX #1–15 (Marvel, 2012)
Scalped No. 60 (Vertigo, 2012)
American Vampire No. 30 (Vertigo, 2012)
Uncanny No. 1 Variant (Dynamite, 2013)
Jupiter's Legacy No. 2 Variant (Image, 2013)
Swamp Thing No. 21 (DC Comics, 2013)
Superman Unchained No. 8 (DC Comics, 2014)
Grayson No. 6 (DC Comics, 2015)
Suiciders No. 1 (DC Comics, 2015)
Batman/Superman No. 21 (DC Comics, 2015)
Batman:Europa No. 4 (DC Comics, 2016)
Superman:American Alien No. 7 (DC Comics, 2016)
Batman/The Shadow No. 6 (DC Comics, 2017)
Lucifer No. 1 (Vertigo, 2018)
Batman:Last Knight on Earth No. 1 (DC Comics, 2019)
Batman Black and White No. 2 (DC Comics, 2021)
Venom No. 200 (Marvel, 2021)
Tabletop Games
References
^
Irvine, Alex (2008). "The Losers". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The Vertigo Encyclopedia . New York:
Dorling Kindersley . pp. 114–115.
ISBN
978-0-7566-4122-1 .
OCLC
213309015 .
^
"Detective Comics #871 Review" . IGN.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^
"Jock Goes Solo on "Savage Wolverine" " . Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^
"Interview: going underground in Mega-City One" .
SFX . 2 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010 .
^ Sunu, Steve (26 April 2010).
"Andy Diggle & Jock on "The Losers" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 27 April 2010 .
^ Brady, Matt (17 October 2006).
"Back to the Future: DC Announces Five Year One Miniseries" .
Newsarama . Archived from
the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2007 .
^ Arrant, Chris (7 May 2007).
"Jock on Green Arrow: Year One " .
Newsarama . Archived from
the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2008 .
^ Singh, Arune (1 December 2006).
"Jock Keeps It Real With "Faker" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 3 August 2007 .
^ Furey, Emmett (27 July 2007).
"Back into Hell: Jamie Delano returns to John Constantine's world" .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 28 July 2007 .
^ Phegley, Kiel (9 August 2010).
"Jock Joins Snyder On "Detective" " .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 9 August 2010 .
^
a
b
"Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten On The IGN Stage" .
IGN . 14 April 2011
^
"Guinness World Records at Kapow! Comic Con"
Archived 15 April 2011 at the
Wayback Machine .
Guinness World Records . 9 April 2011
^
homepage Mondo
^
"Stan Lee Awards"
Archived 29 January 2013 at the
Wayback Machine . Kapow Comic Convention. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
^
"2001 National Comics Awards" . Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
^ Melrose, Kevin (21 May 2012).
"Scott Snyder and Sara Pichelli dominate Stan Lee Awards"
Archived 18 March 2014 at the
Wayback Machine . Comic Book Resources.
^ Warmoth, Brian (21 December 2010).
"MTV TOP MOVIE POSTERS of 2010"
Archived 18 March 2014 at the
Wayback Machine .
MTV .
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