Andy Clarke (comics)

Andy Clarke
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Sinister Dexter R.E.B.E.L.S.

Andy Clarke is a British comics artist who came to prominence working at 2000 AD and became known to a wider audience at DC Comics.

Biography

Andy Clarke started at 2000 AD on Sinister Dexter and would become one of the main artists on the story, between 1998 and 2004. While working there he would also work on some of the comics other flagship titles, like Judge Dredd and Nikolai Dante, and one-off stories like Thirteen and Snow/Tiger.

He started work at DC Comics in 2005 on a number of stories in titles like Aquaman and Detective Comics. In 2008 he has worked on the Two-Face issue of The Joker's Asylum written by David Hine and then, year later, became the main artist on the R.E.B.E.L.S. ongoing series with writer Tony Bedard who has said that Clarke is "the greatest artist I've worked with in a dog's age ... A lot of people are going to be floored when they see his stuff. He's so meticulous with the details and rendering. He reminds me of Brian Bolland and Kevin Maguire and Frank Quitely all rolled into one." Although the writing of the series got a mixed reception Clarke's art was praised, with Comics Bulletin review of the first issue suggesting his "pencils take the detailed future grit of Barry Kitson's Legion of Superheroes and mix it with a heavy dose of Frank Quitely's work on All-Star Superman" and the one at Comic Book Resources picking up on similar themes, saying he was "providing a kind of Barry Kitson stillness combined with a Seth Fisher-esque attention to detail."

Following an arc on Batman Confidential with Peter Milligan, he was confirmed as the next artist for Batman and Robin after Cameron Stewart. Recently he has been doing covers for David Finch's Batman: The Dark Knight.

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• 2000 AD (Fleetway/Rebellion, 1998–2007):
  • Sinister Dexter:
    • "To the Devil a Detour" (with Dan Abnett, in #1088-1089, 1998)
    • "Bullfighting Days" (with Dan Abnett, in #1099, 1998)
    • "Reservations" (with Dan Abnett, in #1126, 1998)
    • "Mission to Mangapore" (with Dan Abnett, in #1189-1197, 2000)
    • "Shrink Rap" (with Dan Abnett, in #1206-1211, 2000)
    • "Money Shots" (with Dan Abnett, in #1227-1228, 2000)
    • "Point Blanc" (with Dan Abnett, in #1231-1233, 2000)
    • "Bullet Time" (with Dan Abnett, in Prog 2001, 2000)
    • "Barf Bag" (with Dan Abnett, in #1243-1245, 2000)
    • "Oh Kal Cutter" (with Dan Abnett, in #1348, 2003)
    • "Five Go Postal in Downlode" (with Dan Abnett, in Prog 2004, 2003)
    • "Just Business" (with Dan Abnett, in #1380-1382, 2004)
    • "Job Jobbed" (with Dan Abnett, in #1383-1385, 2004)
  • Nikolai Dante: "The Octobriana Seduction" (with Robbie Morrison, in #1113-1116, 1998)
  • Pulp Sci-Fi: "Hot Rocks" (with Kek-W, in #1122, 1998)
  • Rose O'Rion (with Kek-W, in #1151-1158, 1999)
  • Judge Dredd:
    • "War Games" (with John Wagner, in #1156-1157, 1999)
    • "A Night with Judge Death" (with John Wagner, in #1168, 1999)
  • Thirteen (with Mike Carey, in #1289-1299, 2002)
  • Snow/Tiger: "Pax Americana" (with Andy Diggle, in #1336-1342, 2004)
  • Tharg's Future Shocks: "The Mainstream" (with Colin Clayton and Chris Dows, in #1396-1397, 2004)
• Judge Dredd Megazine (Fleetway/Rebellion, 2000–2005):
  • Judge Dredd: "Lobsang Rampage" (with John Wagner, in vol. 3 #61, 2000)
  • Shimura:
    • "Executioner" (with Robbie Morrison, in #224-226, 2004)
    • "Deus X" (with Robbie Morrison, in #228-230, 2005)
• Aquaman #30-31: "Kiss of Death" (with Marc Guggenheim, DC Comics, 2005)
• Detective Comics #829-830, 832 (with Stuart Moore and Royal McGraw, DC Comics, 2007)
• Countdown to Final Crisis #34: "The Origin of Lex Luthor" (with Scott Beatty, co-feature, DC Comics, 2007)
• Joker's Asylum: "Two-Face" (with David Hine, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008)
• R.E.B.E.L.S. #1-3, 7-8, 10 (with Tony Bedard, DC Comics, 2009–2010)
• Batman Confidential #31-35: "The Bat and the Beast" (with Peter Milligan, DC Comics, 2009)
• Batman and Robin #10-12 (with Grant Morrison and Dustin Nguyen, DC Comics, 2010)

Covers only

• 2000 AD #1328, 1347, 1362, 1393, 1426 (Rebellion, 2003–2005)
• Batgirl #1-6 (DC Comics, 2008–2009)
• Batman: The Dark Knight #1-5 (DC Comics, 2011)

References

• Andy Clarke at the Grand Comics Database
• Andy Clarke at the Comic Book DB
• Andy Clarke at 2000 AD online