Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons
Gibbons, photographed in 2005
Born	April 14, 1949 (1949-04-14) England
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Letterer
Notable works	Watchmen Rogue Trooper Green Lantern
Awards	2 Jack Kirby Awards, 1987
Influences Wally Wood, Will Elder, Frank Hampson, Frank Bellamy, Don Lawrence, Ron Turner
Official website

Dave Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He also was an artist for the UK anthology 2000 AD, for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.

British comics work

IPC Comics

Gibbons broke into British comics by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC. When the science-fiction anthology title 2000 AD was set up in the mid-1970s, Gibbons contributed artwork to the first issue, Prog 01 (February 1977), and went on to draw the first 24 installments of Harlem Heroes, one of the founding (and pre-Judge Dredd) strips.

Mid-way through the comic's first year he began illustrating Dan Dare, a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series and artist Frank Hampson who, alongside Frank Bellamy, Don Lawrence and Ron Turner are well-liked and inspirational artists to Gibbons, whose "style evolved out of [his] love for the MAD Magazine artists like Wally Wood and Will Elder".

Also working on early feature Ro-Busters, Gibbons became one of the most prolific of 2000 AD's earliest creators, contributing artwork to 108 of the first 131 Progs/issues. He returned to the pages of "the Galaxy's Greatest Comic" in the early 1980s to create Rogue Trooper with writer Gerry Finley-Day and produce an acclaimed early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists. He also illustrated a handful of Tharg's Future Shocks shorts, primarily with author Alan Moore.

Gibbons was also known, by sight but not by name, to readers of the short-lived IPC title Tornado. Whereas 2000 AD was said to be "edited" by the alien Tharg, Tornado was "edited" by superhero Big E, who as alter-ego Percy Pilbeam also worked on the magazine. These characters appeared in photographic form within the comic, with Gibbons posing as both Big E and Pilbeam for the entire 22 issue run of Tornado before it was subsumed into 2000 AD.

Doctor Who

Gibbons departed from 2000 AD briefly in the late 1970s/early 1980s to became the lead artist on Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly, for which magazine he drew the main comic strip from issue #1 until #69, missing only four issues during that time.

The Doctor Who Storybook 2007 (released Christmas 2006) features a story called "Untitled" which includes the name Gibbons in a list of great artists of Earth history.

American comics work

The 1980s (DC)

Gibbons was one of the British comic talents identified by Len Wein in 1982 and was hired primarily to draw "Green Lantern Corps" backup stories within the pages of Green Lantern for DC. Gibbons' first DC work was on the Green Lantern Corps story in Green Lantern #161 (February 1983), with writer Todd Klein, as well as the concurrently released "Creeper" two-part backup story in Flash #318-319. With Green Lantern #172 (Jan. 1984), Gibbons joined new writer Len Wein on the main feature while continuing to illustrate the backup features. Ceding the "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" backup features to various other individuals from #181, and with a handful of fill-in issues (primarily by Gil Kane), Gibbons last issue with Len Wein was issue #186 (March 1985). However, Gibbons returned to pencil the backup Tale "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" with Alan Moore in issue #188.

While Marvel Comics reprinted some of Gibbons' Marvel UK Doctor Who work, Eclipse Comics reprinted some of his Warrior work and Eagle reprinted various Judge Dredd tales, Gibbons continued to produce new work almost exclusively for DC throughout the 1980s. For the 1985 Superman Annual #11, Gibbons drew the main story "For the Man Who Has Everything," again written by Alan Moore.

During 1985 and 1986, Gibbons' artwork graced the pages of several issues of both DC's Who's Who in the DC Universe guidebook and Marvel's The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition. In December 1986, he contributed to Harrier Comics' Brickman #1 alongside Kevin O'Neill (who had also illustrated several "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps"), Lew Stringer and others. Between May and August 1988, he contributed covers with Joe Orlando to Peter David and Orlando's four-issue The Phantom miniseries, and in May 1988 he both inked Kevin Maguire's pencilled contribution to the landmark Action Comics #600, and produced the cover to Action Comics #601.

Watchmen

Main article: Watchmen

The cast of Watchmen, created in 1986 by Gibbons and Alan Moore.

He is best known in the US for collaborating with Alan Moore on the 12-issue limited series Watchmen, now one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, and the only one to feature on Time's "Top 100 Novels" list. Gibbons' artwork in Watchmen is notable both for its stark utilisation of the formulaic comicbook nine-panel grid layout, as well as for its intense narrative and symbolic density (with some symbolic background elements suggested by Moore, others by Gibbons).

Initially pitched by Moore to utilize the Charlton Comics characters which had been purchased by DC Comics, Watchmen was re-tooled to feature new - analog - characters when it became clear that the story would have significant and lasting ramifications on its main players. Gibbons believes that his own involvement likely came about after the idea was already in its early initial stages. He recalls that he had:

“

... known Alan for a while and we had tried to get things off the ground with DC and hadn't really succeeded. Then Alan finally broke into DC with Swamp Thing and I guess I must have heard on the grapevine that he was doing a treatment for a new miniseries. I rang Alan up, saying I’d like to be involved with what he was doing. He said ‘Oh, yeah great’ and sent me the outline for it. Then I was at a convention in the US and asked Dick Giordano, Managing Director of DC at the time, point blank whether I could draw this thing Alan was writing. He said ‘How does Alan feel about that?’ I said ‘Yeah he’s fine with it’ and Dick said ‘Yep, OK, it’s yours!’

”

To complement the story, Gibbons remembers working on rough character designs (which ultimately changed little in their final appearance) from "the descriptions that Alan had provided," trying to come up with "a classic superhero feel but be a little bit stranger ... a sort of operatic look ... an Egyptian kind of a look."

Gibbons also lettered Watchmen and it was his lettering style that later served as one of two reference sources used by Vincent Connare when creating the controversial font Comic Sans in 1994. Gibbons has commented that "It's just a shame they couldn't have used just the original font, because it's a real mess. I think it's a particularly ugly letter form."

Gibbons returned to Watchmen in 2008, producing the behind-the-scenes book Watching the Watchmen to tie into the release of the 2009 film. Watching the Watchmen is his take on the creation of the seminal work, and features a number of rarely seen pieces of artwork including sketches and character designs, as well as "stuff," he says "that I just don't know why I kept but I'm really pleased I did."

1990s work

Give Me Liberty #1 (1990)
Art by Gibbons; story by Frank Miller

From the start of the 1990s, Gibbons began to focus as much on writing and inking as on drawing, contributing to a number of different titles and issues from a variety of companies. Particular highlights included, in 1990, Gibbons writing the three-issue World's Finest miniseries for artist Steve Rude and DC, while drawing Give Me Liberty for writer Frank Miller and Dark Horse Comics. He penned the first Batman Vs. Predator crossover for artists Andy and Adam Kubert (Dec 1991 - Feb 1992), and inked Rick Veitch and Stephen R. Bissette for half of Alan Moore's 1963 Image Comics series (1993).

Rejoining Frank Miller in mid-1994 on Martha Washington Goes to War, the following year Gibbons wrote the Elseworlds title Superman: Kal for José Luis García-López, melding Arthurian legends to the Superman mythos in an "out-of-continuity" tale set in an alternate DC Universe. In Marvel Edge's Savage Hulk #1 (Jan 1996), Gibbons wrote, penciled, inked, colored and lettered "Old Friends," a version of the events of Captain America #110 from the point of view of the Hulk. In 1996 and 1997, Gibbons collaborated with Mark Waid (and Jimmy Palmiotti) on two issues of the Amalgam Comics character "Super-Soldier," a character born from the merging of the DC and Marvel Universes after the events of the 1996 intercompany crossover DC vs. Marvel/Marvel vs. DC.

Among many other covers, one-shots and minor works, Gibbons worked with Alan Moore again briefly on the latter's Awesome Entertainment Judgment Day miniseries, providing (variant) covers to all three issues, on the first issue of Kitchen Sink Press' The Spirit: The New Adventures revival and within the pages of the Alan Moore Songbook. In 1999 he penciled and inked Darko Macan's 4-issue Star Wars: Vader's Quest miniseries.

2000s work

In December 2001 Gibbons helped Stan Lee re-imagine Green Lantern in the pages of Just Imagine... Stan Lee creating Green Lantern.

In 2002, Gibbons followed Chuck Austen as writer on the Marvel Knights Captain America series, penning issues #17-20 (Nov '03 - Jan '04) for - primarily - artist Lee Weeks. In 2005, he produced a handful of covers for Geoff Johns' JSA, as well as producing the complete original graphic novel The Originals, a black and white graphic novel which he scripted and drew. Published by Vertigo, the work is set in the near future, but draws heavily on the imagery of the Mods and Rockers of the 1960s.

He wrote the DC Comics six-issue limited series The Rann/Thanagar War (one of four lead-ins to the company-wide "Infinite Crisis" storyline) and returned to the Green Lantern Corps with the five-issue Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (Nov. 2005 - March 2006), co-written with Geoff Johns, which spun off into an ongoing, Gibbons-written series in August 2006.

Gibbons was involved in two series released by DC/WildStorm when DC acquired American rights to the IPC stable of characters. He provided cover artwork for the flagship title, Albion, the six-issue limited series written by Leah Moore and her husband, John Reppion (and co-plotted by her father, Alan Moore). Gibbons also wrote the Albion spin-off Thunderbolt Jaxon (April-Sept. 2006), with art by John Higgins. Due to scheduling difficulties,^{[citation needed]} the August 2005-launched Albion actually finished two months after Thunderbolt Jaxon (Nov. 2006).

Gibbons provided covers for three issues of writers Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza's run on Action Comics (issues #841–843) and co-penciled (with Ethan van Sciver) the Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps issue as part of the Sinestro Corps story arc, inspired by a Green Lantern story written by Moore in the 1980s.^{[citation needed]} He contributed to the ongoing Green Lantern Corps title on issues #18-20 (May–July 2007). In the late 2000s, he provided new, alternative covers to IDW Publishing's reprints of his Marvel UK Doctor Who comics. He also designed the logo for Oni Press, the publishers of Scott Pilgrim.

On April 9, 2011 Gibbons 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 various artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering. The artists included Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock, Adi Granov, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, 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 November 23, 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.

Work in other media

Screenshot of Beneath a Steel Sky, backgrounds courtesy of Dave Gibbons.

Works other than comics include providing the background art for the 1994 computer game Beneath a Steel Sky and the cover to K, the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. In 2007, he served as a consultant on the film Watchmen, which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009.

2009's Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut for the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons.

Awards

Wins

• 1987 Jack Kirby Award for Best New Series for Watchmen with Alan Moore
• 1987 Jack Kirby Award for Best Writer/Artist (Single or Team) for Watchmen with Alan Moore

Nominations

• 1986 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for Superman Annual #11 (1985) with Alan Moore
• 1987 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for Watchmen #1 with Alan Moore
• 1987 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for Watchmen #2 with Alan Moore

Bibliography

Interior work

• 2000 AD (IPC Media, 1977–1983):
  • Harlem Heroes (with Tom Tully, in #1-24, 1977)
  • Dan Dare:
    • "Legion" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in #28-33, 1977)
    • "Greenworld" (with Gerry Finley-Day and Brian Bolland, in #34-35, 1977)
    • "Star Slayer" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in #36-51, 1977–1978)
    • "Doppelganger" (with Jack Adrian, in #52-55, 1978)
    • "Waterworld" (with Jack Adrian, in #56-60, 1978)
    • "Ice Planet" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in #64-66, 1978)
    • "Garden of Eden" (with Jack Adrian, in #67-72, 1978)
    • "Mutiny!" (with Jack Adrian, in #73-78, 1978)
    • "The Doomsday Machine, Parts 6-7" (with Nick Landau, Roy Preston and Garry Leach, in #84-85, 1978)
    • "Servant of Evil!" (with Tom Tully, in #100-107, 109-118, 1979)
    • "Traitor" (with Tom Tully, in #119-126, 1979)
  • Ro-Busters:
    • "Death on the Orient Express!" (with Pat Mills, in #86-87, 1977)
    • "Just Routine!" (with Pat Mills, in #91, 1978)
    • "The Terra-Meks!" (with Pat Mills, in #98-101, 1978–1979)
  • Judge Dredd:
    • "The Neon Knights" (with Pat Mills, in #29, 1977)
    • "Outlaw" (with John Howard and Brian Bolland, in #87, 1978)
    • "Dredd and the Mob Blitzers" (with John Howard, in #130, 1979)
  • ABC Warriors: "Cyboons" (with Pat Mills, in #130-131, 1977)
  • Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales:
    • "The Revolt of the Tick Tock Monkey-Bomb!" (with Gary Rice, in #157, 1980)
    • "The Dating Game" (with Alan Moore, in #176, 1980)
    • "The Tidy-Up Droid" (with Gary Rice, in #181, 1980)
    • "Tomorrow Brings Doom!" (with Gary Rice, in #183, 1980)
    • "Night of the Werebot" (with Gary Rice, in #184, 1980)
    • "Spirit of Vengeance" (with Gary Rice, in #196, 1981)
  • Rogue Trooper: "Future War" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in #228-232, 234-235, 239-240, 249-250, 1981–1982)
  • Tharg's Future Shocks:
    • "Return of the Thing!" (with Alan Moore, in #265, 1982)
    • "Skirmish!" (with Alan Moore, in #267, 1982)
    • "The Wild Frontier!" (with Alan Moore, in #269, 1982)
    • "The Disturbed Digestions of Doctor Dibworthy" (with Alan Moore, in #273, 1982)
    • "Chronocops" (with Alan Moore, in #310, 1983)
• Hulk Comic #1: "The Incredible Hulk" (with Steve Moore, Marvel UK, 1979)
• Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel UK, 1979–1992):
  • "The Iron Legion" (with Pat Mills and John Wagner, in #1-8, 1979)
  • "City of the Damned" (with Pat Mills and John Wagner, in #9-16, 1979–1980)
  • "The Star Beast" (with Pat Mills and John Wagner, in #19-26, 1980)
  • "The Dogs of Doom" (with Pat Mills and John Wagner, in #27-34, 1980)
  • "The Time Witch" (with Steve Moore, in #35-38, 1980)
  • "Dragon's Claw" (with Steve Moore, in #39-45, 1980)
  • "The Collector" (with Steve Moore, in #46, 1980)
  • "Dreamers of Death" (with Steve Moore, in #47-48, 1980–1981)
  • "The Life Bringer" (with Steve Moore, in #49-50, 1981)
  • "War of the Words" (with Steve Moore, in #51, 1981)
  • "Spider-God" (with Steve Moore, in #52, 1981)
  • "The Deal" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #53, 1981)
  • "End of the Line" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #54-55, 1981)
  • "The Free-Fall Warriors" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #56-57, 1981)
  • "The Neutron Knights" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #60, 1982)
  • "The Tides of Time" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #61-67, 1982)
  • "Stars Fell on Stockbridge" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #68-69, 1982)
• Warrior #1: "A True Story" (with Steve Moore, Quality Communications, 1982)
• Green Lantern (DC Comics, 1983–1985):
  • "Green Lantern Corps" (with Robin Snyder, Todd Klein, Joey Cavalieri and Alan Moore, in #160, 162, 164-167, 171-173, 179-180, 188, 1983–1985)
  • "Green Lantern" (with Len Wein, in #172-176, 178-183, 185-186, 1984–1985)
• The Flash #318-319 (with Carl Gafford, DC Comics, 1983)
• Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #2: "Whatever Gods There be..." (with Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen, DC Comics, 1983)
• The Omega Men #33: "Vega: Demon with the Healing Hand" (with Steve Parkhouse, DC Comics, 1985)
• Superman Annual #11: "For the Man Who Has Everything..." (with Alan Moore, DC Comics, 1985)
• DC Challenge #5: "Thunderbolts and Lightning" (with Mike W. Barr and Mark Farmer, DC Comics, 1986)
• Heroes Against Hunger (with Len Wein, one-shot, DC Comics, 1986)
• Watchmen #1-12 (with Alan Moore, DC Comics, 1986–1987)
• Brickman #1: " The Brickman Caper" (with Lew Stringer, Mike Collins and Kevin O'Neill, Harrier, 1986)
• Outrageous Tales from the Old Testament: "Sodom amd Gomorrah" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Knockabout, 1987)
• Power Comics #1-4 (with Don Avenell, Norman Worker and Brian Bolland, Eclipse, 1988)
• AARGH! #1: "Just Waiting" (script and art, Mad Love, 1988)
• Marvel Fanfare #41: "...Perchance to Dream" (with Walter Simonson, Marvel, 1988)
• Harvey Kurtzman's Strange Adventures: "The Super Surfer" (with Harvey Kurtzman, graphic novel, Epic, 1990)
• Breakthrough: "Boss" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Catalan Communications, 1990)
• Give Me Liberty #1-4 (with Frank Miller, Dark Horse, 1990–1991)
• Andrew Vachss' Hard Looks #1: "Dumping Ground" (with Andrew Vachss, Dark Horse, 1992)
• Ray Bradbury Chronicles #2: "Come into My Cellar" (script and art, Byron Preiss Visual Publications, 1992)
• Legends of Arzach #3: "The Keep of Two Moons" (with Jean-Marc Lofficier, among other artists, Kitchen Sink, 1992)
• Mr. Monster Attacks! #1: "Wish You Were Here" (with Michael T. Gilbert, Tundra Publishing, 1992)
• Another Chance to Get It Right (with Andrew Vachss, among other artists, graphic novel, Dark Horse, 1992)
• Sensational She-Hulk #50: "He's Dead?!" (with John Byrne, among other artists, Marvel, 1993)
• Martha Washington Goes to War #1-5 (with Frank Miller, Dark Horse, 1994)
• Beneath a Steel Sky (script and art, Computec Verlag, 1994)
• Happy Birthday, Martha Washington (with Frank Miller, one-shot, Dark Horse, 1995)
• Negative Burn #25: "Alan Moore's Songbook: Chiaroscuro" (with Alan Moore, Caliber Press, 1995)
• OMNI Comix #3: "T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: Cold Warriors Never Die" (with George Caragonne, Tom Thornton and Paul Gulacy, Penthouse Comix, 1995)
• Martha Washington Stranded in Space (with Frank Miller, one-shot, Dark Horse, 1995)
• The Savage Hulk: "Old Friends" (script and art, one-shot, Marvel Edge, 1996)
• Super-Soldier: "Secret of the K-Bomb" (with Mark Waid, one-shot, Marvel, 1996)
• The Big Book of Little Criminals: "Frank 'Dasher' Abbandando-- Murder Inc.'s Fastest Killer" (with Carl Sifakis, Paradox Press, 1996)
• Super Soldier: Man of War: "Deadly Cargo" (with Mark Waid, one-shot, DC Comics, 1997)
• Martha Washington Saves the World #1-3 (with Frank Miller, Dark Horse, 1997–1998)
• The Spirit: The New Adventures #1 (with Alan Moore, Kitchen Sink, 1998)
• Gangland #1: "The Bear" (script and art, Vertigo, 1998)
• Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant: "Lights, Camera and Too Much Action" (with James Robinson, DC Comics, 1998)
• Star Wars: Vader's Quest #1-4 (with Darko Macan, Dark Horse, 1999)
• Fanboy #2: ""Higher Education" with... Fanboy" (with Mark Evanier, among other artists, DC Comics, 1999)
• Strange Adventures #1: "Riddle of the Random Realities!" (script and art, Vertigo, 1999)
• 2000 AD Prog 2000: "Rogue Trooper: Remembrance Day" (with John Tomlinson, Fleetway, 1999)
• Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3: "Hellblazer: Another Bloody Christmas" (script and art, Vertigo, 2000)
• Star Wars: Chewbacca #2 (with Darko Macan, Dusty Abell and Jan Duursema, Dark Horse, 2000)
• Tom Strong #6: "The Big Heat?" (with Alan More, America's Best Comics, 2000)
• Superman and Batman: World's Funnest: "Last Imp Standing!" (with Evan Dorkin, among other artists, graphic novel, DC Comics, 2000)
• Orion #4: "Tales of the New Gods: Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down..." (with Walt Simonson, DC Comics, 2000)
• Batman: Gotham Knights #12: "The Black and White Bandit" (script and art, DC Comics, 2001)
• Weird Western Tales #1: "Serial Hero" (script and art, Vertigo, 2001)
• Just Imagine Stan Lee with Dave Gibbons Creating Green Lantern (with Stan Lee, Michael Uslan and José Luis García-López, one-shot, DC Comics, 2001)
• 9-11 vol.1: "Zero Degrees of Separation" (with Randy Stradley, Dark Horse, graphic novel, 2002)
• War Story: Screaming Eagles: "Screaming Eagles" (with Garth Ennis, one-shot, Vertigo, 2002)
• Adventures of Superman #600: "Superman: The Dailies 2002 - Super-Commander Kent - In the 7th Millennium!" (with Mark Schultz, DC Comics, 2002)
• Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2002)
• The Originals (script and art, graphic novel, Vertigo, 2004)
• JSA #67: "The Autopsy" (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2005)
• Legion of Super-Heroes #4: "Confession" (with Mark Waid, DC Comics, 2005)
• Green Lantern #18-20: "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2007)
• Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special: "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2007)
• Martha Washington Dies (with Frank Miller, one-shot, Dark Horse, 2007)
• Wednesday Comics #1-12: "Kamandi" (script and art, DC Comics, 2009)
• DMZ #50: "Decade Later, Lower Manhattan" (with Brian Wood, Vertigo, 2010)
• DC Universe: Legacies #3: "Snapshot: Resurgence!" (with Len Wein, co-feature, DC Comics, 2010)
• Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror (script and art, one-shot, Revolution, 2010)
• Dark Horse Presents #3: "Treatment" (script and art, Dark Horse, 2011)
• The Unexpected: "The Great Karlini" (script and art, one-shot, Vertigo, 2011)

Script work only

• Seven Deadly Sins: "Gluttony" (with Lew Stringer, Knockabout, 1989)
• Christmas with Super-Heroes #2: "And in the Depths" (with Gray Morrow, DC Comics, 1989)
• A1 #1: "Survivor" (with Ted McKeever, Atomeka, 1989)
• 2000 AD #650-653, 667-671, 683-687: "Rogue Trooper: The War Machine" (with William Simpson, Fleetway, 1989–1990)
• World's Finest #1-3 (with Steve Rude, DC Comics, 1990)
• Batman vs. Predator #1-3 (with Andy Kubert, DC Comics, 1991–1992)
• Aliens: Salvation (with Mike Mignola, one-shot, Dark Horse, 1993)
• Superman: Kal (with José Luis García-López, graphic novel, DC Comics, 1995)
• The Dome: Ground Zero (with Angus McKie, graphic novel, Helix, 1998)
• Batman: Gotham Knights #18: "Fat City" (with Michael McMahon, DC Comics, 2001)
• Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset #5: "The Butt Kicks Back!" (with Rick Veitch, America's Best Comics, 2002)
• Captain America #17-20: "Captain America Lives Again" (with Lee Weeks, Marvel, 2003–2004)
• DC Comics Presents: The Atom: "Ride a Deadly Grenade!" (with Pat Oliffe, one-shot, DC Comics, 2004)
• Rann-Thanagar War #1-6 (with Ivan Reis, DC Comics, 2005)
• Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1-5 (with Geoff Johns and Patrick Gleason, DC Comics, 2006)
• Rann-Thanagar War Infinite Crisis Special: "Hands of Fate" (with Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, DC Comics, 2006)
• Thunderbolt Jaxon #1-5 (with John Higgins, Wildstorm, 2006)
• Green Lantern Corps #1-6, 10-17 (with Patrick Gleason and various artists, DC Comics, 2006–2007)
• Hellblazer #250: "Happy New Fucking Year" (with Sean Phillips, Vertigo, 2009)
• Rocketeer Adventures #4: "A Day at the Beach" (with Scott Hampton, IDW, 2011)

Covers only

• 2000 AD #81, 127, 175, 187, 194, 205, 207, 241, 549, 1387, Annual '81 and '84 (IPC Media/Fleetway/Rebellion, 1978–2004)
• Doctor Who #1-19 (Marvel, 1984–1986)
• Axel Pressbutton #2 (Eclipse, 1984)
• Amazing Heroes #97, 173 (Fantagraphics Books, 1986–1989)
• 2000 AD Presents vol.1 #7 (Quality, 1986)
• Rogue Trooper #1-2, 5, 8 (Quality, 1986–1987)
• The Comics Journal #116 (Fantagraphics Books, 1987)
• 2000 AD Presents vol.2 #15 (Quality, 1987)
• The Transformers #133 (Marvel UK, 1987)
• Action Comics #601, Annual #3, 841-843 (DC Comics, 1988–2006)
• Adventures of Superman #440, 447 (DC Comics, 1988)
• The Phantom #1-4 (DC Comics, 1988)
• Dragon's Claws #7-10 (Marvel UK, 1989)
• Cheval Noir #32 (Dark Horse, 1992)
• Ray Bradbury Chronicles #1 (Byron Preiss Visual Publications, 1992)
• 1963 #1 (Image, 1993)
• Hardcase #1 (Malibu, 1993)
• The Malibu Sun #26 (Malibu, 1993)
• Dark Horse Presents #100.4 (Dark Horse, 1995)
• Judgment Day #1-3 (Awesome, 1997)
• Marvel Universe #2 (Marvel, 1998)
• Gangland #4 (Vertigo, 1998)
• Whiteout #3 (Oni Press, 1998)
• Transmetropolitan #16-18 (Vertigo, 1998–1999)
• Martin Mystery #1-3 (Bonelli, 1999)
• Supermen of America #1 (DC Comics, 1999)
• Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant #1 (DC Comics, 1999)
• Silver Age: Teen Titans #1 (DC Comics, 2000)
• Rising Stars #9 (Top Cow, 2000)
• Astounding Space Thrills #4 (Day One, 2000)
• Just a Pilgrim: Garden of Eden #4 (Black Bull, 2002)
• Batman: Gotham Knights #31 (DC Comics, 2002)
• JSA #70-71 (DC Comics, 2005)
• Albion #1-6 (Wildstorm, 2005–2006)
• Northlanders #3 (Vertigo, 2008)
• Dan Dare #7 (Virgin, 2008)
• The Boys #28 (Dynamite, 2009)
• Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1 (DC Comics, 2009)
• DC Universe: Legacies #4 (DC Comics, 2010)
• The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual '10 (Image, 2010)
• The Authority #27 (Wildstorm, 2011)
• Wildcats #28 (Wildstorm, 2011)
• Turf #5 (Image, 2011)
• Pigs #5 (Image, 2011)

References

• Dave Gibbons at the Grand Comics Database
• Dave Gibbons at 2000 AD online

External links

• Official website
• Dave Gibbons at the Comic Book DB
• CCI: Spotlight on Dave Gibbons, Comic Book Resources, July 28, 2008
• Dave Gibbons Live at the BICS 2008 Geek Syndicate Panel
• Meet Dave Gibbons by George Khoury, Pop!, Comic Book Resources, October 12, 2008
• Dave Gibbons on 'Watching the Watchmen': Part One, Newsarama, October 22, 2008
• Watching the Watchmen with Dave Gibbons: An Interview, Comics Bulletin, December 10, 2008
• Dave Gibbons On The Origins Of The Watchmen, The Quietus, January 6, 2009
• 'Through the eyes of the creator - Interview with Dave Gibbons, Liberation Frequency, January, 2009
• Interview with Gibbons about the Watchmen film adaptation
• Computers draw a new chapter in comics, The Guardian, August 12, 2009
• TCJ 300 Conversations: Dave Gibbons & Frank Quitely, The Comics Journal, December 15, 2009

Preceded by Chuck Austen

Captain America writer 2003–2004

Succeeded by Robert Morales