Chris Weston

Chris Weston
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Penciler, Inker
Notable works	Indigo Prime The Filth Ministry of Space

Chris Weston is a British comic artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries.

Biography

He was born in Germany and lived in various countries as a child. Growing up without television, the artist says, affected his future career. "My primary source of entertainment? You guessed it: comics! British comics, at that! Lion, Valiant, Bullet, Victor, Hotspur, Buster, War Picture Library, Action.... us "army brats" read them all! And what's more we'd discuss them for hours; the characters, the stories and the art in particular", he says on his official website.

Weston's career began when he was apprenticed for a year to work with Don Lawrence, by the end of which he had secured paid work on the major British strip Judge Dredd.

He worked with writer John Smith on the ten-part Indigo Prime story, "Killing Time" in which characters battled Jack the Ripper aboard a time travelling train.

Weston's work in America began with on Swamp Thing during Mark Millar's time as scriptwriter. He has since gone on to be published in The Invisibles, Starman, JSA, Lucifer, and The Authority.

He has also worked on The Filth and Ministry of Space. The former a creator-owned written by Grant Morrison, the latter a "what if?" limited series written by Warren Ellis which saw Britain winning the Space Race.

Most recently he has provided the art for Fantastic Four: First Family.

Weston is currently illustrating The Twelve a 12-issue limited series written J. Michael Straczynski. The series will involve a team formed from Timely Comics characters including The Witness, The Black Widow and Elektro.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD #598, 602 & 607, 1988)

• Indigo Prime (with John Smith):
  • "Indigo Prime" (in 2000 AD #678, 1989)
  • "Winwood and Cord" (in 2000 AD #680-681, 1990)
  • "Fegredo and Brecht" (in 2000 AD #682, 1990)
  • "Requiem" (illustrated text story, in 2000AD Winter Special 1990)
  • "Killing Time" (in 2000 AD #735-744, 1991)

• Rogue Trooper (Friday):
  • "Scavenger of Souls" (with Michael Fleisher, in 2000 AD #873-880, 1994)
  • "Hill 392" (with Steve White, in Poster Prog Rogue Trooper #1, 1994)
  • "G.I. Blues" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #901-903, 1994)

• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, 1992)

• Canon Fodder:
  • "Canon Fodder" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #861-867, 1993)
  • "Dark Matter" (with Kek-W,, in 2000 AD #981-987, 1995)

• Rogue Trooper (in 2000 AD #873-880 & 901-903, 1994)
• Swamp Thing
• Vector 13: "Case One: Side Step" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1062, 1997)
• The Invisibles
• Time Breakers (with Rachel Pollack, Helix, 1997)
• Downlode Tales: "City on Fire" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1155-1160, 1999)
• Pulp Sci-Fi: "Feast of Skin" (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #1163, 1999)
• Starman #55: "Taxi Cab Confessions" (pencils, with writers David S. Goyer and James Dale Robinson, with inks by Keith Champagne, DC Comics, 1999, collected in Stars My Destination)
• Lucifer: "A Six-Card Spread" (with Mike Carey, Vertigo, 2000)
• The Authority #18-19 (with Mark Millar, Wildstorm, 2000)
• Ministry of Space (with Warren Ellis, Image Comics, 2001)
• War Story: "Johann's Tiger"' (pencils, with Garth Ennis and inks by Gary Erskine, Vertigo, standalone one shot, 2001, collected in tpb War Stories: Volume 1, 2004, ISBN 1-84023-912-3)
• The Filth (with Grant Morrison, Vertigo, 2003)
• JSA: The Justice Society Returns (DC Comics, 2003)
• Whatever Happened To?: "Tweak" (with Pat Mills, in Judge Dredd Megazine #214, 2004)
• Fantastic Four: First Family (pencils, with Joe Casey, and inks by Gary Erskine, 6-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2006)
• The Twelve (with J. Michael Straczynski, 2008)
• "The Little Guy" (with Mother, in Four Feet From a Rat, Mam Tor Publishing, given away in Time Out, March 19, 2008).

References

• Chris Weston at the Grand Comics Database
• Chris Weston at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Chris Weston at the Big Comic Book DataBase
• 2000 AD profile

External links

• Official website
• Personal blog
• Profile for Channel 4 Ideasfactory

Interviews

• 2003 interview with 2000ADReview
• 2005 Interview with Drive Magazine