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Glenn Fabry
Born (1961-03-24) 24 March 1961 (age 63)
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Penciler, Inker
Notable works
Sláine, Preacher
Awards"Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, 1995
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Glenn Fabry is an Eisner Award-winning British comics artist known for his detailed, realistic work in both ink and painted colour.

Career

Glenn Fabry's career began in 1985, drawing Slaine for 2000 AD, with writer Pat Mills. He also worked with Mills on the newspaper strip Scatha in 1987. Painted work followed in Crisis, Revolver and Deadline. In 1991 he took over painting the covers of Hellblazer, then written by Garth Ennis.[1]

He has continued his association with Ennis, painting the covers for his Vertigo series Preacher, and drawing Ennis-written stories in The Authority and Thor. In 2003 he drew a story in Neil Gaiman's Sandman anthology Endless Nights, and in 2005 worked on the comics adaptation of Gaiman's TV series/novel Neverwhere with writer Mike Carey.

Recent projects include providing the art for the Vertigo title Greatest Hits, written by David Tischman.[2][3][4]

Awards

Bibliography

Preacher No. 56, cover by Glenn Fabry

Comics

  • Sláine (with Pat Mills):
    • "Time Killer" (in 2000 AD #411–412, 419–421, 427–428, 431, 1985)
    • "Tomb of Terror" (in 2000 AD #447–448, 458–460, 1985–1986)
    • "The Devil's Banquet" (in 1986 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special)
    • "Slaine the King* (in 2000 AD #500–508 & 517–519, 1986–1987)
    • "The Killing Field" (with Angela Kincaid, in 2000 AD No. 582, 1988)
    • "Slaine the King" (in 2000 AD #589–591, 1988)
    • "Slaine the High King" (in 1992 2000 AD Yearbook, 1991)
    • "Demon Killer" (in 2000 AD #852–859, 1993)
  • Tharg's Future Shocks: "Plastic Surgeon" (with Chris Smith, in 2000 AD No. 576, 1988)
  • Judge Dredd:
  • Bricktop (art and script, with co-author Chris Smith, in A1 series 1 #1-6a, 1989–1992)
  • "A Day in the Life" (with Igor Goldkind, in Crisis No. 39, 1990)
  • "Loveboy loves Lovegirl" (with Brett Ewins, in Deadline, 1990)
  • "Waltz" (with Ian Salmon, in Revolver No. 3, 1990)
  • "Prisoner of Justice" (with Alan Mitchell, in Crisis No. 52, 1990)
  • "The One I Love" (with Garth Ennis, in Revolver Romance Special, 1991)
  • "Along for the Ride" (with Igor Goldkind, in A1 series 2 No. 1, 1992)
  • Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing #1 (pages 1–46, with John Wagner/Alan Grant, DC Comics/Fleetway, 1998)
  • Global Frequency #2: "Big Wheel" (pencils, with Warren Ellis and inks by Liam Sharp, Wildstorm, 2001)
  • Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target (with Kevin Smith, Marvel Comics, 2002)
  • The Authority: Kev (with Garth Ennis, Wildstorm, tpb, 2005 ISBN 1-4012-0614-X) collects:
  • Destruction: On The Peninsula (with Neil Gaiman, in The Sandman: Endless Nights, 2003)
  • Thor: Vikings (with Garth Ennis, Marvel Comics, 2003)
  • Neverwhere (with Mike Carey, DC/Vertigo, 2005)
  • Midnighter No. 6 (with Garth Ennis, Wildstorm, 2007)
  • Greatest Hits (with David Tischman, 6-issue limited series, Vertigo, November 2008 – April 2009)

Covers

Other work

Books

References

General references

Inline citations

  1. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008). "John Constantine Hellblazer". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 102–111. ISBN 0-7566-4122-5. OCLC 213309015.
  2. ^ NYCC: “Greatest Hits” Gets a Ticket to Ride at Vertigo, Comic Book Resources, 23 April 2008
  3. ^ WW Philly: Vertigo, Newsarama, 31 May 2008
  4. ^ Greatest Hits: Meet Solicitor, Comic Book Resources, 17 September 2008
  5. ^ Marvel Knights Double Shot (2002) Nick's world... on The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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