Name:

Dave Gibbons

Born:

April 14, 1949

Occupation:

Comic Book Artist/Writer/Letterer

Characters/Comics Created:

Watchmen
The Originals

Claim To Fame:

Dave Gibbons is the artist for the series and graphic novel Watchmen, which has been hailed as the best graphic novel of all time. It is still one of the strongest selling graphic novels and has found new life with the film based on the series.

Interesting Fact:

Gibbons is not only an artist, but a writer as well, working on such titles as Captain America, Green Lantern, Batman VS.

Predator, and others.

Website:

Personal - www.davegibbons.net
Fansite – www.davegibbonsfansite.com

Bio:

Dave Gibbons is a British artist who was not only influenced by British artist, but was heavily influenced by such American artists like Will Eisner and Wally Wood. He got his start working for the British comic agencies Fleetway and DC Thompson, doing lettering and artistic work. Soon, he was working for 2000 AD, working on a run that would become to be considered some of his best work.
Despite an early rejection from Marvel and DC comics, he was later approached by DC on a headhunting trip to Britain when they were looking for new blood. He was offered a much better deal than he was currently getting and jumped at the chance to get into American comics, a place he had always wanted to work.

At DC, he worked on such backup stories like Green Lantern Corps and Creeper that appeared in other titles and worked with Alan Moore on the Superman Annual story entitled, “For The Man Who Has Everything.” The relationship between the two would prove helpful as when Gibbons heard that Moore was working on a new mini-series he took the initiative and called him up, asking to work on the project with him.

Moore said yes and the collaboration on what would become the greatest selling graphic novel of all time was born.

Gibbons did a lot of character work on Watchmen and his realistic and dramatic artwork truly helped bring life to the complex story that unfolds. It is the work he is most known for, but Gibbons continues to work and is a vital member of the creator community.

As well as being an accomplished artist, Gibbons is a writer as well. He has written issues of Captain America, Green Lantern Corps, Batman Vs. Predator, as well as writing and illustrating his own graphic novel, The Originals. He has also been busy doing cover work and has returned to the world of the Watchmen with a behind the scenes memoir entitled, “Watching the Watchmen.

Gibbons continues to contribute to the world of comics and shows no sign of slowing down, stating, “I just love the idea of telling stories in pictures!” (CBR)