Dean Ormston
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Dean Ormston is a British
born comic book artist
. His most notable work has been for the British comic 2000 AD
and for DC Comics
' Vertigo imprint
.
, England
and earned a degree in art and illustration at Leeds University sometime around the mid-1980s. For the following few years he spent his time between playing the drums in various bands, some of which released singles and compilation album tracks (The Silent Scream, The second Coming, This Colossal Youth) and working part-time in a Sheffield comic-book shop with fellow budding artists Nick Percival, Greg Staples and filmmaker Lee Ford. Sometime in 1990 he moved into working full time as an artist working mainly for Judge Dredd Megazine
.
Ormston's dark, thick paints were seen in action on the Judge Dredd
strip on numerous occasions, most notably in the Judgement Day and Raptaur storylines. For the Judge Dredd Megazine Ormston also created, with Si Spencer
, the comedy strip Harke & Burr
, a twist on the notorious grave robbers Burke and Hare. His work can also be seen in the Predator comics for Dark Horse, Lucifer and Books of Magic for DC Vertigo.
Ormston's most well known work in America is most likely Lucifer, written by Mike Carey, Books of Magic, written by Si Spencer, The Girl Who Would Be Death, written by Caitlin R. Kiernan
and published by Vertigo in four issues in 1998.
His other works include a brief spell as character designer for Mainframe Animation where he co-created Dot's Bots with writer Steve Seagle, a proposed 13 episode series that so far has only made it to a 30 minute pilot episode. His Reboot Character design of Daemon can be seen in the TV movie Daemon Rising
made in 2001.
United Kingdom
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born comic book artist
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
. His most notable work has been for the British comic 2000 AD
2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...
and for DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
' Vertigo imprint
Imprint
In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...
.
Biography
Ormston was born in YorkshireYorkshire
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, England
England
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and earned a degree in art and illustration at Leeds University sometime around the mid-1980s. For the following few years he spent his time between playing the drums in various bands, some of which released singles and compilation album tracks (The Silent Scream, The second Coming, This Colossal Youth) and working part-time in a Sheffield comic-book shop with fellow budding artists Nick Percival, Greg Staples and filmmaker Lee Ford. Sometime in 1990 he moved into working full time as an artist working mainly for Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.-Content:...
.
Ormston's dark, thick paints were seen in action on the Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
strip on numerous occasions, most notably in the Judgement Day and Raptaur storylines. For the Judge Dredd Megazine Ormston also created, with Si Spencer
Si Spencer
Si Spencer is a British comic book writer and TV dramatist and editor, with work appearing in British comics such as Crisis, before moving to the American comics industry...
, the comedy strip Harke & Burr
Harke & Burr
Harke & Burr are two fictional comic book characters who appeared in their own stories for thirteen episodes in issues of Judge Dredd Megazine. The majority of the Harke & Burr stories were written by Si Spencer and drawn by Dean Ormston...
, a twist on the notorious grave robbers Burke and Hare. His work can also be seen in the Predator comics for Dark Horse, Lucifer and Books of Magic for DC Vertigo.
Ormston's most well known work in America is most likely Lucifer, written by Mike Carey, Books of Magic, written by Si Spencer, The Girl Who Would Be Death, written by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan is the author of many science fiction and dark fantasy works, including seven novels, many comic books, more than one hundred published short stories, novellas, and vignettes, and numerous scientific papers.- Overview :Born in Dublin, Ireland, she moved to the United States...
and published by Vertigo in four issues in 1998.
His other works include a brief spell as character designer for Mainframe Animation where he co-created Dot's Bots with writer Steve Seagle, a proposed 13 episode series that so far has only made it to a 30 minute pilot episode. His Reboot Character design of Daemon can be seen in the TV movie Daemon Rising
ReBoot: Daemon Rising
ReBoot: Daemon Rising is a 2001 Canadian made-for-TV movie based on the series ReBoot directed by George Samilski. The movie is set after the first three seasons of ReBoot, and along with another ReBoot movie, My Two Bobs, is considered the fourth season. It was originally broadcast in Canada as a...
made in 2001.