Richard Elson is a British

British people

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 comic book

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 artist

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 best known for his work on Sonic the Comic

Sonic the Comic

Sonic the Comic, known to its many readers as STC, was a UK children's comic published fortnightly by Fleetway Editions between 1993 and 2002...

, 2000 AD and Thor

Thor (Marvel Comics)

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Biography

Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over sixteen years experience as a cartoonist and illustrator.

His versatility has found a wide variety of outlets in a career that has included extended runs on Sonic the Comic

Sonic the Comic

Sonic the Comic, known to its many readers as STC, was a UK children's comic published fortnightly by Fleetway Editions between 1993 and 2002...

 and Britain’s premier science-fiction anthology

Comics anthology

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 2000 AD. He has contributed to many of the comics published in the UK over recent years, including UK

United Kingdom

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 comic

Comic book

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 The Beano

The Beano

The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...

, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Toxic Crusaders and Spider-Man.

Recent projects include Marvel Zombies Return

Marvel Zombies Return

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: Hulk

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 with Seth Grahame-Smith

Seth Grahame-Smith

Seth Grahame-Smith is an American best-selling author, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. He is best known as the author of The New York Times best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, both of which are being adapted as feature films...

 author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a 2009 parody novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. It is a mashup combining Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of modern zombie fiction, crediting Austen as co-author...

, his first work at Marvel US.

He has also worked for computer games companies, toy manufacturers and UK television show This Morning.
He drew Billy The Cat

Billy the Cat

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 for The Beano

The Beano

The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...

 in 2003, and also drew Tim Traveller

Tim Traveller

Tim Traveller was a fictional character and comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 2862, dated 24 May 1997, as part of a continuing set of six new comic strips where the one with the most votes would be voted into the comic by readers.The first strip featured Tim looking...

 in that year's annual.

Personal life

Elson lives in the UK, with his wife and two children, in the cathedral city of Worcester.

External links

• 2003 interview, Part 2, Part 3, by Chris Weston
  Chris Weston
  Chris Weston is a British comics artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries.-Biography:Weston was born in January, 1969 in Rinteln, Germany, and lived in various countries as a child...
  
  , 2000 AD Review, March 2003
• 2007 interview on his Sonic the Comic work