#Simon Coleby

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Cover art by Tony Moore, Simon Coleby, and Jonny Rench for the six issues of "Victorian Undead (Sherlock Holmes vs Zombies)" by Ian Edginton and Davide Fabbri (January-June 2010, DC Comics)

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Venus Bluegenes: Venus on the Frag Shell collection of strips from 2000AD, cover by Jason Brashill.

Written by Dan Abnett, Steve White & John Tomlinson with art by Simon Coleby, Henry Flint and Jock.

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ROGUE TROOPER: "Runaway" in 2000AD Prog 2362 Out Wednesday 12/13/2023

Just a quick post - tomorrow, 2000AD Prog 2362 will be out in print in the UK, digitally worldwide. It's the year-end special holiday issue, 100 pages with a whole host of stories. Including one of mine.

I was asked to write one of 2000AD's leading franchise characters, Rogue Trooper, and got paired with the master artist Simon Coleby, colorists Francesco Segala and Sabrina Del Grosso, and letterer Rob Steen for "Runaway," a 12-page one-off featuring the Genetic Infantryman and his dogchip buddies. It was an honor to be asked, and I hope I did it well. It was also a complete blast to write Rogue, Helm, Gunnar & Bagman, and I hope Tharg the Mighty will let me do so again.

Below are the first two pages of the strip.

Since last we spoke, October and November were, frankly, dogshit. Two deaths in my immediate family (my partner's mother, and one of my aunts), my car getting crashed and totalled, my new car getting smashed and broken into with a laptop and tablet stolen after only 10 days of ownership, and a bout with New York Comic Con COVID. However, as dark as those days were, the sun did eventually rise on them, and things are looking positive for the rest of this year, and 2024 as well.

I hope you enjoy this story, and if I don't post again before the New Year, have a happy holiday season, whatever it is you may celebrate, and that you are safe and relatively untroubled as we head into 2024.

Take care of yourselves.

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Rebellion Releases: 2000AD REGENED, and Robo-Hunter news, too!

This week's titles from Rebellion, including 2000AD Regened, out today, plus news of a new Robo-Hunter collection heading our way...

This week’s edition of 2000AD, Prog 2325, is a REGENED edition, the first of 2023 – a special all-ages edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, with a cover from Steve Roberts. There are two collections out, also – and there’s news of a new Robo-Hunter collection, too, arriving in September. This packed issue inclues another case for Cadet Dredd, courtesy of Ned Hartley and Toby Willsmer, as he…

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Victorian Undead #3 by Simon Coleby

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War is Declared! 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine Cross Over For "Nordland Rising"

War is Declared! 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine Cross Over For "Nordland Rising" #comics #comicbooks

This September, the Nort Army are setting out to conquer the 2000 AD Multiverse – and it’s going to take some unlikely allies to stop them! The massive crossover event story Nordland Rising will see Rogue Trooper’s oldest enemies invade multiple different storylines from across 2000 AD’s history, as they take on Judge Dredd, Bad Company, Fiends of the Eastern Front, The VCs and more. Spread…

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The Eternal MAX #5 - Chuck Austen, Kev Walker, Simon Coleby, Dan Brown

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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee Kickstarts Deluxe Blu-ray Edition

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee mixes traditional documentary with a dash of fantasy. It is narrated by Christopher Lee himself... in the form of an elaborate marionette, voiced by Peter Serafinowicz. The marionette was custom designed and built by Arch Model Studios, who made all of the puppets for Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs and Asteroid City and Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. 

The film combines new, exclusive interviews with filmmakers, including Peter Jackson, John Landis and Joe Dante, friends and family members with animated flights of fantasy from a wide variety of artists including 2000AD's Simon Coleby, award winning stop-motion animator Astrid Goldsmith and the legendary illustrator Dave McKean who directed, scored and animated a whole chapter of the film himself. 

Spanning eight decades and almost three hundred films, Christopher Lee became famous for his iconic performance as Dracula. But he was so much more than just the Hammer Horror roles he is so fondly remembered for. His career took him from uncredited parts in 1950s swashbucklers with Errol Flynn, through famous performances in 007 and Star Wars films, cult hits like The Wicker Man and The Return of Captain Invincible, right up to a lead role in cinema's biggest event - The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Along the way, he worked with everyone from Orson Welles to Mario Bava, Jess Franco, Tim Burton, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. 

Yet his story is so much richer than just his career. Lee was born into Italian aristocracy, with a military career shrouded in secrecy and kept his private life closely guarded. Some of his ventures and adventures seem highly improbable yet, as the film reveals, he often found himself in unexpected situations - he witnessed the last ever death by guillotine, was cousins with 007 creator Ian Fleming, he met Tolkien, performed with the classic Saturday Night Live line-up, was a friend and neighbour of Boris Karloff, he was the oldest person to ever get on the Billboard music charts (with his own Heavy Metal album), was an expert knife thrower, professional opera singer and a Nazi hunter. And somehow, he also managed to appear in almost 300 films of both the highest and lowest quality imaginable. 

The film is finished and producers Jon Spira and Hank Starrs want to share it with you by producing a top quality Blu-Ray with great extra features and a really amazing LIMITED/NUMBERED EDITION COFFIN-SHAPED BOX SET, full of goodies, which will look killer on the shelf of any discerning cineaste. The jewel in the crown of this box-set will be a 3D 'death mask' of Christopher Lee designed and produced by Arch Model Studio exclusively for this set. They also want to host some screenings - both online and in real cinemas - so we can all experience it together and you can get to meet some of the people behind it.

Making this film has been a fascinating journey - producers excavated the British Film Institute archives where they hold Lee's personal collection of scrapbooks detailing his career in his own hand, been given access to personal photos from the family archive, they met and interviewed his closest friends and family from all over the world and we've worked with some incredible artists, puppeteers, animators, musicians and filmmakers to bring his story to the screen in the most cinematic way. Whether you're a fan of Horror, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or just cinema history in general, we think you'll be delighted by this revealing and eclectic documentary.

Risks and challenges

The film is fully edited and ready to go. This Kickstarter is to fund the final bits of post-production and the production of a fantastic Blu-ray and deluxe collectors edition box set as we're all still committed to physical media. Please note that all illustrations of rewards are designs/prototype images. The final items might differ - we hope they'll actually be better.

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Birth Rites, Part Two

Death's Head II #11

Fun!

Death's Head is finally face to face with Evelyn Necker. And... her latest handiwork.

So, the ending here ties everything together remarkably well. Stuff that's been building since the very start of the series. We were skilfully misdirected into thinking something else was happening. It was well done. It's still just a big, dumb action book! But an impressively well-planned one. I'll give them credit for that.

On Sale Date: August 24, 1993.

Dan Abnett (15 of 20).

Simon Coleby (4 of 4).

6/10

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The Eternals Story Marvel Wants You To Forget They Made

The Eternal (2003) #1-6

Cover Pencils: Kev Walker, Cover Inks: Simon Coleby

These books are not available digitally and I don't believe they were ever reprinted in trade. Don't hurt yourself looking for these, they are not particularly great. But it is interesting that they really have purged this story from the narrative.

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The Vigilant: Origins - cover by Simon Coleby.

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The Vigilant - A Loving Celebration of British Comics History, Updated and Revamped for a New Audience of Readers

The Vigilant – A Loving Celebration of British Comics History, Updated and Revamped for a New Audience of Readers

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! When Rebellion acquired their rich library of vintage IPC/Fleetway British comics characters a few years back it was very clear from the outset that celebrating past glories was only part of the plans for that vast back catalogue of concepts. Popular heroes of the past like Roy of the Rovers have been completely re-imagined and rebooted (serendipitous pun not…

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2000AD 2218 features latest “Art Stars” winner inside - plus, a quick Rebellion release guide

2000AD 2218 features latest “Art Stars” winner inside – plus, a quick Rebellion release guide

The latest issue of 2000AD, the Galaxy ’s Greatest Comic, drops into your reality, er, newsagents, today, with a cover from Simon Fraser, and the latest “Art Stars” winning entry, too. Alongside the latest instalments of Durham Red, Proteus Vex, Sláine and the penultimate chapter of Hershey: The Brutal, this Prog features another complete case for Judge Dredd, this time from Rob Williams and…

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THE AUTHORITY: RULE BRITTANIA TP Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning Art by Simon Coleby, Drew Johnson, Mike Miller and others Cover by Simon Coleby The super-team created to protect Earth from threats of a global scale struggle to carry on after they fail in their mission. In this collection featuring issues #8–16 of their monthly series, find out what The Authority must do after their world is destroyed. Advance-solicited; on sale February 24 • 208 pg, FC, $19.99 US