- Siku (comics)
Infobox comics creator
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birthname = Ajibayo Akinsiku
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nationality = British/Nigeria n
area = Artist
alias = Siku
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website = http://www.theartofsiku.comSiku is the pseudonym of British/
Nigeria n artist and writer Ajibayo Akinsiku, best known for his work in "2000 AD".Biography
Siku's
fully-painted work (particularly on "Judge Dredd " and the "Pan-African Judges" stories) has been appearing in "2000 AD" and the "Judge Dredd Megazine " since 1991.Siku also works in the
computer games industry and as a freelance illustrator and artist.His latest work is "
The Manga Bible ", an adaption ofToday's New International Version of the Holy Bible intomanga format. [http://www.hodderheadline.co.uk/index.asp?url=bookdetails.asp&book=76812] [ [http://www.themangabible.com/ The Manga Bible - Pages ] ] [ [http://www.themangabible.com/index.asp?module=Pages&action=View&postId=16 The Manga Bible - Books] . Retrieved onAugust 29 ,2008 .] [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=148650 Duelling Manga Bibles - Reviewing the two version] ,Newsarama ,March 1 ,2008 ]Bibliography
Comics work includes:
*"": "Reasons to Be Cheerful" (with Alan Grant, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #2.11, 1992)
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Judge Hershey ": "Asylum" (withRobbie Morrison , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #2.25-26, 1993)*"One-Off": "Rapid Growth" (with
Chris Standley , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #2.35, 1993)*"Pan-African Judges":
** "Pan-African Judges" (withPaul Cornell , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #2.44-49, 1993-94)
** "Fever of the Gods" (in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #3.6-13, 1995-96)*"
Judge Dredd ":
** "The Strange Case of Bill Clinton" (withJohn Wagner , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #2.72, 1995)
** "Whatever Happened to Bill Clinton?" (withJohn Wagner , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #2.81, 1995)
** "Fetish" (with John Smith, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #3.26-30, 1997)
** "The Bouncey Brat Heist" (withJohn Wagner , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #3.42, 1998)
** "Vidspex" (withJohn Wagner , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #3.44, 1998)
** "When the El Breaks" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "Revenge of Trapper Hag" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "Shakespeare at War" (with Alan Grant, in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "Pumpkin Eater" (with Alan Grant, in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "Cube Life" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "Someone in the House" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "Kicking the Habit" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "A Tree grows in Elia Kazan" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)
** "Meatmonger" (with John Smith, in "2000 AD" #1099, 1998)*"
Harlem Heroes ": "Cyborg Death Trip" (withMichael Fleisher in "2000 AD" #928-939, 1995)*"
Witch World ": "The Dark Man" (withGordon Rennie , in "2000 AD" #1050-52, 1997)*"
Sinister Dexter " (withDan Abnett ):
** "The Mating Game" (in "2000 AD" #1066, 1997)
** "Whack the Dinosaur" (in "2000 AD" #1075, 1997)
** "Dressed to Kill" (in "2000 AD" #1078, 1998)
** "Suddenly, Genghis" (in "2000 AD" #1271, 2001)*"Sláine": "The Swan Children" (with
Pat Mills , in "2000 AD" # 1112-1114, 1998)*"Downlode Tales": "Syn City" (with
Dan Abnett in "2000 AD" #1127, 1999)*"Pulp Sci-Fi":
** "Female of the Species" (withRobbie Morrison , in "2000 AD" #1149, 1999)
** "Chronvicts" (withGordon Rennie , in "2000 AD" #1172, 1999)*"Tharg's Future Shocks": "Space Dust" (with Andrew Ness, in "2000 AD" #1190, 2000)
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Tales of Telguuth " (with Steve Moore):
** "Music of the Spheres" (in "2000 AD" #1193, 2000)
** "Men of Snakewood" (in "2000 AD" #1197, 2000)
** "The Transfiguration of Tesro Karnik" (in "2000 AD" #1227-29, 2001)
** "The Oscillations of Taramasellion" (in "2000 AD" #1235-36, 2001)
** "The Hunting of the Veks" (in "2000 AD" #1249, 2001)
** "The Vileness of Scromyx" (in "2000 AD" #1258-1260, 2001)
** "The Infinite Return of Varkor Gan" (in "2000 AD" # 1263, 2001)
** "The Atrocities of Pagafruuz Jeel" (in "2000 AD" #1283, 2001)*"Kane & Abel" (in "Front" magazine, 2003)
*"Far From Faith: Orions Becoming #1" (by Brambletyne Productions, 2006)
*"
The Manga Bible : Extreme" (2007,Hodder & Stoughton , ISBN 0340910461)*"The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation" (2008, Galilee Trade, ISBN 0385524315) [ [http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Bible-Genesis-Revelation/dp/0385524315/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220050490&sr=8-1 "The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation" from Amazon.com] . Retieved on
August 29 ,2008 .]Notes
References
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=SIKU Siku] at 2000 AD Online
*External links
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* [http://www.folioart.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=artist&artist=23 Siku images on the Folio illustration agency website]Interviews
* [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2004/siku/siku1.shtml 2004 interview with 2000ADReview]
* [http://www.3dtotal.com/team/interviews/Siku/3d_total_article_siku_01.asp Interview at 3D art website]
* [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/evilgenius/preview_6103035.html Videogame Diary interview]
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