Kev Walker

Infobox Comics creator

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Kevin "Kev" Walker is a British comics artist and illustrator, based in Leeds, who worked mainly on "2000 AD" and "Warhammer" comics and the collectible card game "". He is now working for Marvel Comics.

Biography

Walker began his career in 1987 working on "Future Shocks" in "2000 AD", and followed this up with work on some of the anthology comic’s most popular long-running stories, including "Judge Dredd", "Rogue Trooper" (inking Steve Dillon’s pencils), the "ABC Warriors" and "Judge Anderson". Originally known for his glossy, painted style and the fine detail of his inked work, Walker has since 1998 changed the way he works, using a high contrast black line style with heavy shadows coupled with flat computer colouring, reminiscent of the work of Mike Mignola.In 2005, Walker was commissioned by design agency [http://www.thankodd.com ODD] to draw the character of a 13-year old James Bond for Charlie Higson's Young Bond novel "SilverFin" (see illustration, right). His illustrations are planned to appear in a future graphic novel of "SilverFin".

In April 2006, he tenured Marvel Comics' cosmic crossever event, the Annihilation with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning plotting Nova, one of its four lead-ins.

He is working on the third instalment of "Marvel Zombies", with writer Fred Van Lente. [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16630 WW Philly: Fred Van Lente Writes "Marvel Zombies 3"] , Comic Book Resources, June 1, 2008]

Bibliography

Comics

Comics work includes:

*"Rogue Trooper":
** "Cinnabar" (inks with John Smith and pencils by Steve Dillon, in "2000 AD" #624-630 & 633-635, 1989)
** "The Arena of Long Knives" (with Michael Fleisher, in "1992 2000 AD Yearbook", 1991)

*"ABC Warriors" (with writer Pat Mills):
** "Khronicles of Khaos" (with co-author Tony Skinner, in "2000 AD" #7, 50-57, 780-84 & 787-790, 1991-1992)
** "Dishonourable Discharge" (with co-author Tony Skinner, in "2000 AD Winter Special" #4, 1992)
** "Hellbringer Book I" (with co-author Tony Skinner, in "2000 AD" #901-911, 1994)
** "Hellbringer Book II" (with co-author Tony Skinner, in "2000 AD" #964-971, 1995)
** "Roadkill" (in "2000 AD" prog 2000, 1999)

*"": "Childhood's End" (with Alan Grant, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" vol.2 #27-34, 1993)

*"The Inspectre" (illustrated only the first three episodes, but co-wrote all eleven with Jim Campbell, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" vol.3 #23-33, 1996-97)

*"Mercy Heights" (with John Tomlinson, in "2000 AD" #1033-1047, 1997)

*"The Balls Brothers" (with John Wagner, in "2000 AD" #1128-1131 & 1141-1147, 1999)

*"Badlands" (with Dan Abnett, in "2000 AD" #1178-1182, 2000)

*"Mean Machine": "Born Mean" (with Gordon Rennie, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #3.69, 2000)

*"Daemonifuge: Heretic Saint" (trade paperback, Black Library, 208 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-84154-251-6) collects:
** "Daemonifuge" (co-author and artist, with Jim Campbell, 88 pages, paperback, 2000, ISBN 1-84154-117-6, hardcover, 2002, ISBN 1-84154-261-X)
** "Daemonifuge: The Screaming Cage" (co-author and artist, with Jim Campbell, 24 pages, 2002)
** "Daemonifuge: The Lord of Damnation" (co-author with Gordon Rennie and with art by Karl Richardson, 88 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-84154-240-7)

*"Tor Cyan" (with John Tomlinson, in "2000 AD" #1223-1226 & 1250-1253, 2001)

*"Judge Dredd" (with John Wagner:
** "Sin City" (in "2000 AD" #1289-1299, 2002)
** "Mandroid" (in "2000 AD" #1452-1465, 2005)
** "The Connection" (in "2000 AD" #1500-1504, 2006)

* "The Legion"#10, 13, 15-16 (with Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, DC Comics, 2002)

*"Exiles" #23-25 (with Judd Winick, Marvel Comics, 2003)

*"The Eternal" (with Chuck Austen, 6-issues mini-series Marvel MAX, 2003)

* "Long Distance Caller" (script and art, in "Hellboy Weird Tales" #7, 2004)

*"Annihilation: Nova" (pencils, with writers Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning and inks by Rick Magyar, Marvel Comics,4-issue mini-series, 2006)

*"Marvel Zombies 3" (with writer Fred Van Lente, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, October 2008, forthcoming)

Games

RPG art work includes:

*Apocrypha Now (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay) (Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 1995): Interior Artist
*Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay GM's Screen & Reference Pack (Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 1997): Interior Artist
*Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide (WotC, 2000): Interior Artist
* (Warhammer FRP) (Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 2000): Interior Artist, Diagrams, and Maps
*Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game (WotC, 2001): Interior Artist
*Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game, The (Mongoose Publishing, 2002): Cover Artist
*Faiths and Pantheons (Forgotten Realms) (WotC, 2002): Interior Artist
*Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5 (WotC, 2003): Interior Artist
*Eberron Campaign Setting (WotC, 2004): Interior Artist
*Races of Eberron (Wizards of the Coast, 2005): Interior Artist

Magazines

Magazine work includes:

*Dragon (magazine) #277 (Nov 2000): Cover Artist
*Dragon (magazine) #287 (Sep 2001): Cover Artist
*Dragon (magazine) #295 (Paizo Publishing, May 2002) "Every Home a Castle": Interior Artist

Record covers

Record cover work includes:

*Autopsy - Severed Survival (Peaceville, 1990): Cover Artist, alternative cover
*Autopsy - Mental Funeral (Peaceville, 1991): Cover Artist

Notes

References

*gcdb|type=credit|search=Kev+Walker|title=Kev Walker
*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=2987|title=Kev Walker
* [http://www.comics-db.com/comics/search.cgi?query=Kev%20Walker&bool=and&substring=1 Kev Walker] at the Big Comic Book DataBase
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=KEVINW 2000 AD profile]
* [http://www.blacklibrary.com/author.asp?id=97 Black Library profile] e

External links

* [http://blacklibrary.co.uk/interviews/kwalkerwhm11a.html 1999 Interview with the Black Library]
* [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/index.aspx?term=kev+walker&Field_Artist=on Magic: the Gathering - Cards illustrated by Kev Walker]