Vince Locke

Infobox Comics creator

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birthname = Vincent Locke
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location = Michigan
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nationality = American
area = Penciler, Inker
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notable works = "Deadworld"
"A History of Violence"
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website = http://vincelocke.com

Vincent Locke is an American comic book artist best known for his work on "Deadworld" and "A History of Violence".

Biography

Locke began work in 1986 illustrating "Deadworld", a zombie horror comic that soon became an underground hit.

Since then, his illustrative talents in comics have included "The Sandman", "American Freak", "Batman", "Witchcraft: Le Terreur", "The Spectre", and "A History of Violence", which was later made into a movie directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen. Recently he has done work for "2000 AD", including one "Judge Dredd" story.

Locke has also gained notoriety by creating ultra-violent watercolor paintings to be used as album covers for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Also, he has provided illustrations for the "weird erotica" of dark-fantasy author Caitlín R. Kiernan, providing black and white artwork strongly reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley's style for her collections "Frog Toes and Tentacles" and "Tales from the Woeful Platypus", as well as for Kiernan's monthly "Sirenia Digest". Recent projects have included illustrating the first issue of . He is also known for providing art work for RPGs by White Wolf and Wizards of the Coast.

He lives with his wife and son in Michigan, where he continues to draw and paint.

His brother Victor Locke is a tattoo artist in the Detroit area. Victor actually tattooed some of the album cover for Cannibal Corpse's "Butchered at Birth" album cover on his brother. Fact|date=January 2008

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

*"" (with Dave Louapre, 5-issue mini-series, Vertigo, 1994)
*"A History of Violence" (with John Wagner, Paradox Press, 1997)
*"" (inks and finished art, Vertigo Comics, 1998)Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = The Books of Faerie | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 36-37 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]
*"Tales From the Black Museum": "Feeders and Eaters" (with John Smith, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #250, 2006)
*"Judge Dredd": "The Sexmek Slasher" (with John Wagner, in "2000 AD" #1521, 2007)
* "Tharg's Future Shocks": "Yggdrassil" (with Arthur Wyatt, in "2000 AD" #1561, 2007)

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References

*gcdb|type=credit|search=Vince+Locke|title=Vince Locke
*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=257|title=Vince Locke
* [http://www.comics-db.com/comics/search.cgi?query=Vince%20Locke&bool=and&substring=1 Vince Locke] at the Big Comic Book DataBase
* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/locke_vince.htm Vince Locke] at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=VINCEL Vince Locke] at 2000 AD online
* [http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=432 Vince Locke] at the RPG DB

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