- Garry Leach
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comics artist and publisher.Biography
Leach studied Graphic Design at St. Martin's School of Art. He was first noted for his early work for 2000 AD, this mainly was on one-off stories featuring "
Dan Dare " and "M.A.C.H. 1 ". He then became a fan-favourite for his work on the series "The VCs ".In 1981 he joined
Dez Skinn 's company,Quality Communications . Here he served as art director as well as being the first artist onAlan Moore 's revival of "Marvelman " in "Warrior". His work on "Marvelman" proved to be highly popular but due to his slow pace of working, he left art duties and was replaced byAlan Davis . For Davis' first few stories Leach worked as inker to allow Davis to settle into the strip.Leach and
Alan Moore also created "Warpsmith " for "Warrior" together. "Warpsmith " featured in its own strip as well as eventually being a supporting character in "Marvelman". Leach andDave Elliot set upAtomeka Press in 1988 and their first title was theanthology title, "A1" which included new "Warpsmith" material by Moore and Leach.After Atomeka and "A1" finished in the mid-1990s, Leach worked mainly in advertising jobs but returned to comics in the late 1990s as
John McCrea 'sinker on "Hitman ". He also drew the first issue ofWarren Ellis 's series "Global Frequency ", as well as designing many of that titles characters. He also continues to contribute inking work to "2000AD", most recently on "Future Shorts" withRufus Dayglo .He has also returned to publishing and has restarted
Atomeka Press with Dave Elliot. "A1" is being published again and includes a mix of old and new material, including new work by Leach. The "A1 Sketchbook" was released in late 2004 and it contained fourMiracleman -related pin-ups (although the pin-ups were not directly said to beMiracleman for possible legal reasons). A variant of the sketchbook was also produced, and it featured aMiracleman front cover and KidMiracleman back cover by Leach.Bibliography
Comics work includes:
*"Tharg's Future Shocks":
** "The Juggernaut" (with Hunter Tremayne, in "2000 AD" #58, 1978)
** "Cold Kill" (with Mike Cruden, in "2000 AD" #94, 1979)
** "Easy Kill" (art and script, in "2000 AD" #205, 1981)
** "Bloomin' Cold" (withKelvin Gosnell , in "2000 AD" #215, 1981)
** "They Sweep the Spaceways" (withAlan Moore , in "2000 AD" #219, 1981)
** "Scrambled Eggs" (with Alan Hebden, in "2000 AD" #226, 1981)*"
Dan Dare ":
** "The Doomsday Machine" (with Henry Miller (1-3),Nick Landau (4-5) and shared art duties with Trevor Goring, in "2000 AD" #79-84, 1978)
** "Visco" (art and script, in "2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1978")*"
M.A.C.H. 1 ": "The Taxaco Venture" (with Gary Rice, in "2000 AD 1979 Sci-Fi Special")*"
Judge Dredd ":
** "The Day the Law Died" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #104, 1979)
** "Night of the Bloodbeast" (withJohn Wagner , in "2000 AD" #138, 1979)
** "Attack of the 50 ft. Woman" (withJohn Wagner /Alan Grant, in "2000 AD" # 492, 1986)
** "The Comeback" (withJohn Wagner /Alan Grant, in "2000 AD" #513, 1987)
** "Ten Years On" (withJohn Wagner /Alan Grant, in "2000 AD" #520, 1987)
** "Oz" (withJohn Wagner /Alan Grant and collaborating on art, as K. Edward, withWill Simpson /Dave Elliott , in "2000 AD" #547-548, 1987)*"
The V.C.s " (withGerry Finley-Day , in "2000 AD" #141, 145, 148-149, 154-155, 161-162, 165 & 168, 1979-1980)
*"Marvelman " (withAlan Moore , in "Warrior" # 1-3 & 5-7, 1982)* "
Warpsmith " (withAlan Moore ):
** "Cold War, Cold Warrior" (in "Warrior" #9-10, January-May 1983)
** "Ghostdance" (in "A1", 1989, ISBN 1-871878-05-5)*"Zirk" (in "Warrior" # 13, 1983)
*"Whatever Happened To? ": "Tweak" (inks, withPat Mills and pencils byChris Weston , in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #214, 2004)
*"Future Shorts": "A Sound of Intergalactic Thunder" (inks, withAl Ewing and pencils byRufus Dayglo , in "2000 AD" #1449, 2005)
*"The Twelve" #1-6 (inks, with writerJ. Michael Straczynski and pencils byChris Weston , Marvel Comics, March-August 2008)References
*"Early Artwork": "Garry Leach" ("
The Daredevils " #1, 1981)External links
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=GARRYL 2000AD website profile]
* [http://www.atomekapress.com/ Atomeka Press website]
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