Jock (artist)

Jock
Left to right: Mike Carey, Andy Diggle and Jock
Born	Mark Simpson September 24, 1972 (1972-09-24) (age 39) East Kilbride, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Pseudonym(s)	Jock
Notable works	Judge Dredd The Losers
Awards	"Best Newcomer" National Comics Award (2001)
Official website

Mark Simpson, known by the pen name Jock, is a British comics artist, best known for his work in 2000 AD and on The Losers.^[1]

Career

Jock began his professional career at 2000 AD, on series including Judge Dredd and Lenny Zero, the latter with writer Andy Diggle.^[2]

It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint, working on The Losers^[3] and Green Arrow: Year One.^[4][5] Also at Vertigo and with Mike Carey, another former 2000 AD writer, Jock worked on an issue of Hellblazer and the Faker limited series,^[6] returning the character John Constantine in the graphic novel Hellblazer: Pandemonium with Jamie Delano.^[7] Following his run on Green Arrow he got more work on main DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on Detective Comics, the first featuring Batwoman and the second Batman.^[8]

The movie adaptation of The Losers opened worldwide in April 2010.

Movie Work

Jock has contributed concept paintings and key art to a number of film productions and promotional campaigns. These include Hancock, Battleship, the forthcoming Dune adaptation, Children of Men, Dredd and Batman Begins.

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• Pulp Sci-Fi: "Reapermen" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1170, Fleetway, 1999)
• Judge Dredd (Fleetway, 2000–2007):
  • "Shirley Temple of Doom" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1193-1196, 2000)
  • "Dead Ringer" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 3 #65, 2000)
  • "Crossing Ken Dodd" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1214, 2000)
  • "Ten Years" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 3 #70, 2000)
  • "Rampots" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1231, 2001)
  • "Safe Hands" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1273, 2002)
  • "Tartan Terrors" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1540, 2007)
• Lenny Zero (with Andy Diggle, Fleetway, 2000–2002):
  • "Lenny Zero" (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 3 #68, 2000)
  • "Dead Zero" (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 4 #1-2, 2001)
  • "Wipeout" (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 4 #14-15, 2002)
• Tor Cyan (with John Tomlinson, Fleetway, 2002):
  • "Rahab" (in 2000 AD #1295, 2002)
  • "Phage" (in 2000 AD #1296, 2002)
  • "No Such Place" (in 2000 AD #1297-1299, 2002)
• Hellblazer (Vertigo, 2003–2010):
  • "The Game of Cat and Mouse" (with Mike Carey, in #181, 2003)
  • Pandemonium (with Jamie Delano, graphic novel, 2010)
• The Losers #1-6, 10-12, 16-19, 23-25, 29-32 (with Andy Diggle, Vertigo, 2003–2006)
• Faker #1-6 (with Mike Carey, Vertigo, 2007–2008)
• Green Arrow: Year One #1-6 (with Andy Diggle, DC Comics, 2007)
• Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3: "Get Mystique (Slight Return)" (with Jason Aaron, Marvel, 2009)
• Forty-Five: "Amy Turner" (with Andi Ewington and 44 other artists, graphic novel, Com.x, 2010)
• Detective Comics (DC Comics, 2010–2011):
  • "Cutter" (with Greg Rucka, in #861-863, 2010)
  • "The Black Mirror" (with Scott Snyder, in #871-873, 2011)
  • "Hungry City" (with Scott Snyder, in #876-878, 2011)
  • "My Dark Architect" (with Scott Snyder, in #880, 2011)
  • "The Face in the Glass" (with Scott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla, in #881, 2011)
• Immortals: Gods and Heroes: "The Hunt" (script and art, graphic novel, Archaia Studios, 2011)

Covers only

• 2000 AD #1203, 1227, 1236, 1254, 1258, 1260, 1266, 1274, 1304, 1318, 1335, 1397, 1450, 1503 (Fleetway/Rebellion, 2000–2006)
• Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 3 #77 (Fleetway, 2001)
• Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 4 #4, 11 (Fleetway, 2001–2002)
• Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus #4 (Dark Horse, 2003)
• 2000 AD Extreme Edition #1 (Rebellion, 2003)
• King James #1 (DC Comics, 2004)
• The Losers #7-9, 13-15, 20-22, 26-28 (Vertigo, 2004–2005)
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #177-178 (DC Comics, 2004)
• Detective Comics #797-800, 809-810, 859 (DC Comics, 2004–2009)
• Catwoman #43 (DC Comics, 2005)
• Batman #642-650, Annual #25 (DC Comics, 2005–2006)
• Nightwing #118-124 (DC Comics, 2006)
• Swamp Thing #26 (Vertigo, 2006)
• Rush City #1-6 (DC Comics, 2006–2007)
• Scalped #1-11, 13-17, 21-60 (Vertigo, 2007–2012)
• Push #1 (Wildstorm, 2009)
• Thunderbolts #127 (Marvel, 2009)
• Die Hard: Year One #1-4 (Boom! Studios, 2009)
• Batman Confidential #33 (DC Comics, 2009)
• Deadlocke #1 (Dark Horse, 2009)
• Greek Street #3-6 (Vertigo, 2009)
• Azrael #1-3 (DC Comics, 2009–2010)
• Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors #5-6 (Wildstorm, 2009–2010)
• Driver (Wildstorm, 2010)
• Daredevil #511 (Marvel, 2011)
• Daredevil: Reborn #1-4 (Marvel, 2011)
• Incredible Hulks #626 (Marvel, 2011)
• Pigs #1 (Image, 2011)
• Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine #3 (Marvel, 2011)

Awards

• 2001 National Comics Award for Best Newcomer

Nominations

• 2006 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist (for The Losers)

MTV TOP MOVIE POSTERS of 2010. #8 for THE LOSERS poster art.

Notes

1. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008). "The Losers". In Dougall, Alastair. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0-7566-4122-5. OCLC 213309015 
2. ^ "Interview: going underground in Mega-City One". SFX. March 2, 2008. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2008/03/02/interview_going_underground_in_mega_city_one/. Retrieved March 11, 2010. 
3. ^ Sunu, Steve (April 26, 2010). "Andy Diggle & Jock on "The Losers"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25940. Retrieved April 27, 2010. 
4. ^ Brady, Matt (October 17, 2006). "Back To The Future: DC Announces Five Year One Miniseries". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=87924. Retrieved July 28, 2007. 
5. ^ Arrant, Chris (May 7, 2007). "Jock on Green Arrow: Year One". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=119545. Retrieved December 26, 2008. 
6. ^ Singh, Arune (December 1, 2006). "Jock Keeps It Real With "Faker"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8745. Retrieved August 3, 2007. 
7. ^ Furey, Emmett (July 27, 2007). "Back into Hell: Jamie Delano returns to John Constantine's world". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=10971. Retrieved July 28, 2007. 
8. ^ Phegley, Kiel (August 9, 2010). "Jock Joins Snyder On "Detective"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27734. Retrieved August 9, 2010. 

References

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3853840/

• Jock at the Grand Comics Database
• Jock at Barney
• Official website
• Jock on Myspace

External links

• Jock at the Comic Book DB

Persondata
Name	Jock
Alternative names	Simpson, Mark (real name)
Short description	British comics artist
Date of birth	September 24, 1972
Place of birth	East Kilbride, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death