He returned to the pages of 'the Galaxy's Greatest Comic' in the early 1980s to create Rogue Trooper with writer Gerry Finley-Day and produce an acclaimed early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists. Also working on early feature Ro-Busters, Gibbons became one of the most prolific of 2000 AD's earliest creators, contributing artwork to 108 of the first 131 Progs/issues. Mid-way through the comic's first year he began illustrating Dan Dare, a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series. When the science-fiction anthology title 2000 AD was set up in the mid-1970s, Gibbons contributed artwork to the first issue, Prog 01 (February 1977), and went on to draw the first 24 installments of Harlem Heroes, one of the founding (and pre-Judge Dredd) strips. Gibbons broke into British comics by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC. He also was an artist for the UK anthology 2000 AD, for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.

He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story 'For the Man Who Has Everything'. There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this nameĭave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He also was an artist for the UK anthology 2000 AD, for which he contributed a l Librarian note: Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer.

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