Eric Bradbury

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Eric Bradbury
BornEric Roy Bradbury
(1921-01-04)4 January 1921
Sydenham, Kent, England
Died14 May 2001(2001-05-14) (aged 80)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Area(s)Artist
, from Smash, 1969

Eric Bradbury (4 January 1921 – May 2001) was a British comic artist who primarily worked for Amalgamated Press/IPC from the late 1940s to the 1990s.

He studied at Beckenham Art School from 1936,[1] and served in the RAF as a rear gunner on bombers during the Second World War.[2]

After the war he worked for Gaumont-British Animation, alongside future comic creators Mike Western, Ron Smith, Bill Holroyd, Harry Hargreaves and . When the studio folded in 1949, Bradbury and Clarke took samples to Amalgamated Press, and were offered work at Knock-Out, edited by Leonard Matthews — Clarke writing, Bradbury drawing.[3] He started out on humour strips like Blossom and Our Ernie, but soon specialised in adventure strips, particularly westerns like Lucky Logan,[4] on which he alternated with former G-B colleague Mike Western,[5] and Buffalo Bill, both in The Comet. For the same title, he drew an adaptation of the 1955 film The King's Thief.[1]

From the 1960s on he developed a dark style similar to Francisco Solano López, and drew strips like , The House of Dolmann,[1] and for Valiant,[2] , The Leopard from Lime Street (inking Mike Western's pencils)[6] and for Buster,[1] for ,[7] and for Smash!.[8] In 1973 he was the artist on an abortive IPC superhero comic, Captain Britain (no relation to the later Marvel UK character).[9] He joined Battle Picture Weekly in 1976 when Valiant was folded into it, taking The Black Crow with it. Other strips he drew for Battle included , , , , and .[2][10][11] He also drew Hook Jaw for Action.[12]

He was described by 2000 AD as one of their "early, unsung heroes,"[13] drawing for them from the early issues in 1977 until 1993, including Invasion!, and Rogue Trooper, as well as numerous Tharg the Mighty stories and Future Shocks.[14] He also drew Doomlord for the revived Eagle in the 1980s.[1]

Bradbury died in May 2001.[15]

Bibliography[]

Comics work includes:

  • Invasion!: Dartmoor (with Gerry Finley-Day, in 2000 AD #10-11, 1977)
  • Tharg's Future Shocks (all in 2000 AD):
  • Tharg the Mighty (all in 2000 AD), Unless otherwise stated, all stories credited to “T.M.O.” (The Mighty One, AKA Tharg):
    • Tharg's Christmas Tale (in #243-244, 1981)
    • Tharg's Birthday Party (in #260, 1982)
    • The Shedding (with Alan Moore as T.M.O., in 2000 AD #283-285, 1982)
    • The Challenge (in #361, 1984)
    • Zrag Law (in #386, 1984)
    • Supersub! (in #467, 1986)
    • 2000BC (written by Grant Morrison as T.M.O, in #473, 1986)
    • Night of the Living Thrill Sucker (in Sci-Fi Special, 1991)
    • Galactic Greetings (in #719, 1991)
    • The Question (in #749, 1991)
    • Tharg's Masterclass (in #823, 1993)
  • Time Twisters:
    • William the Conkerer (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #294, 1982)
    • The Big Clock! (with Alan Moore, in 2000 AD #315, 1983)
  • Tharg's Terror Tales: Waiting for the Night Train (with Alan Hale, in 2000 AD #838, 1993)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Eric Bradbury on Lambiek Comiclopedia
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c David Bishop, Blazing Battle Action part 2, Judge Dredd Megazine #210, 23 September 2003
  3. ^ Steve Holland, Ron Nobby Clarke (1923-2009), Bear Alley, 5 April 2009
  4. ^ Steve Holland, Comic Firsts: Eric Bradbury, Bear Alley, 8 November 2007
  5. ^ Steve Holland, Mike Western (1925-2008), Bear Alley, 20 May 2008
  6. ^ The Leopard from Lime Street at bustercomic.co.uk
  7. ^ Von Hoffman's Invasion at bustercomic.co.uk
  8. ^ Cursitor Doom at International Hero
  9. ^ Dez Skinn, The Ones That Got Away
  10. ^ David Bishop, Blazing Battle Action part 3, Judge Dredd Megazine #211, 21 October 2003
  11. ^ David Bishop, Blazing Battle Action part 4, Judge Dredd Megazine #212, 18 November 2003
  12. ^ "Hook Jaw at The Sevenpenny Nightmare". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  13. ^ "2000 AD creators: B". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  14. ^ Eric Bradbury's 2000 AD profile at Barney
  15. ^ Where is Eric Bradbury?, Comic Bits, November 14, 2008

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