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British comics artist (born 1969)
Chris Weston (born 1969) is a
British
comics artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries.
Weston was born in January 1969 in
Rinteln , Germany, and lived in various countries as a child. His career began when he was apprenticed for a year to work with
Don Lawrence , by the end of which he had secured paid work on the major British strip
Judge Dredd .
He worked with writer
John Smith on the ten-part
Indigo Prime story, "Killing Time" in which characters battled
Jack the Ripper aboard a time travelling train.
Weston's work in America began with on
Swamp Thing during
Mark Millar 's time as scriptwriter. He has since gone on to be published in
The Invisibles ,
[1]
Starman ,
JSA ,
Lucifer , and
The Authority .
He has also worked on
The Filth and
Ministry of Space . The former a
creator-owned written by
Grant Morrison , the latter a "what if?"
limited series written by
Warren Ellis which saw Britain winning the
Space Race .
[2]
Most recently he has provided the art for Fantastic Four: First Family .
In 2008 Weston illustrated
The Twelve , a twelve-issue
limited series written
J. Michael Straczynski .
[3]
[4] The series will involve a team formed from
Timely Comics characters including
The Witness ,
The Black Widow and
Elektro .
[5]
Since 2005 Weston has written a number of stories that he has also drawn, including a number of one-offs for 2000 AD and The Twelve: Spearhead a prequel
one-shot .
[6]
Interior comic work includes:
2000 AD (
anthology ,
Fleetway /
Rebellion ):
Judge Dredd :
"A Night at the Circus" (with
John Wagner , in #596, 1988)
"Worms" (with
Alan Grant , in #598, 1988)
"Accident Prone" (with Alan Grant, in #602, 1988)
"Tyger, Tyger..." (with Alan Grant, in #607, 1988)
"Crazy Barry, Little Mo" (with John Wagner, in #615-618, 1989)
"The (Great) Little U-Front Disaster" (with John Wagner, in #641, 1989)
"The Vidders" (with
Garth Ennis , in #749, 1991)
"To Thing with Love" (with John Wagner, in #956, 1995)
"Rest Stop" (with
Gordon Rennie , in #1194, 2000)
"The Death of Dan-E Cannon" (script and art, in #1800, 2012)
"The Heart is a Lonely Klegg Hunter" (with
Rob Williams , in #1888-1889, 2014)
"Boxing Day" (with Rob Williams, in #2011, 2016)
"The Fields" (with Rob Williams, in #2035-2036, 2017)
"Fit for Purpose" (with Rob Williams, in #2073-2074, 2018)
"Elevator Pitch" (with Rob Williams, in #2088-2089, 2018)
"Unearthed" (co-writer with Rob Williams, drawn by
Patrick Goddard , in #2124-2125, 2019)
"Cadet Dredd vs. Grudzilla" (script and art, in #2130, 2019)
"Control" (with Rob Williams, in #2141-2145, 2019)
Tharg's Future Shocks :
"Amanda" (with
Jim Campbell , in #623, 1989)
"The God Fish" (with
Mike Collins , in #636, 1989)
"House of the Future" (with
Chris Gormley , in #637, 1989)
"Tharg's Terror Tales: Counts as One Choice" (script and art, in #1645, 2009)
"Whatever Happened to the Green Pedestrian Palm?" (script and art, in Prog 2010, 2009)
Inside Moves (with
John Smith , in #631, 1989)
Rogue Trooper :
"The Hit Conclusion" (with
Steve Dillon , in Winter Special '89, 1989)
"Decoys" (with
Michael Fleisher , in Rogue Trooper Annual '91, 1990)
"Enfleshings" (with John Smith, in Yearbook '93, 1992)
"Shock Tactics" (with John Smith, in Sci-Fi Special '93, 1993)
"Scavenger of Souls" (with Michael Fleisher, in #873-880, 1994)
"G.I. Blues" (with
Mark Millar , in #901-903, 1994)
"Hill 392" (with
Steve White , in Poster Prog #4, 1994)
Indigo Prime (with John Smith, in #678, 680-682, Winter Special '90 and 735-744, 1989–1991)
Nemesis the Warlock : "Bride of the Warlock" (with
Pat Mills , in Winter Special '92, 1992)
Robo-Hunter : "Something for the Weekend, Sir?" (with John Smith, in Sci-Fi Special '92, 1992)
Tales of MC-1 : "Animal House" (with John Smith, in Sci-Fi Special '92, 1992)
Canon Fodder :
"Canon Fodder" (with Mark Millar, in #861-867, 1993)
"Dark Matter" (with
Kek-W , in #980-987, 1996)
Vector 13 : "Case One: Side Step" (with
Dan Abnett , in #1062, 1997)
Nikolai Dante : "Russia's Greatest Love Machine, Part 1" (with
Robbie Morrison , in #1066, 1997)
Downlode Tales : "City on Fire" (with Dan Abnett, in #1155-1160, 1999)
Pulp Sci-Fi : "Feast of Skin" (with John Smith, in #1163, 1999)
Sláine : "The Bogatyr" (with Pat Mills, in #2111, 2018)
Strontium Dog : "Bleeding Dogs Lie" (with
Matt Smith , in Villains Takeover Special! , 2019)
Swamp Thing vol. 2 #153: "Twilight of the Gods" (with Mark Millar,
Vertigo , 1995)
The Invisibles (with
Grant Morrison , Vertigo):
"Season of Ghouls" (in vol. 1 #10, 1995)
"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (with
Phil Jimenez , in vol. 2 #9, 1998)
"Kissing Mister Quimper" (in vol. 2 #14-17 and 19-22, 1998–1999)
"Goodbye Rag" (among other artists, in vol. 3 #3, 2000)
Time Breakers #1-5 (with
Rachel Pollack ,
Helix , 1997)
The Dreaming #25: "My Year as a Man" (with
Peter Hogan , Vertigo, 1998)
Star-Spangled Comics : "...A Terrifying Hour!" (with
Geoff Johns ,
one-shot , DC Comics, 1999)
Starman vol. 2 #55 (with
David Goyer ,
James Robinson ,
Peter Snejbjerg and
John McCrea , DC Comics, 1999)
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0: "A Chilly Day in Opal" (with Geoff Johns, James Robinson and
Lee Moder , 1999)
JSA Secret Files #1: "History 101" (with
Ron Marz , co-feature, DC Comics, 1999)
Lucifer #1-3: "A Six-Card Spread" (with
Mike Carey , Vertigo, 2000)
The Authority #18-19: "Earth Inferno" (with Mark Millar,
Wildstorm , 2000)
Flinch #15: "Watchful" (with
Lucius Shepard , anthology, Vertigo, 2000)
Ministry of Space #1-3 (with
Warren Ellis ,
Image , 2001–2004)
Enemy Ace: War in Heaven #1 (of 2) (with Garth Ennis, DC Comics, 2001)
War Story: Johann's Tiger (with Garth Ennis, one-shot, Vertigo, 2001)
The Filth #1-13 (with Grant Morrison, Vertigo, 2002–2003)
Judge Dredd Megazine (anthology, Rebellion):
Judge Dredd :
"Wharever Happened to Tweak?" (with Pat Mills, in #214, 2004)
"Six" (with John Wagner, in #221-222, 2004)
Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #11-12: "Jonni Future" (with
Steve Moore , anthology,
America's Best Comics , 2004)
Event Horizon Volume 1 : "Heinrich Manoeuvre's H.E.A.D Trip!" (script and art, anthology
graphic novel ,
Mam Tor , 2005)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #197-199: "Blaze of Glory" (with
Will Pfeifer , DC Comics, 2006)
Fantastic Four: First Family #1-6 (with
Joe Casey ,
Marvel , 2006)
American Splendor (with
Harvey Pekar , anthology, Vertigo):
"Comic Convention Comic" (in vol. 2 #2, 2006)
"Fall" (in vol. 3 #1, 2008)
The Twelve (Marvel):
The Twelve #1-12 (with
J. Michael Straczynski , 2008–2012)
The Twelve: Spearhead (script and art, one-shot, 2010)
Four Feet from a Rat #1-4: "The Little Guy" (with
Mother , anthology, Mam Tor, 2008)
Rocketeer Adventures #2: "It Ain't the Fall That Kills Ya..." (with
Mark Waid , anthology,
IDW Publishing , 2011)
Adventures of Superman vol. 2 #12: "Savior" (with Rob Williams,
digital , DC Comics, 2013)
Batman: Black and White vol. 2 #5: "I Killed the Bat!" (with
Blair Butler , anthology, DC Comics, 2014)
Marvel Comics #1000: "The Guild of Strange Science" (with
Al Ewing , anthology, Marvel, 2019)
Zzap!64 #70, 72 (
Newsfield Publications , 1991)
The Best of 2000 AD #91 (
Fleetway , 1993)
2000 AD #925, 1383, 1650, 1760, 1771, 1776, 1782, 1837, 2065, 2110 (Fleetway/
Rebellion , 1995–2018)
Judge Dredd Megazine #215, 231, 325, 400 (Rebellion, 2004–2018)
Elephantmen #5 (
Image , 2007)
The Twelve #0 (
Marvel , 2008)
The Phantom Patrol tpb (
Book Palace , 2009)
Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #3 (
DC Comics , 2010)
Judge Dredd: Anderson, PSI-Division #1 (
IDW Publishing , 2014)
Big Trouble in Little China #1 (
Boom! Studios , 2014)
Chrononauts #1 (Image, 2015)
Dan Dare vol. 2 #1-4 (
Titan , 2017–2018)
The Prisoner: Uncertainty Machine #1 (Titan, 2018)
^
Irvine, Alex (2008), "The Invisibles", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia , New York:
Dorling Kindersley , pp. 92–97,
ISBN
978-0-7566-4122-1 ,
OCLC
213309015
^
Irvine, Alex (2008), "Filth", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia , New York:
Dorling Kindersley , p. 83,
ISBN
978-0-7566-4122-1 ,
OCLC
213309015
^
The Gold, the Bad, and the Ugly: Weston Talks "The Twelve"
Archived 3 March 2016 at the
Wayback Machine , 26 July 2007,
Comic Book Resources
^
SDCC '07: MARVEL'S THE TWELVE REVEALED ,
Newsarama
^
Mystery Men's Dozen: Brevoort Talks "The Twelve"
Archived 3 March 2016 at the
Wayback Machine , 26 July 2007,
Comic Book Resources
^ Phegley, Kiel (12 March 2010),
Chris Weston: Spearheading The Twelve's Return ,
Comic Book Resources , retrieved 21 March 2010
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