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Dave Gibbons (born April 14 , 1949 ) is a British writer and Artist of Comics . IPC COMICS Gibbons broke into British Comics by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC . When '' 2000 AD '' was set up, Gibbons was brought in as an Art Director. He also drew one of the original strips in “Prog1”, '' Harlem Heroes '', as well as the occasional '' Future Shock ''. After the first year he began illustrating '' Dan Dare '', a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series. He was also known, by sight but not by name, to readers of the short lived IPC title '' Tornado ''. Much as ''2000 AD'' was "edited" by the alien Tharg , ''Tornado'' was "edited" by a superhero, Big E, who also worked on the magazine in his alter-ego, Percy Pilbeam. These characters appeared in photos within the comic, and both Big E and Pilbeam were portrayed by Gibbons for the entire 22 issue run of ''Tornado'' before it was subsumed into ''2000 AD''. DOCTOR WHO After leaving 2000AD, Gibbons became the lead artist on '' Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly '', drawing the main comic strip for most of the issues from #1 until #69. WATCHMEN Gibbons was one of the British Comic talents identified by Len Wein in 1982 and was hired to draw '' Green Lantern '' for DC. He is best known in the US for collaborating with Alan Moore on the 12-issue Limited Series '' Watchmen '', now one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time. Moore’s meditation on Superhero es in an unsuperheroic age was perfectly completed by Gibbon’s precise and detailed art, usually drawn in a regular nine-grid pattern. RECENT WORK Gibbons’ most recent complete work (2005) is a black and white graphic novel, ''The Originals'', which he scripted as well as drew. Published by Vertigo , the work is set in the near future, but draws heavily on the imagery of the Mods and Rockers of the 1960s . His current projects include the DC Comics six-issue ''. Gibbons also provides the cover artwork for '' Albion '', the Wildstorm six-issue limited series plotted by Alan Moore and written by his daughter Leah and her husband . AWARDS Gibbons has won or been nominated for several awards {Link without Title} :
He has also received nominations for other awards:
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