Simon Wyatt
Penciler
Date of birth: 03/April/1968
Location: Bridgend, South Wales,
UK
Favourite comic: Captain
Britain
(Alan Moore/Alan
Davis
era).
What you are working on/have worked on for Orang Utan Comics:
Danick and The Dragon for Eleventh Hour #2
The Intergalactic Adventures Of Slam Ridley
What you are working on/have worked on for other publishers:
Previous work includes:
The Adventures of Dolphin Man (Hawk Books)
Mabinogion - Dawn Of The Gods (
Black
Tower
)
Strike Team – (Aliens Dropship)
The Adventures of Captain Kevv – Space Pirate! (Mondo Comics)
The Case book of Darkness. (Mondo Comics)
Uncle Fausty’s Tales For the Twisted Mind (Mondo Comics)
Current work:
Quick Bites- ”The Irony Of It All” (Approbation Comics - The Evil Inside)
UNBELIEVABLE ! (The Man Who Ate Daffodils) Original Graphic Novel
How did you get into working on comics:
I was born with graphite running through my veins and a wild imagination. After devouring Star Wars Weekly Comics and various Marvel / DC titles as a child, I became major influenced by the artwork of John Byrne, the Buscemas, Alan Davis, Mike Mignola, Arthur Adams, John Romita Jr, to name a few. It was a John Byrne Iron Fist reprint in a Mighty World of Marvel comic which inspired me to be a published comic artist and I’ve never, ever given up that dream.
I’m basically self- taught through various books and illustration courses, though I have a Distinction in Freelance Cartooning and Illustration from the Morris College of Journalism and I’ve been awarded the title of National Young Cartoonist of the Year for Wales . I’ve also had the exceptional luck of receiving mentoring from pencilling and inking team supreme - Mike Collins and David A Roach (artistes extraordinaire and thoroughly nice blokes to boot – they have my eternal thanks!)
After a few years hiatus from the comic scene, producing other types of illustration work – magazine covers, spot, book & educational illustration, gag strips, calendars, cartoons and caricatures (and also some concept art for role-playing games and Iron Maiden’s design studio) I’ve returned with a vengeance to the medium I love.
Working on my own Graphic Novel has honed my pencilling skills and meeting the very talented and passionate writers and artists at Orang Utan Comics at the Bristol Expo this year has reinvigorated my love for creating comics!
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