We pause now to mark the death of writer/artist and thoroughly wonderful bloke Ian Gibson (AKA Emberton, Joe Kerr and Q. Twirk). He was an agent of change in British comics and a founding force on 2000 AD who reshaped the look and feel of the art form and industry in works as varied and groundbreaking as Judge Dredd, Robo-Hunter, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Death Wish, Ace Trucking Co., Anderson: Psi Division, Millennium, Mister Miracle, Green Lantern Corps, The Chronicles of Genghis Grimtoad, Annie Droid, Meta 4 and Star Wars, and lesser licensed properties such as Kung Fu, The Bionic Woman and The Invisible Man. We will be running a long overdue and now too late selection and celebration of his creations in the New Year.
A true giant and always deeply appreciative of his adoring fans, Gibson will be remembered for his unique artistic style, sly wit and incisive challenges to status quos political, social and visual.
And that he liked to make people laugh.