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JOHN WATKISS

Active: 1992–2007

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AS WRITER

47

AS ARTIST

2

KEY ISSUES

12

SERIES

John Watkiss was a British artist, known for his painting and his work in comics and film production. His career led him from artist for graphic novels to storyboard artist and character designer. He is arguably best known for his visual development work on Tarzan.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

Dark Horse Comics #8 cover

Dark Horse Comics

#8

Earliest catalogued appearance of X (Dark Horse).

Deadman #1 cover

Deadman

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Deadman (Cayce).

SERIES · BY ISSUES CREDITED

Deadman

2006

12 credited issues

Trigger

2005

8 credited issues

The Savage Sword of Conan

1974

5 credited issues

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight

1992

4 credited issues

Sandman Mystery Theatre

1993

4 credited issues

Dark Horse Comics

1992

4 credited issues

Conan the Adventurer

1994

3 credited issues

Conan the Barbarian

1970

2 credited issues

Sandman

1989

2 credited issues

Batman: Gotham Knights

2000

1 credited issue

Starman

1994

1 credited issue

Hard Looks

1992

1 credited issue

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Bruce Jones 12 issues together Jason Hall 8 issues together James Robinson 5 issues together Roy Thomas 5 issues together Das Petrou 4 issues together Matt Wagner 4 issues together Dan Davis 3 issues together E.R. Cruz 3 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Conan Deadman (Cayce)Scott Cayce Batman Dian Belmont James Bond Larry Belmont Sandman (Dodds)The Face Red Sonja

All (47)Writer (0)Artist (47)Keys (2)

2 ISSUES

Dark Horse Comics #8 cover

Dark Horse Comics

#8

Deadman #1 cover

Deadman

#1