Carl Critchlow
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Carl Critchlow is a British artist working mainly in the field of science fiction comics. His fully-painted style, which owed something to the energy of Simon Bisley despite already having a stronger grasp of anatomy, contributed to Judge Dredd series such as Son of the Mean Machine and “Dredd versus Batman” adventure The Ultimate Riddle. He also worked with Pat Mills on the third book of the series Flesh, entitled Flesh III: The Legend of Shamana.
Critchlow’s developing style saw him disappear from the world of mainstream comics for a while, as he both wrote and drew the series Thrud the Barbarian for its own spin-off comic, which proved popular with the comic reading public, eventually winning the Diamond 2004 Award for Best Small Press Title. He also during this time worked as a lecturer and has been credited by numerous new comics artists (e.g. Barry Renshaw) for helping and inspiring them.
In 2004, Critchlow returned to 2000AD with Lobster Random, a series written by new star Simon Spurrier. The comedic adventures of the eponymous grumpy, elderly torturer-for-hire, who has had lobster claws surgically attached to him for no good reason and an insatiable appetite for sex with robots, the series’ off the wall humour proved an immediate hit. Much reader and reviewer comment centred around Critchlow’s new style, a unique combination of line work and flat colour shades that looked almost like the characters had been carved from granite.
In addition to ongoing work on this series, Critchlow has also begun contributing once again to Judge Dredd’s adventures, to scripts by Gordon Rennie.
[edit] Bibliography
- Thrud the Barbarian:
- Judge Thrud (in White Dwarf) [1]
- Carborundum Capers (in Thrud the Barbarian #1, 2002)
- Ice 'n' a Slice! (in Thrud the Barbarian #2, 2003)
- Lava Louts (in Thrud the Barbarian #3, 2004)
- Thrud Rex! (in Thrud the Barbarian #4, 2005)
- Nemesis & Deadlock (with Pat Mills):
- Warlocks and Wizards (in 2000 AD #700, 1990)
- Enigmass Variations (in 2000 AD #723-729, 1991)
- Tharg's Future Shocks: Blink of an Eye (with Mark Eyles, in 2000 AD #748, 1991)
- Flesh:
- Legend of Shamana Book 1 (with Pat Mills/Tony Skinner, in 2000 AD #800-808, 1992)
- Legend of Shamana Book 2 (with Pat Mills/Tony Skinner, in 2000 AD #817-825, 1993)
- Flesh 3000AD (with David Bishop/Steve MacManus, in 2000 AD #1034, 1997)
- Judge Dredd:
- Happy Birthday Judge Dredd (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #829, 1993)
- Out of the Undercity (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1313-1316, 1993)
- Cincinnati (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1371-1373, 1993)
- The Searchers (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1424, 1993)
- Burned Out (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1461 - Judge Dredd Megazine #238, 2005)
- Mean Machine: Son of Mean Machine (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.63-2.72, 1994-1995)
- Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, 1995) [2]
- Tales of Telguuth (with Steve Moore):
- Uhuros the Horrendous (in 2000 AD #1198, 2000)
- The Caverns of Garnek-Spay (in 2000 AD #1240-1242, 2001)
- Lobster Random (with Simon Spurrier):
- No Gain, No Pain (in 2000 AD #1342-1349, 2003 ISBN 1-904265-63-4)
- Tooth and Claw (in 2000 AD #1411-1419, 2004)
- The Agony & The Ecstasy (in 2000 AD #1482-1490, 2006)
