Gary Erskine
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Gary Erskine is a British comic book artist born in Paisley, near Glasgow in 1968.
[edit] Biography
Erskine started drawing work for fanzines while at art college and aspired to be a comic book artist. After sending samples to his work to Marvel UK he was eventually given Knights of Pendragon to draw on a regular basis in 1988. Erskine's work proved to be popular and he also drew Warheads for Marvel UK.
Erskine then expanded his work into 2000 AD, drawing a Judge Dredd story written by Garth Ennis. For 2000AD, he also drew Flesh written by Dan Abnett and Steve White, and for 2000AD's sister title Crisis he illustrated The Real Robin Hood, written by Michael Cook, in 1991 . Working with writer John Tomlinson he drew the Lords of Misrule graphic novel for Tundra in 1993. The novel was based upon old British legends and urban myths and was well received.
Erskine by this time was drawing fill in issues for various DC Comics titles, but Silencers, a mini series written by Warren Ellis for Epic Comics was put on indefinite hold due to the collapse of Epic. Erskine spent much of the 1990s doing guest artist work on various titles such as James Robinson's Firearm (a two part story set in his native Glasgow), as well as for on Star Wars titles for Dark Horse. He also drew a mini series based upon The Terminator films for Malibu Comics.
In 2000 Silencers was finally printed by Image Comics as City of Silence, and Ellis and Erskine finally saw the story receive critical acclaim. The same year saw him ink Chris Weston on an issue of War Story written by Garth Ennis, as well as drawing two issues of Hellblazer for Vertigo. He also stepped in at the last minute to complete Mark Millar's run of The Authority.
In 2002 was again inked Chris Weston in the pages of Grant Morrison's The Filth. He also drew a Justice Society of America mini series in 2004 as well as another War Story.
He is currently drawing Jack Cross, an ongoing series written by Warren Ellis for DC Comics, as well as drawing covers for X-Wing : Rogue Leader, a Star Wars mini series published by Dark Horse.
