Paul Neary
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Paul Neary is a British comic book artist, writer and editor.
His first work was for Warren Publishing in the 1970s before working with Dez Skinn at Marvel UK as well as work for 2000AD. He later became editor-in-chief of Marvel UK in the 1990s but is now best known for inking Bryan Hitch's work on The Ultimates for Marvel Comics
[edit] Biography
His first published work was in Warren's anthology title, Eerie, working on various stories and series including "Hunter" and its sequals, before drawing various Future Shocks for 2000AD for various writers, including Alan Moore.
In 1978 he started working on Hulk Weekly for Marvel UK which had just been drastically revamped by Dez Skinn. During this time he drew various strips for Marvel UK, including Hulk and Nick Fury, plus helping new artists such as Alan Davis.
During the early 1980s he created Madman for Dez Skinn's Warrior before becoming a regular inker for Alan Davis's work for DC Comics. Their most notable work at this time being a run drawing Batman for Detective Comics.
Neary became closely associated with Davis, inking his work from titles such as Uncanny X-Men to Captain Britain. Their working partnership still lasts to the present.
Neary became editor-in-chief of Marvel UK for a time in the 1990s, helping launch a number of US-sized titles in addition to the company's ongoing UK range. This began with Death's Head II and was followed by titles such as Hell's Angel - changed to Dark Angel after a copyright battle with the Hells Angels, Warheads, Digitek and Motormouth (later Motormouth and Killpower. Sales of the comics were initially high but over expansion soon brought an end to Marvel UK's US line, with Panini buying the company's assets, including Doctor Who Magazine.
Neary has since been concentrating on inking since then. He has inked Bryan Hitch's work on The Authority and is now regularly working with Hitch on The Ultimates for Marvel Comics.
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His comic work (both drawing and writing) include:
- Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine # 17-18, 1980)
- Tharg's Future Shocks (drawing with Alan Moore):
- A Cautionary Fable (in 2000 AD #240, 1981)
- Twist Ending (in 2000 AD #246, 1982)
- All of Them Were Empty (in 2000 AD #251, 1982)
- An American Werewolf in Space (in 2000 AD #252, 1982)
- Abelard Snazz: The Multi-Storey Mind Mellows Out! (drawing with Alan Moore, in 2000 AD #254, 1982)
- The Thing (1983-86 series) #34-36
- Happenstance and Kismet (writing with Steve Parkhouse): [1]
- Mother Earth (writing with Jaye and Cliff Robinson, in 2000 AD #867-872, 1993) [2]
- Judge Dredd: The Incorruptibles (drawing and writing with Marc Wigmore, in Judge Dredd Mega Special 1996)
- Vector 13: Case Seven: The Immortality Question (writing with Cyril Julien, in 2000 AD #1030, 1997)
