Chris Weston

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Chris Weston

Real Name
Chris Weston
Gender

Date of Birth
January , 1969

Place of Birth
Rinteln, West Germany

First publication

Unknown





Personal History

Personal History of Chris Weston is unknown.


Professional History

Chris Weston is a British comics artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries.

Biography

Weston was born in January, 1969 in Rinteln, Germany, and lived in various countries as a child. His career began when he was apprenticed for a year to work with Don Lawrence, by the end of which he had secured paid work on the major British strip Judge Dredd.

He worked with writer John Smith on the ten-part Indigo Prime story, "Killing Time" in which characters battled Jack the Ripper aboard a time travelling train.

Weston's work in America began with on Swamp Thing during Mark Millar's time as scriptwriter. He has since gone on to be published in The Invisibles,[1] Starman, JSA, Lucifer, and The Authority.

He has also worked on The Filth and Ministry of Space. The former a creator-owned written by Grant Morrison, the latter a "what if?" limited series written by Warren Ellis which saw Britain winning the Space Race.[2]

Most recently he has provided the art for Fantastic Four: First Family.

Weston is currently illustrating The Twelve, a twelve-issue limited series written J. Michael Straczynski.[3][4] The series will involve a team formed from Timely Comics characters including The Witness, The Black Widow and Elektro.[5]

Since 2005 Weston has written a number of stories that he has also drawn, including a number of one-offs for 2000 AD and The Twelve: Spearhead a prequel one-shot.[6]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

Covers only

Notes

  1. Irvine, Alex (2008), "The Invisibles", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: [[wikipedia:Dorling Kindersley|]], pp. 92–97, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015 
  2. Irvine, Alex (2008), "Filth", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: [[wikipedia:Dorling Kindersley|]], p. 83, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015 
  3. The Gold, the Bad, and the Ugly: Weston Talks "The Twelve", July 26, 2007, [[wikipedia:Comic Book Resources|]]
  4. SDCC '07: MARVEL'S THE TWELVE REVEALED, [[wikipedia:Newsarama|]]
  5. Mystery Men's Dozen: Brevoort Talks "The Twelve", July 26, 2007, [[wikipedia:Comic Book Resources|]]
  6. Phegley, Kiel (March 12, 2010), Chris Weston: Spearheading The Twelve's Return, [[wikipedia:Comic Book Resources|]], retrieved March 21, 2010 

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