Chris Weston (born 1969) is a British comics artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries.

Biography

Weston was born in January 1969 in

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, 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 ''

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''. He worked with writer

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on the ten-part '' Indigo Prime'' story, "Killing Time" in which characters battled

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aboard a time travelling train. Weston's work in America began with on ''

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'' during

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's time as scriptwriter. He has since gone on to be published in '' The Invisibles'', '' Starman'', '' JSA'', ''

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'', and '' The Authority''. He has also worked on '' The Filth'' and ''

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''. The former a

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written by

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, the latter a "what if?"

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written by

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which saw Britain winning the

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. Most recently he has provided the art for ''Fantastic Four: First Family''. In 2008 Weston illustrated '' The Twelve'', a twelve-issue

written

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. The series will involve a team formed from

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characters including The Witness, The Black Widow and

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. 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.

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: *'' 2000 AD'' ( anthology,

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): **''

'': *** "A Night at the Circus" (with John Wagner, in #596, 1988) *** "Worms" (with Alan Grant, in #598, 1988) *** "Accident Prone" (with Alan Grant, in #602, 1988) *** "Tyger, Tyger..." (with Alan Grant, in #607, 1988) *** "Crazy Barry, Little Mo" (with John Wagner, in #615-618, 1989) *** "The (Great) Little U-Front Disaster" (with John Wagner, in #641, 1989) *** "The Vidders" (with Garth Ennis, in #749, 1991) *** "To Thing with Love" (with John Wagner, in #956, 1995) *** "Rest Stop" (with Gordon Rennie, in #1194, 2000) *** "The Death of Dan-E Cannon" (script and art, in #1800, 2012) *** "The Heart is a Lonely Klegg Hunter" (with Rob Williams, in #1888-1889, 2014) *** "Boxing Day" (with Rob Williams, in #2011, 2016) *** "The Fields" (with Rob Williams, in #2035-2036, 2017) *** "Fit for Purpose" (with Rob Williams, in #2073-2074, 2018) *** "Elevator Pitch" (with Rob Williams, in #2088-2089, 2018) *** "Unearthed" (co-writer with Rob Williams, drawn by Patrick Goddard, in #2124-2125, 2019) *** "Cadet Dredd vs. Grudzilla" (script and art, in #2130, 2019) *** "Control" (with Rob Williams, in #2141-2145, 2019) **'' Tharg's Future Shocks'': *** "Amanda" (with Jim Campbell, in #623, 1989) *** "The God Fish" (with Mike Collins, in #636, 1989) *** "House of the Future" (with

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, in #637, 1989) *** "Tharg's Terror Tales: Counts as One Choice" (script and art, in #1645, 2009) *** "Whatever Happened to the Green Pedestrian Palm?" (script and art, in Prog 2010, 2009) **'' Inside Moves'' (with

, in #631, 1989) **'' Rogue Trooper'': *** "The Hit Conclusion" (with

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, in ''Winter Special'' '89, 1989) *** "Decoys" (with Michael Fleisher, in ''Rogue Trooper Annual'' '91, 1990) *** "Enfleshings" (with John Smith, in ''Yearbook'' '93, 1992) *** "Shock Tactics" (with John Smith, in ''Sci-Fi Special'' '93, 1993) *** "Scavenger of Souls" (with Michael Fleisher, in #873-880, 1994) *** "G.I. Blues" (with

, in #901-903, 1994) *** "Hill 392" (with Steve White, in ''Poster Prog'' #4, 1994) **'' Indigo Prime'' (with John Smith, in #678, 680-682, ''Winter Special'' '90 and 735-744, 1989–1991) **'' Nemesis the Warlock'': "Bride of the Warlock" (with

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, in ''Winter Special'' '92, 1992) **'' Robo-Hunter'': "Something for the Weekend, Sir?" (with John Smith, in ''Sci-Fi Special'' '92, 1992) **'' Tales of MC-1'': "Animal House" (with John Smith, in ''Sci-Fi Special'' '92, 1992) **''

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'': *** "Canon Fodder" (with Mark Millar, in #861-867, 1993) *** "Dark Matter" (with Kek-W, in #980-987, 1996) **'' Vector 13'': "Case One: Side Step" (with Dan Abnett, in #1062, 1997) **'' Nikolai Dante'': "Russia's Greatest Love Machine, Part 1" (with Robbie Morrison, in #1066, 1997) **''

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'': "City on Fire" (with Dan Abnett, in #1155-1160, 1999) **''

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'': "Feast of Skin" (with John Smith, in #1163, 1999) **''

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'': "The Bogatyr" (with Pat Mills, in #2111, 2018) **'' Strontium Dog'': "Bleeding Dogs Lie" (with

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, in ''Villains Takeover Special!'', 2019) *''

'' vol. 2 #153: "Twilight of the Gods" (with Mark Millar,

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, 1995) *'' The Invisibles'' (with

, Vertigo): ** "Season of Ghouls" (in vol. 1 #10, 1995) ** "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (with

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, in vol. 2 #9, 1998) ** "Kissing Mister Quimper" (in vol. 2 #14-17 and 19-22, 1998–1999) ** "Goodbye Rag" (among other artists, in vol. 3 #3, 2000) *'' Time Breakers'' #1-5 (with Rachel Pollack,

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, 1997) *''

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'' #25: "My Year as a Man" (with Peter Hogan, Vertigo, 1998) *'' Star-Spangled Comics'': "...A Terrifying Hour!" (with

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, one-shot, DC Comics, 1999) *'' Starman'' vol. 2 #55 (with

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, James Robinson, Peter Snejbjerg and

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, DC Comics, 1999) *'' Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.'' #0: "A Chilly Day in Opal" (with Geoff Johns, James Robinson and Lee Moder, 1999) *'' JSA Secret Files'' #1: "History 101" (with Ron Marz, co-feature, DC Comics, 1999) *''

'' #1-3: "A Six-Card Spread" (with Mike Carey, Vertigo, 2000) *'' The Authority'' #18-19: "Earth Inferno" (with Mark Millar,

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, 2000) *'' Flinch'' #15: "Watchful" (with

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, anthology, Vertigo, 2000) *''

'' #1-3 (with

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, 2001–2004) *'' Enemy Ace: War in Heaven'' #1 (of 2) (with Garth Ennis, DC Comics, 2001) *'' War Story: Johann's Tiger'' (with Garth Ennis, one-shot, Vertigo, 2001) *'' The Filth'' #1-13 (with Grant Morrison, Vertigo, 2002–2003) *'' Judge Dredd Megazine'' (anthology, Rebellion): **''

'': *** "Wharever Happened to Tweak?" (with Pat Mills, in #214, 2004) *** "Six" (with John Wagner, in #221-222, 2004) *''

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'' #11-12: "Jonni Future" (with Steve Moore, anthology,

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, 2004) *''

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Volume 1'': "Heinrich Manoeuvre's H.E.A.D Trip!" (script and art, anthology

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, 2005) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #197-199: "Blaze of Glory" (with Will Pfeifer, DC Comics, 2006) *'' Fantastic Four: First Family'' #1-6 (with Joe Casey, Marvel, 2006) *'' American Splendor'' (with

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, anthology, Vertigo): ** "Comic Convention Comic" (in vol. 2 #2, 2006) ** "Fall" (in vol. 3 #1, 2008) *'' The Twelve'' (Marvel): **''The Twelve'' #1-12 (with

, 2008–2012) **''The Twelve: Spearhead'' (script and art, one-shot, 2010) *''

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'' #1-4: "The Little Guy" (with

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, anthology, Mam Tor, 2008) *'' Rocketeer, Rocketeer Adventures'' #2: "It Ain't the Fall That Kills Ya..." (with

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, anthology,

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, 2011) *'' Adventures of Superman'' vol. 2 #12: "Savior" (with Rob Williams, digital, DC Comics, 2013) *'' Batman: Black and White'' vol. 2 #5: "I Killed the Bat!" (with Blair Butler, anthology, DC Comics, 2014) *''

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'' #1000: "The Guild of Strange Science" (with Al Ewing, anthology, Marvel, 2019)

Covers only

*'' Zzap!64'' #70, 72 ( Newsfield Publications, 1991) *'' The Best of 2000 AD'' #91 (

, 1993) *'' 2000 AD'' #925, 1383, 1650, 1760, 1771, 1776, 1782, 1837, 2065, 2110 (Fleetway/

, 1995–2018) *'' Judge Dredd Megazine'' #215, 231, 325, 400 (Rebellion, 2004–2018) *'' Elephantmen'' #5 (

, 2007) *'' The Twelve'' #0 ( Marvel, 2008) *'' The Phantom Patrol'' tpb ( Book Palace, 2009) *'' Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton'' #3 (

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, 2010) *'' Judge Dredd: Anderson, PSI-Division'' #1 (

, 2014) *''

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'' #1 (Image, 2015) *'' Dan Dare'' vol. 2 #1-4 (

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, 2017–2018) *'' The Prisoner: Uncertainty Machine'' #1 (Titan, 2018)

Notes

References

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Chris Weston
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External links

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Personal blog
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Interviews

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by Adriano Barone, Drive Magazine, 20 March 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:Weston, Chris 1969 births Living people People from Rinteln British comics artists American Splendor artists