Greg Staples (born 27 May 1970 in

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) is an

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comic book artist.

Biography

Greg Staples' first job on leaving school was as a trainee draftsman in an architects office in Sheffield. He also spent time working in a comic and film memorabilia shop and also a computer game store, both also in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Greg spent some time working for the Computer Games Company Gremlin Graphics. Staples has also worked on video production for music videos for artists such as Muse (Sing For Absolution) and Shaznay Lewis (You). Staples is known for his work in the weekly

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comic '' 2000 AD'', especially on ''

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''. He has also produced work for the games company

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and drawn numerous comic book characters including

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and

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. Staples has illustrated cards for the collectible card game ''

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'', and digital collectible card game '' Hearthstone''. Staples did the cover art for ''

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'' books '' Races of Faerûn'' (2003), and '' Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto'' (2006).

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''

'': ** "Rough Guide to Suicide" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #761, 1991) ** "Babes in Arms" (with

, in ''2000 AD'' #776-779, 1992) ** "Innocents Abroad" (with

, in ''2000 AD'' #804-807, 1992) ** "Blind Mate" (with

, in ''2000 AD'' #825, 1993) ** "Enter: Jonni Kiss" (with

, in ''2000 AD'' #830, 1993) ** " Mad City" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #1050-1052, 1997) *''Brigand Doom'': "Death's Door" (with John Tomlinson, in ''2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1992'') * '' Tharg's Terror Tales'': "The Tooth Fairy" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #839, 1993) *'' Sláine'' (with

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): ** "Jealousy of Niamh" (in ''2000 AD'' #850-851, 1993) ** "Name of the Sword" (in ''2000 AD'' #950-956, 1995) ** "Beyond" (in ''2000 AD'' prog 2000, 1999) *'' The Clown'' (with Igor Goldkind): ** "Vale of Tears" (in ''2000AD Yearbook 1994'', 1993) ** "The Clown Book 2" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #881-888, 1994) *''Loaded'' (with

and Les Spink, video game tie-in, 1996) *''

Sinister Dexter ''Sinister Dexter'' is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology '' 2000 AD'', created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. Set in the near future, it features the exploits of gun sharks (hitmen) Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone ...

'' (with

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): ** "London Town" (in ''2000 AD'' #1084, 1998) ** "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (in ''2000 AD'' #1090-1091, 1998) ** "Anatomy of a Throwdown" (in ''2000 AD'' #1112, 1998) *'' Downlode Tales'': "The Whack Pack" (with

, in ''2000 AD'' #1152-1154, 1999) *''

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'': "A Little Knowledge" (with Steve Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #1191, 2000) *'' JLA: Riddle of the Beast'' (with Alan Grant,

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, hardcover, 2001, paperback, 2003) *''

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'' #3 (

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, 2007)

Covers

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'',

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(2001).

Notes

References

*
Greg Staples
at 2000 AD online

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Staples, Greg 1970 births British comics artists Living people Role-playing game artists