John Watson was born in the 1970s in

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. He is one of the few remaining comic book artists who specialises in painting in

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, and has done a number of notable cover runs for both

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and DC comics, most recently painting all the covers for the Marvel Apes series and for the second year running, the Triple-A Baseball covers. He has also illustrated a number of trading cards.

Biography

Watson studied Fine Art at the Cheltenham & Gloucester college. He notes

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as an influence alongside more conventional comicbook influences such as

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and

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. A comicbook fan since childhood, hi
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says "When I was 12, I realised that being a millionaire, having a cave under the house and fighting crime wasn't going to happen, so I began to concentrate on 'drawing comics' instead."

Bibliography

Comics

His comic work includes: * '' JLA: Riddle of the Beast'' (with Alan Grant,

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, DC, 2002) * ''

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: Gamma Files'' (Marvel, 2007)

Covers

* ''

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'' #11,15-21,23-25 (DC, 2002–2003) * '' JSA'' #56-58 (DC, 2003) * '' JSA Strange Adventures'' #1-6 (DC, 2004) * ''

Uncanny X-Men ''Uncanny X-Men'', originally published as ''The X-Men'', is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of superheroes called the X ...

'' #477,480,483,486 (Marvel) * ''

Son of M ''Son of M'' is a 2006 American comic book limited series, a follow-up to Marvel Comics' 2005 "House of M" storyline, starring the depowered Quicksilver. Quicksilver was one of the many mutants to lose his powers as part of the Decimation, for ...

'' (Marvel, 2006) * '' Civil War: Front Line'' (Marvel, 2006–2007) * ''

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Silent War ''Silent War'' is a six-issue Marvel Comics comic book limited series which began in January 2007. It was written by David Hine, with art by Frazer Irving. It is a sequel to the "House of M" and "Son of M" storylines, detailing the war between th ...

'' #1-6 (Marvel, 2007) * ''

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'' #1-6 (Marvel, 2007) * ''

She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer "Jen" Walters) is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she first appeared in ''The Savage She-Hulk'' #1 (cov ...

'' #20 (Marvel, 2007) * ''

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: Moby Dick'' (Marvel, 2008) * ''

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Selected covers (Marvel 2007 & 2008) * ''

Marvel Apes ''Marvel Apes'' is a four-issue limited series by comics publisher Marvel Comics which started publication in October 2008. The series is written by Karl Kesel with art by Ramon Bachs and covers by John Watson. The Marvel Apes reality is designat ...

'' (Marvel, 2008) * ''

Buck Rogers Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily US newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books ...

'' (Dynamite, 2009) * ''

Stargate ''Stargate'' (often stylized in all caps) is a military science fiction media franchise based on the Stargate (film), film directed by Roland Emmerich, which he co-wrote with producer Dean Devlin. The franchise is based on the idea of an alien E ...

- SG1 - Daniel Jackson (Interiors)(Dynamite, 2010)

References

External links

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John Watson wallpapers at Marvel official site
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