Simon Bisley (born March 4, 1962) is a British comics artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine. His style, reliant on paints, acrylics, inks and multiple-mediums, was strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, William Turner and Richard Corben. He also took inspiration from rock album covers and graffiti as well as traditional comics art. In turn he and his work has inspired various forms in media, including the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Satan Pit", and Simon Pegg's character graphic artist Tim Bisley on the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced.
While still a student, Bisley did a painting of a robot holding a baby that he sent to the offices of 2000 AD. The image was seen by Pat Mills and inspired him to relaunch the ABC Warriors strip, with Bisley as artist, in 1987. Following this, Bisley took over drawing of Sláine. Bisley also painted the intercompany crossover Judge Dredd and Batman, Judgement on Gotham.
As of 2007, Bisley is an occasional contributor to the comics magazine Heavy Metal.
ABC Warriors: "The Black Hole" (with Pat Mills, in 2000 AD #555-558, 563-568 & 577-581, 1988)
Sláine (with Pat Mills):
"The Horned God Book I" (in 2000 AD #626-635, 1989)
"The Horned God Book II" (in 2000 AD #650-656 & 662-664, 1989—90)
"The Horned God Book III" (in 2000 AD #688-698, 1990)
Heavy Metal Dredd (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, reprinted from Rock Power. collected in Heavy Metal Dredd ISBN 0-7493-1555-5):
"A Mega-City Primer" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.14, 1991 and 2000 AD #1068, 1997)
"Rock On, Tommy Who?!" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.16, 1992)
"Chicken Run" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.17, 1992)
"The Legend of Johnny Biker" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.19, 1992)
"Ironfist" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.61, 1994)
"Night Before Christmas" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.62, 1994)
"The Great Arsoli" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.15, 1996)
"Bimba" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.17, 1996)
Other comics
Comics for other companies include:
"Once Upon A Time In The West" (with Alan Grant, in Toxic! #1, 1991)
Bisley's Scrapbook (Atomeka Press, 1993)
Melting Pot (with Kevin Eastman/Eric Talbot, Kitchen Sink Press, 1995, ISBN 0-87816-362-X)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bodycount (with Kevin Eastman, 4-issue mini-series, tpb, Image Comics, 1996, ISBN 1-887279-36-9)
Mutant Chronicles: Golgotha (illustration by Bisley, also did the artwork on four trading cards, Acclaim Comics, 1996)
Bad Boy (with Frank Miller, one-shot, Oni Press, Dynamite Entertainment, 1997)
Fistful of Blood (with script and layouts by Kevin Eastman, in Heavy Metal #192-202, May 2001 - January 2003, hardcover, 64 pages, February 2003, ISBN 1882931866)
Halo Graphic Novel: "Last Journey of the Infinite Succor" (with Lee Hammock, Marvel/Bungie, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2372-5)
The Dead (with Alan Grant, Berserker Comics, 2008-ongoing)
Church of Hell #1- (with Alan Grant and Wayne Nichols, Berserker Comics, 2009, forthcoming)
DC Comics
Comics for DC Comics include:
Lobo (pencils by Bisley):
The Last Czarnian (with co-writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, 96 pages, 1993, ISBN 0-930289-99-4)
Lobo's Back's Back (with Keith Giffen, 96 pages, ISBN 1-56389-103-4)
The Authority/Lobo: Holiday Hell (with co-writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, Wildstorm, 160 pages, August 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0992-0):
Paramilitary Christmas Special (1991)
Jingle Hell (2004)
Spring Break Massacre (2005)
Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, DC/Fleetway, 1991, ISBN 1-56389-022-4)
Black & White: "A Black & White World" (with Neil Gaiman, 1996)
Comics for the Wildstorm imprint include:
The Authority/Lobo: Holiday Hell (with co-writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, Wildstorm, 160 pages, August 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0992-0):
Paramilitary Christmas Special (1991)
Jingle Hell (2004)
Spring Break Massacre (2005)
Comics for the Vertigo imprint include:
Hellblazer #259-260, 265-266 (with writer Peter Milligan, Vertigo, 2009—2010)
Full Circle
Comics for Full Circle Publications include:
Full Cirkle (1st Series) (art, with Simon Reed, 2003)
Full Cirkle (2nd Series) (with Simon Reed, 2007)
Thicker Than Blood (colours, with Simon Reed and art by Mike Ploog, 2007)
Covers
Comics covers
Doom Patrol
Motorhead #1-6 (Dark Horse Comics, 1995—1996)
Toxin #3 & #5
Dark Horse Presents: Aliens Platinum Edition
Devashard: At First Light, Fluid Friction Comics
Hellblazer #256-ongoing
Album covers
Mayhemic Destruction (1987), by Mortal Sin
First Offence (1988), by King Prawn
Demonsweatlive (1993), by Danzig
66 Satan's Child (1999), by Danzig
Lost Tracks of Danzig (2007), by Danzig
Among Flies (2008), by Last House on The Left
Computer game box-cover art
Gods (1991), by The Bitmap Brothers
Movie poster
Centurion (2010)
Books
The Art of Simon Bisley Redux (132 pages, Heavy Metal Magazine, June 2007, ISBN 1932413790)
Simon Bisley's Illustrations from the Bible: A Work in Progress (Heavy Metal Magazine, July 2007, ISBN 1932413782)
Simon Bisley Calendar 2010 (Heavy Metal Magazine, August 2009, ISBN 1935351060)
