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Brendan McCarthy

Brendan McCarthy in 2007
Born
London
Nationality British
Area(s) Penciller; Inker

Brendan McCarthy is a British artist and designer best known for his work in comic books, film and television. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative

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Biography

Brendan McCarthy, of Irish descent, was born in London and drifted through the early part of his life as a floating member of The Hanwell Dream Gang, a gathering of like-minded teenagers who had decided they would become artists and writers of world-renown. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Brendan began painting and drawing his own home-made comics, influenced by the likes of quaint English 'gangsta-dandy' Vivian Stanshall, gothic illustrator 'Mad' Mervyn Peake, and Irish "Steel Claw" artist Jayzus O'Blasco. Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall, 21 March 1943 &ndash 5 March 1995) was an Biography Mervyn Peake was born of British parents in Kuling ( Lushan) in Jiangxi Province of central China in 1911 only three months before the revolution

After leaving Chelsea art college in London, where he studied film and Fine Art, Brendan decided to become a full time artist. He created the indy comic book Sometime Stories with art college pal Brett Ewins. Brett Ewins is a British Comic book artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper in the weekly comic His first paid commercial work was a one page strip Electrick Hoax in the British weekly music paper Sounds with another art school escapee, writer Peter Milligan in 1978. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Sounds was a British Music paper, published weekly from October 10, 1970 &ndash April 6, 1991 Peter Milligan is an British writer best known for his Comic book, film and television work Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) After this he started working for 2000 AD including Judge Dredd. For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread.

At the same time he was working on designs for his first television show - the unmade Dan Dare live action television series for Lew Grade's ATV in the 1970s. Dan Dare is a classic British Science fiction comic hero created by illustrator Frank Hampson. Lew Grade Baron Grade (25 December 1906&ndash13 December 1998 born Lev Winogradsky, was an influential Showbusiness Impresario and Television Associated TeleVision Limited, best known simply as ATV, was a British ITV company from 1955 until 1981 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. It was a stylish retro 50's take on the classic Eagle hero.

In 1980, inspired by the book The Razor's Edge, McCarthy decided to travel the globe on a futile and nonsensical metaphysical pilgrimage, ending up, via Egypt, India and the Himalayas, in Sydney, Australia. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Deeply inspired by George Miller's punk masterwork, Mad Max 2, Brendan mulled over a post-apocalyptic surfing movie story, later written with Peter Milligan and called Freakwave. Dr George (Miliotis Miller (born 3 March 1945 is an Academy-Award winning Australian Film and Television Screenwriter, director Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior (known as The Road Warrior in the U Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders The film was never made but it was adapted into comics form by Milligan and McCarthy (the Hollywood movie Waterworld bore a striking resemblance to their story, a fact which was picked up on by US media and lawyers, at the time).

In 1983 Brendan McCarthy returned to the UK and to drawing comics, working on Strange Days, an anthology title published by Eclipse Comics, once again collaborating with his friends Peter Milligan and Brett Ewins. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 Eclipse Comics was an American Comic book Publisher, one of several influential independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s He also drew a two issue series featuring his alternative media-brat superhero Paradax from Strange Days. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Around this time, one of his best-loved characters was created with Pete Milligan: Mirkin The Mystic was a kind of laconic, psychedelic Ditko-esque, Oscar Wildean, inter-dimensional traveller. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of

Returning to the pages of 2000AD, he again drew Judge Dredd, redefining the look of the character in the process and creating the classic storylines featuring the Judda and Brit-Cit Judges. Morton Judd is the name of a Fictional character from the Judge Dredd comic strip and appears in progs 559-563 of the British comic 2000 AD Brit-Cit is a huge fictional City in the fictional universe of British comics 2000AD and Judge Dredd.

1986 saw Milligan and McCarthy produce Sooner or Later for 2000 AD, a surreal, psychedelic strip which split fan opinion but was critically well received by The Guardian, Travesty Magazine and The Council On Foreign Affairs. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. This was when the phrase McCarthyism was used to describe his distinctive style of art. This was followed by Neo-McCarthyism, post-indolent McCarthyism and Anti-McCarthyism and later supplemented with McCarthyism Neither-Nor and anything by The McCarthic Four.

Around this time, Brendan designed and storyboarded the Arabian cel animated TV series, New Babylon and also The Storyteller for Jim Henson's company.

Brendan designed the characters in Grant Morrison's Zenith strip which started in 1987. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Zenith ( Robert MacDowell) is a British Superhero, who appeared in the Science fiction Comic 2000 AD. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) He also produced covers and character designs for Pete Milligan's revamp of Shade, the Changing Man. Shade the Changing Man is a Fictional Comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977 To this day McCarthy remains a huge Steve Ditko fan. Steve Ditko (born 2 November 1927) is an American Comic book Artist and Writer best known as the co-creator of the

By now McCarthy was a ruggedly influential figure in British comics, with his "punkadelic" approach. Over the next few years he worked for the 2000AD spin off titles Crisis and Revolver.

Cover of the Rogan Gosh collected edition.
Cover of the Rogan Gosh collected edition. Rogan Gosh is the title of a British comic book story written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Brendan McCarthy.

For Revolver McCarthy drew Rogan Gosh (later compiled into a single edition by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics), and for Crisis he drew Skin, the tale of a thalidomide skinhead in 1970s London , both books created with and written by Peter Milligan. Rogan Gosh is the title of a British comic book story written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Brendan McCarthy. Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Thalidomide is a Sedative - Hypnotic, and Multiple myeloma Medication. A skinhead is a member of a Subculture that originated among Working class youths in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and then spread to other parts of This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Skin proved to be highly controversial, with Crisis refusing to release the story and their printers refusing to print it due to insane claims of it being morbidly 'obscene'. The story remained in legal-limbo before eventually being released by Kevin Eastman's Tundra Publishing in 1992. For the Boston Celtics assistant see Kevin Eastman (basketball coach Kevin Brooks Eastman (born 1962 is an American comic book Tundra Publishing was a Northampton Massachusetts -based Comic book publisher founded by Kevin Eastman in 1990. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)

Brendan worked as designer on the films Highlander, the first live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, Lost In Space and The Borrowers. Highlander is a 1986 fantasy Action film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the 1990 Live-action film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise Lost in Space is a Science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, and The Borrowers is a children's fantasy Novel by Mary Norton about tiny people who "borrow" things from normal Humans and keep their He also designed and contributed visual gags to the film Coneheads, working alongside SNL comedians like Dan Aykroyd, Adam Sandler, David Spade and Phil Hartman. The Coneheads was originally a sketch on Saturday Night Live which originated on the January 15 1977 episode and starred Dan Aykroyd Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9 1966 is an American Comedian, David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy nominated American Actor, Comedian, Television personality Phil Hartman (September 24 1948 &ndash May 28 1998 was a Canadian -born American Emmy Award -winning Writer as well as an Actor,

McCarthy spent much of the remainder of the 1990s working in film and television. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Most notably as the designer of the CGI animated Sci-Fi TV series ReBoot and character creator for War Planets. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics ReBoot is a Canadian CGI - animated action-adventure Television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001 ReBoot was a big worldwide success, and was the world's first long-form computer animated piece, predating both Pixar and Dreamworks' later movies. Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville California. DreamWorks LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American Film studio The highly inventive and quirky series really hit its strident stride in the second and third seasons, and is considered a classic example of early steam-driven computer animation. Episodes have been shown and stored at The Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC for posterity. Computer games, toys and motion rides were developed from the series.

In 2003 he was asked to co-write and design (the as yet unmade) Mad Max 4: Fury Road with director George Miller. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a Golden Globe -nominated 1985 film the third installment in the action movie Mad Max franchise Dr George (Miliotis Miller (born 3 March 1945 is an Academy-Award winning Australian Film and Television Screenwriter, director Brendan also created, co-wrote and designed a surreal CGI animated feature, Fur Brigade, but it is unknown as to when this film will be made. The Fur brigade were convoys of Canadian Indian fur trappers who traveled between their home Trading posts and a larger HBC post in order to supply

Brendan McCarthy has created a distinct body of work and in 2004 he took a year sabbatical and hired Steve Cook to help him design Swimini Purpose, an illustrated visual autobiography of his highly original art and design work. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Steven Cook is a British Artist, Photographer, and Graphic designer Biography Best known for his work in the comics field he was art director An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" This was released in 2005 in the UK, as a limited artist's edition, and sold out within weeks. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This very rare book has become a serious collectors' holy grail. According to Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish plate or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers [1]

Recently, McCarthy featured in the final issue of DC Comics' Solo. His comic had new takes on characters such as The Flash, Batman, and Johnny Sorrow, as well as introducing a new comics' cavalcade of homeless, insane and transgendered social outcasts. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Johnny Sorrow is a DC Comics Supervillain and a recurring Justice Society of America foe Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing because they cannot afford or are otherwise unable to maintain regular safe and adequate shelter Traditionally insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and may become a danger to himself and others Transgender (trænzˈdʒɛndɚ from ( Latin) derivatives

He remains active as an artist and writer, working around the world in film, TV and animation and developing his own ideas - such as the imaginary hit movie Hatman and the chilling, imaginary action film, Horrorville. The TV series Mater and Son remains as doggedly controversial as ever, a classic imaginary sitcom set in the saucy, sordid world of the traditional English 'dogging' community.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:


Awards

References

  1. ^ Review of Swimini Purpose: Life in Pictures

External links

Interviews

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner
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