John Ross (artist)

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John Ross
Born John Ross
Nationality Scottish
Area(s) Penciler, Inker
Notable works
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John Ross is a comic book artist who lives and works in the UK.

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Biography

Ross started working for Panini Comics in 1996, working on titles such as Masked Rider , Action Man and Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures . During this time he also worked on occasional covers for various of Panini's Marvel US reprint titles and the main strip in Doctor Who Magazine .

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John is now the resident artist on the Doctor Who Adventures strip for the BBC.

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Footnotes

  1. Oblivion, page 226, ISBN   1-905239-45-9