Peter Doherty (comics)

Peter Doherty
Nationality	British
Area(s)	ArtistColorist
Notable works	Judge Dredd Grendel Tales Shaolin Cowboy MPH Empress The Red Diamond Chrononauts
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Peter Doherty is a British comic book artist and colourist.

Biography

Doherty's work over a 15-year career has mainly been concentrated on the 2000 AD character Judge Dredd . Episodes of the strip illustrated by him include "Bury My Knee At Wounded Heart"; the origins story "Judge Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend"; and the swansong story of long-running support cast member Chief Judge McGruder, "Death of a Legend".

Outside 2000 AD, Doherty's work includes Grendel Tales and Shaolin Cowboy .

Doherty is currently working on Devlin Waugh and the works of the Millarworld.

Bibliography

Comics work (pencils and inks, unless specified) includes:

• "Felicity" (with Chris Standley, in Crisis #47, 1990)
• "Young Death" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.1 #1–12, 1990–1991, collected in Young Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend, May 2008, ISBN   1-905437-65-X)
• Judge Dredd :
  • "Justice One" (with Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD #766–771, 1992)
  • "Judgement Day" (with Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD #786–799, 1992, collected in Judgement Day, Hamlyn, 1999, ISBN   0-600-59970-1, Rebellion, 2004, ISBN   1-904265-19-7)
  • "Mechanismo Returns" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #22–26, 1993)
  • "Roadkill" (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #856–858, 1993)
  • "Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #46, 1994)
  • "Mr Bennet joins the Judges" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1994)
  • "Prologue" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #57, 1994)
  • "Moving Violation" (with Chris Standley, in 2000 AD #856–858, 1994)
  • "TV Babies" (with Chris Standley, in 2000 AD #898, 1994)
  • "Death of a Legend" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1009, 1996)
  • "Spawney" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1067–1068, 1996)
  • "Simp City" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1119–1120, 1998)
  • "Dumskulls" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #1171, 1998)
  • "Slow Crime Day" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1191, 2000)
  • "The All New Adventures of P. J. Maybe" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1204, 2000)
  • "Blow Out!" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1213, 2000)
  • "Born Under a Bad Sign" (with Robbie Morrison, in 2000 AD #1275, 2002)
  • "Dead Lost in Mega-City One" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.4 #9, 2002)
  • "Satan's Last Assault on Grud's Kingdom" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #1288, 2002)
  • "A Right Royal Occasion" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1293, 2002)
  • "Versus" (with Simon Spurrier, in 2000AD #1499, 2006)
  • "Night School" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #260, 2007)
  • "Mandroid: Instrument of War" (colours, with writer John Wagner and art by Carl Critchlow, in 2000 AD #1555–1566, 2007)
  • "Ratfink" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #273–277, 2008)
  • "Old Wounds" (with John Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine #287–288, August–September 2009)
  • "Grudsent" (with Simon Spurrier, in Judge Dredd Megazine #299, July 2010)
• Armitage : "City of the Dead Prologue" (with Dave Stone, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.63, 1994)
• Grendel Tales: The Devil May Care (with writer Terry LaBan, 6-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, 1995, tpb 160 pages, 2003, ISBN   1-56971-796-6)
• The Dreaming #10–12, 17–19 (with Bryan Talbot and Caitlín R. Kiernan, Vertigo, 1997)
• Batman & Superman: World's Finest #6–8 (pencils, with writer Karl Kesel and inks by Robert Campanella, DC Comics, 1997, tpb, 2003, ISBN   1-4012-0082-6)
• Seaguy (colours, with writer Grant Morrison, and art by Cameron Stewart, 3-issue mini-series, Vertigo, 2004, tpb, 2005, ISBN   1-4012-0494-5))
• Breathing Space (with Rob Williams, in 2000AD #1451–1452, 2005)
• Shaolin Cowboy #1–7 (colours, with writer and artist Geof Darrow, Burlyman Entertainment, 2005–2007)
• Devlin Waugh: "Innocence & Experience" (with John Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine #253–256, 2007)
• Millarworld:
  • MPH #1–4 (colours and letters, with writer Mark Millar, and art by Duncan Fegredo, Image Comics, 2014–2015, ISBN   1-63215-265-7)
  • Empress #1–7 (colours, with writer Mark Millar, and art by Stuart Immonen, Icon Comics, 2016, ISBN   1-302-90206-7)
  • Kingsman: The Red Diamond #1–6 (letters, with writer Rob Williams, and art by Simon Fraser, Image Comics, 2018, ISBN   1-5343-0509-2)
  • Chrononauts: Futureshock #1–4 (letters, with writer Mark Millar, and art by Eric Canete, Image Comics, 2019, ISBN   1-5343-1508-X)

Awards

2005: Nominated for "Best Colorist" Eisner Award, for Shaolin Cowboy ^[1]

Notes

1. 2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Comic Book Awards Almanac

References

• Peter Doherty at the Grand Comics Database
• Peter Doherty at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Peter Doherty at Barney
• "Here Comics The Ghouls" (interview with Michael Molcher, Judge Dredd Megazine #273, 2008)

External links

• Official page on Blogger
• 2006 Interview with 2000ADReview