Siku (comics)

For other uses, see Siku.

Siku
Born	Ajibayo Akinsiku 9 September Leicester, England
Nationality	British/Nigerian
Area	Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Pseudonym	Siku
Notable works	Judge Dredd Tales of Telguuth The Manga Bible
theartofsiku.com

Siku is the pseudonym of British/Nigerian artist and writer Ajibayo Akinsiku, best known for his work in 2000 AD .

Biography

Siku studied design and printing at the Yaba's School of Art, and theology at the London School of Theology. ^[1]

Siku's fully painted work (particularly on Judge Dredd and the Pan-African Judges stories) has been appearing in 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine since 1991.

Siku also works in the computer games industry and as a conceptualist and freelance concept artist.

His latest work is The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation , an adaptation of Today's New International Version of the Holy Bible into manga format. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Siku is also a theologian. His latest book, Batman is Jesus, is a radical narrative theological perspective of the life and work of Jesus Christ. ^[6]

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Anderson: Psi Division : "Reasons to Be Cheerful" (with Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 11, 1992)
• Judge Hershey : "Asylum" (with Robbie Morrison, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #25–26, 1993)
• One-Off: "Rapid Growth" (with Chris Standley, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 35, 1993)
• Pan-African Judges:
  • "Pan-African Judges" (with Paul Cornell, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) #44–49, 1993–1994)
  • "Fever of the Gods" (script and art, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #6–13, 1995–1996)
• Judge Dredd :
  • "The Strange Case of Bill Clinton" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 72, 1995)
  • "Whatever Happened to Bill Clinton?" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 2) No. 81, 1995)
  • "Fetish" (with John Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #26–30, 1997)
  • "The Bouncey Brat Heist" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) No. 42, June 1998)
  • "When the El Breaks" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1099, June 1998)
  • "Vidspex" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) No. 44, August 1998)
  • "Revenge of Trapper Hag" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1165–1166, October 1999)
  • "Shakespeare at War" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #1174, January 2000)
  • "Pumpkin Eater" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #1180–1182, February–March 2000)
  • "Cube Life" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1203, July 2000)
  • "Someone in the House" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1205, August 2000)
  • "Kicking the Habit" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1243, May 2001)
  • "A Tree Grows in Elia Kazan" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD No. 302, July 2002)
  • "Meatmonger " (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #1365–1370, November–December 2003)
• Harlem Heroes : "Cyborg Death Trip" (inks, with writer Michael Fleisher and pencils by Kev Hopgood in 2000 AD #933–939, 1995)
• Witch World : "The Dark Man" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1050–52, 1997)
• Sinister Dexter (with Dan Abnett):
  • "The Mating Game" (in 2000 AD #1066, 1997)
  • "Whack the Dinosaur" (in 2000 AD #1075, 1997)
  • "Dressed to Kill" (in 2000 AD #1078, 1998)
  • "Suddenly, Genghis" (in 2000 AD #1271, 2001)
• Sláine : "The Swan Children" (with Pat Mills, in 2000 AD # 1112–1114, 1998)
• Downlode Tales : "Syn City" (with Dan Abnett in 2000 AD #1127, 1999)
• Pulp Sci-Fi:
  • "Female of the Species" (with Robbie Morrison, in 2000 AD #1149, 1999)
  • "Chronvicts" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1172, 1999)
• Tharg's Future Shocks : "Space Dust" (with Andrew Ness, in 2000 AD #1190, 2000)
• Tales of Telguuth (with Steve Moore):
  • "Music of the Spheres" (in 2000 AD #1193, 2000)
  • "Men of Snakewood" (in 2000 AD #1197, 2000)
  • "The Transfiguration of Tesro Karnik" (in 2000 AD #1227–29, 2001)
  • "The Oscillations of Taramasellion" (in 2000 AD #1235–36, 2001)
  • "The Hunting of the Veks" (in 2000 AD #1249, 2001)
  • "The Vileness of Scromyx" (in 2000 AD #1258–1260, 2001)
  • "The Infinite Return of Varkor Gan" (in 2000 AD # 1263, 2001)
  • "The Atrocities of Pagafruuz Jeel" (in 2000 AD #1283, 2001)
• Kane & Abel (in Front magazine, 2003)
• Far From Faith: Orions Becoming #1 (by Brambletyne Productions, 2006)
• The Manga Bible: Extreme (2007, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN   0-340-91046-1) ^[1]
• The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation (2008, Galilee Trade, ISBN   0-385-52431-5)

Notes

1. Reents, Christine; Melchior, Christoph (2011). Die Geschichte der Kinder- und Schulbibel: evangelisch - katholisch - jüdisch. V&R unipress. p. 563. ISBN   9783899718379.
2. "Welcome to Hachette UK". Group. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. "風俗の嗜み方". www.themangabible.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
4. The Manga Bible – Books Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 29 August 2008.
5. Duelling Manga Bibles – Reviewing the two version ^{[ dead link ]}, Newsarama, 1 March 2008
6. "My Theology".

References

• Siku at Barney
• Siku at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

• Official website
• Siku images on the Folio illustration agency website

Interviews

• 2004 interview with 2000ADReview
• Interview at 3D art website
• Videogame Diary interview