Siku (comics)

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Siku
BornAjibayo Akinsiku
9 September
Leicester, England
Nationality British/Nigerian
Area(s) Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Pseudonym(s)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 .

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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 freelance illustrator and 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]

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

Notes

  1. 1 2 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 [ permanent dead link ], Newsarama, 1 March 2008

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