Steve Parkhouse

Steve Parkhouse
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Writer, Artist, Letterer
Pseudonym(s)	Maxwell Stockbridge
Notable works	Night Raven Big Dave Doctor Who The Bojeffries Saga

Steve Parkhouse is a writer, artist and letterer who has worked for many British comics, especially 2000 AD and Doctor Who Magazine .

Biography

Parkhouse has worked in comics since 1967, when he drew the occasional "Power House Pin-Up" of Marvel superheroes for the back covers of Fantastic and Terrific , two British weeklies published by Odhams. In 1969 his first professional writing assignments appeared when he co-wrote two Marvel Comics stories, one starring the jungle lord Ka-Zar in Marvel Super-Heroes No. 19 (March 1969), and the other starring the eponymous superspy in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. No. 12 (May 1969). ^[1] He also contributed a story for Western Gunfighters #4 (February 1970), pencilled by Barry Windsor-Smith

Since then he has worked on a wide range of titles from 2000 AD to Warrior and various Marvel UK titles. In 1982, Parkhouse wrote a comic book adaptation of the Time Bandits film which was drawn by David Lloyd and John Stokes. ^[2]

His work includes "Big Dave" (with Mark Millar and Grant Morrison) in 2000 AD , The Bojeffries Saga with Alan Moore, Night Raven with David Lloyd and various strips in Doctor Who Magazine . He illustrated three Dr. Who episodes in 1982–83.

In 2004 he provided the art for Angel Fire, which was written by Chris Blythe (better known for his colouring work). ^[3] This was published by Shattered Frames, a company they established in the same year to produce British graphic novels. In the same year he also drew writer Joe Casey's miniseries Milkman Murders , published by Dark Horse Comics. Since 2011, he has been working with Peter Hogan on the Dark Horse comic Resident Alien .

Bibliography

• Night Raven (with David Lloyd, Marvel UK, 1979)
• Black Knight (with artists John Stokes and Paul Neary, in Hulk Weekly #1, 3–30, 42–55, 57–63, Marvel UK, 1979–1980)
• Doctor Who :
  • Fourth Doctor (collected in Dragon's Claw, Panini, 164 pages, 2005, ISBN   1-904159-81-8):
    • "The Deal" (with Dave Gibbons, in Doctor Who Magazine #53)
    • "End of the Line" (with Dave Gibbons, in Doctor Who Magazine #54–55)
    • "The Freefall Warriors" (with Dave Gibbons, in Doctor Who Magazine #56–57)
    • "Junkyard Demon" (with Mike McMahon/Adolfo Buylla, in Doctor Who Magazine #58–59)
    • "The Neutron Knights" (with Dave Gibbons, in Doctor Who Magazine #60)
  • Fifth Doctor (collected in The Tides of Time, Panini, 212 pages, 2005, ISBN   1-904159-92-3):
    • "Tides of Time" (with Dave Gibbons, in Doctor Who Magazine #61–67)
    • "Stars fell on Stockbridge" (with Dave Gibbons, in Doctor Who Magazine #68–69)
    • "The Stockbridge Horror" (with Mick Austin, in Doctor Who Magazine #70–75)
    • "Lunar Lagoon" (with Mick Austin, in Doctor Who Magazine #76–77)
    • "4-Dimensional Vistas" (with Mick Austin, in Doctor Who Magazine #78–83)
    • "The Moderator" (with Steve Dillon, in Doctor Who Magazine No. 84 and 86–87)
  • Sixth Doctor (with John Ridgway, collected in Doctor Who: Voyager, Marvel Comics, 100 pages, 1989, ISBN   1-85400-045-4):
    • "The Shape-Shifter" (in Doctor Who Magazine #88–89, 1984)
    • "Voyager" (in Doctor Who Magazine #90–94, 1984)
    • "Polly the Glot" (in Doctor Who Magazine #95–97, 1984)
    • "Once Upon a Time-Lord..." (in Doctor Who Magazine #98–99, 1984)
• The Bojeffries Saga (with Alan Moore, in Warrior No. 12, 13, 19 & 20, 1983–1984; Dalgoda No. 8, Fantagraphics Books, 1986; A1 #1–4, A1 True Life Bikini Confidential, Atomeka Press, 1989–1990; collected edition, Tundra, 1992, ISBN   1-879450-65-8)
• Moonrunners: "Moonrunners" (co-written with Alan McKenzie, with art Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD #591–606, 1988)
• The Spiral Path (script and pencils, with inks by John Ridgway, Warrior #1–12, 1982–1983)
• Big Dave (written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar):
  • "Target Baghdad" (in 2000 AD #842–845, 1993)
  • "Young Dave" (in 2000AD Yearbook 1994, 1993)
  • "Monarchy in the UK" (in 2000 AD #846–849, 1994)
  • "Wotta Lotta Balls" (in 2000 AD #904–907, 1994)
• The Journal of Luke Kirby (with Alan McKenzie):
  • "Sympathy for the Devil" (in 2000 AD #873–877 and #884–888, 1994)
  • "The Old Straight Track" (in 2000 AD #954–963, 1995)
• Sandman: The Dreaming: Beyond the Shores of Night (1999, ISBN   1-85286-904-6)
• Milkman Murders (with Joe Casey, 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, 2004, tpb, 104 pages, 2005, ISBN   1-59307-080-2)
• Angel Fire (with Chris Blythe, graphic novel, Shattered Frames, 112 pages, April 2005, ISBN   0-9549944-0-X, Carlton Books, 192 pages, August 2007, ISBN   1-84442-918-0)
• Sex Pistols: The Graphic Novel (art, with writer Jim McCarthy, graphic novel, 96 pages, Omnibus Press, June 2008, ISBN   1-84609-508-5)
• Resident Alien (with Peter Hogan, Dark Horse Comics, April 2012 - Present)

Awards

1994: Nominated for "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award for The Complete Bojeffries Saga ^[4]

References

1. Steve Parkhouse at Grand Comics Database
2. Friedt, Stephan (July 2016). "Marvel at the Movies: The House of Ideas' Hollywood Adaptations of the 1970s and 1980s". Back Issue! (89). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 65.
3. Blythe and Parkhouse: Angel Fire Archived 23 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Comics Bulletin, 1 November 2004
4. 1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners

External links

• Steve Parkhouse at the Grand Comics Database
• Steve Parkhouse at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )
• Steve Parkhouse at 2000 AD online
• Steve Parkhouse at Dark Horse
• Shattered Frames
• Interview with Parkhouse about his career, 2000 AD Review, 21 November 2004