Steve Parkhouse

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Steve Parkhouse
NationalityBritish
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 .

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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

Awards

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

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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