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John Bolton (born 23 May 1951, in London, England) is a British comic book artist and illustrator most known for his dense, painted style, which often verges on photorealism. He was one of the first British artists to come to work in the American comics industry,〔Arndt, Richard J. ("A 2005 Interview with Steve Bissette about Bizarre Adventures!" ) Enjolrasworld.com: Marvel’s Black & White Horror Magazines Checklist. Accessed 8 May 2013.〕 a phenomenon which took root in the late 1980s and has since become standard practice. ==Biography== Bolton's introduction to comics came about quite casually after he graduated from East Ham Technical College (whose former alumni include Gerald Scarfe, Barry Windsor-Smith and Ralph Steadman) with a degree in graphics and design. His first works in Great Britain were for magazines like ''Look In'' (alongside other British talents such as Arthur Ranson, Angus P. Allan and Jim Baikie), ''The House of Hammer'' and ''Warrior'' (edited by Dez Skinn). In 1981 Marvel Comics' editor Ralph Macchio noticed his work and called him to work for an adaptation of Kull of Valusia for Epic Comics. After illustrating two Kull stories, Bolton began working on the historical-fantasy character Marada, written by Chris Claremont (author of X-Men). This was published by ''Epic Illustrated'' one year later. After another fantasy series, ''Black Dragon'' (1985), the duo Claremont & Bolton produced some short stories about X-Men's lives for ''X-Men Classic''. This represented the first introduction of Bolton to the world of superheroes. In this period Bolton worked on covers for Eclipse and Pacific publishers, and on the graphic novel ''Someplace Strange'', written by Ann Nocenti (1988). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Bolton (illustrator)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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