John M. Burns

John M. Burns (born 1938) is a comic artist from Essex who has been active in the industry since the 1960s, known for his often beautifully painted art. He began his career working on Junior Express and School Friend, and later drew for TV Century 21 and its sister magazine, Lady Penelope. He went on to draw various newspaper strips for periodicals such as The Sun and the Daily Mirror, including Eartha, The seekers and Modesty Blaise, as well as working for Countdown/TV Action, Look-In and Penthouse Comix. His career really took off, though, when he began to work for 2000 AD, initially on Judge Dredd (which he still contributes to, but has expressed a dislike of) and later on Nikolai Dante and Angel Zero, amongst others. He has also drawn comics adaptations of various classic novels for Classical Comics.