Greg Staples

Greg Staples, whose website is here, is a British comics artist who was born on May 27th 1970 and is not dead yet. Apparently he was "discovered by Simon Bisley," which makes him sound like he was raised by wolves and knows the language of the animals, or something. That wouldn't be the greatest preparation for a life of painting and drawing (wolves are notoriously bad artists), but it would be pretty cool. Anyway, Staples has done lots of impressive work for 2000 AD, including Judge Dredd (with Garth Ennis and John Wagner), Brigand Doom (with John Tomlinson), Tharg's Terror Tales (with Mark Millar), Sláine (with Pat Mills), The Clown (with Igor Goldkind), Sinister Dexter (with Dan Abnett) and Tales of Telguuth'' (with Steve Moore). Pictured is his widely-acclaimed cover for 2000 AD's landmark 1900th issue.