Colin Wilson

• Born 1949-10-31

Colin Wilson is a New Zealand comic book artist. He is known for his detailed artwork which he used in 2000 AD stories like Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd. Wilson is a comics artist whose work has been acclaimed in America, Britain and most especially in Europe. In 1980, he moved to London and did work for 2000 AD, working on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. After he became noticed for the debut "Raël" outing of his first BD science fiction series Dans L'Ombre du Soleil for French publisher Glénat, Wilson was selected to continue the art for the western series [La jeunesse de Blueberry](app://series/75680) by its original creators Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud in person. Later work for 2000 AD was on features like Rain Dogs (with Gordon Rennie) and Tor Cyan (with John Tomlinson and Kevin Walker). He drew a story for Italian western comics character Tex Willer, written by Claudio Nizzi and published by Sergio Bonelli Editore in 2000. His later works for the US comics market included [Point Blank](app://series/11092), written by Ed Brubaker, and [Star Wars: Invasion](app://series/37846), written by Tom Taylor. In 2008, Wilson made a successful comeback on the Francophone BD market when he was contracted by Casterman to provide the art for the mini-series [Du plomb dans la tête](app://series/54734) (written by Matz), and from 2011 onward by publisher Delcourt to do so likewise for series such as [Wonderball](app://series/122002) and [Nevada](app://series/162738).