Brett Ewins

Brett Ewins (1955 – 16 February 2015) was a British comic book artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper in the weekly anthology comic 2000 AD.

Biography Ewins studied Conceptual Art at Goldsmiths College, where he was also taught fine art by Michael Craig-Martin. Ewins met future collaborator Peter Milligan at Goldsmiths, and left in 1977. In 1980, Ewins held a solo exhibition of his work at Frestonia's Car Breaker Gallery in London, a squat in Ladbroke Grove's Republic of Frestonia. Ewins formed a long-term collaborative partnership with fellow artist Brendan McCarthy who also showed at the Car Breaker Gallery, creating the comic Sometime Stories, which faltered after the first issue leaving the second issue completed but unpublished. On the strength of Sometime Stories, Ewins soon started providing covers for 2000 AD, the first being issue #33 published in October of the same year.

Ewins and McCarthy continued working together on Future Shocks and Judge Dredd, but soon after Ewins began working solo on Rogue Trooper and later Judge Anderson. In 1985 Ewins started working on Bad Company, a sci-war epic, written by Peter Milligan with artwork by Ewins and Jim McCarthy (brother of Brendan).

Brett Ewins did the cover art for the Judgement Day (1986) supplement for Games Workshop's Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game.

Along with Steve Dillon, he started the comic magazine Deadline in 1988, which continued for another seven years. His plan to recover was to create an anthology based on work from friends in the industry like Peter Milligan, Alan Grant and Alan McKenzie, as well as friends like musician Michael White. The volume was finished off with "Machine", a story written by Ewins based on his breakdown. He worked on the stories from 1995 to 2003

In 2011, Air Pirate Press published a biographical retrospective book of Ewins' life and work, The Art of Brett Ewins .

In January 2012 it was reported that he had sustained head injuries during a confrontation with police, in which one policeman received stab wounds. He subsequently appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates Court in February 2012 charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and ultimately spent time in prison. Eclipse Comics, 1985–1986) Bad Company (pencils, with Peter Milligan and inks by Jim McCarthy Secret Origins: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" #23 (with Rick Veitch, DC Comics, February 1988) Mr X Special (with Peter Milligan, one-shot, Vortex Comics, 1990) Animal Man #44 (with Tom Veitch, Vertigo, 1992) The Dark Gate (editor and artist, with Peter Milligan, Alan McKenzie and Alan Grant, 64 pages, Cyberosia Publishing, 2004, )

Awards 1990: Won "Favourite Single or Continued Story US" Eagle Award, for Skreemer