Ian Gibson

Ian Gibson (20 February 1946 – 11 December 2023) was a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s black-and-white work for 2000 AD, especially as the main artist on Robo-Hunter and The Ballad of Halo Jones, as well as his long run on Judge Dredd.

Biography Gibson's imaginative cartoonish, and intricately detailed style (especially in black and white strips) lent itself well to humorous strips, such as Robo-Hunter, although his work on the Alan Moore-penned The Ballad of Halo Jones showed that he was capable of telling a serious story.

Gibson's first published work in the United States appeared in Green Lantern Corps #214–216 (July–Sept. 1987) which were written by Steve Englehart. He collaborated with Englehart again a short time later on the Millennium limited series in January and February 1988. In a 2022 interview, Gibson called the series "stupid shit". Gibson made a good name for himself drawing Mister Miracle for DC Comics in 1989 and 1990. Subsequently he started work on Meta 4, a science fiction/superhero comic written by Stefan Petrucha. This series was cut short when publisher First Comics went out of business. He also worked on several Star Wars titles for Dark Horse Comics.

Gibson's later work in the comic 2000AD consisted of drawing Judge Dredd, Anderson, Psi-Division, I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant, and the revived Robo-Hunter series starring Sam Slade's granddaughter, Samantha. His last published original material for that comic appeared in prog 1576 (March 2008).

In 2023, he finally published the first issue of Lifeboat, which he wrote and illustrated himself, through a crowd-funded project.

He contributed articles and rants to the Den of Geek website about the state of the comics industry.

Gibson died from cancer on 11 December 2023, at the age of 77.