Balls and grit and damage – Bisley on 35 years and his legacy…
Comic Book Resources have a really rather good interview in which Simon reflects on 35 years of 2000AD as well as his history and influence…
Many artists were just Simon Bisley rip-offs in the late ’80s and early ’90s. How would you describe your own style and how do you feel about being so influential as an artist?
I think you can see the influence now, in modern computer games, really. I think that what I put in was sort of grit. Balls and grit and damage. Instead of everybody looking so nice all the time, I actually put damage on people’s shoulder pads and scars and cuts and shit. I was a bit surprised how quickly and suddenly I was emulated and copied. I think it was all about my style being very powerful and immediate and it was very easy to read and to copy. It wasn’t very complicated.
