Can we just take a minute and talk about Simon Bisley?
Nathan Bean wrote a pretty cool piece about his first experiences with Simon’s art over on his blog at corehammer.com – my favourite excerpts follow here, but you should definitely check out the full article.
The ABC Warriors was Simons first work for 2000 AD and it felt like someone had driven an ice pick into the front of my skull and ripped my pineal gland wide open…
Slaine: The Horned God truly has to be seen to be believed. Fully painted colour pages, very different in execution to his stark black & white ink work on ABC Warriors. He captures all the meat and gristle of this pagan epic in a truly visecral style that succeeds in both taking your breath away and horrifying the reader at the same time. The Horned God is a timeless and hauntingly beautiful fantasy work that still stands up to scrutiny some twenty plus years on…
Thanks to Nathan for sharing your story. 🙂