Jim McCarthy (comics)


Jim McCarthy is a British writer and artist. He worked on the comic Bad Company in 2000 AD before going on to write a number of graphic novels based on musicians, as well as becoming a music journalist.
He is the brother of Brendan McCarthy.
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Biography

Jim McCarthy studied art at Ealing College, leaving in 1975 and working as an artist in Europe for three years. Travelling to Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and various parts of the UK.
Jim produced graphics and cartoons for industry practices for a period of over three years.
He started at 2000 AD in 1977 and 1978 on Tharg's Future Shocks, sharing art duties with Brett Ewins, a partnership that would continue on his return in 1986 for their long run on Bad Company with Peter Milligan.
He would work solo with Milligan, again, on their occult detective series Bix Barton, and McCarthy would work steadily at 2000 AD throughout this period until 1996, briefly returning in 2001 and 2002 to draw more Future Shocks.
McCarthy would return to comics full-time in 2003 writing the first of a number of biographical graphic novels, including Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic, that was re-released in digest form in 2011, and Sex Pistols: The Graphic Novel. The NME reported that the former "had proved both controversial and commercially successful. Beaumont received death threats from irate fans before Godspeed was even published".
He also writes about music, his first piece was about Jah Wobble whom he met when they were both in rehab, and he has since gone on to write a book on Latin rock.
In 2004 he wrote The Voices Of Latin Rock, a book dealing with the Mission District in San Francisco, and the fusion of Latin, salsa and rock for over 30 years.
I have authored numerous graphic novels and created comic graphic artwork being published in both the US and UK markets.
Subsequently, my work has been translated and published in Russia, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Norway, Italy, Poland, France, Croatia, Germany, Argentina and Japan.

Comics

  • Tharg's Future Shocks:
  • * "Robot Repairs"
  • * "Stasis"
  • * "Casualty"
  • * "Cultural Exchange"
  • * "The Birthday"
  • * "Headhunter"
  • * "His Master's Voice" Bad Company :
  • * Goodbye, Krool World collects:
  • ** "Bad Company"
  • ** "The Bewilderness"
  • ** "The Krool Heart"
  • * Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 4 No. 15 reprints:
  • ** "Young Men Marching"
  • ** "Ararat"
  • * Kano collects:
  • ** "Kano"
  • ** "Down Among the Dead Men"
  • ** "Bad Company 2002"
  • Hellblazer No. 7
  • "The Geek" Zenith: "Mandala: Shadows & Reflections"
  • Bix Barton :
  • * "Barton's Beasts"
  • * "The Indigestible Case of the Haunted Full English"
  • * "The Disproportionate Man"
  • * "Carry On Barton"
  • * "Lovesick World"
  • * "Bloated Case of the Fatted Keef"
  • * "The Mouth Thief"
  • * "The Crying Scotsman"
  • * "Nigel the Napoleon of East Finchley"
  • Animal Man No. 44
  • Rogue Trooper
  • The Grudge-Father:
  • * "The Grudgefather"
  • * "Skin Games" Kid Cyborg
Graphic novels
Foreign Rights Editions*******
  • Godspeed: Une vie de Kurt Cobain. Flammarion Books, 2004.
  • Godspeed The Kurt Cobain Graphic: Andante: Robinbook Editiones. 2004.
  • Eminem - In My Skin. Andante: Robinbook Editiones. 2004.
  • Eminem - En Mi Piel Paperback.2005.
  • Godspeed The Kurt Cobain Graphic: Swarskopf & Swarskopf. 2005.
  • Eminem: Dans ma peau. City Editions. Paperback. 2005.
  • 2PAC Shakur - Death Rap: Sein Leben als Comic Hardcover. 2006.
  • Kurt Cobain El Angel Erraco / Rock Star Biographies: Paperback. 2006.
  • Guns and Roses / Tutta La Storia - A Fumetti! 2015.
  • Como disegnare Mostri. Il Castillo. 2014.
  • Como dibujar Monstrous. Edicione DRAC - 2018.
  • Metallica. Novela Grafica. Redbook Ediciones 2017.
  • Ramones. Novela Grafica. Redbook Ediciones 2018.
  • Guns and Roses. Novela grafica. Redbook Ediciones 2018.
  • Ramones. Graphic Novel. E/P/A Editiones. 2018.
  • Bob Marley. Wake Up and Live. E/P/A Editiones. 2018.
  • Bob Marley. Wake Up and Live. Redbook Ediciones. 2018.
  • Sex Pistols. La Novela Grafica. Redbook Ediciones. 2019.
  • Keith Moon. La Novela Grafica. Redbook Ediciones. 2019.
  • Godspeed. The Kurt Cobain Graphic.Redbook Ediciones 2020.
  • Novelas Gráficas del Rock: Metallica, Guns N' Roses Y Ramones. Non Troppo: Spain. 2021.

Books

  • Voices of Latin Rock: The People and Events That Created This Sound
  • How To Draw Monsters For Kids 2012.
  • How To Draw Fantasy Creatures 2015.
  • 2000AD Creator Interviews. 2015.
  • Voices Of Latin Rock. The E-Mix. 2017.
  • iPhone Images - Volume One 2019.
  • iPhone Images - Volume Two 2019.
  • Digital Heart 2019.
  • Sketch One. 2019.
  • Sketch Two 2019.
  • Lenny Wirral: Deptford Cowboys. 2019.
  • Trapped in Roseland - An Aortic Romance 2020.
  • Nobody Loves Jesus Anymore 2020.
  • Ditko Volume One. Dark Triad. 2020.
  • Ditko Volume Two. The Psychomantheum. 2020.
  • Ditko Volume Three. Red Rains Leviathan. 2020.
  • HEERO. Graphella One.2020.
  • HEERO. Graphella Two.2020.
  • HEERO. Graphella Three.2020.
  • The 12 Steps. Recovery from Addiction. 2020.
  • The Narcissist. 2020.
  • ADHD: Addiction and Me. 2020.
  • Flowers In The Rain: The Untold Story of The Move. Foreword by Paul Weller. 2024.