Paul Johnson (comics)


Paul Johnson is a British comic book artist.

Biography

Paul Johnson orbited the peripheries of the British comic book industry in the early 1980s, self-publishing and appearing in short-lived publications such as Pssst! and Escape. His first major comics work was the graphic novel London's Dark but he came to international attention when he painted the art on The Road to Nowhere, the fourth and final chapter of The Books of Magic mini-series, written by Neil Gaiman and released by DC/Vertigo in 1993.
Johnson worked abroad for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics before working in Britain's home-grown industry for Crisis, 2000 AD, and the Eaglemoss publication Spinechillers.
In 2000 Johnson was awarded a grant by the Arts Council of Great Britain to run a series of comic book workshops with Ed Hillyer at Great Ormond Street Hospital, resulting in the publication of Hospitales, which was distributed free of charge in hospitals across the UK.
In addition to his interest in comics, Johnson wrote regularly for the IPC music magazine Uncut from 1999 to 2004.
Influenced by the work of European comics artists such as Moebius, Hugo Pratt, Alberto Breccia and Lorenzo Mattotti, Johnson struggled to find work that interested him as most commercial publishers failed to make the jump from producing superhero comics to the more esoteric genres of their continental counterparts.
Disillusioned with the opportunities available to him, Johnson retrained as an acupuncturist and herbalist. He is now in private practice and lectures regularly at LCTA, England's largest college dedicated to teaching Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is the chief presenter on How To Locate Acupuncture Points - The Definitive DVD, released in 2008.

Escape Publishing

  • London's Dark
  • "Bomber's Tears"

Marvel Comics

  • Interface #1-#6
  • Jihad #1-#2
  • End paper illustrations in Clive Barker's Hellraiser #13, Epic 1992
  • "Death, Where is Thy Sting?"
  • Children of the Voyager #1-#4
  • "Children of the Voyager: Epilog" in Marvel Frontier Comics Special #1
  • Behold, The Man Thing Parts 1-4 The Birth of Him illustration in Marvel Comics Portraits of a Universe Book 2, April 1995Death of Electra illustration in Marvel Comics Portraits of a Universe Book 3, May 1995

DC Comics

Dark Horse Comics

Fleetway

  • Tharg's Future Shocks: "Red Giant"
  • Tharg's Terror Tales:
  • * "The Succubus"
  • * "The Operatives"
  • * "The Devil you know"
  • Judge Dredd:
  • * "Flashback 2099: The Return of Rico"
  • * "Family Feud"
  • Janus: Psi Division:
  • * "House of Sighs"
  • * "A New Star"
  • * "Faustus"
  • Vector 13:
  • * "Case One: Extraction Point"
  • * "Case Eleven: Imaginary Friend"
  • * "Case Eight: Midnight Rambler"
  • Witch World: "Wolfshead"
  • Sinister Dexter :
  • * "Luck of the Irish"
  • * "60 Seconds"
  • * "Long to rain over us"
  • * "Tan Lines"
  • * "Slay Per View"
  • * "Death is a Lonely Donegan"
  • * "Observations"
  • * "Fear and Clothing"
  • Downlode Tales: "The Ass Kickers"
  • Tales of Telguuth :
  • * "Talking Heads"
  • * "To Become a God"
  • * "The Conqueror Wummb" 2000 AD covers
  • *Finn #927
  • *Brigand Doom #932, 1995
  • *Judge Dredd #939, 1995
  • *Rico Dredd #951, 1995
  • *Janus: Psi Division #984, 1996
  • *Black Light #1005, 1996
  • *Vector 13 #1023, 1997
  • *Janus Psi Division #1027, 1997
  • *Witchworld #1060, 1997
  • *Character Montage Wraparound Winter Special, 1994

Eaglemoss Publications

  • The Spinechiller Collection #1
  • The Spinechiller Collection #2
  • The Spinechiller Collection #3
  • The Spinechiller Collection #5
  • The Spinechiller Collection #7
  • The Spinechiller Collection #8
  • The Spinechiller Collection #10
  • The Spinechiller Collection #12
  • The Spinechiller Collection #15
  • The Spinechiller Collection #16
  • The Spinechiller Collection #18
  • The Spinechiller Collection #20
  • The Spinechiller Collection #21
  • The Spinechiller Collection #23
  • The Spinechiller Collection #24
  • The Spinechiller Collection #26
  • The Spinechiller Collection #27
  • The Spinechiller Collection #31
  • The Spinechiller Collection #35
  • The Spinechiller Collection #46
  • The Spinechiller Collection #49
  • The Spinechiller Collection #50
  • The Spinechiller Collection #51
  • The Spinechiller Collection #53
  • The Spinechiller Collection #54
  • The Spinechiller Collection #55
  • The Spinechiller Collection #57
  • The Spinechiller Collection #59
  • The Spinechiller Collection #60

Card games

Paul Johnson was one of the contributing artists for Dredd: The Card Game, a collectible card game released by Round Table Productions back in 1999. He created the art for the following cards:
  • Fellow Judge
  • I Know My Duty
  • Judge Egmont
  • Judge Souster
  • Kevin O'Neill
  • Ricochet Rounds
  • Shuggy Hall
  • Spot Check
  • Umpty Bagging
Other trading card sets by Johnson include:
  • Aliens
  • ''Vertigo''