Will Simpson (comics)
William "Will" Simpson is a Northern Irish comics artist and film and television storyboard and concept artist.
Born in Prehen, County Londonderry, he began his career in British comics in the 1980s, drawing "Big Ben" for Warrior magazine in 1984, Transformers for Marvel UK, work for 2000 AD, including "Judge Dredd" and "Rogue Trooper", in 1987-91, and "Sex Warrior" for Toxic! in 1991. This led to work in American comics in the 1990s, including Hellblazer and Vamps and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight for DC Comics. In the 2000s he moved into film and television, providing storyboards and concept art for films like 24 Hours in London, Reign of Fire, Breakfast on Pluto and City of Ember. From 2011 until 2019 he was a storyboard and concept artist for the HBO TV series Game of Thrones, for which he designed the White Walkers as well as all the show's weapons. A book of his storyboards for the series was published in 2019 by Insight Editions.
Selected works
Comics
- "Cúchulainn"
- Big Ben
- Tharg's Future Shocks:
- * "Nerves of Steel"
- * "The Night Shift"
- * "Monsters!"
- Transformers UK #41, 47, 49, 61-62, 74-77, 80, 85, 88, 96, 100, 103, 114, 117, 130-131, 1986 Annual, 1987 Annual
- Judge Anderson: "Hour of the Wolf"
- Tales of Mega-City One: "Divorce"
- Universal Soldier
- Venus Bluegenes: "The Pleasures of the Flesh"
- Judge Dredd:
- * "The Fall Guy"
- * "A Letter to Judge Dredd"
- * "Tale of the Dead Man"
- * "The Gipper's Big Night"
- * "The Chief Judge’s Man"
- Tyranny Rex: "Soft Bodies"
- Rogue Trooper :
- * "The War Machine Part 1"
- * "The War Machine Part 2"
- * "The War Machine Part 3"
- "Summer's End"
- Sex Warrior :
- * "Crimes of Passion"
- * "The Steroid Factor"
- Hellblazer #41-47, 50, 52-55, 59-61, 75 collected as:
- *Dangerous Habits
- *Bloodlines
- *Damnation's Flame
- Excalibur #52
- Aliens: Rogue
- Animal Man #64-65, with writer Jamie Delano with inks by Dan Steffan
- Vamps
- *Vamps: Hollywood & Vein
- *Vamps: Pumpkin Time
- The Punisher 2099 #14, 27
- Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny #1
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #91-93
- Witch World "The Anatomist"
- "We Meet at Twelve"
Film
- 24 Hours in London
- Puckoon
- Reign of Fire
- You Looking at Me?
- Squaddie
- Nailed
- The Hotel Trade
- How About You
- Closing the Ring
- ''City of Ember''
Television
- ''Game of Thrones''