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Liam Sharp
Liam Sharp
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Artist, writer, publisher
Pseudonym(s)Liam Roger McCormack-Sharp
Ralph Raims (anagram)
Roger M. Cormack
Notable works
Death's Head II
Event Horizon
Testament

Liam Roger Sharp (born May 2, 1968) is a British comic book artist, writer and publisher. He loves to read, watch movies, and occasionally indulges himself as an amateur musician and some-time rock frontman.

Liam Sharp was born in Derby at St. Mary's Hospital to parents Roger and Linda Sharp. He has a younger sister, Kerry, and younger brother, Rien. He went to School at Brackensdale Junior then infants school, before moving to Allestree Lawn Junior school because of his parents work. At the suggestion of his teachers he was advised to meet with the Gifted Children's Society, who in turn advised St. Andrew's Prep School in Meads, Eastbourne, to take Sharp on and establish their first Art Scholarship. He then went on to win the first Art Scholarship to Eastbourne College, where he stayed until his A Levels. At 17 Sharp fatefully met Don Lawrence via a mutual friend, and opted against going to university in order to become Don's apprentice and follow his dream.

He now lives back in Derby, East Midlands with his wife Christina, and three children, Matylda, Lorcan and Jeff.

Biography

Sharp made his debut in the 1980s for the famous science-fiction magazine 2000 AD after a year's apprenticeship with the legendary Don Lawrence, artist on the seminal Dutch comic Storm. His works included many Judge Dredd stories, the origin of Finn, ABC Warriors series and one of Tharg's Future Shocks. Sharp's fame increased markedly when he moved to Marvel UK, for which he drew the famous mini-series Death's Head II.[1] Thereafter he began working mainly in the United States on books as diverse as X-Men, Hulk, Spider-Man, Venom, Man-Thing (for Marvel Comics), Superman, Batman for DC Comics, and Spawn: The Dark Ages for Todd McFarlane.

Sharp has also worked on more mature themed books for Verotik, doing GOTH, Jaguar God and Frank Frazetta's "The Death Dealer". He briefly worked on a strip originated by Stan Winston called 'Realm of the Claw'. Later he co-created the Wildstorm series The Possessed with writer Geoff Johns,[2] and a strip for Heavy Metal magazine, entitled "A-crazy-A" featuring Playboy model Tiffany Taylor - for which he provided the art and script. Likewise for a short story in Vampirella magazine called "Winter Rose".

In 2004 Sharp set up his own publishing company, Mam Tor Publishing, with wife Christina McCormack to publish the artbook Sharpenings: the Art of Liam Sharp.[3]

After the early success with this, Sharp saw a hole in the comic book market for alternative independent comics, and together with designer Tom Muller and friend John Bamber set out to expand the company to start publishing more work. This saw the launch of the critically acclaimed and award -winning[4] anthology, Mam Tor: Event Horizon. Event Horizon features art by Glenn Fabry, Brian Holguin, Ashley Wood, Simon Bisley, Alan Grant, Steve Niles, Emma Simcock-Tooth, Ali Powers, Kev Crossley, Lee Carter and Dave Kendall.[3]

Sharp went on to illustrate the controversial and critically well-received DC Vertigo comic Testament written by Douglas Rushkoff,[5][6] and the Countdown-related title, Lord Havok and The Extremists with writer Frank Tieri.[7] He is now providing the art for the Wildstorm title based on the video game Gears of War.[8][9]

Mam Tor and the advertising agency Mother produced a free sixteen page comic given away from with Time Out for which Sharp was the art director, as well s providing the art for a story in the first two issues as well as the cover for the first issue.[10][11]

In September 2008 he signed an exclusive deal with DC.[12]

Sharp has also written the novel God Killers.[13]

Sharp is involved with a UK Midland-based art movement Beardism, certain elements of which are similar to Dadaism. The practitioners are required to wear beards, though this can be interpreted as symbolic. A recent exhibition was held in the Crompton Arms, a Derby public house and alternative art gallery, featuring the work of Sharp, Ali Pow3rs, Adam Dutton and Chris Tree.

Works

Comics

  • Judge Dredd:
    • The Complete PJ Maybe (September 2006, ISBN 1904265960) collects:
      • "Bug" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #534, 1987)
      • "PJ Maybe, Age 13" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #592-594, 1988)
      • "The Further Adventures of PJ Maybe" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #599, 1988)
      • "The Confeshuns of PJ Maybe" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #632-634, 1989)
    • "Corporal Punishment" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #542, 1987)
    • "Killcraze" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #543-544, 1987)
    • "Skeet and the Wrecking Crew" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #575-576, 1988)
    • "Playaday" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #642, 1989)
    • "The Confessions of P. J. Maybe, Age 14" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd #48, 1990)
  • Bodycount (with various artists, Marvel UK, 1993)
  • Avengers Strikefile (with Robert Harras, one-shot, Marvel Comics, 1994)
  • Death's Head Gold (script and pencils, Marvel UK)
  • "The Double" (with J. M. DeMatteis and inks by Robin Riggs, Marvel Comics, October 1994) in:
    • Web of Spider-Man #117
    • The Amazing Spider-Man #394
    • Spider-Man #51
    • The Spectacular Spider-Man #217
  • Finn: "Origins of Finn" (with Pat Mills, in 2000 AD #924-927, 1995)
  • Satanika (with various artists, Marvel Comics, 1995)
  • Spider-Man: The Jackal Files (with various artists, Marvel Comics, 1995)
  • "Destroyer Of Worlds"/"The End Of All Things! " (with J. M. DeMatteis, in Strange Tales #1-2, Marvel Comics, 1998)
  • Peter Parker Spider-Man Annual '99 (with J. M. DeMatteis, Marvel Comics, 1999)
  • ABC Warriors:"The Clone Cowboys" (with Pat Mills, in 2000 AD #1237-1239, April 2001, collected in The Third Element, October 2008, ISBN 1905437803)
  • "Winter Rose" (script and art, in Vampirella Comics Magazine #10, 2005)
  • Event Horizon (#1, May 2005, 140 pages, ISBN 0954999800, #2, November 2005, 208 pages, ISBN 0954999819, Mam Tor Publishing):
    • "Fucking Savages" (art, with writer Steve Niles, in Event Horizon #1-2)
    • "Machivarius Point: Avatar" (script, as Roger M. Cormack, with art by Edmund Bagwell, in Event Horizon #1-2)
    • "The True Adventures of Jed Lightsear, Space Pirate!" (script, as Ralph Raims, with art by Edmund Bagwell, in Event Horizon #1-2)
    • "Necromachia" (script, with art by Lee Carter, in Event Horizon #1-2)[15]
    • "Dustbowl" (script, as Roger M. Cormack, with art by Rob Randle, in Event Horizon #2)
    • "Lap of the Gods" (script and art, in Event Horizon #2)
  • "On The Way To The Front" (with China Miéville, in Looking for Jake, 352 pages, Macmillan, pages 213-225, hardback, September 2005, ISBN 1405048301, paperback, 2005, ISBN 1405052325, Pan, paperback, 2006, ISBN 0330434187)
  • Testament #1–5, 8–11, 14–17, 20–24 (with writer Douglas Rushkoff, Vertigo, 2006-2008):
    • Akedah (collects Testament #1–5, July 2006, ISBN 1-4012-10632)[16]
    • West of Eden (collects Testament #6–10, January 2007, ISBN 1-4012-12018)[17]
    • Babel (collects Testament #11–16, November 2007, ISBN 1-4012-14967)[18]
    • Exodus (collects Testament ##17–22, August 2008, ISBN 1-4012-18113)[19]
  • Four Feet From a Rat (with Mother):
    • "The Crane Gods" (in Four Feet From a Rat #1, March 2008)
    • "A Pocketful of Posies" (in Four Feet From a Rat #2, July 2008)[21]

Advertising

  • Diet Coke advert for Mother (London) Advertising Ltd. Super woman art with Duffy and two other models superimposed used on billboards in european campaign.

Books

  • Sharpenings: the Art of Liam Sharp (artbook, 2004)
  • God Killers: Machivarius Point and Other Tales (novel, 2008, ISBN 095499986X)

Film and television

Design work for television and film include:

Notes

  1. ^ Death's Head II at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
  2. ^ Who You Gonna Call?: Liam Sharp on 'The Possessed', Comic Book Resources, June 19, 2003
  3. ^ a b Liam Sharp Launches Mam Tor & Event Horison, Newsarama, December 14, 2004
  4. ^ Sci-Fi London Award
  5. ^ Crossing The Pond: Liam Sharp talks "Testament," "Red Sonja" and "Event Horizon", Comic Book Resources, October 7, 2005
  6. ^ Liam Sharp on Testament, Newsarama, August 3, 2008
  7. ^ Liam Sharp & Mike Marts talk Lord Havok, Newsarama, October 16, 2007
  8. ^ Ortega & Sharp on Gears of War Comic, Newsarama, July 24, 2008
  9. ^ Sharp's Exclusive Gears of War Comic News, Comicon, August 11, 2008
  10. ^ Four Feet From a Rat
  11. ^ Mam Tor & Mother Take Time Out With 'Four Feet From a Rat', Newsarama, March 24, 2008
  12. ^ Liam Sharp on His DC Exclusive, Newsarama, September 9, 2008
  13. ^ God Killers at Mam Tor
  14. ^ The Possessed trade details at DC Comics.com
  15. ^ Necromachia, Mam Tor
  16. ^ Testament: Akedah trade details at DC Comics.com
  17. ^ Testament: West of Eden trade details at DC Comics.com
  18. ^ Testament: Babel trade details at DC Comics.com
  19. ^ Testament: Exodus trade details at DC Comics.com
  20. ^ Countdown Presents: Lord Havok and The Extremists trade details at DC Comics.com
  21. ^ Four Feet From a Rat #2, Mam Tor

References

Interviews


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