Daredevil comic art page 1 (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 2009
Code: RoyleRoachDD1
This is the unique original Pen & Ink drawing by John Royle, David Roach.
This is the original art used for the UK comic Daredevil (2009). Action work and it is rare that a cover of this quality becomes available. Pencils by John Royle and inks by David Roach.
- Artist BiographyJohn Royle
John Royle has worked as an illustrator for over 20 years, producing artwork for many advertising campaigns, magazine covers / illustrations and Comic books.
" I'm presently Pencilling a series with fan favorite characters, Danger Girl/ G.I.Joe for IDW. First published work was at Marvel Uk and then went on to pencil numerous titles for Marvel USA and DC comics including Wolverine, Excalibur, Star Trek Academy, Ultra Force, Prime and Robin.
I pencilled the series of Indiana Jones Lost Treasures and a number of chapters for comic book adaption of Stan Lee's Alexa book with additional chapters by Dave Gibbons and Dan Jurgens.
I've worked on many titles for Panini/Marvel featuring various Marvel superheroes and the Spectacular Spiderman. " - Artist Biography 2David Roach; UK
David Roach is a British comic book artist and writer based in Wales, United Kingdom. Roach actively illustrates for many companies, including 2000 AD, Panini Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Topps, and the gaming company Wizards of the Coast.
Roach started comic book illustration in the 1980s, self-publishing the Hellfire fanzine. Since 1988 Roach has worked as an inker and penciller for 2000 AD on such titles as Nemesis the Warlock, Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd and Synnamon.
In the 1990s, Roach started producing work for DC Comics, drawing Batman and Demon and inking Challengers of the Unknown. Roach contributed to the Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi.
Roach is associate editor of the U.S. based magazine Comic Book Artist, which is dedicated to the historical representation of comic-book characters. Roach was co-editor of The Warren Companion: The Definitive Compendium to the Great Comics of Warren Publishing (2001) the revised edition of the Slings and Arrows Comics Guide (2003) and The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes (2004).
The Welshman has been an on-off contributor to 2000AD since 1988, as well as regularly working as an inker on the strip features in Doctor Who Magazine.
He comes from a family of academics, and has been developing a parallel career of late as something of a comic book and illustration historian.
Roach has worked as illustrator for consecutive Dungeons & Dragons role playing game book titles for publishers Wizards of the Coast.
Roach's recent work has included working as storyboard artist and penciller of accompanying graphic novel, Hard Choices 'What happened on Algol?', for Ultramarines: The Movie both written by Dan Abnett and released on 29 November 2010.