Ian Gibson (20 February 1946 - 11 December 2023; UK)
Ian Gibson made his debut in the British comic fanzines Aspect and Orpheus. In 1973, he worked for House of Hammer and IPC Girl's Comic Group, and did promotional art for various record companies. He began a collaboration with Valiant editor John Wagner, for whom he drew 'Death Wish', some 'Judge Dredd' stories, 'Ace Trucking Co.' and 'Robo-Hunter'.

In the 1980s, he published in the British comics magazine 2000 A.D., where he used the pseudonyms of Emberton and Q. Twerk. With Alan Moore, he worked on 'The Ballad of Halo Jones', and with Alan Grant and John Wagner, he created 'The Chronicles of Genghis Grimtoad' (1990).

Gibson was also present on the US market with 'Mister Miracle' (DC Comics) and 'Meta 4' (First Comics). Since 2000, he is back at 2000AD, with new 'Judge Dredd' and 'Robo-Hunter' stories.

Subsequently he started work on Meta 4, a science fiction/superhero comic written by Stefan Petrucha. This series was cut short when publisher First Comics went out of business. He also worked on several Star Wars titles for Dark Horse Comics.

Gibson's later work in the comic 2000AD consisted of drawing Judge Dredd, Anderson, Psi-Division, I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant, and the revived Robo-Hunter series starring Sam Slade's granddaughter, Samantha. His last published original material for that comic appeared in prog 1576 (March 2008).

In 2023, he finally published the first issue of Lifeboat, which he wrote and illustrated himself, through a crowd-funded project.

He contributed articles and rants to the Den of Geek website about the state of the comics industry.

Gibson died from cancer on 11 December 2023, at the age of 77.
Source: Illustration Art Gallery; Lambiek Comiclopedia; Wikipedia