By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 10/7/2015
by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson David Lloyd is known for his innovative creativity drawing V for Vendetta along with writer Alan Moore. David’s use of the Guy Fawkes mask for the main character has become a political archetype that has gone far beyond the comic. In person David is a lovely man who is passionate about his art. It’s […]
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 8/7/2012
Yet ANOTHER creator owned digital anthology project, this one spearheaded by artist David Lloyd (V for Vendetta). Details of Aces Weekly have now been revealed. The impressive list of contributors includes:
David Lloyd, Kyle Baker, Mark Wheatley, JC Vaughn, John McCrea, Phil Hester, David Hitchcock, Steve Bissette, Dan Christensen, Yishan Li, Algesiras, Alain Mauricet, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Billy Tucci, Mindy McPeak, Kathryn Layno, Kev Hopgood, Ferg Handley, Lew Stringer, David Leach, Carl Critchlow, Colleen Doran, Shaky Kane, Dave Hine, Hunt Emerson, Dylan Teague, Marc Hempel, Paul Maybury, Phil Elliott, Esteban Hernandez, Mychailo Kazybrid, Ben Dickson, Gavin Mitchell, Henry Flint and more. The website has yet to go live, but editor Bambos Georgiou has been talking:
“Most comic companies use creators to make money for the company, this company has been set up to make money for the creators,” he adds. “The whole project has been funded by David Lloyd, who has commissioned the web site. This time readers will know their money is going direct to the creators.”
Aces Weekly joins Thrillbent, Madefire, Monkeybrain, Artist Alley and several other recently launched original creator owned digital anthologies or comics imprints.
We’d call that a trend.
By: Eric Orchard,
on 3/8/2009
Another amazing thing I got in New York is this beautiful sketch of V from V for Vendetta by the brilliant David Lloyd.Mr Lloyd's work is breathtaking, expressive and haunting and kinetic. I can still remember sitting in my friend Evan's basement in high school discovering this book for the first time. It really blew me away and is still one of my favorite books written by Alan Moore. It's also extremely relavant being an exploration of terrorism and democracy and human rights.
A correction: Famous Funnies was published by Maxwell Gaines. William Gaines was his son, who took over EC after his death (and was, of course, a major pioneer in his own right).