Jock (b. 1972)

Born: 1972 September 24 in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Biography:

Jock is a Scottish cartoonist, best known for his work in 2000 AD, The Losers, Batman and Wolverine.

Jock began his professional career at British comics magazine 2000 AD, on series including Judge Dredd and Lenny Zero, the latter with writer Andy Diggle. It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint, working on The Losers and Green Arrow: Year One. Following his run on Green Arrow he got more work on main DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on Detective Comics from 2010, the first featuring Batwoman and the second Batman. With Scott Snyder, he worked on The Batman Who Laughs (DC, 2019 series) in 2019. He started to write and draw with the mini-series Batman: One Dark Knight (DC, 2022 series) at DC and Gone (DSTLRY, 2023 series) at DSTLRY.

Jock is also a prolific cover artist with a distinctive style – he has produced covers for several titles across all major publishers.

Name:

Other Names:

  1. Mark Simpson Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Mark Family name: Simpson
  2. Джок Type: Pen Name
  3. Марк Симпсън - "Джок"
  4. Марк Симпсън Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Марк Family name: Симпсън

Signatures:

  1. J. [generic]
  2. Jock [generic]
  3. Jock
  4. Jock


Awards:

  1. 2001: National Comics Awards - Best New Talent
  2. 2001: National Book Awards (UK) - Winning Streak Award for Best New Talent
  3. 2022: Inkpot Award - [no name]

Awards for Issues:

  1. 2011: Harvey Award - Best Anthology
    Popgun (2007 series) #4
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