Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce the upcoming
2014 release of The Art of Jock, a hardcover retrospective celebrating the
entire career of talented British illustrator, Jock (Hellblazer: Pandemonium,
Savage Wolverine). The latest in
Dynamite's line of bestselling art books honoring such notables as Alex Ross,
Sean Phillips, and Howard Chaykin (to name a few), The Art of Jock will include
hundreds of gorgeous illustrations from his years as an artist for comic books,
film, and more.
"When Nick at Dynamite approached me with the idea
of publishing an art book, I felt honoured to be given the chance to put
together the first comprehensive look at the work of my career so far,"
says Jock. "It will include
drawings and paintings from all of my comics projects from over the last ten
years, including many sketches and unseen material, plus concept art and
extensive promotional images from the various movies and posters I've worked
on. The quality of the books I've seen from Dynamite has been
second-to-none, so I'm thrilled to have a home there for this
retrospective."
Jock is the award-winning British artist renowned for his
edgy and dynamic style and gritty design aesthetic. He leapt to fame with his work on Judge Dredd
for 2000AD, before collaborating with then-editor Andy Diggle on the futuristic
crime caper Lenny Zero. This swiftly led
to Jock being voted Best Newcomer at the National Comics Awards in 2001. In the decade since then, Jock has provided
commercial art and graphic design for numerous internationally renowned clients
including Pontiac, Sony, British Airways, Saatchi & Saatchi, Nintendo,
Criterion, the NBA and the BBC. He has
worked for every major Hollywood studio including Disney, Paramount, Universal,
Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures, producing key art, concept design, and
promotional imagery for Batman Begins, Hancock, Children of Men, Hanna, and
Iron Man 3, as well as the big-screen adaptations of Dune, Dredd, and
Battleship. He created in-game artwork
for Army of Two: The 40th Day for EA Games, as well as cover art for Ubisoft's
popular Driver franchise.
In comics, Jock is best known for co-creating the New
York Times bestselling graphic novel series The Losers with Andy Diggle. His character designs were followed closely
in the feature film adaptation, and his original art was integrated into
on-screen transitions and the animated credits sequence. Jock's promotional poster for The Losers was
voted one of the Top 10 movie posters of 2010 by MTV. Previous work includes the original graphic
novel Hellblazer: Pandemonium for DC Comics/Vertigo. His stunning covers for numerous titles
including X-Men, Daredevil, and Scalped led to his being nominated as Best
Cover Artist at the Eisner Awards. Jock
and writer Scott Snyder recently won the Stan Lee Award for Best Series for
their work on Batman: The Black Mirror.
He is currently working with actor and comedian Peter Serafinowicz on an
original comic-book project, continuing to produce officially licensed screen
prints for boutique poster company Mondo, and writing and drawing his first
miniseries for Marvel Comics, Savage Wolverine.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he now lives and works in Devon.
Nick Barrucci, CEO and Publisher of Dynamite, says,
"Jock is a modern legend, one of the most highly sought-after comic book
artists of his -- or any -- generation.
His design sense trembles the very walls of human perception; it
challenges us to shake off the societal programming that comic art is mere
commercial art, and raises it to a higher level and standard. We are damn proud to welcome Jock as the
latest addition to our line of high-end art books."
The Art of Jock will be solicited in Diamond Comic
Distributors' Previews catalog, the premiere source of merchandise for the comic
book specialty market, and slated for release in 2014. Comic book fans are encouraged to reserve
copies of The Art of Jock with their local comic book shop or hobby specialty
store.
