{{short description|British comic book artist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{for|the film and television director|Richard Mark Elson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox comics creator | image = Richard Elson.jpg | imagesize = 120 | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1962}} | birth_place = | death_place = | nationality = british | cartoonist = | write = | art = | pencil = y | ink = y | edit = | publish = | letter = | color = y | alias = | notable works = ''[[Atavar]]''<br />''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' | awards = | website = }} '''Richard Elson''' (born 1962) is a [[British people|British]] [[comic book]] [[artist]] best known for his work on ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'', ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'' and ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]''.

==Biography==

Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over sixteen years experience as an artist and illustrator.

His versatility has found a wide variety of outlets in a career that has included extended runs on ''Sonic the Comic'' and Britain's premier science-fiction [[comics anthology|anthology]] ''2000 AD''. He has contributed to many of the comics published in the UK over recent years, including ''[[The Beano]]'' (drawing [[Billy The Cat]] in 2003, and also [[Tim Traveller]] in that year's ''[[The Beano Annual]]''), ''Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles'', ''Toxic Crusaders''<ref name=ospreybio>{{cite web|url=http://www.ospreypublishing.com/authors/Richard_Elson|title=Osprey Publishing - Military History Books - Author Profile: Richard Elson|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|accessdate=13 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202003344/http://www.ospreypublishing.com/authors/Richard_Elson|archivedate=2 December 2011}}</ref> and [[Panini Comics]]' UK title ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man#UK title|Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures]]''.

His first [[Marvel Comics]] work was ''[[Marvel Zombies Return]]: [[Hulk]]'', with ''[[Pride and Prejudice and Zombies]]'' [[Seth Grahame-Smith]].<ref name=newsaramamzreturn>{{cite web |first=Troy |last=Brownfield |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060922-MArvelZombies05.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624221245/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060922-MArvelZombies05.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2009 |title=The Zombies - This Time, With Literate Roots |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=June 22, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-23}}</ref> He subsequently illustrated issues of ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]'' and ''[[Journey Into Mystery]]'' during [[Kieron Gillen]]'s run writing the titles, and is currently the launch artist on a new series of ''[[Morbius|Morbius, the Living Vampire]]''.

He has also worked for computer games companies, toy manufacturers and UK television show ''This Morning''.<ref name=ospreybio />

===Personal life=== Elson lives in the UK, with his wife and two children, in the cathedral city of Worcester.<ref name=ospreybio />

==Bibliography== Comic work includes:

*''[[Future Shocks|Tharg's Future Shocks]]'': ** "Care" (with [[Alan McKenzie]], in ''2000AD'' #568, 1988) ** "Accident" (with Larry Watson, in ''2000AD'' #608, 1989) ** "Spare Parts" (with [[Simon Spurrier]], in ''2000AD'' #1267, 2001) * ''[[Shadows (comics)|Shadows]]'' (with [[Peter Milligan]], in ''2000 AD'' #672-681, 1990) *''[[Tharg's Time Twisters]]'': "Wraggs to Riches" (with [[Lawrence Miles]], in ''2000 AD'' #722, 1991) * ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'': "Sonic" in #7-10, 18, 19, 21–28, 33–38, 45, 47–53, 59–72, 75–78, 80–82, 84–87, 89, 90, 94, 95, 97–100, 102, 104–106, 108–111, 113–119, 121–132, 134–138, 140–141, 143–147, 149–154, 156–158, 160–162, 164, 165, 167, 168, 170–184; "Knuckles" in #39-44, 53–58; "[[Captain Plunder]]" in #91-93; "Sonic's World" in #103; covers to #35, 37, 38, 40, 76, 89, 94, 97–102, 109–111, 125, 131, 145, 161, 162, 164, 165, 167, 168, 170-223 (1993–2001) *''[[Maniac 5]]'': "Maniac 6 Prologue" (with [[Mark Millar]], in ''2000 AD Winter Special 1993'') * ''Sonic the Poster Mag'' #6 (1994) * ''[[Tyranny Rex]]'': "Deus Ex Machina Book 2" (with [[John Smith (comics writer)|John Smith]] and [[Paul Marshall (comics)|Paul Marshall]], in ''2000 AD'' #873-880, 1994) *''[[Roadkill (comics)|Roadkill]]'': "Roadkill Book 1" (with [[Dan Abnett]], in ''2000 AD'' #1208-1211, 2000) *''[[Judge Dredd]]'': ** "The Moby" (with [[John Wagner]], in ''2000 AD'' #1228, 2001) ** "Nobody" (with [[Robbie Morrison]], in ''2000 AD'' #1467, 2005) ** "The Incident" (with Robbie Morrison, in ''2000 AD'' #1538, 2007) ** "Ownership" (with [[Rob Williams (comics)|Rob Williams]], in ''2000 AD'' #1587-1588, 2008) ** "Blindside" (with Robbie Morrison, in ''2000 AD'' #1596-1599, 2008) *''[[Tharg's Future Shocks]]'': "Spare Parts" (with [[Simon Spurrier]], in ''2000 AD'' #1267, 2002) *''[[Atavar]]'' (with [[Dan Abnett]]): ** "Atavar" (in ''2000 AD'' #1281-1288, 2002) ** "Atavar II" (in ''2000 AD'' #1329-1335, 2003) ** "Atavar III" (in ''2000 AD'' #1443-1449, 2005) *''[[The Scrap]]'' (with [[Simon Spurrier]], in ''2000 AD'' #1308-1312, 2002) *''[[Future Shocks|Tharg's Terror Tales]]'': "Krypt" (with [[Nigel Kitching]], in ''2000AD'' #1375, 2004) *''[[A.H.A.B.]]'' (with Nigel Kitching, in ''2000AD'' #1387-1395, 2004) *''[[Go-Machine]]'' (with [[Al Ewing]], in ''2000 AD'' #1496-1498, 2006) *[[Osprey Publishing#Osprey Graphic History|Osprey Graphic History]]: **''The Empire Falls: [[Battle of Midway]]'' (with [[Steve White (comics)|Steve White]], 48 pages, October 2006, {{ISBN|1-84603-058-7}}) **''Fight to the Death: [[Battle of Guadalcanal]]'' (with [[Larry Hama]], 48 pages, February 2007, {{ISBN|1-84603-060-9}}) **''The Tide Turns: [[D-Day|D-Day Invasion]]'' (with Doug Murray and [[Anthony Williams (comics)|Anthony Williams]], 48 pages, September 2007, {{ISBN|1-84603-056-0}}) *''[[Kingdom (comics)|Kingdom]]'' (with [[Dan Abnett]]): ** "Kingdom" (in ''2000 AD'', Prog 2007 and #1518-1525, 2006–2007) ** "The Promised Land" (in ''2000 AD'', Prog 2008 and #1567-76, 2007–2008) ** "Call of the Wild" (in ''2000 AD'' #1650-1661, 2009) ** "His Master's Voice" (in ''2000 AD'', Prog 2011 and #1715-1725, 2011) *''[[Marauder (2000 AD)|Marauder]]'' (with Robbie Morrison, in ''2000 AD'' Prog 2009, #1617-1627, 2008–2009) *''[[Marvel Zombies Return]]: [[Hulk]]'' (with writer [[Seth Grahame-Smith]], [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]], Marvel Comics, November 2009) *''[[Wolverine (comic book)|Wolverine]]: Savage'' (with [[Ryan Dunlavey]], one-shot, Marvel Comics, April 2010) *''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]'' #607-present: "[[Siege (comics)|Siege]]: Ragnarok" (with [[Kieron Gillen]], Marvel Comics, April 2010–present) *''[[New Avengers]] ([[AAFES]]) 8: The Promise'' (with [[Paul Tobin (writer)|Paul Tobin]], one-shot, Marvel Comics, May 2010) *''[[Skaar, Son of Hulk]]'' (with [[Fred Van Lente]], in ''[[Origins of Marvel Comics]]'', one-shot, Marvel Comics, July 2010) *''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #698: "[[Dying Wish]]" prelude

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=RICHARDE Richard Elson] at 2000 AD online * {{gcdb|type=credit|search=Richard+Elson|title=Richard Elson}} * {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=9287|title=Richard Elson}} * [http://www.comics-db.com/comics/search.cgi?query=Richard%20Elson&amp;bool=and&amp;substring=1 Richard Elson]{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at the [[Big Comic Book DataBase]] * [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2003/elson/elsoninterview1.shtml 2003 interview], [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2003/elson/elsoninterview2.shtml Part 2], [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2003/elson/elsoninterview3.shtml Part 3], by [[Chris Weston]], 2000 AD Review, March 2003 * [http://www.stconline.co.uk/243/243/interviewzone.html 2007 interview] on his Sonic the Comic work

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