David Lloyd (comics) explained

David Lloyd
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:British
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Notable Works:Night Raven
V for Vendetta (mask)
Website:lforlloyd.com

David Lloyd (born 1950)[1] is an English comics artist best known as the illustrator of the story V for Vendetta, written by Alan Moore, and the designer of its anarchist protagonist V and the modern Guy Fawkes/V mask, the latter going on to become a symbol of protest.

Other books he has illustrated include Wasteland, Espers, Hellblazer, Global Frequency, The Territory, and licensed properties such as Aliens and James Bond. In 2012 Lloyd established Aces Weekly, an online comics anthology.

Early life

David Lloyd was born in Enfield, London in 1950.[2]

Career

Lloyd started working in comics in the late 1970s, drawing for Halls of Horror, TV Comic and a number of Marvel UK titles. With writer Steve Parkhouse, he created the pulp adventure character Night Raven. Lloyd names John Burns, Steve Ditko, Ronald Embleton, Jack Kirby, and Tony Weare as artistic influences.[3] Lloyd drew a comics adaptation of the Time Bandits film in 1982.[4]

Warrior and V for Vendetta

Dez Skinn set up Warrior magazine in 1982 and asked Lloyd to create a new pulp character. Lloyd and writer Alan Moore, who had previously collaborated on several Doctor Who stories at Marvel UK, created V for Vendetta, a dystopian adventure featuring a flamboyant anarchist terrorist—V—fighting against a future fascist government. Lloyd, who illustrated in cinematic chiaroscuro, devised V's Guy Fawkes-inspired appearance and suggested that Moore avoid captions, sound effects and thought balloons. Lloyd stated in a 2005 interview that "I don't know why I thought of Guy Fawkes, because it was during the summer. I thought that would be great if he looked like Guy Fawkes, kind of theatrical. I just suggested it to Alan, and he said, 'that sounds like a good idea.' It gave us everything, the costume and everything. During the summer, I couldn't get any of these masks. These masks that you could get in every shop had a smile built into them. So I created this Guy Fawkes mask with a kind of smile. It was an ideal costume for this future anarchist persona."[5] After Warrior folded in 1984, the series was reprinted and continued in colour by DC Comics in 1988[6] and collected as a graphic novel in 1995.

It was adapted into a film released in 2005. The stylized Guy Fawkes/V mask Lloyd created for the character went on to become a symbol of protest. It was adopted as the symbol for the online hacktivist group Anonymous after appearing in web forums. It has also been used in Project Chanology, the Occupy movement, Anonymous for the Voiceless, the fictional F-Society in Mr. Robot, and other anti-establishment protests around the world.[7] [8]

Later career

Lloyd was one of the artists on the graphic horror anthology Wasteland for DC Comics with writers John Ostrander and Del Close.[9] Lloyd has also worked on Espers, with writer James D. Hudnall, for Eclipse Comics; Hellblazer, with writers Grant Morrison and Jamie Delano, and War Story, with Garth Ennis, for DC; and Global Frequency, with Warren Ellis, for WildStorm. With Delano he drew The Territory for Dark Horse Comics,[10] where he also worked on some of their licensed properties such as Aliens and James Bond. In 2006 Lloyd created a graphic novel, Kickback, for the French publisher Editions Carabas.[11] [12] [13]

In 2012 Lloyd established Aces Weekly, an online comics anthology featuring creators such as Mark Wheatley, Val Mayerik, John McCrea, Phil Hester, Lew Stringer and David Leach.[14]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Lloyd. 22 January 2010. Lambiek Comiclopedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20120507064707/http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lloyd_david.htm. 7 May 2012. live. 27 December 2013. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: David Lloyd. n.d.. Wizards Keep. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100314/http://www.wizards-keep.com/index.asp-Q-Page-E-david-lloyd--57658023. 4 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: David Lloyd. Gabriel. Martins. March 2010. Ruadebaixo.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20120723135006/http://www.ruadebaixo.com/david-lloyd.html. 23 July 2012. live. dmy-all. 27 December 2013. pt. English language translation
  4. Friedt. Stephan. Marvel at the Movies: The House of Ideas' Hollywood Adaptations of the 1970s and 1980s. Back Issue!. 89. 65. TwoMorrows Publishing. July 2016. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  5. Web site: CCI, Day 2 - V for Vendetta Artist David Lloyd Speaks. Hannibal. Tabu. 16 July 2005. Comic Book Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20120728185550/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&old=1&id=5598. 28 July 2012. live. dmy-all. 27 December 2013.
  6. Book: Manning, Matthew K.. Dolan. Hannah. 1980s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. 2010. London, United Kingdom. 978-0-7566-6742-9. 234. A fable of revolution and a cautionary tale of lost freedoms, V For Vendetta was a triumph for Moore, this time aided by the shadowy pencils of David Lloyd..
  7. https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16360/1/a-history-of-the-anonymous-mask Angus Griffin, "A History of the Anonymous Mask", Dazed.com, 14 June 2013
  8. Web site: A brief history of the Guy Fawkes mask. Monica. Nickelsburg. 3 July 2013. The Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428135436/http://theweek.com/articles/463151/brief-history-guy-fawkes-mask. 28 April 2017. live. dmy-all. The iconic version of the Guy Fawkes mask owes its popularity to the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta, which centers on a vigilante's efforts to destroy an authoritarian government in a dystopian future United Kingdom..
  9. Fryer. Kim. DC News. The Comics Journal. 116. 28. Fantagraphics Books. July 1987. Seattle, Washington.
  10. Web site: V for Vendetta co-creator David Lloyd. Daniel Robert. Epstein. 9 March 2006. SuicideGirls. dmy-all. 27 December 2013.
  11. Web site: A Short Interview With David Lloyd. Tom. Spurgeon. Tom Spurgeon. January 14, 2007. The Comics Reporter. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117082653/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/7236/. 17 January 2013. live. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: David Lloyd Is On The Take with Kickback. Jonah. Weiland. August 11, 2006. Comic Book Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20131228021924/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&old=1&id=8128. 28 December 2013. live. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Kickback Review. Hilary. Goldstein. August 10, 2006. IGN. https://web.archive.org/web/20131228022204/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/08/10/kickback-review. 28 December 2013. live. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: David Lloyd's Aces Weekly Goes Live!. Steve. Morris. October 4, 2012. The Beat. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019060320/http://comicsbeat.com/david-lloyds-aces-weekly-goes-live/. 19 October 2013. live. dmy-all.

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