Steve Roberts
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Steve Roberts is a British
comics artist
, best known for his work on the long-running humour strip Bec & Kawl
(written by Simon Spurrier
).
His iconic style, unusual in a comic known mainly for a combination of realistic and ultra-violent techniques, makes him well-suited for funny strips, and he has collaborated with Dan Abnett
on a number of Sinister Dexter
comedy one-offs.
, who has continued to act as a mentor. Despite the two artists' styles being very different, they have collaborated on a number of cover images and star scans, Davis painting over Roberts' inking work.
Roberts has also worked closely with UK animation company SlinkyPics, with Ragdoll
he created the animated series Dipdap
for CBeebies
, and collaborated with Spurrier on a web-comic for BBC Cult.
won the 2011 British Academy Children's Award in the "Short Form" category.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
comics artist
Comics artist
A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
, best known for his work on the long-running humour strip Bec & Kawl
Bec & Kawl
Bec & Kawl is a 2000 AD comic story, created by Simon Spurrier and Steve Roberts who also cover all the writing and art duties...
(written by Simon Spurrier
Simon Spurrier
Simon Spurrier is a British comics writer, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller and an art director for the BBC.Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for 2000 AD, like Lobster Random, Bec & Kawl, The Simping Detective and Harry...
).
His iconic style, unusual in a comic known mainly for a combination of realistic and ultra-violent techniques, makes him well-suited for funny strips, and he has collaborated with Dan Abnett
Dan Abnett
Dan Abnett is a British comic book writer and novelist. He is a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, including 2000 AD...
on a number of Sinister Dexter
Sinister Dexter
Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate.Set in the near future, it features the exploits of gun sharks Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone "Ray" Dexter in the city of Downlode, sprawled across Central Europe...
comedy one-offs.
Biography
Roberts was originally encouraged in his comics career by Simon DavisSimon Davis (comics)
Simon Davis a British comics artist best known for his fully painted art work on Sinister Dexter, Black Siddha and Stone Island...
, who has continued to act as a mentor. Despite the two artists' styles being very different, they have collaborated on a number of cover images and star scans, Davis painting over Roberts' inking work.
Roberts has also worked closely with UK animation company SlinkyPics, with Ragdoll
Ragdoll Productions
Ragdoll Productions is a UK company that produces children's television shows. It was founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who later devised many of their television series, seen in 111 countries and translated into 41 languages.Before 1984, Ragdoll's founder Anne Wood made children's programmes for...
he created the animated series Dipdap
Dipdap
Dipdap is a children's programme on CBeebies, in which a drawn line creates endless challenges and surprises for the unsuspecting little character Dipdap.The series was created by Steve Roberts and produced by Ragdoll Productions-Episodes:...
for CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
, and collaborated with Spurrier on a web-comic for BBC Cult.
Comics
His comic work includes:- Sinister DexterSinister DexterSinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate.Set in the near future, it features the exploits of gun sharks Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone "Ray" Dexter in the city of Downlode, sprawled across Central Europe...
(with Dan AbnettDan AbnettDan Abnett is a British comic book writer and novelist. He is a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, including 2000 AD...
):- "Scene of the Crime" (in 2000 AD #1222, 2000)
- "Dirty Habits" (in 2000 AD #1234, 2001)
- "Quality Time" (in 2000 AD #1235, 2001)
- "On the Fidel" (in 2000 AD #1266-1267, 2001)
- "Tart au Citroen" (in 2000 AD #1282, 2002)
- "Low Life" (in 2000 AD #1312, 2002)
- "Bouncers" (in Judge Dredd MegazineJudge Dredd MegazineJudge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.-Content:...
#202, 2003) - "Gag Reflex" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #203, 2003)
- "A Night Off" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #242, 2006)
- "High Tide" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #243, 2006)
- "Dead Famous" (in Metal HammerMetal HammerMetal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
) http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=thrillviewer&choice=deadfamous - "A Question of Taste" (in Metal Hammer) http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=thrillviewer&choice=taste
- Bec & KawlBec & KawlBec & Kawl is a 2000 AD comic story, created by Simon Spurrier and Steve Roberts who also cover all the writing and art duties...
(with Simon SpurrierSimon SpurrierSimon Spurrier is a British comics writer, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller and an art director for the BBC.Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for 2000 AD, like Lobster Random, Bec & Kawl, The Simping Detective and Harry...
, tpbTrade paperback (comics)In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...
, Bec and Kawl: Bloody Students, RebellionRebellion DevelopmentsRebellion is a British computer games company, based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens vs. Predator computer game. It has published comic books since 2000 and launched its own book imprint, Abaddon Books, in 2006.-History:...
, 2007, 176 pages, ISBN 1-904265-66-9):- "and the Mystical Mentalist Menace!" (in 2000 AD #1290-1291, 2002)
- "Beccy Miller's Diary" (in 2000 AD #1292-1293, 2002)
- "Enlightenment" (in 2000 AD #1327, 2003)
- "eeevil.com" (in 2000 AD #1328-1330, 2003)
- "Pest Control" (in 2000 AD #1351-1354, 2003)
- "Toothache" (in 2000 AD #1383-1386, 2004)
- "Hell To Pay" (in 2000 AD #1401-1404, 2004)
- "Attack of the Cones" (in 2000 AD #1437-1440, 2005)
- "Freakshow" (in 2000 AD #1477-1481, 2006)
- Whatever Happened To?:
- "The Gribligs" (with Gordon RennieGordon RennieGordon Rennie is a comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy....
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #219, 2004) - "Melda Dreepe" (with Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine #230, 2005)
- "The Gribligs" (with Gordon Rennie
- One-Off: "Work Experience" (with Simon Spurrier, in 2000 AD #1403-1407, 2004)
- Tharg's Future ShortsFuture ShocksFuture Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic 2000 AD in 1977. The name originates in a book titled Future Shock, written by Alvin Toffler, published in 1970.-Publishing history:...
: "Game of the Gods" (with Al EwingAl EwingAl Ewing is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for 2000 AD.-Biography:Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the five-page Future Shocks format for 2000AD...
, in 2000 AD #1445, 2005)
- Judge DreddJudge DreddJudge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
:- "Genolympics" (with Simon Spurrier, in Metro, 2004; reprinted: in Judge Dredd Megazine #228, 2005) http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=thrillviewer&choice=genolympics
- "Miss Moople" (with Simon Spurrier, in Metro, 2004; reprinted: in Judge Dredd Megazine #231, 2005) http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=thrillviewer&choice=moople
- "Coast to Coast" (with Simon Spurrier, in Metro, 2004; reprinted: in Judge Dredd Megazine #233, 2005) http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=thrillviewer&choice=coast
- "Boneheads" (with Simon Spurrier, in Metro, 2004) http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=thrillviewer&choice=boneheads
- "Presumption of Guilt" (with Simon Spurrier, in Metro, 2004; reprinted: in Judge Dredd Megazine #238, 2005)
- "Lucky for Some" (illustrated text story, with Jonathan ClementsJonathan ClementsJonathan Clements is a British author and scriptwriter. His non-fiction works include biographies of Confucius, Koxinga and Qin Shihuangdi , as well as monthly opinion columns for Neo magazine...
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #235, 2005) - "Electraglide in Silver" (colours, with John WagnerJohn WagnerJohn Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since.He is best known for his work on...
and art by Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD #1475, June 2007)
- Tharg's Future ShocksFuture ShocksFuture Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic 2000 AD in 1977. The name originates in a book titled Future Shock, written by Alvin Toffler, published in 1970.-Publishing history:...
:- "Going, Going, Gone!" (with Gary Wilkinson, in 2000 AD #1475, 2006)
- "Drive, He Said" (inks, written by Al EwingAl EwingAl Ewing is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for 2000 AD.-Biography:Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the five-page Future Shocks format for 2000AD...
, with pencils by Edison George, in '2000 AD' #1532, 2007)
- Banzai BattalionBanzai BattalionBanzai Battalion are a group of recurring characters, created by John Wagner, that appears in 2000 AD. They are tiny gardening robots designed as a bug-fighting military outfit that have been deployed in a garden in Mega-City One where their adventures initially involved Judge Dredd, although in...
: "Robot Wars" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1501-1506, 2006) - KingdomKingdom (comics)Kingdom is a comic series created by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson and published in 2000 AD starting in 2006.The story revolves around a genetically modified dog named after Gene Hackman...
(colours, with Dan Abnett and art by Richard ElsonRichard ElsonRichard Elson is a British comic book artist best known for his work on Sonic the Comic, 2000 AD and Thor.-Biography:Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over sixteen years experience as a cartoonist and illustrator....
, in 2000 AD #1520-1525, January-February 2007)
- Black AtlanticBlack AtlanticBlack Atlantic is an original novel written by Simon Jowett and Peter J. Evans, and based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd.-Synopsis:...
(with Dan Abnett):- "Meet the Jetsams" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #253-255, January-March 2007)
- "Rig" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #276-278, October-December 2008)
- The Angel GangAngel GangThe Angel Gang is a group of villains in the Judge Dredd comic strip, published in 2000 AD magazine in the UK.-History:The most infamous and feared band of thugs ever to come out of Texas City, the Angel Gang were responsible for a near endless string of crimes with one overriding common factor -...
: "Before they wuz dead" (with Simon Spurrier, in Judge Dredd Megazine #258-262, May-September 2007)
Awards
DipdapDipdap
Dipdap is a children's programme on CBeebies, in which a drawn line creates endless challenges and surprises for the unsuspecting little character Dipdap.The series was created by Steve Roberts and produced by Ragdoll Productions-Episodes:...
won the 2011 British Academy Children's Award in the "Short Form" category.