Lee Sullivan
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Lee Sullivanis a British comic artist, illustrator and ROCK SAXOPHONIST. Originally trained as a wildlife and technical artist, Lee worked in the British aerospace, advertising and magazine publishing industries before being introduced to the world of comics in 1988.
Sullivan's first comic work was the painted cover for Marvel UK'sTransformers#92.MoreTransformerscovers followed, and eventually he asked to do strip work, saying they wouldn't have to pay for it unless they liked it (they did). To learn the visual grammar of comics, he studiedGeoff SeniorandJeff Anderson's strips.[1]first published story wasAltered Image!in the 1988/1989Transformersannual, and his first regular series work was issue 160'sSalvage!.
He has worked on titles such as Marvel UK'sThundercats,Death's Head,RoboCop(US), Wildcards (US),William Shatner'sTekWorld(US), 2000AD (Judge Dredd;Mercy Heights; Blacklight; Futureshocks; Vector 13, Megazine), Marvel UK reprint covers,Action Man,Transformers ArmadaandThunderbirds Magazine.
However, he is probably best known for his work onDoctor Who Magazine,the Radio TimesDoctor Whocomic strip and was the regular artist on Fabbri'sDoctor Who - Battles in Time.And how did he get assigned his very firstWho?Richard Starkingsremembering how good he was at doinga real person's likenessin "Salvage"![2]
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Art
Interiors
Marvel UK
- The Transformersissues160, 161,180 (framing sequence), 181 (framing sequence),186, 187,204, 205,213, 214,226,230, 231,238
- "Altered Image!"in Transformers Annual 1989
3H Productions
- Terminus(recap pages)
Panini
- Transformers: Armadaissues4,7,8
Other
Covers
Marvel UK
- The Transformersissues92,94,99,101,105,111,115,118,123,126,131,134,137,140,141,146, 151,152, 153,157,163,166,175,180, 181,182,200,207,218,231,232,236
- Transformers Annual 1989,Transformers Annual 1990
- Transformers: The Facts
- Action Forceissue24
Titan Books
- Transformers: Dinobot Hunt,Transformers: Prey,Transformers: Second Generation
- Transformers: Target: 2006(Transforce 2002 exclusive cover)
Notes
- A frequent in-joke included in city backgrounds drawn by Sullivan is a 'MacKays Music' sign or store front, a reference toAndy Mackay,the saxophone/oboe player of the UK groupRoxy Music,one of the saxophone-playing artist's heroes.
- His2000ADwork came about becauseJohn Tomlinsonmoved from Marvel UK to Fleetway. He stopped getting regular work after a change in editorial, which he sanguinely toldJudge Dredd Megazineis "the same as when you're brought in [by a new editor] but in reverse."[3]
- Sullivan reported at a convention in the UK that he based his design forGalvatronon Jack Nicholson's version of theJokerin Tim Burton's firstBatmanmovie.
- He also reported that he based hisOptimus Prime(original, not Powermaster) onBatman.I bet you want to look over your old issues and substitute a "I'm Batman" in for everyone of Prime's speech bubbles, don't you?
References
- ↑Judge Dredd Megazine #453 interview
- ↑Down the Tubes: "A Cold Day at Marvel UK":"“I’d only just done a couple of strips for Transformers, he notes. “In one of those I had drawn a likeness of Richard Branson and that proved to be a ‘career-moment’ because, as a result, when Richard Starkings was assigning Whoscripts to artists, he swapped mine to Planet from the one that (I think) Dougie Braithwaite ended up drawing. Suddenly I was having to deal with likenesses of all the ‘dead’ companions and all the Doctors, as well as being very aware of all the great artists I was following!"
- ↑#453 interview
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