!['...He's right behind me again, isn't he?'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbyct3j9IOQ-7ezByLNd3vORqozZpW-rOl8oESrIPrOhLPdcXUhjHCabWR7sYiSlpWUn691b8_0w87l4Ae3Z5RxDCz8yw1lfxsBWAjc1UF_nIhxjqE0iyDdrX20ZVVXmIYbI8IPLrM0XD7pfqPTaqQet1G5FRLLseSarKdHNAkx-k-rW706ttTg/s1600/0326-brianbolland-directcurrents24.jpg)
from Direct Currents #24 (DC, December 1989)
![Don't DREDD what's coming up next, click the button for more!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxdgg5-fdE7bcM2AoH85MsWDI9PtvEVx5xyg-Q0LCWNXS_CemrBor26nzMFQZDZbs5vGwfcVQbSypxt2-XH0j5CNPC8SDlxyDz_inbYLjJm5L7l1P4JpQZAQxGHVPweQUQEuSEI9QowmvjSgcog9TqfR4Gx7BJNWGI2mBzMWu0fouD1EyoPOZgw/s1600/clicktoreadmorebutton.jpg)
I'm not entirely certain this biography of Brian bolland is 100% accurate.
![Ah yes, 1990s design: reducing legibility by 40-60 percent.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZTZ8_vbX9qIjJZuxJsuGplXFJiwGU_TtM0SndbuRa1kIVe2hC1dQ90xKQ2lyd0Yw0ilw6f__CDJANn_z8qAL6K4n-HwYGY1RhouByvvSPlnNKMN-RtYNqrDYCduCnDhUXuSk14bFRorlk6P93tuedxdwrjRATJHR1s4rkZBckzX71Sv2k8P5CQ/s1600/0326-brianbolland-heartthrobs1.jpg)
from Heartthrobs #1 (DC/Vertigo, January 1999)
Maybe this one is?
![Clearly he's taking the pith.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGwNSbG0YbUJfD4mo9_PF3Er1zrwSxtC_gGzsK-8q8e10YPvSm2TN1YRzosJaRurAJWWhZj2LIWNeCl3WZosvO_O_CmsVf01NTN8P0D2kL8ibscPjGDn04fLd06Gay6neuGmKGHq-I33_XEwdk3E91iNX0y_rq20bI4kUBy90CxIroCqb5ZkpuQ/s1600/0326-brianbolland-powercomics3.jpg)
from Power Comics #3 (Eclipse, July 1988)
No Brian Bolland salute would be complete without the time he wrote and drew himself (and 2000 AD EIC Tharg the Mighty) into a Dredd strip:
![It's the nicest Dredd portrayal the world has ever seen!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-D4VDJzbAYvpK-olN2lb6-NvuL5DyzLFFAUF1K3LgRPMBxJhojv_UbHzI3uAtax6WshjjoZjcTJQAjqFh6ctpZkSwRIWXVSYfpJ-LEj-564DuELGME3o0TZQ6ZEi38G9JJBWfu-fLE1AaMh6JSNRlkpKwEns7fyZyBlnDn6T3ZDqKrdVNuH0Pw/s1600/0326-brianbolland-judgedreddA1988.jpg)
"The Dredd End" from Judge Dredd Annual 1988 (Fleetway, September 1987); script, pencils, and inks by Brian Bolland; letters by Tom Frame
Happy Birthday, Brian!
1 comment:
A true gentlemen and a great talent.
I’m pretty sure I have other stuff he’s drawn himself into but it’s not tremendously accessible right now.
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