The milestone 2000th issue of 2000AD came out a few weeks ago. Depressingly, I won't be reading it until after I get home. Even more depressingly, I just found out that one of my favourite 2000AD artists died recently. Most depressingly, he was only in his early 50s and died from a simple burst appendix.
… sigh … I didn't even realise people still died from that these days.
I don't really know anything about Steve Dillon, apart from the fact that he drew art which I really admired. It was his work that made me realise how much more important it is (usually) for a drawing to effectively convey information than it is for the drawing to be "beautiful". Dillon's work was rarely beautiful, but the stories he illustrated were a pleasure to read, because you always knew exactly what was going on; you never had to think about it—the instant you looked at the page, you just knew. I've never seen another comics illustrator come close to him on depicting the subtleties of mixed emotion through facial expressions and body language.
Sadly, in the ten minutes I spent looking on the internet, I couldn't find any examples of his work that I can hold up and say, "This was Dillon at his best". The following examples will just have to do. To see the images full-sized, right-click and select "open in new tab". I have to remember to do something about that stupid "light-box" overlay shit when I get home.
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