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'Enhance!' - behind the scenes

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SIMON GURR

AKA Si-G

Simon Gurr was the first writer/artist to win Tharg's PitchFest, sharing the award with now legendary writing talent Simon Spurrier. This monumentous event quickly led to the appearance of the strange tale 'The Enhancer' - possibly the first strip in 2000AD to be drawn entirely in vector graphics. Soon after, the trail runs dry.

After Gurr's mysterious disappearance, only a few clues surfaced to suggest he still lived. Artwork to another Future Shock was credited to him, but editorial staff claim the pages were delivered anonymously on CD-Rom, so we must discount this as evidence. Three episodes of Sinister Dexter, drawn by Steve Roberts unaccountably developed strange hues, the pigmentation apparently caused by electronic manipulation of Roberts' original artwork. Significantly, the third of these altered episodes appeared years after the first two, supporting the 'expert' view that Gurr's paramaterial influence is finally fading.

However, if the booze-tinged ramblings of 2000AD artists are to be believed (they aren't), Gurr is stlll occasionally glimpsed in the gloomy bowels of the Raj Tandoori, Bristol.

FIRST CREDIT IN 2000AD

Tharg's Future Shocks

The Enhancer 1 episode (Prog 1270) 5 pages
Script: Pete Gurr and Simon Gurr, Artist: Simon Gurr, Letters: Ellie De Ville
DreddCon:1 Pitchfest winner.
Link: Behind the scenes feature

MOST RECENT CREDIT IN 2000AD

Time Twisters

Burping Hitler 1 episode (Prog 1887) 4 pages
Script: Rob Williams, Artist: Simon Gurr, Letters: Ellie De Ville

FIRST CREDIT IN THE MEGAZINE

Sinister Dexter

Bouncers 1 episode (Meg 202) 1 pages
Script: Dan Abnett, Artist: Steve Roberts, Colour: Simon Gurr, Letters: Ellie De Ville

MOST RECENT CREDIT IN THE MEGAZINE

A Night Off 1 episode (Meg 242) 1 pages
Script: Dan Abnett, Artist: Steve Roberts, Colour: Simon Gurr, Letters: Annie Parkhouse


LINKS

The Art of Mike McMahon by Simon Gurr
Contains examples of Mick's work, comments from other artists, interviews, etc.
Simongurr.com by Simon Gurr
Co-winner of the Comics 2000 Pitch fest for Enhance!