Cam Kennedy's sketchbook

La Grande Ourse A.S.B.L.

Following work in commercial art in his hometown of Glasgow, Kennedy went freelance and worked as an illustrator on D.C. Thomson’s Commando, a well-known British war comic, between 1967 and 1972, before leaving comics altogether to become a professional fine artist. Kennedy’s work has been described as gritty, energetic, chunky and raw.

In 1978 he was lured back to comics work again, beginning by drawing the Fighting Mann strip for Fleetway Publications’ Battle comic. As Battle began to wind down, Kennedy moved across to its stablemate, the weekly sci-fi anthology comic 2000 AD. Working during the title’s «Golden Era», Kennedy was instrumental in the creation of several wellknown strips that continue to this day, including The V.C.s (written

by Gerry Finley-Day, Judge Dredd (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, most notably on the «Midnight Surfer» story which reintroduced Chopper) and Rogue Trooper (again with Finley-Day). His association with the comic, which is largely produced by fellow Scotsmen, has never faltered: in 2005, Kennedy designed and produced a brand new strip, Zancudo, written by Simon Spurrier for the Judge Dredd Megazine, and Wagner has written three stories about character Kenny Who?, an alter-ego for Kennedy, based on Kennedy’s early problems getting work at American companies (as well as making jokes on issues like creator’s rights and censorship).

has worked on Lobo, Batman, Outcasts and The Spectre. For Marvel, he has illustrated the Punisher, Daredevil and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. As part of the UNESCO City of Literature in 2007 he has drawn Kidnapped, an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped, written by Alan Grant, published by Waverley Books. Some of the art for this has been bought for the collections of the National Library of Scotland.[1] A follow-up has been made by the same creative team, it is an adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde and is being promoted as part of the One Book - One Edinburgh 2008 campaign.

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Sketchbook #20 All artworks © Cam Kennedy - All rights reserved.

Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson © Rebellion Light and Darkness War © Cam Kennedy/Tom Veitch Lobo © DC Comics Published by La Grande Ourse A.S.B.L. 187b, rue Salm B-5300 Landenne (Belgium) Editor and book design : Tony Lariviere Write to : tony.lariviere@skynet.be Visit our website at www.lagrandeourse.be Printed in Belgium by Adrenaline.

First printing, July 2012

In America, Kennedy established a profitable working relationship with writer Tom Veitch, producing the creator-owned Vietnam War-inspired science fiction fantasy The Light and Darkness War for Marvel Comics’ Epic imprint. This led to the pair working on a Star Wars spin-off, Dark Empire, for Dark Horse Comics. Kennedy has worked on other Star Wars licensed comics, including Boba Fett stories with writer John Wagner. For DC Comics Kennedy 3

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