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Gary Erskine Writer/artist: Roller Grrrls Artist: Dan Dare, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Army@Love In 1988, after sending samples of his work to Marvel UK, Gary was given Knights of Pendragon to draw on a regular basis. Erskine then expanded his work into 2000 AD, drawing a Judge Dredd story written by Garth Ennis. For 2000 AD, he also drew Flesh written by Dan Abnett and Steve White, and for 2000 AD's sister title Crisis he illustrated The Real Robin Hood, written by Michael Cook, in 1991. Working with writer John Tomlinson he drew the Lords of Misrule graphic novel for Tundra in 1993. Erskine spent much of the 1990s doing guest artist work on various titles such as James Robinson's Firearm as well as a selection of Star Wars titles for Dark Horse. He also drew a mini series based upon The Terminator films for Malibu Comics. In 2000 Silencers finally printed by Image Comics as City of Silence, and the same year Gary inked Chris Weston on an issue of War Stories written by Garth Ennis, as well as drawing two issues of Hellblazer for Vertigo. He also stepped in at the last minute to complete Mark Millar's run of The Authority. In 2005, Erskine worked on Jack Cross, an ongoing series written by Warren Ellis for DC Comics, which unfortunately stalled after the first story arc of four issues. The rest of the year included digital painting of covers for X-Wing : Rogue Leader, a Star Wars mini series published by Dark Horse. November 2007 saw the release of Garth Ennis' Dan Dare, published by Virgin Comics, and included full artwork by Erskine.[3] The seven issue series saw the return of the classic British hero, previously published by 2000 AD and Eagle (in various interpretations) since the 1950s. Erskine has also contributed character designs and storyboards for television, commercials and games development working with various companies over the last eighteen years. He has also worked on licensed properties such as the DreamWorks characters including Shrek and Madagascar, and for Sony and occasionally freelances with the award winning Glasgow studio Axis Animation.