1. Arthur James Ranson was born on 1939 and is an English comic book illustrator, known for his work on Look-in, Anderson: Psi Division, Button Man and Mazeworld.
14 Facts About Arthur Ranson
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Arthur Ranson says that Hampson in particular was an early influence, but that.
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Arthur Ranson replaced Frank Hampson for me as a spur when I started drawing.
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Arthur Ranson attended the South West Essex Technical College and School of Art in Walthamstow, Essex, where he studied painting and printmaking.
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Arthur Ranson has a son, Jonas, who is an artist, and daughter, Cassandra.
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Arthur Ranson describes Shelbourne as "an adventurous editor," who went the extra mile and even allowed the writer and artist to "go to Liverpool for research" for the Beatles strip.
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Arthur Ranson says that he "did enjoy it at the time," and was awarded not only the "Good Grief Oh Crikey" Award from Cosgrove Hall, but received an award from the Society of Strip Illustration for his work on the strip.
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Between 1977 and 1990, Arthur Ranson produced strips based on such TV properties as Worzel Gummidge, Michael Bentine's Potty Time, Duckula, The Bionic Woman and The A-Team, and others.
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Arthur Ranson produced comic strips based on the TV adaptations of Richmal Crompton's "Just William" novels, Buck Rogers and the film Logan's Run.
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Arthur Ranson worked briefly for Marvel UK in the late 1980s, and even illustrated a couple of issues of the comics adventures of Dr Who for Doctor Who Magazine in 1990.
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Arthur Ranson stresses the importance of artist Brian Bolland, saying that.
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Arthur Ranson's first work for 2000 AD was a one-off Judge Dredd story "Dungeon Master" by John Wagner.
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In 1993, Grant and Arthur Ranson contributed the two-part story "Tao" to DC Comics' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series.
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Arthur Ranson worked on a number of X-Men-related comics for Marvel.