Brett Ewins was a British comic book artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper in the weekly anthology comic 2000 AD.
13 Facts About Brett Ewins
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Brett Ewins met future collaborator Peter Milligan at Goldsmiths, and left in 1977.
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In 1980, Brett Ewins held a solo exhibition of his work at Frestonia's Car Breaker Gallery in London, a squat in Ladbroke Grove's Republic of Frestonia.
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Brett Ewins formed a long-term collaborative partnership with fellow artist Brendan McCarthy who showed at the Car Breaker Gallery, creating the comic Sometime Stories, which faltered after the first issue leaving the second issue completed but unpublished.
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In 1985 Brett Ewins started working on Bad Company, a sci-war epic, written by Peter Milligan with artwork by Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy.
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Brett Ewins did the cover art for the Judgement Day supplement for Games Workshop's Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game.
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Brett Ewins was still contributing art to 2000 AD at the same time.
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Brett Ewins "suffered a serious breakdown from overwork" in 1991 and was unable to take on work that had a deadline, which led to lost commissions from DC Comics and Penguin Books.
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The volume was finished off with "Machine", a story written by Brett Ewins based on his breakdown.
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Brett Ewins worked on the stories from 1995 to 2003 and the book was published as The Dark Gate in 2004 by Cyberosia Publishing.
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Brett Ewins was a painter and had a number of exhibitions.
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Brett Ewins was an influence on street art, especially The IFC and the Mutoid Waste Company, and a Brett Ewins-influenced exhibition was held in November 2011.
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Brett Ewins subsequently appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates Court in February 2012 charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and ultimately spent time in prison.