John Watson was born in the 1970s in Blackpool, England. He is one of the few remaining comic book artists who specialises in painting in oils, and has done a number of notable cover runs for both Marvel and DC comics, most recently painting all the covers for the Marvel Apes series and for the second year running, the Triple-A Baseball covers. He has also illustrated a number of trading cards. Since 2021 he has also written novels, notably The Generation series. [ref:https://downthetubes.net/comic-artist-john-watson-makes-his-fantasy-novel-debut-as-author/]
Biography Watson studied Fine Art at the Cheltenham & Gloucester college. He notes Norman Rockwell as an influence alongside more conventional comicbook influences such as Alex Toth, Nick Cardy, Neal Adams and George Pérez.
A comicbook fan since childhood, his official website says "When I was 12, I realised that being a millionaire, having a cave under the house and fighting crime wasn't going to happen, so I began to concentrate on 'drawing comics' instead."
Bibliography
Comics
His comic work includes:
JLA: Riddle of the Beast (with Alan Grant, Elseworlds, DC, 2002) World War Hulk: Gamma Files (Marvel, 2007)
Covers Hawkman #11,15-21,23-25 (DC, 2002–2003) JSA #56-58 (DC, 2003) JSA Strange Adventures #1-6 (DC, 2004) Uncanny X-Men #477,480,483,486 (Marvel) Son of M (Marvel, 2006) Civil War: Front Line (Marvel, 2006–2007) Inhumans: Silent War #1-6 (Marvel, 2007) World War Hulk: Frontline #1-6 (Marvel, 2007) She-Hulk #20 (Marvel, 2007) Marvel Illustrated: Moby Dick (Marvel, 2008) Marvel Triple A Baseball Selected covers (Marvel 2007 & 2008) Marvel Apes (Marvel, 2008) Buck Rogers (Dynamite, 2009) Stargate SG-1 - Daniel Jackson (Interiors)(Dynamite, 2010)
Books The Generation: Origins (2021) The Generation: A New England (2024) A Collaborative Failure with Russell Payne (author) (2025)
References
External links
Wallpapers John Watson wallpapers at Marvel official site John Watson gallerys at comicartcommunity.com