Neill Cameron

For other people with similar names, see Neil Cameron (disambiguation).
Neill Cameron
Born1977
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Artist and Writer
Notable works
Bulldog Empire, Mega Robo Bros
Awards2008 Silver Medal Independent Publisher Book Award for Henry V, 2017 Excelsior Award Jr for Mega Robo Bros

Neill Cameron is a British cartoonist.

Biography

Cameron started out in British small press comics, most notably drawing Bulldog Empire, which also appeared in the small press section of Judge Dredd Megazine and was reprinted in the first volume of ILYA's Mammoth Book of Best New Manga. He provided the art for the Classical Comics's award-winning[1] adaptation of Henry V.

Cameron works predominantly in British weekly children's comics, creating Mo-Bot High for The DFC, and his work has appeared regularly in The Phoenix since 2011.

His first webcomic, 2020x365 was created in 2020.

Bibliography

Comics

  • Dumbass Comics (collected in Absolute Dumbass)
  • Bulldog Empire (written by Jason Cobley, reprinted in Mammoth Book of Best New Manga Vol. 1, ISBN 1-84529-353-3)
  • Beautiful Things (with Sean Michael Wilson, Boychild productions, June 2005, ISBN 0-9546596-1-9):
    • "The Unveiling"
    • "Homecoming"
  • Henry V (written by John McDonald, with inks by Bambos, 144 pages, November 2007, ISBN 978-1-906332-00-6, ISBN 978-1-906332-01-3, ISBN 978-1-906332-02-0)[2]
  • "Japan Manga diary" (in NEO magazine)
  • Mo-Bot High in The DFC

Titles originally published in The Phoenix:

  • How to Make Awesome Comics (2014, David Fickling Books, ISBN 978-1-910200-03-2)
  • The Pirates of Pangaea (Written by Daniel Hartwell, 2015, David Fickling Books, ISBN 978-1-910200-08-7)
  • Mega Robo Bros
    • Power Up (Previously published as Mega Robo Bros (2016, David Fickling Books, ISBN 978-1-910200-83-4))
    • Double Threat (Previously published as Mega Robo Rumble (2017, David Fickling Books, ISBN 978-1-910989-81-4))
    • Robot Revenge (Previously published in Mega Robo Revenge (2019, David Fickling Books, ISBN 978-1-788450-90-4))
    • Meltdown (Previously published in Mega Robo Revenge (2019, David Fickling Books, ISBN 978-1-788450-90-4))
    • Next Level
    • Carnival Crisis
    • Nemesis
  • Tamsin Series (Illustrated by Kate Brown)

Illustration

  • "Political Creatures" (promotional art, by Rich Johnston)
  • "Crash Course" (with ILYA, Flash game for the BBC)[3]

Awards

  • 2008: Won the Silver Medal "Graphic Novel/Drawn Book – Drama/Documentary" Independent Publisher Book Award, for Henry V.[1]
  • 2016: Nominated for Young People's Comic Award at the 2016 British Comic Awards for Tamsin and the Deep and Mega Robo Bros.[4]
  • 2017: Winner of the Excelsior Award Jr Mega Robo Bros and shortlisted for Tamsin and the Deep.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Announcing 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results".
  2. ^ "Henry V at Classical Comics". Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  3. ^ Crash Course
  4. ^ "British Comic Awards". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ^ "The Excelsior Awards 2017 - Every Loser Wins!". Bloke of Steel. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Shortlist 2017". www.excelsioraward.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

References