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{{short description|English comics artist and writer}}
{{other people|David Gibbons}}
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| image         = Dave Gibbons by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption       = Gibbons at the 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| birth_name    = David Chester Gibbons
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| birth_place   = London, England, United Kingdom
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| nationality   = British
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| notable works = {{ubl|''[[Watchmen]]''|''[[Rogue Trooper]]''|''[[Dan Dare]]''|''[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]''|''[[Green Lantern]]''|''[[Kingsman (comic book)|Kingsman]]''}}
| awards        = {{ubl|[[Inkpot Award]] (1986)|Two [[Kirby Award]]s (1987)|[[Harvey Award]] Hall of Fame (2018)}}
| website       = {{URL|davegibbons.net}}
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'''David Chester Gibbons'''<ref name="Khoury">{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18407|title= Pop!: – Meet Dave Gibbons|first= Jorge|last= Khoury|date= 12 October 2008|website= [[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090313023715/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18407|archive-date= 13 March 2009|url-status= live}}</ref> (born 14 April 1949)<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=10 June 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> is an English [[comics artist]], writer and sometimes [[letterer]]. He is best known for his collaborations with writer [[Alan Moore]], which include the miniseries ''[[Watchmen]]'' and the Superman story "[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]". He was an artist for ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'', for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.

==Early life==
Gibbons was born on 14 April 1949, at Forest Gate Hospital in London, to Chester, a town planner, and Gladys, a secretary. He began reading comic books at the age of seven. A self-taught artist, he illustrated his own comic strips. Gibbons became a building [[Surveying|surveyor]] but eventually entered the [[British comics|UK comics industry]] as a letterer for [[IPC Media]]. He left his surveyor job to focus on his comics career.<ref name="Khoury" />

==British comics work==
Gibbons's earliest published work was in British [[underground comix|underground comics]], starting with ''The Trials of Nasty Tales'', including the main cover illustration, and continuing in ''cOZmic Comics'' produced by [[Felix Dennis]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/nasty-tales-obscenity-trials-comic.html|title= The ''Nasty Tales'' Obscenity Trials – Comic Books in Court|first= Daniel|last= Best|date= 5 October 2011|publisher= 20th Century Danny Boy|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140123042835/http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/nasty-tales-obscenity-trials-comic.html|archive-date=23 January 2014 |url-status= live|access-date= 19 June 2013}}</ref>

===IPC Comics===
Gibbons entered the British comics industry by working on horror and action titles for both [[D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd|DC Thomson]] and [[IPC Media|IPC]]. One of his earlier works was a 12-part comic-series titled ''[[Year of the Shark Men]]'' for DC Thomson's ''[[The Wizard (DC Thomson)|The Wizard]]'' magazine, in April 1976 – July 1976.<ref>[http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2015/03/year-of-shark-men-1976.html "Year of the Shark Men"] Retrieved on 22 May 2019</ref> When the science-fiction title ''2000 AD'' was set up in the mid-1970s, Gibbons contributed artwork to the first issue, ''Prog 01'' (February 1977), and went on to draw the first 24 instalments of ''[[Harlem Heroes]]'', one of the founding (and pre-[[Judge Dredd]]) strips.

Midway through the comic's first year he began illustrating ''[[Dan Dare]]'', a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series and artist [[Frank Hampson]] who, alongside [[Frank Bellamy]], [[Don Lawrence]] and [[Ron Turner (artist)|Ron Turner]] are well-liked and inspirational artists to Gibbons, whose "style evolved out of [his] love for the ''[[Mad (magazine)|MAD]]'' magazine artists like [[Wally Wood]] and [[Will Elder]]".<ref name="Watching"/>

Working on early feature ''[[Ro-Busters]]'' (after ''[[Starlord (comics)|Starlord]]'' merged with ''2000 AD''), Gibbons became one of the most prolific of ''2000 AD'''s earliest creators, contributing artwork to 108 of the first 131 Progs/issues. He returned to the pages of "the Galaxy's Greatest Comic" in the early 1980s to create [[Rogue Trooper]] with writer [[Gerry Finley-Day]] and produce an early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists. He illustrated a handful of ''[[Tharg's Future Shocks]]'' shorts, primarily with author Alan Moore.

Gibbons was known, by sight but not by name, to readers of the short-lived IPC title ''[[Tornado (comic)|Tornado]]''. Whereas ''2000 AD'' was said to be "edited" by the alien [[Tharg the Mighty|Tharg]], ''Tornado'' was "edited" by superhero Big E, who as alter-ego Percy Pilbeam worked on the magazine. These characters appeared in photographic form within the comic, with Gibbons posing as both Big E and Pilbeam for the entire 22-issue run of ''Tornado'' before it was subsumed into ''2000 AD''.

===''Doctor Who''===
Gibbons departed from ''2000 AD'' briefly in the late 1970s/early 1980s to become the lead artist on ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly]]'', for which magazine he drew the main comic strip from issue No. 1 until No. 69, missing only four issues during that time.

The ''Doctor Who Storybook 2007'' (released Christmas 2006) features a story called "Untitled" which includes the name ''Gibbons'' in a list of great artists of Earth history.

The 2023 special "[[The Star Beast (Doctor Who episode)|The Star Beast]]" was based on his 1980 comic of the same name, written by [[Pat Mills]].

==American comics work==

===1980s===
Gibbons was one of the British comic talents identified by [[Len Wein]] in 1982 for American publisher DC Comics: he was hired primarily to draw "[[Green Lantern Corps]]" backup stories within the pages of ''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]''. Gibbons's first DC work was on the Green Lantern Corps story in ''Green Lantern'' No. 161 (February 1983), with writer [[Todd Klein]], as well as the concurrently released "[[Creeper (comics)|Creeper]]" two-part backup story in ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #318–319.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Dave+Gibbons|title=Dave Gibbons}}</ref> Gibbons drew the lead story in ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' No. 200 (July 1983) which featured a team-up of the Batmen of [[Earth-One]] and [[Earth-Two]].<ref>{{cite journal|last = Eury|first = Michael|author-link = Michael Eury|title = ''The Brave and the Bold'' Anniversary Issues|journal = [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 69|pages = 25–29|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = December 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 202|quote = Written by Mike W. Barr and featuring art by Dave Gibbons, the story continuously shifted art styles to reflect the various eras of the Batman's career.}}</ref> With ''Green Lantern'' No. 172 (Jan. 1984), Gibbons joined writer Wein on the main feature while continuing to illustrate the backup features. In issue No. 182, Wein and Gibbons made architect [[John Stewart (comics)|John Stewart]], who had been introduced previously in issue No. 87, the title's primary character.<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 209: "Architect John Stewart was chosen as Green Lantern Hal Jordon's permanent replacement as guardian of space sector 2814 in this issue by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Gibbons."</ref> Ceding the "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" backup features to various other individuals from No. 181, Gibbons last issue with Wein was issue No. 186 (March 1985). Gibbons returned to pencil the backup story "[[Mogo]] Doesn't Socialize" with [[Alan Moore]] in issue No. 188.

While [[Marvel Comics]] reprinted some of Gibbons's Marvel UK ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who]]'' work, [[Eclipse Comics]] reprinted some of his ''[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]'' work and Eagle reprinted various [[Judge Dredd]] tales, Gibbons continued to produce new work almost exclusively for DC throughout the 1980s.<ref name="GCD"/> For the 1985 ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]] Annual'' No. 11, Gibbons drew the main story "[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]", again written by Alan Moore.<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 214: "The legendary writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons teamed up once again with the just-as-legendary Man of Tomorrow for a special that saw Superman...held in the sway of the Black Mercy."</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17473|title= CCI: Spotlight on Dave Gibbons|first= Ashley|last= MacQuarrie|date= 28 July 2008|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090419000723/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17473|archive-date= 19 April 2009|url-status= live}}</ref>

During 1985 and 1986, Gibbons's artwork graced the pages of several issues of both DC's ''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe|Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe]]'' and Marvel's ''The [[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]] Deluxe Edition''. He was one of the contributors to the ''[[DC Challenge]]'' limited series<ref>{{cite journal|last= Greenberger|first= Robert|author-link= Robert Greenberger|title= It Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time: A Look at the ''DC Challenge!''|journal= Back Issue!|issue= 98|pages= 38–39|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|date= August 2017|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> and in December 1986, he contributed to [[Harrier Comics]]' ''Brickman'' No. 1 alongside [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]], [[Lew Stringer]] and others. Between May and August 1988, he contributed covers to ''[[The Phantom]]'' miniseries, inked [[Kevin Maguire (artist)|Kevin Maguire]]'s pencilled contribution to ''[[Action Comics]]'' No. 600, and produced the cover to ''Action Comics Weekly'' No. 601.<ref name="GCD"/>

====''Watchmen''====
{{Main|Watchmen}}
[[File:Watchmencharacters.jpg|thumb|175px|left|The cast of ''[[Watchmen]]'', created in 1986 by Gibbons and Alan Moore.]]
He is best known in the US for collaborating with Alan Moore on the 12-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] ''[[Watchmen]]'', now one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, and the only one to feature on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s "Top 100 Novels" list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/all/|title= All-Time 100 Novels|first1= Lev|last1= Grossman|first2= Richard|last2= Lacayo|date= 6 January 2010|location= New York City|magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131114072836/http://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/all/|archive-date= 14 November 2013|url-status= live}}</ref> Gibbons's artwork in ''Watchmen'' is notable both for its stark utilisation of the formulaic comicbook nine-panel grid layout, as well as for its intense narrative and symbolic density,<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 220: "The story itself was a masterful example of comic book storytelling at its finest...Filled with symbolism, foreshadowing, and ahead-of-its-time characterization thanks to adult themes and sophisticated plotting, ''Watchmen'' elevated the super hero comic book into the realms of true modern literature."</ref> with some symbolic background elements suggested by Moore, others by Gibbons.

Initially pitched by Moore to use the [[Charlton Comics]] characters which had been purchased by DC Comics, ''Watchmen'' was re-tooled to feature new, analogue characters when it became clear that the story would have significant and lasting ramifications on its main players.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Gaiman|first = Neil (moderator)|author-link = Neil Gaiman|title = A Portal to Another Dimension (panel discussion at the 1986 UK Comic Art Convention)|journal = [[The Comics Journal]]|issue = 116|publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]|date = July 1987}}</ref> Gibbons believes that his own involvement likely came about after the idea was already in its early initial stages. He recalls that he had:
{{cquote|... known Alan for a while and we had tried to get things off the ground with DC and hadn't really succeeded. Then Alan finally broke into DC with ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' and I guess I must have heard on the grapevine that he was doing a treatment for a new miniseries. I rang Alan up, saying I'd like to be involved with what he was doing. He said 'Oh, yeah great' and sent me the outline for it. Then I was at a convention in the US and asked [[Dick Giordano]], managing director of DC at the time, point blank whether I could draw this thing Alan was writing. He said 'How does Alan feel about that?' I said 'Yeah he's fine with it' and Dick said 'Yep, OK, it's yours!'<ref name="Watching"/>}}

To complement the story, Gibbons remembers working on rough character designs which ultimately changed little in their final appearance from "the descriptions that Alan had provided," trying to come up with "a classic superhero feel but be a little bit stranger ... a sort of operatic look ... an Egyptian kind of a look."<ref name="Watching"/>

Gibbons lettered ''Watchmen'' and it was his lettering style that later served as one of two reference sources used by [[Vincent Connare]] when creating the controversial font [[Comic Sans]] in 1994.<ref name="wsj-ill-will">{{cite web|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123992364819927171?mod=googlenews_wsj|title= Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will|access-date= 19 April 2009|date= 17 April 2009|last= Steel|first= Emily|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher= [[Dow Jones & Company, Inc.]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090420022303/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992364819927171.html?mod=googlenews_wsj|archive-date= 20 April 2009|quote= Mr. Connare says he pulled out the two comic books he had in his office, ''The Dark Knight Returns'' and ''Watchmen'', and got to work, inspired by the lettering and using his mouse to draw on a computer screen.|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Gibbons has commented that "It's just a shame they couldn't have used just the original font, because it's a real mess. I think it's a particularly ugly letter form."<ref>{{cite web|first= Jack|last= Schofield|url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/aug/12/dave-gibbons-watchmen-interview|title= Computers draw a new chapter in comics|work=[[The Guardian]]|date= 12 August 2009|location= London, United Kingdom|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130805172221/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/aug/12/dave-gibbons-watchmen-interview|archive-date= 5 August 2013|url-status= live|access-date= 30 August 2009}}</ref>

Comics historian [[Les Daniels]] noted that ''Watchmen'' "called into question the basic assumptions on which the super hero genre is formulated".<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|title = DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company|Bulfinch Press]]|year = 1995|location= New York City|page = 196|isbn = 0821220764}}</ref> DC Comics writer and executive [[Paul Levitz]] observed in 2010 that "As with ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', ''Watchmen'' set off a chain reaction of rethinking the nature of super heroes and heroism itself, and pushed the genre darker for more than a decade. The series won acclaim...and would continue to be regarded as one of the most important literary works the field ever produced."<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|chapter= The Dark Age 1984–1998|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen]]|year=2010|location= Cologne, Germany|ISBN= 9783836519816|page= 563}}</ref>

Gibbons returned to ''Watchmen'' in 2008, producing the behind-the-scenes book ''Watching the Watchmen'' to tie into the release of the 2009 [[Watchmen (2009 film)|film]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://thequietus.com/articles/00949-dave-gibbons-watches-the-watchmen-2|title= Dave Gibbons on the Origins of the Watchmen|first= Matt|last= Kaufman|date= 6 January 2009|publisher= Thequietus.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130204100615/http://thequietus.com/articles/00949-dave-gibbons-watches-the-watchmen-2|archive-date= 4 February 2013|url-status= live|df= dmy-all|access-date= 31 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.liberationfrequency.co.uk/dave-gibbons-interview/|title= Through the Eyes of the Creator: Interview with Dave Gibbons|first= Dan|last= Collacott|year= 2009|publisher= Liberationfrequency.co.uk|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103171737/http://www.liberationfrequency.co.uk/dave-gibbons-interview/|archive-date= 3 November 2013|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all|access-date= 5 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/12289382257709.htm|title= Watching the Watchmen with Dave Gibbons: An Interview|first= Thom|last= Young|year= 2008|publisher= [[Comics Bulletin]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081216101134/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/12289382257709.htm|archive-date= 16 December 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref> ''Watching the Watchmen'' is his take on the creation of the seminal work, and features a number of rarely seen pieces of artwork including sketches and character designs, as well as "stuff," he says "that I just don't know why I kept but I'm really pleased I did."<ref name="Watching">{{cite web |url= http://comiccon.titanbooks.com/watching-watchmen/|title= Get Under the Hood of Watchmen…Dave Gibbons Interview|year= 2008|publisher= [[Titan Books]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080802171345/http://comiccon.titanbooks.com/watching-watchmen/|archive-date= 2 August 2008|url-status= dead|access-date= 19 July 2008}}</ref> Gibbons stated that "I'm basically thrilled with the movie, you know; it's been in the making for years. There have been proposals to make it – some I was excited about, some I was less excited about. But I think the way that it finally has been made is just great. I honestly can't imagine it being made much better."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/watchmen/news/1834403/dave_gibbons_talks_watchmen/|title= Dave Gibbons Talks ''Watchmen''|first= Luke|last= Goodsell|date= 27 July 2009|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120924065040/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/watchmen/news/1834403/dave_gibbons_talks_watchmen/|archive-date= 24 September 2012|url-status= live}}</ref>

===1990s===
[[File:GiveMeLiberty01.jpg|thumb|150px|''[[Give Me Liberty (comics)|Give Me Liberty]]'' No. 1 (1990)<br>Art by Gibbons; story by [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]]]
From the start of the 1990s, Gibbons began to focus as much on writing and inking as on drawing, contributing to a number of different titles and issues from a variety of companies. Particular highlights included, in 1990, Gibbons writing the three-issue ''[[World's Finest Comics|World's Finest]]'' miniseries for artist [[Steve Rude]] and DC,<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 246: "Writer Dave Gibbons and artist Steve Rude presented a three-issue miniseries...that proved the World's Finest team of Superman and Batman was still relevant."</ref> while drawing ''[[Give Me Liberty (comics)|Give Me Liberty]]'' for writer [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]] and [[Dark Horse Comics]].<ref name="GCD"/> He penned the first ''[[Batman Versus Predator]]'' [[intercompany crossover|crossover]] for artists [[Andy Kubert|Andy]] and [[Adam Kubert]] (Dec. 1991 – Feb. 1992), and inked [[Rick Veitch]] and [[Stephen R. Bissette]] for half of Alan Moore's ''[[1963 (comics)|1963]]'' [[Image Comics]] series (1993).<ref name="GCD"/>

Rejoining Frank Miller in mid-1994 on ''Martha Washington Goes to War'', the following year Gibbons wrote the [[Elseworlds]] title ''Superman: Kal'' for [[José Luis García-López]], melding [[Arthurian legends]] to the Superman mythos in an "out-of-continuity" tale set in an alternate DC Universe. In Marvel Edge's ''Savage Hulk'' No. 1 (Jan 1996), Gibbons wrote, penciled, inked, coloured and lettered "Old Friends", a version of the events of ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' No. 110 from the point of view of the [[Hulk]].<ref name="GCD" /> In 1996 and 1997, Gibbons collaborated with [[Mark Waid]] and [[Jimmy Palmiotti]] on two issues of the [[Amalgam Comics]] character "[[Super-Soldier]],"<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 279: "Super-Soldier (an amalgam of Superman and Marvel's Captain America) returned in his second Amalgam one-shot, by writer Mark Waid and penciller Dave Gibbons."</ref> a character born from the merging of the DC and Marvel Universes after the events of the 1996 intercompany crossover ''[[DC vs. Marvel|DC vs. Marvel/Marvel vs. DC]]''.<ref name="GCD"/>

Among many other covers, one-shots and minor works, Gibbons worked with Alan Moore again briefly on the latter's [[Awesome Entertainment]] ''[[Judgment Day (Awesome Comics)|Judgment Day]]'' miniseries, providing (variant) covers to all three issues, on the first issue of [[Kitchen Sink Press]]'s ''[[Spirit (comics character)|The Spirit]]: The New Adventures'' revival and within the pages of the ''Alan Moore Songbook''. He designed the logo for [[Oni Press]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36618|title= Oni Press Unveils New Logo|date= 26 January 2012|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120129012229/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36618|archive-date= 29 January 2012|url-status= live|quote= The original Oni Press logo was designed by the amazing Dave Gibbons and based on a small trinket that publisher Joe Nozemack's brother had brought back with him from a trip to Japan.}}</ref> In 1999 he penciled and inked [[Darko Macan]]'s four-issue ''[[Star Wars comics|Star Wars]]: [[Vader's Quest]]'' miniseries.<ref name="GCD"/>

===2000s===
Gibbons was one of the artists on the ''[[Superman and Batman: World's Funnest]]'' one-shot written by [[Evan Dorkin]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=6999|title= Evan Dorkin Debuts ''World's Funnest''|first= Beau|last= Yarbrough|date= 18 March 1999|website= [[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905230641/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=6999|archive-date= 5 September 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> and in December 2001 Gibbons collaborated with [[Stan Lee]] on ''[[Just Imagine...#Green Lantern|Just Imagine... Stan Lee creating Green Lantern]]''.<ref name="GCD"/>

Gibbons wrote ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' issues #17–20 (Nov. 2003 – Jan. 2004) for artist [[Lee Weeks]]. In 2005, he drew covers for ''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'', as well as producing the complete original graphic novel ''[[The Originals (comics)|The Originals]]'',<ref name="GCD"/> a black and white graphic novel which he scripted and drew. Published by [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], the work is set in the near future, but draws heavily on the imagery of the [[Mod (subculture)|Mods]] and [[Rocker (subculture)|Rockers]] of the 1960s.

He wrote ''The [[Rann–Thanagar War]]'' six-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] for DC Comics, one of four lead-ins to the company-wide "[[Infinite Crisis]]" storyline, and returned to the Green Lantern Corps with the five-issue ''[[Green Lantern Corps|Green Lantern Corps: Recharge]]'' (Nov. 2005 – March 2006), co-written with [[Geoff Johns]], which spun off into an ongoing, Gibbons-written series in August 2006.<ref name="GCD"/>

Gibbons was involved in two series released by DC/[[WildStorm]] when DC acquired American rights to the IPC stable of characters. He provided cover artwork for the flagship title, ''[[Albion (comics)|Albion]]'', the six-issue limited series written by [[Leah Moore]] and her husband, [[John Reppion]] and co-plotted by her father, Alan Moore. Gibbons wrote the ''Albion'' spin-off ''[[Thunderbolt Jaxon]]'' (April–Sept. 2006), with art by [[John Higgins (comics)|John Higgins]].

Gibbons provided covers for three issues of writers [[Kurt Busiek]] and [[Fabian Nicieza]]'s run on ''[[Action Comics]]'' (issues #841–843) and co-penciled (with [[Ethan van Sciver]]) the ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps'' issue as part of the "[[Sinestro Corps]]" story arc. He contributed to the ongoing ''Green Lantern Corps'' title on issues #18–20 (May–July 2007).<ref name="GCD"/> Gibbons and [[Ryan Sook]] produced a [[Kamandi]] serial for ''[[Wednesday Comics]]'' in 2009.<ref>Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 338</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jeffrey |last=Renaud|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22701 |title= ''Wednesday Comics'': Dave Gibbons|website=Comic Book Resources|date=26 August 2009|access-date=27 May 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100109191240/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22701|archive-date=9 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jamie |last=Trecker|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080906-Wednesday-Thursday-Sook.html |title= ''Wednesday Comics'' Thursday 4: Ryan Sook Brings Kamandi to Life|work= [[Newsarama]]|date= 6 August 2009|access-date= 27 May 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100106192818/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080906-Wednesday-Thursday-Sook.html|archive-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> In the late 2000s, he provided new alternative covers to [[IDW Publishing]]'s reprints of his Marvel UK ''Doctor Who'' comics.

===2010s===
On 9 April 2011 Gibbons was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the [[IGN]] stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two [[Guinness World Records]], the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer [[Mark Millar]] began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white ''[[Superior (comics)|Superior]]'' comic book, with various artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering. The artists included Gibbons, [[Frank Quitely]], [[John Romita Jr.]], [[Jock (artist)|Jock]], [[Adi Granov]],<ref name=IGNGuinness>{{cite web |url= http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1161812p1.html|title= Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten on the IGN Stage|first= Tom|last= Butler|date= 14 April 2011|website= [[IGN]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140119174103/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/14/kapow-11-comic-history-rewritten-on-the-ign-stage|archive-date= 19 January 2014|url-status= live}}</ref> [[Doug Braithwaite]], [[Ian Churchill]], [[Olivier Coipel]], [[Duncan Fegredo]], [[Simon Furman]], [[David Lafuente]], [[John McCrea (comics)|John McCrea]], [[Sean Phillips]] and [[Liam Sharp]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Guinness-World-Records-at-Kapow-Comic-Con/blog/3454984/7691.html|title= Guinness World Records at Kapow! Comic Con|date= 9 April 2011|publisher= [[Guinness World Records]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110415004929/http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Guinness-World-Records-at-Kapow-Comic-Con/blog/3454984/7691.html|archive-date= 15 April 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref> who all drew a panel each, with regular ''Superior'' artist [[Leinil Yu]] creating the book's front cover. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on 23 November 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.<ref name=IGNGuinness/>

In 2014 he was appointed the UK's first [[Comics Laureate]], to act as an ambassador for comic books and their potential to improve literacy.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.claw.org.uk/laureate.html|title= Comics Laureate|year= 2014|publisher= Comics Literacy Awareness|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150321124644/http://claw.org.uk/laureate.html|archive-date= 21 March 2015|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

Gibbons drew the 1950s variant cover for [[Action Comics 1000|''Action Comics'' No. 1000]] (June 2018).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/208506-DC-Unveils-Final-Variant-For-Action-Comics-1000|title= DC Unveils Final Variant For ''Action Comics'' No. 1000|date= 7 March 2018|work= Previews|publisher= [[Diamond Comic Distributors]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809060614/https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/208506-DC-Unveils-Final-Variant-For-Action-Comics-1000 |archive-date= 9 August 2018|url-status= live|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

==Work in other media==
Works other than comics include providing the cartoon strip on the inside sleeve of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'s 1976 album ''[[Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!]]'', background art for the 1994 computer game ''[[Beneath a Steel Sky]]'' and the cover to ''[[K (album)|K]]'', the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band [[Kula Shaker]]. In 1988, he did the cover art of album ''[[The Madness (The Madness album)|The Madness]]''. In 2007, he served as a consultant on the film ''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]'', which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009. ''[[Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's Cut]]'' (2009) featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ign.com/games/broken-sword-shadow-of-the-templars-the-directors-cut/pc-85695|title= ''Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut''|date= n.d.|website= IGN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121109061650/http://www.ign.com/games/broken-sword-shadow-of-the-templars-the-directors-cut/pc-85695|archive-date= 9 November 2012|url-status= live|quote= The game also features stunning animated facial expressions drawn by Dave Gibbons, the artistic genius behind the comic book and upcoming movie, ''Watchmen''.}}</ref> Since 2021, Gibbons has delivered the annual Christmas Day Message on Forbidden Planet TV, the official YouTube channel of the UK's [[Forbidden Planet (retail chain)|Forbidden Planet]] comics retail chain.<ref>[https://downthetubes.net/forbidden-planet-tvs-christmas-edition-christmas-day-with-dave-gibbons/ "Happy Holidays! Here’s Forbidden Planet TV’s Special Christmas Day Edition – with Dave Gibbons!"] Retrieved 31 December 2023.</ref> Also since 2021, Gibbons has performed the voices of ''Jacob Marley'' and ''The Ghost of Christmas Present'' in the annual [[Andrew Sumner|Hard Agree]] Christmas Carol comics charity podcast.<ref>[https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dave-gibbons-evangeline-lilly-olly-smith-perform-a-christmas-carol/ "Dave Gibbons, Evangeline Lilly, Olly Smith & Julie Stark Perform A Christmas Carol"] Retrieved 31 December 2023.</ref>

==Awards==
===Wins===
*1986 [[Inkpot Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|title= Inkpot Award Winners |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055558/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|archive-date= 9 July 2012|url-status= live}}</ref>
*1987 [[Kirby Award#Best New Series|Jack Kirby Award for Best New Series]] for ''[[Watchmen]]'' with Alan Moore<ref name=JackKirby87>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kirby87.php|title= 1987 Jack Kirby Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131024164633/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kirby87.php|archive-date= 24 October 2013|url-status= live|access-date= 9 April 2011}}</ref>
*1987 [[Kirby Award#Best Writer/Artist (single or team)|Jack Kirby Award for Best Writer/Artist (Single or Team)]] for ''Watchmen'' with Alan Moore<ref name=JackKirby87/>
*2018 [[Harvey Award]] [[List of Harvey Award winners#Harvey Hall of Fame Award|Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacDonald |first1=Heidi |author-link1=Heidi MacDonald |title=2018 Harvey Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/2018-harvey-award-winners-announced/|work=Comics Beat|date=6 October 2018}}</ref>

===Nominations===
*1986 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]] Annual'' No. 11 (1985) with Alan Moore<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kirby86.php|title= 1986 Jack Kirby Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927113449/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kirby86.php|archive-date= 27 September 2013|url-status= live|access-date= 9 April 2011}}</ref>
*1987 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for ''Watchmen'' No. 1 with Alan Moore<ref name=JackKirby87/>
*1987 Jack Kirby Best Single Issue nomination for ''Watchmen'' No. 2 with Alan Moore<ref name=JackKirby87/>

==Bibliography==

===UK publishers===
Titles published by various British publishers include:
*''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'' ([[IPC Media]]/[[Fleetway]]):
**''[[Harlem Heroes]]'' (a, with [[Tom Tully (writer)|Tom Tully]], in #1–24, 1977) collected in ''The Complete Harlem Heroes'' (tpb, 320 pages, [[Rebellion Developments]], 2010, {{ISBN|1-9067-3552-2}})
**''[[Dan Dare]]'' (a):
*** "Legion" (with [[Gerry Finley-Day]], in #28–33, 1977)
*** "Greenworld" (with Gerry Finley-Day and [[Brian Bolland]], in #34–35, 1977)
*** "Star Slayer" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in #36–51, 1977–1978)
*** "Doppelganger" (with [[Chris Lowder|Jack Adrian]], in #52–55, 1978)
*** "Waterworld" (with Jack Adrian, in #56–60, 1978)
*** "Ice Planet" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in #64–66, 1978)
*** "Garden of Eden" (with Jack Adrian, in #67–72, 1978)
*** "Mutiny!" (with Jack Adrian, in #73–78, 1978)
*** "The Doomsday Machine, Parts 6–7" (with [[Nick Landau]], [[Roy Preston]] and [[Garry Leach]], in #84–85, 1978)
*** "Servant of Evil!" (with Tom Tully, in #100–107, 109–118, 1979)
*** "Traitor" (with Tom Tully, in #119–126, 1979)
**''[[Ro-Busters]]'' (a, with [[Pat Mills]]):
*** ''The Complete Ro-Busters'' (tpb, 336 pages, Rebellion, 2008, {{ISBN|1-9054-3782-X}}) includes:
**** "Death on the Orient Express!" (in #86–87, 1977)
**** "Just Routine!" (in #91, 1978)
**** "The Terra-Meks!" (in #98–101, 1978–1979)
**''[[Judge Dredd]]'' (a):
*** ''The Complete Case Files Volume 1'' (tpb, 336 pages, 2005, {{ISBN|1-9042-6579-0}}) includes:
**** "The Neon Knights" (with Pat Mills, in #29, 1977)
*** ''The Complete Case Files Volume 2'' (tpb, 320 pages, 2006, {{ISBN|1-9042-6583-9}}) includes:
**** "Outlaw" (with [[John Wagner|John Howard]] and Brian Bolland, in No. 87, 1978)
*** ''The Complete Case Files Volume 3'' (tpb, 240 pages, 2006, {{ISBN|1-9042-6587-1}}) includes:
**** "Dredd and the Mob Blitzers" (with John Howard, in #130, 1979)
**''[[ABC Warriors]]'': "Cyboons" (a, with Pat Mills, in #130–131, 1977)
**''[[ABC Warriors#Ro-Jaws|Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales]]'' (a):
*** "The Revolt of the Tick Tock Monkey-Bomb!" (with [[Gary Rice (writer)|Gary Rice]], in No. 157, 1980)
*** "The Dating Game" (with [[Alan Moore]], in No. 176, 1980)
*** "The Tidy-Up Droid" (with Gary Rice, in No. 181, 1980)
*** "Tomorrow Brings Doom!" (with Gary Rice, in No. 183, 1980)
*** "Night of the Werebot" (with Gary Rice, in No. 184, 1980)
*** "Spirit of Vengeance" (with Gary Rice, in No. 196, 1981)
**''[[Rogue Trooper]]'':
*** ''Tales of Nu-Earth Volume 1'' (tpb, 400 pages, 2010, {{ISBN|1-9067-3534-4}}) includes:
**** "Future War" (a, with Gerry Finley-Day, in #228–232, 234–235, 239–240 and 249–250, 1981–1982)
*** "The War Machine" (w, with [[William Simpson (comics)|William Simpson]], in #650–653, 667–671 and 683–687, 1989–1990)
*** "Remembrance Day" (a, with [[John Tomlinson (comics)|John Tomlinson]], in Prog 2000, 1999)
**''[[Future Shocks|Tharg's Future Shocks]]'' (a, with Alan Moore):
*** ''The Complete Alan Moore Future Shocks'' (tpb, 208 pages, Rebellion, 2011, {{ISBN|1-9079-9250-2}}) includes:
**** "Return of the Thing!" (in #265, 1982)
**** "Skirmish!" (in #267, 1982)
**** "The Wild Frontier!" (in #269, 1982)
**** "The Disturbed Digestions of Doctor Dibworthy" (in #273, 1982)
**** "Chronocops" (in #310, 1983)
*[[Marvel UK]]:
**''[[Hulk|Hulk Comic]]'' #1: "The Incredible Hulk" (a, with [[Steve Moore (comics)|Steve Moore]], 1979)
**''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' (a):
*** ''Doctor Who: The Iron Legion'' (tpb, 164 pages, 2004, {{ISBN|1-9041-5937-0}}) collects:
**** "The Iron Legion" (with Pat Mills and [[John Wagner]], in #1–8, 1979)
**** "City of the Damned" (with Pat Mills and John Wagner, in #9–16, 1979–1980)
**** "The Star Beast" (with Pat Mills and John Wagner, in #19–26, 1980)
**** "The Dogs of Doom" (with Pat Mills and John Wagner, in #27–34, 1980)
**** "The Time Witch" (with Steve Moore, in #35–38, 1980)
*** ''Doctor Who: Dragon's Claw'' (tpb, 164 pages, 2005, {{ISBN|1-9041-5981-8}}) collects:
**** "Dragon's Claw" (with Steve Moore, in #39–45, 1980)
**** "The Collector" (with Steve Moore, in #46, 1980)
**** "Dreamers of Death" (with Steve Moore, in #47–48, 1980–1981)
**** "The Life Bringer" (with Steve Moore, in #49–50, 1981)
**** "War of the Words" (with Steve Moore, in #51, 1981)
**** "Spider-God" (with Steve Moore, in #52, 1981)
**** "The Deal" (with [[Steve Parkhouse]], in No. 53, 1981)
**** "End of the Line" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #54–55, 1981)
**** "The Free-Fall Warriors" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #56–57, 1981)
**** "The Neutron Knights" (with Steve Parkhouse, in No. 60, 1982)
*** ''Doctor Who: The Tides of Time'' (tpb, 288 pages, 2005, {{ISBN|1-9041-5992-3}}) includes:
**** "The Tides of Time" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #61–67, 1982)
**** "Stars Fell on Stockbridge" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #68–69, 1982)
*''[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]'' #1: "A True Story" (a, with Steve Moore, [[Quality Communications]], 1982)
*''[[Brickman]]'' #1: " The Brickman Caper" (a, with [[Lew Stringer]], [[Mike Collins (comics)|Mike Collins]] and [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]], [[Harrier Comics|Harrier]], 1986)
*[[Knockabout Comics|Knockabout]]:
**''[[Outrageous Tales from the Old Testament]]'': "Sodom and Gomorrah" (w/a, anthology [[graphic novel]], tpb, 64 pages, 1987, {{ISBN|0-8616-6054-4}})
**''[[Seven Deadly Sins (comics)|Seven Deadly Sins]]'': "Gluttony" (w, with [[Lew Stringer]], 1989)
*''[[AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia)|AARGH!]]'' #1: "Just Waiting" (w/a, [[Mad Love (publisher)#Independent period and Mad Love: 1988–1993|Mad Love]], 1988)
*''[[A1 (comic)|A1]]'' #1: "Survivor" (a, with [[Ted McKeever]], [[Atomeka Press|Atomeka]], 1989)

===DC Comics===
Titles published by [[DC Comics]] and its various imprints include:
*[[Green Lantern]]:
**''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]'':
*** ''[[Tales of the Green Lantern Corps]]'' (a):
**** ''Volume 1'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-4012-2155-6}}) includes:
***** "Storm Brother" (with [[Robin Snyder]], in ''v2'' No. 161, 1983)
***** "Apprentice" (with [[Todd Klein]], in ''v2'' No. 162, 1983)
***** "Hero" (with Todd Klein, in ''v2'' No. 164, 1983)
***** "Green Magic, Test of Will!" (with Todd Klein, in ''v2'' #165–166, 1983)
***** "Successor" (with Todd Klein, in ''v2'' No. 167, 1983)
**** ''Volume 2'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, {{ISBN|1-4012-2702-3}}) includes:
***** "Deeter & Dragons!" (with Todd Klein, in ''v2'' #171, 1983)
***** "Scavenger" (with Todd Klein, in ''v2'' #172, 1984)
***** "Progress!" (with [[Joey Cavalieri]], in ''v2'' No. 173, 1984)
***** "Enemy Lines!" (with Todd Klein, in ''v2'' #179–180, 1984)
***** "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" (with Alan Moore, in ''v2'' No. 188, 1985)
*** ''[[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]]'' (a, with [[Len Wein]], in ''v2'' #172–176, 178–183 and 185–186, 1984–1985)
*** ''[[Sinestro Corps War]]'' (a):
**** ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps'' (hc, 200 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-4012-1801-6}}; tpb, 2009, {{ISBN|1-4012-2326-5}}) includes:
***** "The Greatest Once, the Greatest Again" (with [[Geoff Johns]], in ''Sinestro Corps Special'', 2008)
***** "Despotellis Spreads Fear" (with Geoff Johns, co-feature, in ''v4'' No. 18, 2007)
***** "Never Alone Again" (with Geoff Johns, co-feature, in ''v4'' No. 19, 2007)
***** "The Fear Within" (with Geoff Johns, co-feature, in ''v4'' No. 20, 2007)
**''[[Just Imagine...|Just Imagine Stan Lee with Dave Gibbons Creating Green Lantern]]'' (a, with [[Stan Lee]], [[Michael Uslan]] and [[José Luis García-López]], [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]], 2001)
**''[[Green Lantern Corps: Recharge]]'' (w, with Geoff Johns and [[Patrick Gleason (artist)|Patrick Gleason]], 2005–2006) collected as tpb, 160 pages, 2006, {{ISBN|1-4012-0962-9}}
**''[[Green Lantern Corps]] v2'' (w/a, with [[Patrick Gleason (artist)|Patrick Gleason]], 2006–2007) collected in:
*** ''To be a Lantern'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2007, {{ISBN|1-4012-1356-1}})
*** ''The Dark Side of Green'' (includes #7–13, tpb, 168 pages, 2007, {{ISBN|1-4012-1507-6}})
*** ''The Sinestro Corps War, Volume 1'' (includes #14–15, hc, 176 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-4012-1650-1}}; tpb, 2009, {{ISBN|1-4012-1870-9}})
*** ''The Sinestro Corps War, Volume 2'' (includes #16–17, hc, 192 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-4012-1800-8}}; tpb, 2009, {{ISBN|1-4012-2036-3}})
*''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #318–319: "The Creeper" (a, with [[Carl Gafford]], co-feature, 1983)
*[[Batman]]:
**''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' #200: "Smell of Brimstone, Stench of Death!" (a, with [[Mike W. Barr]], 1983)
**''[[Christmas with the Super-Heroes]]'' #2: "And in the Depths" (w, with [[Gray Morrow]], 1989)
**''[[Batman vs. Predator]]'' #1–3 (w, with [[Andy Kubert]], 1991–1992) collected as ''Batman vs. Predator'' (tpb, 128 pages, 1993, {{ISBN|1-5638-9092-5}})
**''[[Batman: Black & White]]'':
*** ''Volume 2'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, {{ISBN|1-5638-9917-5}}) includes:
**** "The Black and White Bandit" (w/a, in ''[[Batman: Gotham Knights|Gotham Knights]]'' No. 12, 2001)
*** ''Volume 3'' (tpb, 288 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-4012-1354-5}}) includes:
**** "Fat City" (w, with [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Michael McMahon]], in ''Gotham Knights'' No. 18, 2001)
*''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' (a):
**''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (1958 team)|The Curse]]'' (hc, 544 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|1-4012-3098-9}}) includes:
*** "Whatever Gods There be..." (with [[Paul Levitz]] and [[Keith Giffen]], in ''Annual'' No. 2, 1983)
**''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (2004 team)|Teenage Revolution]]'' (tpb, 200 pages, 2005, {{ISBN|1-4012-0482-1}}) includes:
*** "Confession" (with [[Mark Waid]], in ''v5'' No. 4, 2005)
*''[[The Omega Men]]'' #33: "Vega: Demon with the Healing Hand" (a, with Steve Parkhouse, 1985)
*[[Superman]]:
**''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' (a):
*** ''[[Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?|Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?]]'' (hc, 128 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-4012-2347-8}}) includes:
**** "For the Man Who Has Everything..." (with Alan Moore, in ''Annual'' #11, 1985)
*** "Superman: The Dailies 2002 – Super-Commander Kent – In the 7th Millennium!" (with [[Mark Schultz (comics)|Mark Schultz]], in ''The Adventures of Superman'' No. 600, 2002)
**''[[Superman: Kal]]'' (w, with José Luis García-López, graphic novel, tpb, 59 pages, 1995, {{ISBN|1-5638-9167-0}})
*''[[Heroes Against Hunger]]'' (a, with Len Wein, one-shot, 1986)
*''[[DC Challenge]]'' #5: "Thunderbolts and Lightning" (a, with Mike W. Barr and [[Mark Farmer]], 1986)
*''[[Watchmen]]'' (a, with Alan Moore, 1986–1987) collected as tpb, 334 pages, 1987, {{ISBN|0-4463-8689-8}}; hc, 464 pages, 2005, {{ISBN|1-4012-0713-8}}
*''[[World's Finest Comics|World's Finest]]'' #1–3 (w, with [[Steve Rude]], 1990) collected as ''WF'' (tpb, 160 pages, 1993, {{ISBN|1-5638-9068-2}}; hc, 176 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-4012-1809-1}})
*''[[The Big Book of|The Big Book of Little Criminals]]'': "Frank 'Dasher' Abbandando—Murder Inc.'s Fastest Killer" (a, with [[Carl Sifakis]], [[Paradox Press]], 1996)
*''[[Super-Soldier|Super Soldier: Man of War]]'': "Deadly Cargo" (a, with Mark Waid, one-shot, 1997)
*''[[The Dome: Ground Zero]]'' (w, with [[Angus McKie]], graphic novel, tpb, 64 pages, [[Helix (comics)|Helix]], 1998, {{ISBN|1-5638-9346-0}})
*''[[80-Page Giant|Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant]]'': "Lights, Camera and Too Much Action" (a, with [[James Robinson (writer)|James Robinson]], 1998)
*''[[Fanboy (comics)|Fanboy]]'' #2: ""Higher Education" with... Fanboy" (a, with [[Mark Evanier]], among other artists, 1999) collected in tpb, 144 pages, 2001, {{ISBN|1-56389-724-5}}
*[[America's Best Comics]]:
**''[[Tom Strong|Tom Strong, Book One]]'' (hc, 208 pages, 2000, {{ISBN|1-5638-9654-0}}; tpb, 2001, {{ISBN|1-5638-9664-8}}) includes:
*** "The Big Heat?" (a, with Alan Moore, in #6, 2000)
**''[[Greyshirt (comics)|Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset]]'' (tpb, 224 pages, 2003, {{ISBN|1-5638-9909-4}}) includes:
*** "The Butt Kicks Back!" (w, with [[Rick Veitch]], in No. 5, 2002)
*''[[Superman and Batman: World's Funnest]]'': "Last Imp Standing!" (a, with [[Evan Dorkin]], among other artists, one-shot, 2000)
*''[[Orion (comics)|Orion]]'' #4: "Tales of the New Gods: Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down..." (a, with [[Walt Simonson]], 2000) collected in ''O: The Gates of Apokolips'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2001, {{ISBN|1-56389-778-4}})
*''[[DC Comics Presents#Julius Schwartz Tribute|DC Comics Presents: The Atom]]'': "Ride a Deadly Grenade!" (w, with [[Pat Oliffe]], one-shot, 2004)
*''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #67: "The Autopsy" (a, with [[Geoff Johns]], 2005) collected in ''JSA: Lost'' (tpb, 208 pages, 2005, {{ISBN|1-4012-0722-7}})
*''[[Rann-Thanagar War]]'' (w, with [[Ivan Reis]], 2005):
**''Rann-Thanagar War'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2006, {{ISBN|1-4012-0839-8}})
**''Infinite Crisis Companion'' (includes ''Infinite Crisis Special'', tpb, 168 pages, 2006, {{ISBN|1-4012-0922-X}})
*''[[Thunderbolt Jaxon]]'' #1–5 (w, with [[John Higgins (comics)|John Higgins]], [[Wildstorm]], 2006) collected as ''Thunderbolt Jaxon'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2007, {{ISBN|1-4012-1257-3}})
*''[[Wednesday Comics]]'' #1–12: "Kamandi" (w/a, 2009) collected in ''Wednesday Comics'' (hc, 200 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-4012-2747-3}})
*''[[DC Universe: Legacies]]'' #3: "Powers & Abilities" (inks, with Len Wein and José Luis García-López) and "Snapshot: Resurgence!" (a, with Len Wein, co-feature); #4: "The Next Generation" (inks, with Len Wein and José Luis García-López) collected in ''DCU:Legacies'' (hc, 336 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|1-4012-3133-0}}; tpb, 2012, {{ISBN|1-4012-3134-9}})

====Vertigo====
Titles published by DC Comics' [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] imprint include:
*''[[Gangland (comics)|Gangland]]'' #1: "The Bear" (w/a, 1998) collected in ''Gangland'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2000, {{ISBN|1-56389-608-7}})
*''[[Strange Adventures]]'' #1: "Riddle of the Random Realities!" (w/a, 1999)
*''[[John Constantine|Hellblazer]]'' (w):
**''[[Vertigo: Winter's Edge]]'' #3: "Another Bloody Christmas" (w/a, 2000) collected in ''City of Demons'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|1-4012-3153-5}})
**''[[Hellblazer]]'' #250: "Happy New Fucking Year"  (with [[Sean Phillips]], 2009)
*''[[Weird Western Tales]]'' #1: "Serial Hero" (w/a, 2001)
*''[[War Story (comics)|War Story: Screaming Eagles]]'' (a, with [[Garth Ennis]], one-shot, 2002) collected in ''War Stories Volume 1'' (tpb, 240 pages, 2004, {{ISBN|1-84023-912-3}})
*''[[The Originals (comics)|The Originals]]'' (w/a, graphic novel, hc, 160 pages, 2004, {{ISBN|1-4012-0355-8}})
*''[[DMZ (comics)|DMZ]]'' #50: "Decade Later, Lower Manhattan" (a, with [[Brian Wood (comics)|Brian Wood]], 2010) collected in ''DMZ: M.I.A.'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|1-4012-2996-4}})
*''[[The Unexpected (1968 comic book)|The Unexpected]]'': "The Great Karlini" (w/a, one-shot, 2011)

===Marvel Comics===
Titles published by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and its various imprints include:
*''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' #41: "...Perchance to Dream" (a, with [[Walt Simonson]], 1988)
*''[[Harvey Kurtzman|Harvey Kurtzman's Strange Adventures]]'': "The Super Surfer" (a, with Harvey Kurtzman, graphic novel, 79 pages, [[Epic Comics|Epic]], 1990, {{ISBN|0-8713-5675-9}})
*''[[Sensational She-Hulk]]'' #50: "He's Dead?!" (a, with [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], among other artists, 1993)
*''[[Hulk|The Savage Hulk]]'': "Old Friends" (w/a, one-shot, [[Marvel Edge]], 1996)
*''[[Super-Soldier]]'': "Secret of the K-Bomb" (a, with [[Mark Waid]], one-shot, 1996)
*''[[Ultimate Spider-Man|Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special]]'' (a, with [[Brian Michael Bendis]], 2002) collected in ''Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' (hc, 448 pages, 2002, {{ISBN|0-7851-0870-X}})
*''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #17–20 (w, with [[Lee Weeks]], 2003–2004) collected as ''Captain America Lives Again!'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2004, {{ISBN|0-7851-1318-5}})
*''[[The Secret Service (comics)|The Secret Service]]'' #1–7 (a, with [[Mark Millar]], [[Icon Comics|Icon]], 2012)

===Dark Horse Comics===
Titles published by [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] include:
*''[[Martha Washington (comics)|The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-First Century]]'' (hc, 600 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-59307-654-1}}) collects:
**''[[Give Me Liberty (comics)|Give Me Liberty]]'' (a, with [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]], 1990–1991) also collected as ''Give Me Liberty'' (tpb, 216 pages, 1992, {{ISBN|0-440-50446-5}})
**''Martha Washington Goes to War'' #1–5 (a, with Frank Miller, 1994) also collected as ''MWGTW'' (tpb, 144 pages, 1996, {{ISBN|1-56971-090-2}})
**''Happy Birthday, Martha Washington'' (a, with Frank Miller, one-shot, 1995)
**''Martha Washington Stranded in Space'' (a, with Frank Miller, one-shot, 1995)
**''Martha Washington Saves the World'' #1–3 (a, with Frank Miller, 1997–1998) also collected as ''MWSTW'' (tpb, 112 pages, 1999, {{ISBN|1-56971-384-7}})
**''Martha Washington Dies'': "2095" (a, with Frank Miller, one-shot, 2007)
*''[[Hard Looks|Andrew Vachss' Hard Looks]]'' #1: "Dumping Ground" (w/a, with [[Andrew Vachss]], 1992) collected in ''Hard Looks'' (tpb, 144 pages, 1994, {{ISBN|1-5697-1009-0}})
*''[[Another Chance to Get It Right]]'' (a, with Andrew Vachss, among other artists, graphic novel, 1992)
*''[[Aliens (comics)|Aliens: Salvation]]'' (w, with [[Mike Mignola]], one-shot, 1993) collected in ''Aliens: Salvation and Sacrifice'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2001, {{ISBN|1-56971-561-0}})
*''[[Star Wars comics|Star Wars]]'':
**''[[Vader's Quest]]'' (a, with [[Darko Macan]], 1999) collected as ''SW:VQ'' (tpb, 96 pages, 2000, {{ISBN|1-5697-1415-0}})
**''[[Chewbacca]]'' No. 2 (a, with Darko Macan, [[Jan Duursema]] and [[Dusty Abell]], 2000) collected in ''SW:C'' (tpb, 96 pages, 2001, {{ISBN|1-5697-1515-7}})
*''[[9-11 (comics)|9-11]] Volume 1'': "Zero Degrees of Separation" (a, with [[Randy Stradley]], graphic novel, tpb, 196 pages, 2002, {{ISBN|1-56389-881-0}})
*''[[Dark Horse Presents]]'' #3: "Treatment" (w/a, 2011)

===Other US publishers===
Titles published by various American publishers include:
*''[[Powerman (comics)|Power Comics]]'' #1–4 (a, with [[Don Avenell]], [[Norman Worker]] and Brian Bolland, [[Eclipse Comics|Eclipse]], 1988)
*''[[Breakthrough (comics)|Breakthrough]]'': "Boss" (w/a, anthology graphic novel, tpb, 80 pages, [[Catalan Communications]], 1990, {{ISBN|0-8741-6097-9}})
*''[[Ray Bradbury|Ray Bradbury Chronicles]]'' #2: "Come into My Cellar" (w/a, [[Byron Preiss|Byron Preiss Visual Publications]], 1992) collected in ''The Best of Ray Bradbury: The Graphic Novel'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7434-7476-7}})
*[[Kitchen Sink Press|Kitchen Sink]]:
**''[[Arzach|Legends of Arzach]]'' No. 3 (a, with [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]], among other artists, 1992) collected in ''Visions of Arzach'' (hc, 64 pages, 1993, {{ISBN|0-8781-6233-X}})
**''[[Spirit (comics character)|The Spirit: The New Adventures]]'' No. 1 (a, with Alan Moore, 1998) collected in ''Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives Volume 27'' (hc, 232 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-5697-1732-X}})
*''[[Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster|Mr. Monster Attacks!]]'' #1: "Wish You Were Here" (a, with [[Michael T. Gilbert]], [[Tundra Publishing]], 1992)
*''[[Beneath a Steel Sky]]'' (w/a, [[Computec Verlag]], 1994)
*''[[Negative Burn]]'' #25: "Chiaroscuro" (a, with Alan Moore, [[Caliber Comics|Caliber]], 1995) collected in ''Alan Moore's Songbook'' (tpb, 64 pages, 1998, {{ISBN|0-9416-1365-8}})
*''[[Omni (magazine)#Comics|OMNI Comix]]'' #3: "T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: Cold Warriors Never Die" (a, with [[George Caragonne]], [[Tom Thornton (writer)|Tom Thornton]] and [[Paul Gulacy]], [[Penthouse Comix]], 1995)
*''[[Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror]]'' (w/a, one-shot, [[Revolution Software|Revolution]], 2010)
*''[[The Rocketeer (character)|Rocketeer Adventures]]'' #4: "A Day at the Beach" (w, with [[Scott Hampton]], [[IDW Publishing]], 2011) collected in ''Rocketeer Adventures Volume 1'' (hc, 128 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|1-6137-7034-0}})

===Covers only===
* ''2000 AD'' #81, 127, 175, 187, 194, 205, 207, 241, 549, 1387, ''Annual'' '81 and '84 ([[IPC Media]]/[[Fleetway]]/[[Rebellion Developments]], 1978–2004)
* ''[[Doctor Who (comics)|Doctor Who]]'' #1–19 ([[Marvel Comics|Marvel]], 1984–1986)
* ''[[Axel Pressbutton]]'' #2 ([[Eclipse Comics|Eclipse]], 1984)
* ''[[Amazing Heroes]]'' #97, 173 ([[Fantagraphics Books]], 1986–1989)
* ''2000 AD Presents vol. 1'' #7 ([[Quality Comics|Quality]], 1986)
* ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'' #1–2, 5, 8 (Quality, 1986–1987)
* ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' #116 (Fantagraphics Books, 1987)
* ''2000 AD Presents vol. 2'' #15 (Quality, 1987)
* ''[[Transformers (comics)|The Transformers]]'' #133 ([[Marvel UK]], 1987)
* ''[[Action Comics]]'' #601, 841–843, [[Action Comics 1000|1000]],  ''Annual'' #3 ([[DC Comics]], 1988–2018)
* ''[[Superman (comic book)|Adventures of Superman]]'' #440, 447 (DC Comics, 1988)
* ''[[The Phantom (comics)|The Phantom]]'' #1–4 (DC Comics, 1988)
* ''[[Dragon's Claws]]'' #7–10 (Marvel UK, 1989)
* ''[[Cheval Noir (comics)|Cheval Noir]]'' #32 ([[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], 1992)
* ''[[Ray Bradbury|Ray Bradbury Chronicles]]'' #1 ([[Byron Preiss|Byron Preiss Visual Publications]], 1992)
* ''[[1963 (comics)|1963]]'' #1 ([[Image Comics|Image]], 1993)
* ''[[Hardcase (comics)|Hardcase]]'' #1 ([[Malibu Comics|Malibu]], 1993)
* ''[[The Malibu Sun]]'' #26 (Malibu, 1993)
* ''[[Dark Horse Presents]]''  #100.4 (Dark Horse, 1995)
* ''[[Judgment Day (Awesome Comics)|Judgment Day]]'' ([[Awesome Entertainment|Awesome]], 1997)
* ''[[Marvel Universe]]'' #2 (Marvel, 1998)
* ''[[Gangland (comics)|Gangland]]'' #4 ([[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 1998)
* ''[[Whiteout (comics)|Whiteout]]'' #3 ([[Oni Press]], 1998)
* ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'' #16–18 (Vertigo, 1998–1999)
* ''[[Martin Mystery]]'' #1–3 ([[Bonelli Comics|Bonelli]], 1999)
* ''[[Supermen of America]]'' #1 (DC Comics, 1999)
* ''[[80-Page Giant|Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant]]'' #1 (DC Comics, 1999)
* ''Silver Age: [[Teen Titans]]'' #1 (DC Comics, 2000)
* ''[[Rising Stars (comic)|Rising Stars]]'' #9 ([[Top Cow]], 2000)
* ''[[Astounding Space Thrills]]'' #4 ([[Day One Comics|Day One]], 2000)
* ''[[Just a Pilgrim|Just a Pilgrim: Garden of Eden]]'' #4 ([[Black Bull Comics|Black Bull]], 2002)
* ''[[Batman: Gotham Knights]]'' #31 (DC Comics, 2002)
* ''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #70–71 (DC Comics, 2005)
* ''[[Albion (comics)|Albion]]'' ([[Wildstorm]], 2005–2006)
* ''[[Northlanders]]'' #3 (Vertigo, 2008)
* ''Dan Dare'' #7 ([[Virgin Comics|Virgin]], 2008)
* ''[[The Boys (comics)|The Boys]]'' #28 ([[Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite]], 2009)
* ''[[Blackest Night|Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps]]'' #1 (DC Comics, 2009)
* ''[[DC Universe: Legacies]]'' #4 (DC Comics, 2010)
* ''[[Liberty Comics|The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual]]'' '10 ([[Image Comics|Image]], 2010)
* ''[[The Authority (comics)|The Authority]]'' #27 (Wildstorm, 2011)
* ''[[Wildcats (comics)|Wildcats]]'' #28 (Wildstorm, 2011)
* ''[[Turf (Image Comics)|Turf]]'' #5 (Image, 2011)
* ''[[Pigs (comics)|Pigs]]'' #5 (Image, 2011)
* ''[[Supercrooks]]'' #1 ([[Icon Comics|Icon]], 2012)
* ''[[Kingsman: The Red Diamond]]'' #1 (Image, variant cover, 2017)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1733301|name=Dave Gibbons}}
* [http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=daveg Dave Gibbons] at 2000 AD online
* {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=54|title=Dave Gibbons}}
* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=132 Dave Gibbons] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namg13.htm#N1247 Dave Gibbons] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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