William Simpson

William Simpson is an international artist, whose career began in comic strip art, working on a range of character icons: Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Batman, Transformers, Hellblazer, Tyranny Rex, Aliens, Vamps and Indiana Jones. In recent years he has developed his work in the film industry providing storyboards for a variety of feature films, such as: 'Reign of Fire', directed by Rob Bowman, 'Freeze Frame', directed by John Simpson, Neil Jordan's 'Breakfast on Pluto', and most recently, Lord Richard Attenborough's 2006 production, 'Closing The Ring'. 2006, saw a selection of his larger paintings, exhibited in the W5 Gallery at Belfast's Odyssey Centre, following his 2005, 100 piece retrospective at the Millennium Court Arts Centre, in Portadown. With his brother Ken, he runs the animation company, Rogue Rocket.