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John Burns (sometimes John M. Burns) is a British comicbook artist, with a career stretching back to the mid-1960's.
Beginning by drawing Modesty Blaise, and moving on to illustrate TV tie-in strips for now-defunct title Look-In, always scripted by Angus P. Allan, Burns was already well-known by the start of the 1980's. But it was when he made the crossover to 2000AD, along with fellow look-In alumni Jim Baikie and Arthur Ranson, that his position as one of the British comics greats was truly cemented.
Burns began by working on Judge Dredd, a strip to which he continues to contribute to this day. By his own admission (in a 2004 interview with David Bishop in the Judge Dredd Megazine), Burns does not enjoy drawing science fiction strips, and the look of Judge Dredd is one that he finds particularly unpleasant to draw: this is ironic, as his version has drawn much reader acclaim.
Recently, Burns lobbied to work on the Nikolai Dante strip, and has proved so successful that he is now considered the lead artist on the story. He has also co-created (with Robbie Morrison) a contemporary adventure strip, the Bendatti Vendetta, for the Megazine. this is unique for the title in having no science fiction or fantasy elements at all.
Burns' work is fully painted, and can seem old-fashioned but very solidly crafted.
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