John Hicklenton (2 Viewers)

[therealjohnny]

Some of you will be aware of the work of comic artist John Hicklenton

Famous for his work on Nemesis in 2000ad and the recent Blood of Satanus story in the Judge Dredd Megazine

It turns out he has been battling MS for the last seven years

Here is an extract from a film he made that gives some insight into what it's like to live with this crippling disease


Here's Johnny

'Here’s Johnny' enters the surreal world of a famous graphic artist battling against Multiple Sclerosis. Previously renowned for his work in Judge Dredd and 2000AD, Johnny now lives in an increasing state of immobility and frustration. He escapes the confines of his front room by drawing, and through the expression of his brilliant, and sometimes troubled, imagination we learn about the disease that he is forced to co exist with. For Johnny, to draw is to live.

 

[Goodbye]

Great attitude.
Great artist.

 

[therealjohnny]

More on this film and an interview with both John and the filmmaker

 

[therealjohnny]

Here's Johnny the award winning documentary about Johnny Hicklenton is on More 4 on the 17th of February 2009 at 10pm.

http://www.heresjohnnyfilm.com/
is the website for the film also where limited edition prints and the DVD can be bought, get there soon to pre order!

 

[therealjohnny]

From another forum:

We have just been informed by Pat Mills that John Hicklenton has sadly passed away.

Here are a few words from Pat:

John Hicklenton passed away peacefully last week. His ending was an expected one and he saw it as a triumph over his illness MS. Amongst his final words to me were "MS - you have a week to live, you've met someone you shouldn't have f***** with". A great artist and a true hero.

Pat Mills

 

[pavlos]

RIP, great artist, especially loved his Nemesis stuff. That was a really good documentary, he came out of it as a pretty amazing guy.

 

[dirtyvicar]

He was a great artist. I loved his Nemesis work, either on the bit where they travelled back in time to the Spanish Inquisition or where they got to hang out with goths in the present day.

 

[therealjohnny]

From the facbook fan page



Hello everyone,

this is a hard message to write, but we wanted to let you all know that Johnny died on Friday 19th March 2010 at Dignitas in Switzerland - funny, courageous and wise to the last.

He approached his death as he did his life - like a warrior.

There is much more we could say, but words don't seem enough for a man like Johnny.

We will let his art, and his love for the world, speak for him.

The Ancestral King returns to his Temple...

xxx

Invictus
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

 

[therealjohnny]

 

[therealjohnny]

Antiques Roadshow last night

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