Peter Doherty is a British comic book artist

Comic Book Artist

Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...

 and colourist.

Biography

Doherty's work over a 15 year career has mainly been concentrated on the classic 2000 AD character Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...

. He has illustrated several significant episodes of the strip. These include the story that has been acclaimed by fans as the best single episode story in the history of the strip, "Bury My Knee At Wounded Heart"; the classic origins story "Judge Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend"; and the swansong story of long-running support cast member Chief Judge McGruder

Judge McGruder

Chief Judge Hilda Margaret McGruder is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd stories published in the British comic 2000 AD. She was the first female Chief Judge of Mega-City One, and the first Judge of Mega-City One to become Chief Judge twice...

, "Death of a Legend."

Outside 2000 AD, Doherty's work includes Grendel Tales and Shaolin Cowboy

Shaolin Cowboy

Shaolin Cowboy is an American comic book series created, co-written , and drawn by artist Geof Darrow...

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Doherty is currently working on Devlin Waugh

Devlin Waugh

Devlin Waugh is a fictional character who has appeared regularly in 2000 AD and in the Judge Dredd Megazine. The character was originally created by the writer-artist team John Smith and Sean Phillips....

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External links

• Peter Doherty.net, currently saying "coming soon"
• 2006 Interview with 2000ADReview