John Watkiss (28 July 1961 – 20 January 2017) was a British artist, known for his painting and his work in comics and film production.

He worked for the Museum of the Moving Image in London, Steven Spielberg's Amblimation, Derek Jarman,[1][2] Saatchi & Saatchi, Ridley Scott Associates, Francis Ford Coppola, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, and Disney (where he worked on the 1999 animated movie Tarzan).

[2] One of his paintings, The Boxer, sold at Christie's in 2001, and in 2002 he was commissioned to provide a mural for the Ford Museum.

[1][2] Watkiss' comics illustration work includes DC Comics' The Sandman #39 (1992) and #52 (1993),[3][4] Sandman Mystery Theatre #5–8 (1993), Starman #18 (1996), and all 13 issues of Deadman written by Bruce Jones (2006–2007);[1][5] Ring of Roses (1992) written by Das Petrou; and various Conan comics (1993–1995) for Dark Horse; John Jakes' Mullkon Empire for Tekno Comix (1995); and Surgeon X with writer Sara Kenney (Image Comics, 2016).

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