Simon Jacob – Robo-Hunter: “The Robotic Revenge of Dr Robotski”, Part 2, Page 20 – 2000 AD Prog 882

Year: 1994

Publisher: Fleetway

Published: April 1994 – 2000 AD Prog 882

Story: Robo-Hunter – The Robotic Revenge of Dr Robotski, Part 2 Page: 20

Writer: Mark Millar

Artist: Simon Jacob

Medium: Ink and paint on paper

Size: 14 x 18 inches (36 x 46 cm)

Original published artwork by Simon Jacob for Robo-Hunter: The Robotic Revenge of Dr Robotski – Part 2.

Written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Simon Jacob, The Robotic Revenge of Dr Robotski was a four-part, 24-page Robo-Hunter story serialised across 2000 AD Progs 881–884 in April 1994. Prog 882 contains the second six-page instalment.

The page features Sam Slade and the bizarre robotic cast characteristic of Robo-Hunter, with a prominent “Robo-Harr!” title treatment dominating the upper portion of the artwork.

Artist: Simon Jacob

Simon Jacob is a British comic artist and illustrator particularly associated with 2000 AD during the late 1980s and 1990s. His work for the title included Robo-Hunter, and he collaborated with Mark Millar on The Robotic Revenge of Dr Robotski. Jacob had previously illustrated the Robo-Hunter story “The Succubus” and subsequently worked on “Fax and Deductions” for the 1994 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special.

The original Robo-Hunter strip was created by John Wagner and developed visually principally by Ian Gibson, becoming one of 2000 AD's best-known humorous science-fiction strips. The 1990s revival introduced a new generation of writers and artists to Sam Slade, with Jacob's distinctive painted work forming part of that later period.