William Simpson is an international artist, whose career began in comic
strip art, working on a range of character icons: Judge Dredd, Rogue
Trooper, Batman, Transformers, Hellblazer, Tyranny Rex, Aliens, Vamps
and Indiana Jones.
In recent years he has developed his work in the film industry
providing storyboards for a variety of feature films, such as: 'Reign
of Fire', directed by Rob Bowman, 'Freeze Frame', directed by John
Simpson, Neil Jordan's 'Breakfast on Pluto', and most recently, Lord
Richard Attenborough's 2006 production, 'Closing The Ring'.
2006, saw a selection of his larger paintings, exhibited in the W5
Gallery at Belfast's Odyssey Centre, following his 2005, 100 piece
retrospective at the Millennium Court Arts Centre, in Portadown.
With his brother Ken, he runs the animation company, Rogue Rocket.