John Hicklenton Comics creator

John Hicklenton (8 May 1967 – 19 March 2010), aka John Deadstock, was a British comics artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship 2000 AD characters like Judge Dredd (in particular Heavy Metal Dredd) and Nemesis the Warlock during the eighties and nineties.He suffered from multiple sclerosis and recorded an award-winning documentary about living with the condition. On 19 March 2010, Hicklenton chose to end his life at Dignitas in Switzerland.

Personal facts

John Hicklenton
Birth dateMay 08, 1967
Birth place
Brighton
Date of deathMarch 19, 2010
Place of death
Canton of Zürich , Schwerzenbach

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