John Coulthart

"feed your head"

Fantasy, Horror, Gothic, Psychedelic, Savoy Books

JOHN COULTHART's first illustration work was for the Hawkwind album Church of Hawkwind in 1982. Since then his designs and illustrations have appeared on record sleeves, CD and DVD packages for Cradle of Filth, Alan Moore & Tim Perkins, Steven Severin, Fourth World music pioneer Jon Hassell and many others. John is a frequent contributor to Arthur Magazine.

As a comic artist John produced the Lord Horror series 'Reverbstorm' with David Britton for Savoy Books, and received the dubious accolade of having an earlier Savoy title, 'Hard Core Horror' 5, declared obscene in a British court of law. A new graphic work, 'The Soul', is being planned with Alan Moore (From Hell, V for Vendetta). His collection of HP Lovecraft adaptations and illustrations, The Haunter of the Dark and Other Grotesque Visions, was republished in 2006 by Creation Oneiros.

As a book designer and illustrator John continues to work for Savoy Books, and in 2003 designed the acclaimed Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Mark Roberts.

John's work has been showcased in Rapid Eye, Critical Vision, Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror, EsoTerra, CNN.com and the Channel 4 television series Banned in the UK.