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Paul Peart

Comic artist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7152907 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Peart (also known as Paul Peart-Smith) is a British comics artist who has done some work for 2000 AD, Nelson, H.P Lovecraft, and many other publications.

Bibliography

Judge Hershey: "Down Time" (with Dave Stone, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.09 1992)

Slaughterbowl (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #842-849, 1993)

Judge Dredd:

"Do the Wrong Thing" (with Gordon Rennie, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.49 1994)

"Under Siege" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #880, 1994)

"Dredd Has Been Murdered" (with Alan McKenzie 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1995, 1995)

"Sponts A-Go-Go" (with Chris Standley and Roger Langridge, Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future #14, 1996)

"Medusa" (with Alan Barnes and Roger Langridge, Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future #19-20, 1996)

"Control" (with Robbie Morrison, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.18 1996)

Harke & Burr: "Secret Origin" (with Si Spencer, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.83 1995)

Tharg's Future Shocks: "Brush With Fate" (with Win Wiacek, in 2000 AD #949, 1995)

Tracer (with Dave Stone, in 2000 AD #948-949, 1995)

"Horrible History" comic book artist/cartoonist, published by Eaglemoss 2003 -2005

"Jackie Chan Adventures" illustrator, published by Eaglemoss 2003-2005

"Horrible Science" comic book artist/cartoonist, published by Eaglemoss 2002 -2006

"Wallace and Gromit" comic published by Titan 2006 - 2007

"One Plus One" written and drawn by Paul Peart Smith, published online as a web comic on the Activate website, http://www.activatecomix.com, 2009 - 2010

"Black Power" a history of black comics exhibition at the Swiss Cottage Gallery, London, 2010. Curated by Paul Peart Smith and George Nelson.

"1979" in "Nelson" published by Blank Slate in 2011, coloured by Rob Davis, edited by Woodrow Phoenix and Rob Davis.

"Erotic Fantasy Now" edited by Paul Peart Smith, published by Ilex, 2011

"He" in "H.P Lovecraft Anthology 2 "published by Self Made Hero in 2012, written by Dwight L. Macpherson

Design Manager for Home Fundraising Ltd.

"Edge of Extinction" Comics Artist, published by Eighth Continent, written by Baden Mellonie

Lead Animation Background Artist on "Fanshaw and Crudnut" for Blue Rocket Productions, appearing on Australian Channel 9 and GOtv. 2015-2016

"Graveyard Song" self published, 2016

Lead Background Artist on Bikey Face an Animated short.

Comics Artist on Edge Of Extinction 2, Cast No Shadow Exhibition, Cover illustrator for Freedom City Comics, Self published A-OK manga style comic.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Paul Peart” as comic artist. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Paul, Peart and Comic.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 1992, 1993, 1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Paul, Peart and Comic providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Paul Peart”, the useful work is to connect “comic artist” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7152907. VIAF identifies the subject as 226108339. The Library of Congress control number is nb2012001803. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Paul Peart” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.