Arthur Ranson began his career as an advertising artist, and started drawing comics with the Beatles in the 1960s. In 1975, he drew his first cartoon, which was published in Look magazine. After his work as a caricaturist, he began to develop a photo-realistic style. Ranson worked for the comic magazine 2000AD, as well as for publishers Fleetway and DC. For 2000AD, he drew several 'Judge Dredd' stories, which were created by John Wagner. Later on, Ranson drew the album 'Shamballa' with a scenario by Alan Moore. Since 1992 he has drawn the series 'Buttonman'. In addition, he created the 'Mazeworld' series with Alan Grant. In 2003, he became the artist of Marvel's 'X-Treme X-Men: X-Pose' title.
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