Hmmmm...... well, I'm a serious DVD whore. I have no shortage of films to watch. I also like wrestling (watching it, not actually doing it!) and surfing the net to the theme music of 'Hawaii Five-O'. Oh yes, and karaoke..... love to get up and have a sing song! Speaking of which, I am currently attempting to broaden my music skills by learning to play air guitar.
Music
Definately the Blues Brothers..... who got me into music in the first place. Elvis as well.... he'll always be the King! Also the Commitments, AC/DC.... heck, pretty much anything from ABBA and the Bee Gees to Kid Rock!! I love a lot of movie soundtracks as well.... especially John Barry's haunting score to Bruce Lee's Game Of Death, and John Williams' immortal Superman soundtrack. Oh yes, and gotta love the soundtrack to the animated 'Transformers: The Movie'!! However, the rumours that I draw to the tunes of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and David Hasselhoff are NOT TRUE. Honest.
Anything starring the great Bruce Lee, the Incredible Hulk, Hulk (yes, I still like the 2003 one as well), Transformers The Movie (both the animated and live action versions), X-Men 1-3, The Punisher (2004), Punisher: War Zone, Batman (the 1966 movie starring Adam West), Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Wrestler, The Condemned, Blues Brothers, Superman movies (not 4!), Iron Man, Spider-man 1-3, Fantastic Four 1+2, Blade 1-3, Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones movies, Ultimate Avengers the Movie, The Commitments, An American Werewolf In London, Salem's Lot (original version!), Underworld 1 + 2 (Kate Beckinsale in black leather.....; oP ), Nightmare On Elm Street films, All Universal B+W Horrors (Frankenstein, Wolf Man etc), King Kong (2005 version), Rocky movies
Television
The Incredible Hulk TV series starring Lou Ferrigno and the late, great Bill Bixby will ALWAYS be my favourite TV show. I also love the 60's Batman starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Other all-time faves are Doctor Who, House, CSI, CSI Miami, CSI New York, WWE (from 1991-2005. Don't watch it anymore but still love watching old stuff), Quantum Leap, The Shield, Starsky And Hutch, Columbo, Prisoner, Transformers, Beast Wars Transformers, Transformers Animated 2007, Who Wants To Be A Superhero, Batman Animated, Justice League, X-Men, Spider-man, Minder, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Batman Animated, Batman: the Brave And The Bold, Justice League, X-Men animated..... yep, I love my cartoons as well!!
Books
Mostly comics/graphic novels/trade paperbacks, such as:
Incredible Hulk visionaries vol 1-3 by Peter David, Todd McFarlane, Jeff Purves
The Ultimates by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch
Transformers: Fallen Angel, Prey and Legacy Of Unicron by Simon Furman, Geoff Senior and co.
Death's Head - Volume 1 by Simon Furman, Geoff Senior, Bryan Hitch, Liam Sharp, Lee Sullivan (and featuring a piece of artwork by my good self as well!)
Death's Head: The Body In Question by Simon Furman and Geoff Senior
Doomlord - The Deathlords Of Nox by Alan Grant
Essential Hulk volumes 1-4... especially the last two volumes, featuring classic Roy Thomas and Herb Trimpe Hulk!
Essential Defenders volumes 1+2 by Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema and co
Essential Tomb Of Dracula 1-3 by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan and Tom Palmer
Essential Werewolf By Night by Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Mike Ploog etc
Spectacular Spider-man - Night Of The Goblin - because it features artwork by me, with my bruv Jason Cardy on colours! Also featuring the talents of good friends David Roach and Dylan Teague
Spider-man - Saga Of The Black Costume by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Joe Rubinstein etc
Spider-man - Kraven's Last Hunt by J.M.DeMattis and Mike Zeck
Spider-man Vs Venom by David Micheline and Todd McFarlane
Iron Man - Armour Wars by David Micheline, Mark Bright and Bob Layton
Captain America - War and Rememberance by Roger Stern, John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein
Essential X-Men vol 1+2 by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and John Byrne
Thor Visionaries - Walt Simonson vol 1-3
Batman - The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
Batman - The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Judge Dredd - Dredd vs Death by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Brian Bolland
Judge Dredd - Cry Of The Werewolf by Wagner, Grant and Steve Dillon
The Savage Dragon Archives by Erik Larsen
Spawn collections vol. 1 + 2 by Todd McFarlane
Heroes
First off.... my mom and dad, who are quite simply the greatest people I have ever, and WILL ever know :o)
Bruce Lee...... I can't put into words how much I admire this legend.
Stan Lee..... for creating Marvel comics. 'Nuff Said true believer!
Lou Ferrigno... who has been a hero of mine since I was very young. He'll always be the Incredible Hulk to me :o)
Adam West.... IS Batman. 'Nuff Said.
Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.... for the childhood memories, which I will relive again this summer.
I'm also a big wrestling fan.... the Undertaker, Bill Goldberg, the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley and Ric Flair being amongst my all-time favourites. I'm also a fan of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Kane, Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger, Sting, John Cena, Rob Van Dam, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall... I could go on all day!!
And last but not least, my dear friend Wayne Rourke... who fought a three year battle with cancer with a dignity and bravery that I could only imagine having. God bless you my friend... I'm proud not only to have known you, but to have been able to call you my friend as well :o(
Comic characters: The Hulk, Optimus Prime, Wolverine, The Thing, Death's Head, Spider-man, Captain America, Thor, Superman, Batman, Iron Man (pre-Civil War), Judge Dredd, The Beast, Daredevil, Doomlord, Spawn, Savage Dragon..... also a huge fan of classic UK 'funny comics' characters as well, such as Desperate Dan, Beryl The Peril, Bananaman, Buster..... heck, too many to mention!!
Favourite Comic Creators/Influences: Stan lee, Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema, John Buscema, Pablo Marcos, John Romita Snr & Jnr, Bob Layton, Alfredo Alcala, Ernie Chua/Chan, John Byrne, Dale Keown, Geoff Senior, Lee Sullivan, Andrew Wildman, Simon Furman, Liam Sharp, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Peter David, Jose Garcia Lopez, Bruce Timm, Ed McGuiness, Guido Guidi, Alex Ross, Jeff Scott Campbell, Neal Adams, Herb Trimpe, Walt Simonson, Art Adams, Dave Cockrum, George Perez, Jim Aparo, Alan Davis. And of course... Jason Cardy and Kat Nicholson. Love you guys!
Soulman Inc Cardiff, South Glamorgan UK The Boss ;o)
Forbidden Planet (FPI) Cardiff, South Glamorgan UK
Simon Williams My cover to the upcoming SPIDER-MAN ANIMATED SEASON 1 is now online.... with inks by Joe Rubinstein! Check it out here: http://lnk.ms/02GXv view more
Hello, one and all!! My name is Simon Williams, aka Big Daddy Soul, aka the idle of millions!! Welcome to my humble little corner of MySpace... now, here's the part I hate: trying to think of something to write about myself which will make me sound interesting!! Anyways, here goes..... I'm a professional comic artist... proudly hailing from Wales,UK who also likes to sing every now and again!! I've been drawing comics professionally now since 2003, and my artwork has appeared in several publications- including Transformers, Transformers Beast Wars, The Incredible Hulk, Death's Head and Spider-man. I have also produced artwork for various other forms of Marvel and Transformers-related media, such as dvds, toys and collectable merchandise. I hope someday to see my work in the pages of a US Marvel comic as well. However, that's as close to another country as I want to get (for now, anyways!)... Soulmania is quite content to stay running wild in little ol' Wales!
Oh yes.... I am also responsible for creating the funky madness that is known as the Discotronic Funk Commandos, the superhero team that is gathering all sorts of interest on the world wide web! You can check out two of their adventures, Lost In Music and Enter Metalhead at the Discotronic Funk Commandos section on my website, soulmaninc.co.uk (cheap plug!)
Thank you very much for the nice comment! I am always happy about every new friend and fan here on MySpace who likes my Lex Luger tribute page... Have a wonderful day! *Ilona*
Cheers Simon! Your comments are appreciated also. I think the pages on display at Swansea were of the Hulk and you draw a mean hulk, I was instantly drawn (scuse the pun!)to the artwork when I visited!
WATCH ME ON TV ............... My co-star role of Nitrogurl in CBS's NUMB3RS "Velocity" episode will air this Friday, October 12th - don't miss my first network television role.
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