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The Knockout: Sport's Most Decisive Moment
272 pages, Paperback
Published June 3, 2025
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Andy Clarke
253 books14 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Disambiguated authors:
(1) Andy Clarke - British Comics Artist (Current profile)
(2) Andy Clarke - AKA Andrew Clark
(3) Andy Clarke - Self-published author of Gardening at the Backyard
(4) Andy Clarke - founder of COSIGN conferences, Kinonet Consultancy, Videogames & Art
(5) Andy Clarke - Biology teacher, WJEC, EDUQAS, A/AS-Level
(6) Andy Clarke - Web Design, CSS, Stuff & Nonsense, Inspire guides
(7) Andy Clarke - Camp inspector/photographer for Vicarious Books, Sea View Camping
(8) Andy Clarke - Food & Drink, Event Host
From Wikipedia:
Andy Clarke is a British comics artist who came to prominence working at 2000 AD and became known to a wider audience with his later work at DC Comics, notably the 2009 volume of R.E.B.E.L.S. and various Batman-related publications.
He started his career in the series Sinister Dexter in the anthology 2000 AD, becoming one of the main artists on the story between 1998 and 2004. While working there he would also work on some of the anthology's other flagship titles, like Judge Dredd and Nikolai Dante, and one-off stories like Thirteen and Snow/Tiger.
He started work for American company DC Comics in 2005 on a number of stories in titles like Aquaman and Detective Comics. In 2008 he has worked on the Two-Face issue of The Joker's Asylum written by David Hine and then, year later, became the main artist on the R.E.B.E.L.S. ongoing series with writer Tony Bedard who has said that Clarke is "the greatest artist I've worked with in a dog's age ... A lot of people are going to be floored when they see his stuff. He's so meticulous with the details and rendering. He reminds me of Brian Bolland and Kevin Maguire and Frank Quitely all rolled into one." Although the writing of the series got a mixed reception Clarke's art was praised, with Comics Bulletin review of the first issue suggesting his "pencils take the detailed future grit of Barry Kitson's Legion of Superheroes and mix it with a heavy dose of Frank Quitely's work on All-Star Superman" and the one at Comic Book Resources picking up on similar themes, saying he was "providing a kind of Barry Kitson stillness combined with a Seth Fisher-esque attention to detail."
Following an arc on Batman Confidential with Peter Milligan, he was confirmed as the next artist for Batman and Robin after Cameron Stewart.
Disambiguated authors:
(1) Andy Clarke - British Comics Artist (Current profile)
(2) Andy Clarke - AKA Andrew Clark
(3) Andy Clarke - Self-published author of Gardening at the Backyard
(4) Andy Clarke - founder of COSIGN conferences, Kinonet Consultancy, Videogames & Art
(5) Andy Clarke - Biology teacher, WJEC, EDUQAS, A/AS-Level
(6) Andy Clarke - Web Design, CSS, Stuff & Nonsense, Inspire guides
(7) Andy Clarke - Camp inspector/photographer for Vicarious Books, Sea View Camping
(8) Andy Clarke - Food & Drink, Event Host
From Wikipedia:
Andy Clarke is a British comics artist who came to prominence working at 2000 AD and became known to a wider audience with his later work at DC Comics, notably the 2009 volume of R.E.B.E.L.S. and various Batman-related publications.
He started his career in the series Sinister Dexter in the anthology 2000 AD, becoming one of the main artists on the story between 1998 and 2004. While working there he would also work on some of the anthology's other flagship titles, like Judge Dredd and Nikolai Dante, and one-off stories like Thirteen and Snow/Tiger.
He started work for American company DC Comics in 2005 on a number of stories in titles like Aquaman and Detective Comics. In 2008 he has worked on the Two-Face issue of The Joker's Asylum written by David Hine and then, year later, became the main artist on the R.E.B.E.L.S. ongoing series with writer Tony Bedard who has said that Clarke is "the greatest artist I've worked with in a dog's age ... A lot of people are going to be floored when they see his stuff. He's so meticulous with the details and rendering. He reminds me of Brian Bolland and Kevin Maguire and Frank Quitely all rolled into one." Although the writing of the series got a mixed reception Clarke's art was praised, with Comics Bulletin review of the first issue suggesting his "pencils take the detailed future grit of Barry Kitson's Legion of Superheroes and mix it with a heavy dose of Frank Quitely's work on All-Star Superman" and the one at Comic Book Resources picking up on similar themes, saying he was "providing a kind of Barry Kitson stillness combined with a Seth Fisher-esque attention to detail."
Following an arc on Batman Confidential with Peter Milligan, he was confirmed as the next artist for Batman and Robin after Cameron Stewart.
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September 3, 2025
Hugely enjoyable. It includes contributions from a very wide range of people (e.g. fighters, their spouses, referees, promoters etc) and so provides genuinely new insights into the sport and knockouts. Contributions from several world famous referees are especially valuable. The interviews have already enhanced how I view and analyse fights.
At the same time, the reference material is familiar and sometimes nostalgic. Clarke covers a vast range of fighters - active ones (e.g. Usyk, Parker, Opetaia), those who are leaving the sport (e.g. Fury, Joshua, Wilder) and those retired but cherished (e.g. Haye, Pacquiao, Froch, Groves and Bellew). The cast of characters is therefore familiar, and leads us back through some of the best moments in the sport, both past and present.
Excellent and highly recommended.
At the same time, the reference material is familiar and sometimes nostalgic. Clarke covers a vast range of fighters - active ones (e.g. Usyk, Parker, Opetaia), those who are leaving the sport (e.g. Fury, Joshua, Wilder) and those retired but cherished (e.g. Haye, Pacquiao, Froch, Groves and Bellew). The cast of characters is therefore familiar, and leads us back through some of the best moments in the sport, both past and present.
Excellent and highly recommended.
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