Greg Staples' first job on leaving school was as a trainee draftsman in an architects office in Sheffield. He also spent time working in a comic and film memorabilia shop and also a computer game store, both also in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Greg spent some time working for the Computer Games Company Gremlin Graphics. Staples has also worked on video production for music videos for artists such as Muse (Sing For Absolution) and Shaznay Lewis (You). Staples is known for his work in the weekly British comic
2000 AD, especially on
Judge Dredd. He has also produced work for the games company
Wizards of the Coast and drawn numerous comic book characters including
Batman and
Spider-Man. Staples has illustrated cards for the collectible card game
Magic: The Gathering, and digital collectible card game
Hearthstone. Staples did the cover art for
Dungeons & Dragons books
Races of Faerûn (2003), and
Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto (2006). ==Bibliography==