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| birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]], [[UK]]

'''Paul Grist''' (born 9 September 1960<!--DOB from http://www.carlsen.de/web/presse/person?id=30086-->) is a British [[comic book creator]], noted for his hard-boiled [[police]] series ''[[Kane (comics)|Kane]]'' and his unorthodox [[superhero]] series ''[[Jack Staff]]''.

Grist was born in [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite webmagazine |last=Kamen |first=Matt |title=Marvel's The Union is a grim metaphor for post-Brexit Britain |magazine=Wired UK |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/marvel-captain-britain-the-union}}</ref> His first work was published in the 1980s by [[D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd|DC Thomson]] and [[Fleetway]]. His early work also includes ''[[St. Swithin's Day (comics)|St. Swithin's Day]]'' (written by [[Grant Morrison]] and published by [[Trident Comics]]), ''[[Grendel (comics)|Grendel]]: Devil in Our Midst'' (written by [[Steven T. Seagle]] and published by [[Dark Horse Comics]]), and a [[Judge Dredd]] adventure, ''Kinky Boots'', authored by [[Robbie Morrison]].

He later founded his own publishing company, [[Dancing Elephant Press]], under which ''Kane'' and ''Jack Staff'' were first published, but both titles later moved to [[Image Comics]].<ref name="Lambiek">{{cite web | last =Lambiek | author-link =Lambiek | title =Paul Grist | url = http://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/grist_paul.htm }}</ref> He also published ''[[Burglar Bill (comics)|Burglar Bill]]'' under the Dancing Elephant umbrella (May–Nov. 2003, though it had partly appeared in an earlier form published by [[Trident Comics]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/series/36071/|title=Burglar Bill (Trident, 1990 Series)|website=[[Grand Comics Database]]|access-date=8 Sep 2023}}</ref>

Grist's art is notable for its spare -— sometimes stiff -— style, heavy use of shadow, and inventive layouts. His writing is marked by a penchant for sudden cuts between events occurring in different time periods, without the gradual transitions common to the comic book medium. Following the structure of Grist's stories can be a challenge, but he provides subtle visual clues to aid the alert reader.<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrating the Ingenuity and Innovation of Paul Grist|first=Benito|last=Cereno|date=September 9, 2016|url=https://comicsalliance.com/tribute-paul-grist/|work=[[ComicsAlliance]]}}</ref>

* ''[[St. Swithin's Day (comics)|St. Swithin's Day]]'' (with [[Grant Morrison]], [[Trident Comics|Trident]], It1990) — originally appeared in black and white in ''[[Trident (whichUK wascomics)|Trident]]'' (Trident Comics' anthology title) issues #1-4 in black and white. In 1990 it was compiled into aTrident single editioncollected and reprinted byit Tridentin Comics1990 in colour. This edition quickly went out of print and for many years it remained out of print as Trident Comics had gone out of business in 1991. It was laterLater reprinted by [[Oni Press]] in 1998.)

* ''[[Judge Dredd]]'': "Kinky Boots" (with [[Robbie Morrison]], ''Judge Dredd Mega Special 1993'', 1993)