Paul Kidby

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Kidby
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Jun 24, 1964(1964-06-24)
Age	60
Birthplace	Northolt
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Paul Kidby Biography

Paul Kidby is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on June 24, 1964 in Northolt, England, United Kingdom. Kidby was born in West London in 1964. He was an artist of high quality throughout his adolescence and childhood He graduated from high the school with a lack of qualifications.

In 1996, he began working on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Terry’s Discworld art, along with other Terry types of descriptions of works are featured within The Pratchett Portfolio (1996) and The Art of Discworld (2004). The full versions of his artwork and paintings that were previously seen under the light of the stage. He also designed and wrote illustrations for The Last Hero, a Discworld “fable” and number-five bestseller in the United Kingdom, his “90 beautiful illustrations” were described by the publisher as “augment[ing] the impact of this vividly described magical world.”

In August 2016 Kidby released “Terry Pratchett’s Discworld big Book” of black and white line drawings. He would have been designing the cover of the book in March 2016 had he not been in hospital suffering from exhaustion when he heard that Pratchett had died.

From 1991 to 1995 Future Publishing employed kidby and kidby helped design and paint the covers of more than twenty magazines.

Paul Kidby Net Worth

Paul Kidby is one of the richest Artist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Kidby 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Paul Kidby (born 1964) is an English artist from England. Most people recognize him for his artwork inspired by Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. He’s been on the covers of the sleeves since the original illustrator of Pratchett, Josh Kirby, died in 2001.

Later, Kidby was identified by the dental industry as who made replacement teeth, but he stopped the work and became an artist on the streets in the year 1986. Kidby created artworks for a few products ranging from food labels to consumer-based plastic kettles.

In December 2007 Terry Pratchett used Kidby’s website to announce he was suffering from early-onset dysfunction of liver.

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Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Paul Kidby celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.

Who did the artwork for Terry Pratchett?

Ronald William “Josh” Kirby (27 November 1928 – 23 October 2001) was a British commercial artist. Over a career spanning 60 years, he was the artist for the covers of many science fiction books including Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels.

Who Illustrated Terry Pratchett books?

But Paul Kidby , the illustrator who has worked on Pratchett’s Discworld novels for more than 20 years, says this wasn’t always the case. The cover of The Shepherd’s Crown.

Is Discworld a graphic novel?

The Discworld is a place (and a time) parallel to our own – but also very different. The Discworld Graphic Novels presents the very first two volumes of this much-loved series in graphic novel form. First published fifteen years ago, these fully illustrated versions are now issued for the first time in hardback.

Is Discworld a comic?

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.

How many Discworld graphic novels are there?

In total, there are 41 Discworld novels published over 32 years. The books can be read in any order but for ease we have created two downloadable lists for you that will help you to fully explore the stories and characters of Discworld.