Ian Edginton

Infobox Comics creator

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"Scarlet Traces"
"H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds"
"Leviathan"
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Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer.

He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for "2000 AD".

Biography

Edginton sees part of the key to his success coming from good relationships with artists, especially D'Israeli and Steve Yeowell as well as Steve Pugh and Mike Collins. He is best known for his steampunk/alternate history work (often with the artist D'Israeli) and is the co-creator of "Scarlet Traces", a sequel to their adaptation of "H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds". With "2000 AD" we has written "Leviathan", "Stickleback" and, with art by Steve Yeowell, "The Red Seas" as well as one-off serials such as "American Gothic" (2005).

His stories often have a torturous gestation. "Scarlet Traces" was an idea he had when first reading "The War of the Worlds", its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in the "Judge Dredd Megazine". Also "The Red Seas" was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic but Winslade was still tied up with "Goddess" and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected Epic was finally wound up - the series only re-emerging when Edginton was pitching ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his "2000 AD" career.

With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series including "Stickleback", a tale of a strange villain in an alternate Victorian London, and "Gothic", which he describes as "Mary Shelley's Doc Savage". With Simon Davis he recently worked on a survival horror series, "Stone Island", and he has also produced a comic version of the computer game "" with Steve Pugh.

With Dan Abnett he is writing comics based on "Warhammer 40,000" ["Damnation Crusade" and "Blood and Thunder") [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8940 Edginton Lifts Off with “Warhammer 40,000”] , Comic Book Resources, November 17, 2006] and "Warhammer" ("Forge of War") for Boom! Studios. The most recent is a Warhammer Fantasy series called "Condemned by Fire". [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=157564 Talking Warhammer with Ian Edginton] , Newsarama, May 20, 2008]

He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story called "Sixgun Logic". Also as part of Top Cow's Pilot Season he has written an "Angelus" one-shot. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12462 Divine Retribution: Edginton talks "Angelus: Pilot Season" #1] , Comic Book Resources, November 26, 2007]

Following the World's End event, Edginton will take over the writing of "" from issue #13. [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=154293 NYCC '08: LIVING IN THE RUINS: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End'] , Newsarama, April 19, 2008]

Bibliography

Novels

Novels include:

*"Zool Rules: the Alien Ninja from the Nth Dimension" (Pan Macmillan, 1994 ISBN 0-7522-0952-3)

Comics

Comics work includes:

* "God's Little Acre" (with D'Israeli, in "Revolver" #2, 1990)

* "Downtown: A Nightmare on Elf Street!" (with Steve Pugh in "Dark Horse Presents" #48-49, Dark Horse Comics, 1991)

* "Strange Cases" (in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #1.8, 1991)

* "" (with Vince Giarrano, 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, 1991)

* "Aliens":
** "Rogue" (with Will Simpson, 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 1993, trade paperback, 112 pages, 1995, ISBN 1-56971-023-6, 1997, ISBN 1-56971-267-0)
** "Purge" (with pencils by Phil Hester and inks by Ande Parks, one-shot, Dark Horse, 1997)

* "Lachryma 2099" (with David G Klein, in "2099 Unlimited" #4, Marvel Comics, 1994)

* "" #1-8 (with Doug Wheatley, Marvel Comics, July 1994-February 1995)

*"Predator":
** "Rite of Passage" (with pencils by Rick Leonardi and inks by Dan Panosian, in "Dark Horse Comics" #1-2, collected in "Jungle Tales" one-shot, 1995)
** "Xenogenesis" (with pencils by Mel Rubi and inks by Andrew Pepoy, 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 1999)

* "Shopping" (with Gary Erskine, in "" #3-5, Malibu Comics, 1995)

* "Wolverine: Knight of Terra" (with co-author John Ostrander, pencils by Jan Duursema and inks by Rick Magyar, graphic novel, Marvel Comics, 1995)

*"Ultraforce" #2, 5-9 (with co-authors Warren Ellis (2, 5-7) and Dan Abnett (8-9); and various artists including Darick Robertson and Gary Erskine (8-9), Malibu Comics, 1995-1996)

* "The Fallen Idol" (with Enrique Alcatena, in "Conan the Savage" #5-6, Marvel Comics, 1995-1996)

*"Foxfire" (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Kevin West, 4-issue mini-series, Malibu Comics, 1996)

*"Vampirella vs Hemorrhage" (with writers co-author Thomas E. Sniegoski and art by Michael Bair, 3-issue mini-series, Harris Comics, 1997)

*"Seeker 3000" (with co-author Dan Abnett, pencils by Andrew Currie, and with inks by Hector Collazo and Andy Lanning, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 1998)

*"Alien vs. Predator":
**"Eternal" (with Alex Maleev, 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 1998, tpb, 88 pages, 1999, ISBN 1-56971-409-6)
** "Pursuit" (with Mel Rubi, and Rob Hunter, in "Annual #1", 1999)
** "The Web" (with Derek Thompson, and Brian O'Connell, "Dark Horse Presents" #146-147, 1999)

*"Batman":
**"No Man's Land" Volume 2 (with D'Israeli, tpb, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-599-4)
**"Batman/Aliens 2" (with Staz Johnson, DC, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0081-8)

*"" (with pencils by Mike Deodato Jr. and inks by Neil Nelson, #9-14, for Dark Horse, 2000)

*"X-Force" #102-115 (with co-author Warren Ellis (#102-110) and art by Whilce Portacio and Lan Medina, Marvel, 2000-2001, "Counter-X Volume 1" collects #102-109, 192 pages, July 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3304-6)

* "The Max Rebo Band in “A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite!”" (with Mark Martin & Rick Neilsen, in "Star Wars Tales 6", 2000)

* "Planet of the Apes" (for Dark Horse):
** "Human Wars" (with pencils by Paco Medina, Adrian Sibar; and inks by Juan Vlasco, Norman Lee, Christopher Ivy, 2001)
** "The Ongoing Saga Volume 1: Old Gods" (with pencils by Adrian Sibar, Paco Medina; and inks by Norman Lee, Juan Vlasco, 2001-2002)
** "The Ongoing Saga Volume 2: Blood Lines" (with co-writer Dan Abnett, with pencils by Sanford Greene, Pop Mhan, Paco Medina, Adrian Sibar; and inks by Norman Lee, Pop Mhan, Juan Vlasco, 2001-2002)

*"The Establishment" (with Charlie Adlard, 13 issue run, Wildstorm, 2001-2002)

*"Starfleet Corps of Engineers": "Caveat Emptor" (with Mike Collins, ebook, 2002, tpb "No Surrender", 2003)

* "Scarlet Traces" (with D'Israeli):
**"Scarlet Traces" (in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #4.16-4.18, 2002, tpb, Dark Horse, 2003, ISBN 1-56971-940-3)
**"The Great Game" (4-issue mini-series, 2006, tpb, Dark Horse, 104 pages, April 30, 2007, ISBN 1-59307-717-3)

* "Sojourn" #25-34 (with Greg Land, CrossGen, 2002-2004):
** "Sojourn, Volume 5: A Sorcerer's Tale" (tpb, collects "Sojourn" #25-30, Checker Book Publishing Group, March 2007, ISBN 1-933160-44-6)
** "Sojourn, Volume 6: Berserker's Tale" (tpb, includes "Sojourn" #31-34, Checker Book Publishing Group, January 2008, ISBN 1-933160-72-1)

* "Scion" (CrossGen, 2002-2004)

* "The Red Seas" (with Steve Yeowell):
** "Under the Banner of King Death. The Red Seas Book I" (in "2000 AD" #1313-1321, 2002, tpb, hardcover, November 2005, ISBN 1-904265-68-5, paperback, November 2007, ISBN 1-905437-49-8)
** "Twilight of the Idols. The Red Seas Book II" (in "2000 AD" prog 2004 & #1371-1379, 2003-2004, tpb, May 2007, ISBN 1-904265-72-3)
** "Meanwhile..." (in "2000 AD" #1416-1419, 2004)
** "Underworld. The Red Seas Book III" (in "2000 AD" #1460-1468, 2005)
** "The Hollow Land" (in "2000 AD" #1491-1499, 2006)
** "With a bound he was free..." (in "2000 AD" #1513-1517, 2006)
** "War Stories" (in "2000 AD" #1562-1566, 2007)
** "Old Gods" (in "2000 AD" #1600-, 2008)

* "Interceptor" (with Steve Pugh, in "2000 AD" # 1337-1345, 2003)

* "Leviathan" (with D'Israeli, hardcover, 64 pages, November 2006, ISBN 1-904265-65-0) collects:
** "Leviathan" (in "2000 AD" #1351-1360, 2003)
** "Chosen Son" (in "2000 AD" prog 2005, 2004)
** "McLean's Last Case" (in "2000 AD" #1465, 2005)
** "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (in "2000 AD" #1466, 2005)

*"Judge Dredd":
** "Inside Job" (with Steve Pugh, in "2000 AD" #1363-1364, 2003)
** "Tempus Fugitive" (with D'Israeli, in "2000 AD" #1390, 2004)
** "Time and Again" (with D'Israeli, in "2000 AD" #1475, 2006)
** "Heist" (with Steve Yeowell, in "2000 AD" #1480-1481, 2006)
** "Time's Squared" (with D'Israeli, in "2000 AD" #1551, 2007)

*"Witchblade":
** #78-79: "Signs and Portents" (with art by Tony Daniel, Top Cow, 2004)
** #113- (with co-author Ron Marz, with pencils by Sami Basri, Top Cow, 2008-ongoing)

*"Kingdom of the Wicked" (with D'Israeli, graphic novel for Dark Horse, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-187-6) [ [http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=13-257 "Kingdom of the Wicked" profile at Dark Horse] ]

*"Richard Matheson's Hell House" (with Simon Fraser, IDW, 2005, 4 issue mini-series, tpb)

* "American Gothic" (with Mike Collins, in "2000 AD" #1432-1440, 2005)

* "Honor Bound" (with Steve Pugh, in "Star Wars Tales 22", 2005)

* "H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" (with D'Israeli, Dark Horse e-comic and graphic novel 2006 ISBN 1-59307-474-3) [ [http://www.darkhorse.com/zones/wotw/wotw_popup.php?p=.5 "H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" profile at Dark Horse] ]

*"Rogue Trooper": "New Model Army" (with Steve Pugh, in "2000 AD" #1477-1479, 2006)

*"Stone Island" (with Simon Davis, tpb, 112 pages, February 2008, ISBN 1905437579) collects:
** "Stone Island" (in "2000 AD" #1500-1507, 2006)
** "The Harrowers" (in "2000 AD" #1550-1559, 2007)

*"" (with Steve Pugh, 3-issue mini-series, Dark Horse, 2006-2007, ongoing, tpb, 104 pages, June 27, 2007, ISBN 1-59307-681-9)

*"Stickleback" (with D'Israeli, trade paperback, 132 pages, August 2008, ISBN 1905437749) collects:
** "Mother London" (in "2000 AD", prog 2007 and #1518-1525, 2006-2007)
** "England's Glory" (in "2000 AD", prog 2008 and #1567-1577, 2007-2008)

*"Warhammer 40,000" (with co-author Dan Abnett):
** "Damnation Crusade" (with art by Lui Antonio and JM Ringuet, 6-issue mini-series, Boom! Studios, December 2006-2007, trade paperback, 144 pages, July 2007, ISBN 142760679X) [http://boom-studios.com/taxonomy/term/119 "Damnation Crusade" profile at Boom! Studios] ]
** "Blood and Thunder" (with art by Daniel Lapham, 4-issue mini-series, Boom! Studios, December 2007, tpb, 128 pages, April 2008, ISBN 1934506311) [http://boom-studios.com/taxonomy/term/222 "Blood and Thunder" profile at Boom! Studios] ]

*"Warhammer" (with co-author Dan Abnett):
** "Forge of War" (with art by Tommy Castillo, 6-issue mini-series, Boom! Studios, 2007-2008, tpb, 128 pages, April 2008, ISBN 1934506362) [http://boom-studios.com/taxonomy/term/122 "Forge of War" profile at Boom! Studios] ]
** "Condemned by Fire" (with art by Rahsan Ekedal, 5-issue mini-series, Boom! Studios, forthcoming) [http://boom-studios.com/taxonomy/term/261 "Condemned By Fire" profile at Boom! Studios] ]

*"Detonator X" (with Steve Yeowell, in "2000 AD" #1534-1543, 2007)

*"Nevermore": "Murder in the Rue Morgue" (adaptation, with art by D'Israeli, graphic novel adaptation, Eye Classics, Self Made Hero, October 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-8-4) [ [http://www.selfmadehero.com/classical_eye/nevermore.html "Nevermore" profile at Selfmadehero] ]

*"Pilot Season": "Angelus" (with Stjepan Sejic, one-shot, Top Cow Productions , December 2007)

* "" #13- (with pencils by Leandro Fernandez and inks by Francisco Paronzini, Wildstorm, August 2008, forthcoming) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=9852 "Stormwatch: Post Human Division" #13 details at DC] ]

*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" (adaptation, with art by I. N. J. Culbard, 128 pages, Eye Classics, Self Made Hero, September 2008, ISBN 978-0-9558169-3-2) [ [http://www.selfmadehero.com/classical_eye/podg.html "The Picture of Dorian Gray" profile at Self Made Hero] ]

* "Aladdin" (Radical Comics, 2008, forthcoming)

*"Ampney Crucis Investigates" (with Simon Davis, in "2000 AD", forthcoming)

Awards

*2007 nominated for the Eisner Awards [ [http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_07nom.shtml The 2007 Eisner Awards: 2007 Master Nominations List ] ] for:
** Best Limited Series, "The Great Game"
** Best Writer, for his work on "The Great Game"

Notes

References

*"Interrogation": Ian Edginton (interviewed by Matthew Badham, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #247, 2006)
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* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=IANE 2000AD profile page]
* [http://www.darkhorse.com/search/search.php?sstring=Ian+Edginton&match=all&scope=products Dark Horse profile]

External links

* [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2006/edginton/ian-edginton.shtml Interview with 2000adreview.co.uk]
* [http://scarlettracesannotations.googlepages.com/home Annotations and references to several of Ian Edginton's books]