Al Ewing

Infobox Comics creator
name = Al Ewing


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Al Ewing is a British comic writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for "2000 AD".

Biography

Ewing is the creator of "The Ultimate Future Shock" [ [http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/ufs1.html The Ultimate Future Shock] ] and periodic contributor to the comic's "Terror Tales" and "Future Shorts" series, variations on their classic "Future Shocks" format. Ewing's work appeared in the "2000AD Winter Special 2005", a compendium of up and coming British comics creators. Recent work includes the 3-part "Go-Machine" serial, "Tempest", his first series for the "Judge Dredd Megazine", and "Dead Signal", illustrated by P. J. Holden, which is currently running in 2000AD.

He has also contributed to "Solar Wind", "FutureQuake" and "The End Is Nigh". Al is also responsible for [http://dibnydiary.blogspot.com/ the diary of Ralph Dibny] .

Current comics projects include "Hulk" for Panini Comics' new title "Marvel Heroes" [ [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/100809-Marvel-Heroes-Panini-UK.html Panini UK Launches 'Marvel Heroes' with All-New Strips] , Newsarama, October 9, 2008] and the mobile comic "Murderdrome" with P. J. Holden.

Al's debut novel was published in 2007 by Abaddon Books. "Pax Britannia: El Sombra" features a mysterious Mexican hero fighting back against the menace of steam-powered Nazis. [ [http://www.abaddonbooks.com/book_el_sombra.php "El Sombra"] at Abaddon Books] It is set in the same Steampunk alternate history as the other novels from the "Pax Britannia" series. A second, unrelated, novel for Abaddon was recently published with the title "I, Zombie".

Al Ewing has deejayed under the name DJ Christ

He currently resides in York.

Works

Comics writing

*"Tharg's Terror Tales":
** "Scene of the Crime" (with Dom Reardon, in "2000 AD" #1296, 2002)
** "Keeping it Real" (with Cam Smith, in "2000 AD" #1386, 2004)
** "Sorrow Hill" (with Shaun Thomas, in "2000 AD" #1399, 2004)
** "Contagion" (with Duane Redhead (pencils) and Lee Townsend (inks), in "2000 AD Winter Special 2005")
** "Man Bites God" (with Tiernen Trevallion, in '2000 AD' #1533, 2007)

*"Judge Dredd": "Quick Way Down" (with M. Montenegro, in "Zarjaz" volume 1 #4, 2003)

*"Strontium Dog": "Fist of Fury" (with Indio, in "Dogbreath" #12, 2004)

*"Tharg's Future Shocks":
** "Game of the Gods" (with Steve Roberts, in "2000 AD" #1445, 2005)
** "A Sound of Intergalactic Thunder" (with Rufus Dayglo, in "2000 AD" #1449, 2005)
** "Doom-Dream of Destiny!" (with Lee Garbett, in "2000 AD" #1481, 2006)
** "Optimal" (with Adrian Bamforth, in "2000 AD" #1496, 2006)
** "Gifts of the Magi" (with Lee Townsend, in "2000 AD" #1499, 2006)
** "Spaceland" (with Edmund Bagwell, in "2000 AD" #1508, 2006)
** "Drive, He Said" (with Edison George (pencils) and Steve Roberts (inks) in '2000 AD' #1532, 2007)

* "Dial H for Huitzilopochtl" (with Michael Molcher, in "FutureQuake" #5, 2005)

* "The Last War" (with Matt Timson, in "The End Is Nigh" #2, 2005)

* "Murderdrome 1997" (with Simon Penter, in "Solar Wind", #6, 2005) [ [http://simonpenter.com/html/murderdrome_1997.html Murderdrome 1997 ] ]

*"Bones of Eden":
** "Bones of Eden" (with Russell Hossain (pencils) and Lee Townsend (inks), in "2000 AD Winter Special 2005")
** "Bones of Eden Pt 1" (with Russell Hossain, in "Zarjaz" #3, 2006)

* "Team Titanic!" (with Boo Cook, in "The End Is Nigh" #3, 2006)

* "A portrait of perdition" (with Flint Hazabudak, in "Something Wicked" #1, 2006)

*"Go-Machine" (with Richard Elson, in "2000 AD" #1496-1498, 2006)

*"Tales From the Black Museum":
** "God of Gamblers" (with Rufus Dayglo, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #251, 2006)
** "Shades of Grue" (with Dean Ormston, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #252, 2006)
** "Short Fuse" (with Robin Smith, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #265, 2007)
** "Build a Better Mousetrap" (with Jackademus, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #275, 2008)

* "Sense Of Humour" (with Oliver Redding, in "FutureQuake" #7, 2006)
* "Tempest" (with Jon Davis-Hunt, in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #266-271, 2008)
* "Dead Signal" (with P. J. Holden, in "2000 AD" #1581-1587, 2008)
* "Murderdrome" (with P. J. Holden, mobile comic, 2008)
* "Hulk" (with John McCrea, in "Marvel Heroes" #1, Panini Comics, 2008)

Feature writing

*"Strontium Dog": "Log Cabin Rating" (in "Dogbreath" #13, 2005)

*"The Rogue's Gallery" (with SMS, in "The End Is Nigh" #3, 2006)

Novels

* "Pax Britannia: El Sombra" (Abaddon Books, July 2007 ISBN 1-905437-34-X)
* "Tomes of the Dead: I, Zombie" (Abaddon Books, June 2008, ISBN 1-905437-72-2)

Other

* Short films:
** Google video | id = -3852796441270825436 | title = I'm Gay!
** Google video | id = -4865865862839985101 | title = The Evil Dope
** The Cop On The Edge series:
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IBQc4x0P2Y Cop On The Edge]
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k6DTrkdIE8 Cop On The Edge II - Cop Over The Edge]
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oQmHGoGof8 Cop On The Edge III Armogeddon Cop]
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04RprKC8Hvg Cop On The Edge IV - Priest On The Edge]

*Blogs
** Retro gaming Blog [http://www.re-retro.com/ Re:Retro]

Notes

References

*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=18440|title=Al Ewing
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=ALE Al Ewing] at 2000 AD online

External links

* [http://beatgirlcomics.blogspot.com/ A collection of archived small-press work]
* [http://movies.lionhead.com/studio/MaxNormal Ewing goes to the Movies]

Interviews

* [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2005/ewing/ewing.shtml Interview on 2000ADReview website] (NB: Ewing is talking in an assumed persona)