Tony Bedard

Infobox Comics creator


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birthname = Antony J. L. Bedard
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nationality = American
area = Writer, Editor
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notable works = "Negation"
"Exiles"
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Antony "Tony" J. L. Bedard is a writer and editor who has worked in the comic book industry from the early 90's up until the present. He is best known for his work at CrossGen Comics, where he was under exclusive contract, and for his run writing Marvel Comics "X-Men" spin-off "Exiles".

Career

Tony began his work in the comics industry by working at Valiant Comics as an intern. There he worked his way up, first by lettering some of Valiant's comics and eventually becoming the editor and writer of several titles including "Rai", "Turok" and "Shadowman". His early work is often credited by his full name - Anthony Bedard. After Valiant, Tony moved to freelance work for Broadway, Malibu and Crusade Comics, where he wrote the first two issues of "".

Tony then moved to an editorial position at DC Comics. Here he worked on a number of projects, the most notable being the "Hourman" monthly. He eventually moved into the Vertigo imprint where he edited several monthly titles, including Vertigo's longest running title "Hellblazer".

In 2001 Bedard signed an exclusive contract with CrossGen Comics [ [http://www.mania.com/crossgen-comics-hires-tony-bedard_article_27348.html CrossGen Comics Hires Tony Bedard | Mania.com ] ] . Bedard provided editorial knowledge to the company and took over writing CrossGen's launch title "Mystic". He went on to co-create "Negation" with Mark Waid and wrote a number of series for Crossgen. Bedard was writing the mini-series "Negation War" (which featured characters from the Negation series and was meant to wrap up important plot threads in "Negation" and the other CrossGen titles) when CrossGen filed for bankruptcy. As a result, only two issues of the series were ever published, and Bedard became the last writer of the Sigilverse.

After CrossGen, Bedard began work on the Marvel Comics series "Exiles", which he wrote for 44 issues and an annual. Originally announced as leaving "Exiles" with #83, his run was extended by six issues due to Chris Claremont being diagnosed with cardiac stress. Bedard also scripted "Uncanny X-Men" #472-473 and Annual #1, with plots from Claremont, and was the sole writer of "Uncanny X-Men" #474. Apart from "Exiles" he had a number of side projects, including the mini-series "Spider-Man: Breakout" and the final 6 issues of the "Rogue" monthly comic book.

Bedard then started writing for other comic publishers. With Image Comics, Bedard put out a mini-series he created called "Retro Rocket" and co-wrote three issues of DC Comics' "Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes", helping out his former CrossGen co-worker Mark Waid.

After wrapping up his run on Exiles, Tony returned to DC Comics and worked on a story in "JSA: Classified". At the Wondercon Convention [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9872 WonderCon: Tony Bedard Talks Exclusive With DC Comics] , Comic Book Resources] , Bedard announced that he had signed on to a two year exclusive contract with DC Comics. His first announced projects included writing portions of the new weekly series "Countdown", a six issue arc on "Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes" and a four issue "Black Canary" mini-series.

Bedard then went on to write fill-in arcs on both "Supergirl" and "Birds of Prey" [ [http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=006315 Comicon.Com: Bedard'S Big Red "S," Supergirl ] ] as well as contributing to "The Outsiders" fifth week event in August. He was originally announced as the ongoing writer of the 2007 relaunch of "Batman and The Outsiders", however he was replaced by Chuck Dixon due to his commitments to other DC series, including writing a months worth of "Countdown" scripts. Tony Bedard was recently named the new ongoing writer for "Birds of Prey", starting with issue #118. [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=145654 Tony Bedard Named New Regular Writer On Birds Of Prey] , Newsarama]

Writing Bibliography

Valiant

*"Valiant Reader" (1993) #1
*"Magnus Robot Fighter" #32, #35-46, #49-54 (1994-95).
*"Rai and the Future Force" #18, #20-23 (1994).
*"Rai" #24-30, #33 (1994-95).
*"Psi Lords" #1-10 (1994-95)
*"Shadowman #25 (1994).
*"" #17-19 (1994-95)
*"Solar, Man of the Atom" #55-59 (1996).

Broadway

*"Powers That Be" #6 (1996).
*"Starseed" #7 (1996).

Crusade

*"Shi: The Series" #1-2, #7-8 (1997-98).
*"Tomoe: Unforgettable Fire #1 (1997).

DCVertigo

*"Flinch" #10 (3rd Story) (1999).

CrossGen

*"Mystic" #18-43 (2001-2003).
*"Negation Prequel" One-Shot (2001). Co-Writer with Mark Waid
*"Negation" #1-27 (2001-2004). Note: #1 & #2 Co-Written by Mark Waid
*"CrossGen Chronicles" #7 (2002).
*"Route 666" #1-22 (2002-2004).
*"Negation: Lawbringer" #1 (2002).
*"Mark of Charon" #1-5 (2003).
*"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" #1-5 (2004).
*"Negation: War" #1-2 (2004).

Marvel

*"Exiles" #46-89, Annual #1 (2004-2006).
*"X-Men Unlimited Vol. 2" #6 (1st Story) (2005).
*"Rogue" vol.3, #7-12 (2005).
*"X-Men: Age of Apocalypse" One-Shot (2nd Story) (2005).
*"" #1-5 (2005).
*"What If...? Featuring Captain America" #1 (2005).
*"Untold Tales of the New Universe: Psi-Force" #1 (2006).
*"Uncanny X-Men" #472-473 (scripts only), #474, Annual #1 (2006).
*"Marvel Adventures: The Avengers" #5 - #8 (2006).

DC

*"DCU: Brave New World" #1 ("Look to the Skies" framing sequence only) (2006).
*"Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes" #20-22 (2006). Co-Writer with Mark Waid
*"Birds of Prey" #100 ("Black Canary" story only), #109 - 112, #118-present (2006, 2007, 2008).
*"DC: Infinite Holiday Special" (Trials of Shazam Story Only, "Gift of the Magi") (2006).
*"JSA Classified" #17-18, #25 (2006, 2007).
*"Countdown" #49, #45, #40, #36, #32, #28, #22, #19, #17-13 (2007-2008).
*"Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes" #29, #31 - 36 (2007).
*"Black Canary" #1 - #4 (2007).
*"Supergirl" #20 - #22 (2007).
*"Outsiders: Five of A Kind - Week 3: Thunder/Martian Manhunter" (2007).
*"Outsiders #50" (2007).
*"DC Infinite Halloween Special" - (Aquaman Story Only, "Children of the Deep") (2007).
*"Batman Confidential" #13 - 16 (2008).

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*"Retro Rocket" #1-4 (2006-2007).

Editing Bibliography

Valiant

*"Darque Passages" #1 (1994)
*"Harbinger" #27-34 (1994)
*"Ninjak" #3-8 (1994)
*"Turok, Dinosaur Hunter" #11-16 (1994)

Crusade

*"Angel Fire" #1 (1997)

DC

*"DC One Million" #1-4 (1998)
*"JLA" #24 - 26, #28 - 42, #1,000,000 (1998 - 2000)
*"Hourman" #1-25 (1999-2001)
*"Fanboy" #1-6 (1999)
*"All Star Comics 80 Page Giant" #1 (1999)
*"Day of Judgement Secret Files and Origins" #1 (1999)
*"Aquaman Vol. 5" #61 - #75 (1999 - 2001)
*"Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins" #1 (1999)
*"Batman: Gotham City Secret Files and Origins" #1 (2000)
*"Wonder Woman" #164 - 165 (2000)
*"The Spectre" #1 (2001)

DCVertigo

*"Codename: Knockout" #1-5 (2001)
*"Hellblazer" #158-165 (2001)
*"Transmetropolitan" #43-48 (2001)
*"Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: Operation Bollock" #1-2 (2001)

References

External links

* [http://forums.comicbookresources.com/forumdisplay.php?f=59 The CBR Forums] A Tony Bedard message board

* [http://www.negationspace.com/ Negation Space] A Negation fan site that contains information on the series as well as two interviews with Tony Bedard

* [http://www.comicworldnews.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?column=interviews&page=4 Comic World News] An interview with Tony Bedard

* [http://www.popsyndicate.com/site/story/cape_3_tony_bedard_interview/ Pop Syndicate] An interview with Tony Bedard