Bill Willingham

Infobox Comics creator

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Bill Willingham (born December 1956 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) is an American writer and artist of comics.

Biography

Willingham got his start in the late 1970s to early 1980s as a staff artist for TSR, where he illustrated a number of their role-playing game products. He first gained attention for his 1980s comic book series "Elementals" published by Comico, which he both wrote and drew, however the series had trouble maintaining a consistent schedule, and Willingham's position in the industry remained spotty for many years. He contributed stories to "Green Lantern" and started his own independent, black-and-white comic book series "Coventry" which lasted only 3 issues. He also produced the pornographic series "Ironwood" for Eros Comix.

In the late 1990s, Willingham reestablished himself as a prolific writer. He produced the 13-issue "Pantheon" for Lone Star Press and wrote a pair of short novels about the modern adventures of the hero Beowulf, and a fantasy novel "Down the Mysterly River" published by the writer's collective, Clockwork Storybook, of which Willingham was a founding member. In the early 2000s, he began writing extensively for DC Comics, including the limited series "Proposition Player", a pair of limited series about the Greek witch Thessaly from "The Sandman", and most notably the popular series "Fables".Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Fables | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 72-81 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]

Willingham worked on the "Robin" series from 2004 to 2006, and established "Shadowpact", a title spun off his "Day of Vengeance" limited series. He is currently writing "Jack of Fables", an ongoing spin-off of his Fables series, co-written by Matthew Sturges. At the 2007 Comic Con International, he announced that he would be writing "Salvation Run", a mini-series about supervillains who are banished to an inhospitable prison planet. [ [http://www.newsarama.com/Comic-Con_07/DC/SalvationRun.html SDCC '07: Bill Willingham on "Salvation Run"] , Newsarama, July 27, 2007] [ [http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Baltimore_07/DCU_panel.html Baltimore Comic Con '07 - DC Universe Panel] , Newsarama, September 9, 2007] Unfortunately, he had to hand over the writing to Sturges after two issues because of illness. [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=12393 EXCLUSIVE: Willingham Explains "Salvation Run" Departure] , Comic Book Resources, January 28, 2008] He will also be working on "", a four-issue mini-series that deals with Green Arrow's endorsement of a political candidate. [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=156482 Dan Didio on "DCU: Decisions"] , Newsarama, May 9, 2008]

He currently lives in Las Vegas. He frequently interacts with fans on the [http://www.clockworkstorybook.net/forum/ Fabletown message boards]

Bibliography

As writer

The issues listed include those where writing credits are for at least one story included in the issue.

Notes

References

*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=364|title=Bill Willingham

External links

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* [http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/06/childrens_household_tales_fables.php Children's & Household Tales: 'Fables'] , "Express", June 17, 2008
* [http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/bill_willingham Article at www.avclub.com]
* [http://www.comicvine.com/bill-willingham/26-21511 Article at www.comicvine.com]
* [http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=124&csid2=20&fid1=32721 Article at www.exclaim.ca]