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Ian Edginton

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Ian Edginton
Born1963
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
X-Force
Scarlet Traces
H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
Leviathan

Ian Edgintonis a Britishcomic book writer,known for his work on such titles asX-Force,Scarlet Traces,H. G. Wells' The War of the WorldsandLeviathan.

Career

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Ian Edginton is known for hissteampunk/alternate historywork (often with the artistD'Israeli) and is the co-creator ofScarlet Traces,a sequel toH. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds,which they later went on to adapt in turn, andThe Great Game,a sequel toScarlet Traces.For2000 ADhe has writtenLeviathan,Sticklebackand, with art bySteve Yeowell,The Red Seasas well as one-off serials such asAmerican Gothic(2005).

Scarlet Traceswas an idea he had when first readingThe War of the Worlds,its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in theJudge Dredd Megazine.Also,The Red Seaswas initially going to be drawn byPhil Winsladeand be the final release byEpic,but Winslade was still tied up withGoddess,and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected, Epic was finally wound up. The series re-emerged when Edginton pitched ideas toMatt Smithat the start of his2000 ADcareer.

With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series includingStickleback,a tale of a strange villain in an alternate Victorian London, andGothic,which he describes as "Mary Shelley's Doc Savage". With Simon Davis he worked on a survival horror series,Stone Island,and he has also produced a comic version of the computer gameHellgate: LondonwithSteve Pugh.

WithDan Abnetthe is writing comics based onWarhammer 40,000(Damnation CrusadeandBlood and Thunder)[1]andWarhammer(Forge of War) forBoom! Studios.The most recent is a Warhammer Fantasy series calledCondemned by Fire.[dead link][2]

He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story calledSixgun Logic.As part ofTop Cow'sPilot Seasonhe has written anAngelusone-shot.[3]he also contributed toDays MissingatArchaia Studios Press.[4]

Following the "World's End"storyline, Edginton took over the writing ofStormwatch: Post Human Divisionfrom issue #13[5][6]and also at Wildstorm he createdVictorian Undeada series which mixes Sherlock Holmes with zombies.[7]He has also writtenAladdin: Legacy of the LostatRadical Comics.[8][9][10]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Zool Rules: the Alien Ninja from the Nth Dimension(Pan Macmillan, 1994ISBN0-7522-0952-3)

Audio

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  • Shield of the Jotunn,anDoctor WhoFull Cast audio story fromBig Finish Productions
  • 'Torchwood:Army of One', A Torchwood Adventure. Read by Kai Owen from BBC Audio.

Comics

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Early British comics

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Dark Horse Comics

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Marvel Comics

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Other US comics

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2000 AD

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  • The Red Seas(withSteve Yeowell):
    • "Under the Banner of King Death" (in2000 AD#1313-1321, 2002,tpb,hardcover, November 2005,ISBN1-904265-68-5,paperback, November 2007,ISBN1-905437-49-8)
    • "Twilight of the Idols" (in2000 ADProg 2004 & #1371-1379, 2003-2004,tpb,May 2007,ISBN1-904265-72-3)
    • "Meanwhile..." (in2000 AD#1416-1419, 2004)
    • "Underworld" (in2000 AD#1460-1468, 2005)
    • "The Hollow Land" (in2000 AD#1491-1499, 2006)
    • "With a bound he was free..." (in2000 AD#1513-1517, 2006)
    • "War Stories" (in2000 AD#1562-1566, 2007)
    • "Old Gods" (in2000 AD#1600-1609, 2008)
    • "Signs and Portents" (in2000 ADProg 2009 & #1617-1623, 2008–2009)
    • "Hell and High Water" (in2000ADProg 1688-1699, 2010)
  • The Kleggs:"The Kleggs!" (withMike Collins,inJudge Dredd Megazine#201, 2003)
  • Interceptor(withSteve Pugh,in2000 AD#1337-1345, 2003)
  • Leviathan(withD'Israeli,hardcover, 64 pages, November 2006,ISBN1-904265-65-0) collects:
    • "Leviathan" (in2000 AD#1351-1360, 2003)
    • "Chosen Son" (in2000 ADProg 2005, 2004)
    • "McLean's Last Case" (in2000 AD#1465, 2005)
    • "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (in2000 AD#1466, 2005)
  • Judge Dredd:
    • "Inside Job" (withSteve Pugh,in2000 AD#1363-1364, 2003)
    • "Tempus Fugitive" (with D'Israeli, in2000 AD#1390, 2004)
    • "Time and Again" (with D'Israeli, in2000 AD#1475, 2006)
    • "Heist" (withSteve Yeowell,in2000 AD#1480-1481, 2006)
    • "Time's Squared" (with D'Israeli, in2000 AD#1551, 2007)
    • "High Spirits" (withDave Taylor,in2000 AD#1640-1643, June–July, 2009)
  • American Gothic(withMike Collins,in2000 AD#1432-1440, 2005)
  • Rogue Trooper:"New Model Army" (withSteve Pugh,in2000 AD#1477-1479, 2006)
  • Stone Island(withSimon Davis,tpb, 112 pages, February 2008,ISBN1-905437-57-9) collects:
    • "Stone Island" (in2000 AD#1500-1507, 2006)
    • "The Harrowers" (in2000 AD#1550-1559, 2007)
  • Stickleback
    • England's Glory(with D'Israeli,trade paperback,132 pages, August 2008,ISBN1-905437-74-9) collects:
      • "Mother London" (in2000 AD,Prog 2007 and #1518-1525, 2006-2007)
      • "England's Glory" (in2000 AD,Prog 2008 and #1567-1577, 2007-2008)
    • "Twas the Fight Before Christmas" (withI. N. J. Culbard,prog 2009, 2008)
  • Detonator X(with Steve Yeowell, in2000 AD#1534-1543, 2007)
  • Ampney Crucis Investigates(withSimon Davis):
    • "Vile Bodies" (in2000 AD#1611-1616, 2008)
    • "The End of the Pier Show" (in2000 ADProg 2010 and #1666-1671, 2009–2010)
    • "The List of Ten" (in2000 ADProg 2011 and #1715-1723, 2010–2011)
    • "The English Assassin" (in2000 AD#1750–present, 2011)
  • Brass Sun(withI. N. J. Culbard):
    • "The Wheel of Worlds" (in2000AD#1800-1811, 2012)
    • "The Diamond Age" (in2000AD#1850-1861, 2013)
    • "Floating Worlds" (in2000AD#1888-1899, 2014)
    • "Motor Head" (in2000AD#1950-1962, 2015)
  • "Helium" (withD'Israeli):
    • "Helium" (in2000AD#1934-1945, 2015)[20]

Other British comics

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Awards

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Notes

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  1. ^Edginton Lifts Off with “Warhammer 40,000”Archived2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine,Comic Book Resources,November 17, 2006
  2. ^"Talking Warhammer with Ian Edginton"[permanent dead link].Newsarama.May 20, 2008[dead link]
  3. ^abFurey, Emmett (November 26, 2007)."Divine Retribution: Edginton talksAngelus: Pilot Season#1 "Archived2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine.Comic Book Resources.
  4. ^Sunu, Steve (September 15, 2009)."Hine & Edginton Talk 'Days Missing'".Comic Book Resources.RetrievedSeptember 15,2009.
  5. ^abNYCC '08: LIVING IN THE RUINS: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End' "ArchivedDecember 7, 2008, at theWayback Machine.Newsarama. April 19, 2008
  6. ^"Mapping the Wildstorm Universe: Stormwatch P.H.D.".Comic Book Resources. December 30, 2008
  7. ^Renaud, Jeffrey (October 28, 2009)."Edginton Unleashes Holmes vs. Zombies".Comic Book Resources.RetrievedNovember 7,2009.
  8. ^Arrant, Chris (November 25, 2009)."A Radical Interpretation of ALADDIN".Newsarama.RetrievedDecember 2,2009.
  9. ^Sunu, Steve (December 1, 2009)."Edginton Ignites" Aladdin's "Lamp".Comic Book Resources.RetrievedDecember 2,2009.
  10. ^Pinter, Karyn (December 7, 2009)."Ian Edginton: A Look Inside the Djinn's Bottle & Aladdin's Whole New World".Comics Bulletin.Archived fromthe originalon December 13, 2009.RetrievedDecember 10,2009.
  11. ^Kingdom of the Wickedprofile at Dark Horse
  12. ^H.G. Wells' The War of the Worldsprofile at Dark Horse
  13. ^Only War OmnibusdetailsArchived2008-11-19 at theWayback Machineat Boom! Studios
  14. ^Damnation Crusadeprofile at Boom! StudiosArchived2008-06-08 at theWayback Machine
  15. ^Blood and ThunderprofileArchived2008-05-13 at theWayback Machineat Boom! Studios
  16. ^Forge of Warprofile at Boom! StudiosArchived2008-11-19 at theWayback Machine
  17. ^"Condemned By Fireprofile at Boom! Studios ".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-05-19.Retrieved2008-03-07.
  18. ^Stormwatch: Post Human Division#13 details at DC
  19. ^"Killer Instinct Franchise Gets Comic Series by Ian Edginton & Cam Adams".
  20. ^"2000 AD Shop: Helium".
  21. ^Nevermoreprofile at SelfMadeHeroArchived2007-09-22 at theWayback Machine
  22. ^The Picture of Dorian Grayprofile at SelfMadeHeroArchived2008-07-23 at theWayback Machine
  23. ^1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
  24. ^The 2007 Eisner Awards: 2007 Master Nominations ListArchived2007-08-08 at theWayback Machine

References

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Preceded by X-Force(vol. 1)writer
2000–2001 		Succeeded by
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