Dan Abnett

Daniel P. Abnett was born in Rochester, Kent, on 12 October 1965.{{Cite web |title=SFE: Abnett, Dan |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/abnett_dan |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction}} Abnett read English and matriculated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1984,{{Cite web |title=Dan Abnett {{!}} Writer |url=https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/dan-abnett |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=St Edmund Hall |language=en-GB}} and graduated from there in 1987.[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dan-abnett/4/548/550 "Dan Abnett"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130629170708/http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dan-abnett/4/548/550 |date=29 June 2013 }}. LinkedIn. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

As one of the more prolific 2000 AD writers, Abnett was responsible for the creation of one of the comic's better known and longest-running strips, Sinister Dexter. Other original stories include Black Light, Badlands, Atavar, Downlode Tales, Sancho Panzer, Roadkill, Wardog based on the game of the same name, Kingdom and Brink.[http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=DANA Barney: droid zone] Abnett has also contributed to some of the comic's major ongoing series, including Judge Dredd, Durham Red and Rogue Trooper.

His work for Marvel includes runs on Guardians of the Galaxy, Death's Head 2, Battletide, Knights of Pendragon (all of which he co-created), The Punisher, War Machine, Annihilation: Nova and various X-Men titles, as well as several stories for the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip.

At DC he is probably best known for his 2000 relaunch of Legion of Super-Heroes as the limited series Legion Lost and then the ongoing series The Legion.[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=521 Abnett, Lanning and Coipel talk 'The Legion'], Comic Book Resources, 23 October 2001[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=965 Time Trappers: Abnett & Lanning talk 'Legion' & help new fans get up to speed], Comic Book Resources, 18 March 2002[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=1467 Getting Hip to Interlac: DnA talk 'Legion'], Comic Book Resources, 16 September 2002[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=1704 'Legion' of Two: DnA talk 'Dream Crime' and fate of Sensor], Comic Book Resources, 9 January 2003[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=2340 'LEGION'aires: DnA talk issue No.25 & life after 'Dream Crime'], 3 July 2003 His work for DC is usually co-written with Andy Lanning and they are often referred to as DnA. The two co-created the Resurrection Man character with artist Jackson Guice in 1997.{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah|chapter= 1990s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2010 |isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 279 |quote = The writing team of Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett alongside the art of Jackson "Butch" Guice introduced readers to a new kind of hero in Resurrection Man.}}

For Dark Horse Comics he co-wrote Planet of the Apes: Blood Lines with Ian Edginton, as well a penning Lords of Misrule and HyperSonic.

Abnett's First & Only was one of the first novels published by Games Workshop's Black Library.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|pages=51}} His other novels set in Games Workshop's Military science fiction-themed Warhammer 40,000 universe include the Gaunt's Ghosts series, the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and more recently, as part of the Horus Heresy series, the SF best-sellers Horus Rising, Legion, Prospero Burns, Know No Fear and The End and the Death Volumes I, II & III. He has also authored four comic strip series, collected as graphic novels, for Games Workshop's Black Library imprint in the volumes Damnation Crusade, Lone Wolves, Inquisitor Ascendant and Titan.

Having written the Doctor Who audio dramas The Harvest and Nocturne for Big Finish's series. He also authored Everyone Says Hello, an audio drama based on Torchwood. He authored a 'Border Princes, a Torchwood novel, and the framing device of the Doctor Who anthology The Story of Martha.

In 1994, he wrote a promotional comic to promote the opening of the Nemesis roller coaster at Alton Towers.{{cite web|url=http://gallery.towersalmanac.com/thumbnails.php?album=146 |title=Alton Towers Almanac: Gallery: Nemesis Comic Book |publisher=Gallery.towersalmanac.com |date=30 June 2006 |access-date=26 December 2010}}

File:10.10.10LanningAbnettByLuigiNovi2.jpg booth at the New York Comic Con, 10 October 2010.]]

At 2000 AD he finished the final book of The V.C.s and started Black Atlantic in the Judge Dredd Megazine, which was drawn by Steve Roberts (seen working on Bec & Kawl) in black and white.

In 2008 Abnett and Lanning took over The Authority as part of the World's End relaunch of the core Wildstorm titles.[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=154293 NYCC '08: LIVING IN THE RUINS: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207030710/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=154293 |date=7 December 2008 }}. Newsarama. 19 April 2008

In addition, Abnett has done a lot of work on Marvel's "cosmic" characters. They expanded on their work in Annihilation: Nova[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?threadid=53318 Abnett & Lanning on Annihilation: Nova] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017092640/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?threadid=53318 |date=17 October 2007 }}, Newsarama, 23 December 2006 and Nova,[http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/117609905234943.htm Abnett & Lanning: On the Eve of Nova's Return to Monthly Fun] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410035321/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/117609905234943.htm |date=10 April 2009 }}, Comics Bulletin, 9 April 2007[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153225 Galactus, and Surfer and Skrulls – Oh My! Abnett & Lanning on Nova], Newsarama, 10 April 2008 {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20101222004808/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153225 |date=22 December 2010 }} and piloted the next big event Annihilation: Conquest. They said "we were approached by Andy Schmidt, who edited the first 'Annihilation' event, and asked to pilot the next event, which Bill Rosemann is editing." They ended up writing the Prologue, the Nova series crossover and the main Annihilation: Conquest limited series.[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9827 Cosmic Conquistadors: DNA Talk "Annihilation : Conquest Prologue" & "Nova"], Comic Book Resources, 30 March 2007 The characters then became the core of a new Guardians of the Galaxy.[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=149237 Abnett & Lanning on The Guardians of the Galaxy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221174729/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=149237 |date=21 February 2009 }}, Newsarama, 6 March 2008

In June 2008, Abnett and Lanning signed an exclusive deal with Marvel, which they hoped would give them time to work on the "cosmic" characters they have been dealing with, as well as more earth-based ones. The contract allowed them to finish existing commitments, so they will be able to finish their fifteen issue run on The Authority.[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17011 WW Chicago: DnA Sign Exclusive Deal with Marvel], Comic Book Resources, 29 June 2008 In addition Marvel has allowed the contract to include "a couple of exceptions that are not direct competition, for example, Dan's 2000AD work in the UK and his Games Workshop novels."[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080627-WWCDnA.html WWC: Abnett and Lanning...About that Marvel Exclusive], Newsarama, 28 June 2008 The first major work to emerge after this deal will be War of Kings, a crossover storyline, emerging from Secret Invasion, that pitches Black Bolt (and the Inhumans) against Gabriel Summers (and the Shi’ar Empire) but also draws in other teams and characters, including Nova, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Starjammers.[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17456 CCI: DnA and Rosemann on "War of Kings"], Comic Book Resources, 27 July 2008[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/120818-DnA-War-Kings.html Abnett and Lannig: Readying for War of Kings], Newsarama, 18 December 2008 This then led straight into "Realm of Kings" which deals with how the different groups deal with the fallout from the events in War of Kings{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22467 |title=CCC09: DnA's "Realm of Kings" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=9 August 2009 |access-date=9 August 2009 }}{{cite web|author=McGloin, Matt, Luoma, Mike and Meneese, Bill |url=http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/articles/dnabinterview |title=Interview with Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Bill Rosemann |publisher=Cosmic Book News |date=19 August 2009 |access-date=31 October 2009 }}{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23755 |title=DnA Map Out Their "Realm of Kings" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=17 November 2009 |access-date=21 February 2010 }} and this, in turn, was followed by The Thanos Imperative.{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Beard |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.11310.exclusive~colon~_the_thanos_imperative |title=EXCLUSIVE: The Thanos Imperative |publisher=Marvel.com |date=12 February 2010 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217051242/http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.11310.exclusive~colon~_the_thanos_imperative |archive-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |author1=McGloin, Matt |author2=Brewer, Byron |url=http://cosmicbooknews.com/articles/dnat_int/ |title=DnA Crank Things Up: The Thanos Imperative: Ignition |publisher=Cosmic Book News |date=23 February 2010 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708193935/http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/articles/dnat_int |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25088 |title=DnA Issue "The Thanos Imperative" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=19 March 2010 }}{{cite web|first=Troy |last=Brownfield |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Thanos-Imperative-Announcement-100304.html |title=DnA Bring Back the God of Death in "The Thanos Imperative" |publisher=Newsarama |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=19 March 2010 }}{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Tacopina |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/127503202162686.htm |title=Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning: A Cosmic Trip Through the Thanos Imperative |publisher=Comics Bulletin |date=28 May 2010 |access-date=3 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531151244/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/127503202162686.htm |archive-date=31 May 2010}} DnA have also written an Iron Man/Thor limited series.{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27380 |title=CCI: DnA Go High Tech & Mythic For "Iron Man/Thor" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=31 July 2010 }}

He and Lanning have also written Fusion, a crossover series between Marvel and Top Cow.{{cite web|first=Emmett |last=Furey |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21504 |title=Abnett & Lanning on Marvel/Top Cow's "Fusion" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=8 June 2009 |access-date=9 June 2009}}

He also started Insurrection, a series in Judge Dredd Megazine that aimed "to bring to the Dredd Universe something of the epic war-in-space scale of the stuff I write for Warhammer 40K."{{cite web|url=http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/site/index.php/Interviews/Dan-Abnett-on-Insurrection.html |title=Dan Abnett on Insurrection |publisher=2000 AD Review |date=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908000957/http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/site/index.php/Interviews/Dan-Abnett-on-Insurrection.html |archive-date=8 September 2009}}

Abnett wrote the screenplay for Games Workshop and Codex Pictures's CGI film Ultramarines{{cite web |url=http://ultramarinesthemovie.com/news/2009-11-18/ultramarines-codex-pictures-announce-director-and-writer |title=ULTRAMARINES: Codex Pictures Announce Director and Writer! |date=18 November 2009 |access-date=12 May 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328105201/http://ultramarinesthemovie.com/news/2009-11-18/ultramarines-codex-pictures-announce-director-and-writer |archive-date=28 March 2010}} released in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://ultramarinesthemovie.com/shop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011002508/http://www.ultramarinesthemovie.com/shop |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 October 2010 |title=Ultramarines movie official site |publisher=Ultramarinesthemovie.com |access-date=26 December 2010}}

Abnett concluded Insurrection and began a new series in the same milieu, Lawless, also in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Meanwhile, in 2000 AD he has continued Kingdom, contributed Grey Area and began another new series, Brink. He also began writing both the Aquaman and Titans titles for the DC Rebirth branding, including the crossover storyline "The Lazarus Contract", which he coauthored with Christopher Priest and Benjamin Percy.

On 19 March 2009, HarperCollins' science fiction, fantasy and horror imprint, Angry Robot, announced the acquisition of three original novels by Abnett. They were Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero, a story set in the alternative history reign of Elizabeth XXX and Embedded, a near future war story with a journalist protagonist, which would have a follow-up set in the same setting. Only two novels were published.{{Cite web|url=https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/our-authors/dan-abnett/|title=Dan Abnett|date=5 February 2016 |publisher=Angry Robot|access-date= 9 November 2020}}

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Dan Abnett has been writing comics and novels since the mid-1980s, producing hundreds of comic stories and dozens of novels.

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• [http://angryrobotbooks.com/2009/03/dan-abnett-joins-our-robot-horde "Dan Abnett joins our robot horde"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720021139/http://angryrobotbooks.com/2009/03/dan-abnett-joins-our-robot-horde |date=20 July 2011 }}, Angry Robot, 19 March 2009
• [http://www.2000ad.org/markus/loosecannons/ Loose Cannons], a 4-part mini-series (drawn by Mark Harrison) for Marvel which was never published but has been put online.

• [http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/dec01/abnett_lanning.shtml New DnA], Sequential Tart, December 2001
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051125010210/http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2004/abnett/dan_abnett.shtml 2004 interview with 2000ADReview]
• [http://protoncharging.com/gb/2005/12/17/interview-dan-abnett/ Interview: Dan Abnett on The Real Ghostbusters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215075637/http://protoncharging.com/gb/2005/12/17/interview-dan-abnett/ |date=15 December 2007 }}, Proton Charging, 17 December 2005
• [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8336 Dan Abnett talks Boom’s "Warhammer 40K" Comic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224213855/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8336 |date=24 December 2007 }}, Comic Book Resources, 11 September 2006
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124649/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=95145 Bringing The Warhammer Down: Dan Abnett on Warhammer 40K: The Damnation Crusade], Newsarama, 22 December 2006
• [http://www.hypergeek.ca/2009/07/thrill-power-thursday-an-exclusive-interview-with-script-droid-dan-abnett.html Droid Interrogations: An Exclusive interview with Dan Abnett] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002214743/http://www.hypergeek.ca/2009/07/thrill-power-thursday-an-exclusive-interview-with-script-droid-dan-abnett.html |date=2 October 2009 }}, Thrillpower Thursday, Hypergeek, 31 July 2009
• [https://archive.today/20130119193354/http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/linkManager.php?linkId=4 Comic Geek Speak Podcast (December, 2009)]
• [http://www.nottolone.net/legione/2011/07/26/exclusive-interview-with-legion-lost-writers-dan-abnett-and-andy-lanning/ "Exclusive: interview with "Legion Lost" writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning!"], Legione dei Super-Eroi. 26 July 2011
• [https://2000ad.com/news/i-like-to-play-with-words-dan-abnett-on-2000-ad-warhammer-and-more-the-2000-ad-thrill-cast/ "I like to play with words": Dan Abnett on 2000 AD, Warhammer, and more – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast], April 2024

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