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Ian Edginton

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Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer, known for his work on such titles as X-Force, Scarlet Traces, H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds and Leviathan.

Career

Ian Edginton is known for his steampunk/alternate history work (often with the artist D'Israeli) and is the co-creator of Scarlet Traces, a sequel to H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, which they later went on to adapt in turn, and The Great Game, a sequel to Scarlet Traces. For 2000 AD he has written Leviathan, Stickleback and, with art by Steve Yeowell, The Red Seas as well as one-off serials such as American Gothic (2005).

Scarlet Traces was an idea he had when first reading The War of the Worlds, its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Also, The Red Seas was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic, but Winslade was still tied up with Goddess, and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected, Epic was finally wound up. The series re-emerged when Edginton pitched ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his 2000 AD career.

With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series including Stickleback, a tale of a strange villain in an alternate Victorian London, and Gothic, 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 game Hellgate: London with Steve Pugh.

With Dan Abnett he is writing comics based on Warhammer 40,000 (Damnation Crusade and Blood and Thunder)[http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8940 Edginton Lifts Off with “Warhammer 40,000”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223826/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8940 |date=2016-03-03 }}, Comic Book Resources, November 17, 2006 and Warhammer (Forge of War) for Boom! Studios. The most recent is a Warhammer Fantasy series called Condemned by Fire.{{dead link|date=September 2013}}[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=157564 "Talking Warhammer with Ian Edginton"]{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Newsarama. May 20, 2008 {{dead link|date=September 2013}}

He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story called Sixgun Logic. As part of Top Cow's Pilot Season he has written an Angelus one-shot.Furey, Emmett (November 26, 2007). [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12462 "Divine Retribution: Edginton talks Angelus: Pilot Season #1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175522/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12462 |date=2016-03-03 }}. Comic Book Resources. he also contributed to Days Missing at Archaia Studios Press.{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Sunu |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22927 |title=Hine & Edginton Talk 'Days Missing'|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=September 15, 2009 |access-date=September 15, 2009}}

Following the "World's End" storyline, Edginton took over the writing of Stormwatch: Post Human Division from issue #13[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=December 7, 2008 }}. Newsarama. April 19, 2008[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19327 "Mapping the Wildstorm Universe: Stormwatch P.H.D."]. Comic Book Resources. December 30, 2008 and also at Wildstorm he created Victorian Undead a series which mixes Sherlock Holmes with zombies.{{cite web |first=Jeffrey |last=Renaud |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23488 |title=Edginton Unleashes Holmes vs. Zombies |publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=October 28, 2009 |access-date=November 7, 2009}} He has also written Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost at Radical Comics.{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Arrant |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091125-Aladdin-Radical.html |title=A Radical Interpretation of ALADDIN |publisher=Newsarama|date=November 25, 2009 |access-date=December 2, 2009 }}{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Sunu |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23880 |title=Edginton Ignites "Aladdin's" Lamp |publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=December 1, 2009 |access-date=December 2, 2009}}{{cite web |first=Karyn |last=Pinter |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/126021584742484.htm |title=Ian Edginton: A Look Inside the Djinn's Bottle & Aladdin's Whole New World |work=Comics Bulletin |date=December 7, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213002549/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/126021584742484.htm |archive-date=December 13, 2009 }}

Bibliography

=Novels=

  • Zool Rules: the Alien Ninja from the Nth Dimension (Pan Macmillan, 1994 {{ISBN|0-7522-0952-3}})

=Audio=

  • Shield of the Jotunn, a Doctor Who Full Cast audio story from Big Finish Productions
  • 'Torchwood:Army of One', A Torchwood Adventure. Read by Kai Owen from BBC Audio.

=Comics=

==Early British comics==

==Dark Horse Comics==

==Marvel Comics==

==Other US comics==

==2000 AD==

  • The Red Seas (with Steve Yeowell):
  • "Under the Banner of King Death" (in 2000 AD #1313-1321, 2002, tpb, hardcover, November 2005, {{ISBN|1-904265-68-5}}, paperback, November 2007, {{ISBN|1-905437-49-8}})
  • "Twilight of the Idols" (in 2000 AD Prog 2004 & #1371-1379, 2003-2004, tpb, May 2007, {{ISBN|1-904265-72-3}})
  • "Meanwhile..." (in 2000 AD #1416-1419, 2004)
  • "Underworld" (in 2000 AD #1460-1468, 2005)
  • "The Hollow Land" (in 2000 AD #1491-1499, 2006)
  • "With a bound he was free..." (in 2000 AD #1513-1517, 2006)
  • "War Stories" (in 2000 AD #1562-1566, 2007)
  • "Old Gods" (in 2000 AD #1600-1609, 2008)
  • "Signs and Portents" (in 2000 AD Prog 2009 & #1617-1623, 2008–2009)
  • "Hell and High Water" (in 2000AD Prog 1688-1699, 2010)
  • The Kleggs: "The Kleggs!" (with Mike Collins, in Judge Dredd Megazine #201, 2003)
  • Interceptor (with Steve Pugh, in 2000 AD #1337-1345, 2003)
  • Leviathan (with D'Israeli, hardcover, 64 pages, November 2006, {{ISBN|1-904265-65-0}}) collects:
  • "Leviathan" (in 2000 AD #1351-1360, 2003)
  • "Chosen Son" (in 2000 AD Prog 2005, 2004)
  • "McLean's Last Case" (in 2000 AD #1465, 2005)
  • "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (in 2000 AD #1466, 2005)
  • Judge Dredd:
  • "Inside Job" (with Steve Pugh, in 2000 AD #1363-1364, 2003)
  • "Tempus Fugitive" (with D'Israeli, in 2000 AD #1390, 2004)
  • "Time and Again" (with D'Israeli, in 2000 AD #1475, 2006)
  • "Heist" (with Steve Yeowell, in 2000 AD #1480-1481, 2006)
  • "Time's Squared" (with D'Israeli, in 2000 AD #1551, 2007)
  • "High Spirits" (with Dave Taylor, in 2000 AD #1640-1643, June–July, 2009)
  • American Gothic (with Mike Collins, in 2000 AD #1432-1440, 2005)
  • Rogue Trooper: "New Model Army" (with Steve Pugh, in 2000 AD #1477-1479, 2006)
  • Stone Island (with Simon Davis, tpb, 112 pages, February 2008, {{ISBN|1-905437-57-9}}) collects:
  • "Stone Island" (in 2000 AD #1500-1507, 2006)
  • "The Harrowers" (in 2000 AD #1550-1559, 2007)
  • Stickleback
  • England's Glory (with D'Israeli, trade paperback, 132 pages, August 2008, {{ISBN|1-905437-74-9}}) collects:
  • "Mother London" (in 2000 AD, Prog 2007 and #1518-1525, 2006-2007)
  • "England's Glory" (in 2000 AD, Prog 2008 and #1567-1577, 2007-2008)
  • "Twas the Fight Before Christmas" (with I. N. J. Culbard, prog 2009, 2008)
  • Detonator X (with Steve Yeowell, in 2000 AD #1534-1543, 2007)
  • Ampney Crucis Investigates (with Simon Davis):
  • "Vile Bodies" (in 2000 AD #1611-1616, 2008)
  • "The End of the Pier Show" (in 2000 AD Prog 2010 and #1666-1671, 2009–2010)
  • "The List of Ten" (in 2000 AD Prog 2011 and #1715-1723, 2010–2011)
  • "The English Assassin" (in 2000 AD #1750–present, 2011)
  • Brass Sun (with I. N. J. Culbard):
  • "The Wheel of Worlds" (in 2000AD #1800-1811, 2012)
  • "The Diamond Age" (in 2000AD #1850-1861, 2013)
  • "Floating Worlds" (in 2000AD #1888-1899, 2014)
  • "Motor Head" (in 2000AD #1950-1962, 2015)
  • "Helium" (with D'Israeli):
  • "Helium" (in 2000AD #1934-1945, 2015){{cite web |url=https://shop.2000ad.com/series/story/helium |title = 2000 AD Shop : Helium}}

==Other British comics==

  • Nevermore: "Murder in the Rue Morgue" (adaptation, with art by D'Israeli, graphic novel adaptation, Eye Classics, SelfMadeHero, October 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-9552856-8-4}})[http://www.selfmadehero.com/classical_eye/nevermore.html Nevermore profile at SelfMadeHero] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922075214/http://www.selfmadehero.com/classical_eye/nevermore.html |date=2007-09-22 }}
  • Torchwood: Rift War! (collected as Rift War, 128 pages, June 2009, Titan Books, {{ISBN|1-84856-238-1}}):
  • "Part Four: Dino Crisis" (with S. L. Gallant, in Torchwood Magazine #7, 17 July 2008)
  • "Part Seven: The Man Who Fell to Earth" (with D'Israeli, in Torchwood Magazine #10, 9 October 2008)
  • "Part Eight" (with D'Israeli, in Torchwood Magazine #11, 30 October 2008)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (adaptation, with art by I. N. J. Culbard, 128 pages, graphic novel, Eye Classics, SelfMadeHero, September 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-9558169-3-2}})[http://www.selfmadehero.com/classical_eye/podg.html The Picture of Dorian Gray profile at SelfMadeHero] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723120452/http://www.selfmadehero.com/classical_eye/podg.html |date=2008-07-23 }}
  • Sherlock Holmes series (adaptation, with art by I. N. J. Culbard, graphic novel, Crime Classics, SelfMadeHero):
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (144 pages, May 2009, {{ISBN|1-906838-00-3}})
  • A Study in Scarlet (144 pages, October 2009, {{ISBN|1-906838-01-1}})
  • The Sign of Four (144 pages, May 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-906838-04-1}})
  • The Valley of Fear (144 pages, October 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-906838-05-8}})
  • A Princess of Mars (adaptation, with art by I. N. J. Culbard, 144 pages, graphic novel, SelfMadeHero, April 2012, {{ISBN|978-1-906838-41-6}})

Awards

  • 1998: Nominated for "Best Short Story" Eisner Award, for "The Willow Warriors" in Weird War Tales #1[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner98.php 1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners]
  • 2007: Nominated for the Eisner Awards[http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_07nom.shtml The 2007 Eisner Awards: 2007 Master Nominations List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808201201/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_07nom.shtml |date=2007-08-08 }} for:
  • "Best Limited Series", The Great Game
  • "Best Writer", for his work on The Great Game

Notes

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References

  • Interrogation: Ian Edginton (interviewed by Matthew Badham, in Judge Dredd Megazine #247, 2006)
  • {{gcdb|type=writer|search=Ian+Edginton|title=Ian Edginton}}
  • {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1506|title=Ian Edginton}}
  • [http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=IANE Ian Edginton] at 2000 AD online
  • [http://www.darkhorse.com/search/search.php?sstring=Ian+Edginton&match=all&scope=products Ian Edginton] at Dark Horse Comics

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061012214530/http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2006/edginton/ian-edginton.shtml Interview with 2000adreview.co.uk]
  • [http://scarlettracesannotations.googlepages.com/home Annotations and references to several of Ian Edginton's books]

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Category:Writers of Sherlock Holmes pastiches