| Bill Willingham | |
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| Born | December 1956 Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
| Notable works | Elementals Fables |
Bill Willingham (born December 1956 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) is an American writer and artist of comics. Fort Belvoir is a United States military installation and a Census-designated place (CDP in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States Elementals was an American dark Superhero Comic book first published in 1984 and created by Bill Willingham, for which he Fort Belvoir is a United States military installation and a Census-designated place (CDP in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel"
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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. A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. 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. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Elementals was an American dark Superhero Comic book first published in 1984 and created by Bill Willingham, for which he Comico - The Comic Company was an American Comic book company headquartered in Norristown Pennsylvania. He contributed stories to Green Lantern and started his own independent, black-and-white comic book series Coventry which lasted only 3 issues. Coventry is a Fantagraphics comic book mini-series by Bill Willingham. He also produced the pornographic series Ironwood for Eros Comix. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Ironwood is a pornographic Comic book series written and drawn by Bill Willingham in the 1990s published in the United States by Eros Eros Comix is an adult-oriented imprint of Fantagraphics Books, established in 1990 to publish Pornographic Comic books.
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. Pantheon, in comics, may refer to Pantheon (Marvel Comics, a Marvel Comics superhero team ''Pantheon'' (Lone Star Press, A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Beowulf (ˈBeɪoʊwʊlf/ /ˈBeɪəwʊlf Old English ˈbeːo̯wʊlf is a legendary Geatish hero and later king in the Old English epic poem named after him Clockwork Storybook (CWSB was an Austin-based writer's collective and independent book Publisher, specializing in the Fantasy, horror and adventure genres 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. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues Proposition Player was a six-issue American comic book Limited series created by writer Bill Willingham and artist Paul Guinan, published Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers This is a list of characters appearing in The Sandman Comic book, published by DC Comics ' Vertigo Imprint. The Sandman is a Comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo
Willingham worked on the Robin series from 2004 to 2006, and established Shadowpact, a title spun off his Day of Vengeance limited series. Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally Events February February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA Events January January 1 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons The Shadowpact is a group of magic-based heroes who fought against the Spectre in the 2005 Limited series Day of Vengeance, published Day of Vengeance is a six-issue Comic book Limited series written by Bill Willingham, with art by Justiniano and Walden Wong He is currently writing Jack of Fables, an ongoing spin-off of his Fables series, co-written by Matthew Sturges. Jack of Fables is a Spin-off of the comic book Fables, both published by DC Comics as part of that company's Vertigo Matthew Sturges (born October 1970 in Rhode Island) is an American Writer of Comics, most noted for the Eisner-award nominated Jack of Fables 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. Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden Salvation Run is a seven-part 2007 - 2008 DC Comics Limited series which was designed to tie in to the company's major event series [1] [2] Unfortunately, he had to hand over the writing to Sturges after two issues because of illness. [3] He will also be working on DCU: Decisions, a four-issue mini-series that deals with Green Arrow's endorsement of a political candidate. For the LNER Steam locomotive, see LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow Green Arrow ( Oliver Jones "Ollie" Queen [4]
He currently lives in Las Vegas. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally He frequently interacts with fans on the Fabletown message boards
Bibliography
As writer
The issues listed include those where writing credits are for at least one story included in the issue.
| Title | Issue(s) | Cover Dates | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Machine Annual | #1 | 1983 | Texas Comics |
| Elementals | #1-23 | 1984-March 1988 | Comico |
| Justice Machine Featuring The Elementals | #1-4 | May 1986-August 1986 | Comico |
| Elementals Special | #2 | January 1989 | Comico |
| Elementals vol. Elementals was an American dark Superhero Comic book first published in 1984 and created by Bill Willingham, for which he 2 | #1-16 #18-22 |
March 1989 May 1991 June 1991-March 1992 |
Comico |
| Morningstar Special | #1 | 1990 | Comico |
| Time Wankers | #4-5 | April 1991-August 1991 | Fantagraphics |
| Ironwood | #1-11 | 1991 | Fantagraphics, Eros Comix imprint |
| Elementals: Sex Special | #1 | 1991 | Comico |
| Elementals: Ghost of a Chance | #1 | December 1995 | Comico |
| Elementals: The Vampire's Revenge | #2 | August 1996 | Comico |
| Coventry | #1-3 | November 1996-July 1997 | Fantagraphics |
| Mythography | #2 #4 |
February 1997 June 1997 |
Bardic Press |
| Pantheon | #1-6 | May 1998-August/September 1999 | Lone Star Press |
| Pantheon: Ancient History | #1 | August/September 1999 | Lone Star Press |
| Flinch | #7 | December 1999 | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint |
| Proposition Player | #1-6 | December 1999 May 2000 | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint |
| The Dreaming | #55 | December 2000 | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint |
| The Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Dreams… But Were Afraid To Ask | #1 | July 2001 | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint |
| Fables (Currently still in publication. ) |
#1-Present | July 2002-Present | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint |
| X-Men Unlimited | #49 | August 2003 | Marvel Comics |
| Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight | #168 | August 2003 | DC Comics |
| Robin vol. 2 | #121-147 | February 2004-April 2006 | DC Comics |
| The Sandman Presents: Thessaly: Witch for Hire | #1-4 | April 2004-July 2004 | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint |
| Batman | #631-633 #643-644 |
October 2004-December 2004 Early October 2005-Late October 2005 |
DC Comics |
| Day of Vengeance | #1-6 | June 2005-November 2005 | DC Comics |
| Day of Vengenace: Infinite Crisis Special | #1 | March 2006 | DC Comics |
| Shadowpact (Currently still in publication. ) |
#1-#16 | July 2006-2007 | DC Comics |
| Jack of Fables (Currently still in publication. Jack of Fables is a Spin-off of the comic book Fables, both published by DC Comics as part of that company's Vertigo ) |
#1-Present | September 2006-Present | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint |
| Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall | 2006 | DC Comics, Vertigo imprint | |
| DCU Infinite Holiday Special | #1 | February 2007 | DC Comics |
Notes
- ^ SDCC '07: Bill Willingham on Salvation Run, Newsarama, July 27, 2007
- ^ Baltimore Comic Con '07 - DC Universe Panel, Newsarama, September 9, 2007
- ^ EXCLUSIVE: Willingham Explains "Salvation Run" Departure, Comic Book Resources, January 28, 2008
- ^ Dan Didio on DCU: Decisions, Newsarama, May 9, 2008
References
- Bill Willingham at the Comic Book DB
External links
| Preceded by Jon Lewis |
Robin writer 2004–2006 |
Succeeded by Adam Beechen |
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