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Dan Abnett

Born October 12, 1965 (1965-10-12) (age 42)
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Occupation comic book writer, novelist
Nationality British
Writing period 1988 -
Genres comic book, science fiction

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Primarily Abnett has worked for 2000 AD and Marvel Comics (including their UK imprint) since the early 1990s, although he has also contributed to DC Comics titles. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Marvel UK was an Imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market though DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company His Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 novels and graphic novels for Games Workshop's Black Library now run to several dozen titles. Warhammer Fantasy is a Fantasy setting created by Games Workshop, in which many games of that company are set the best known ones being Warhammer Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game or Lord of the Rings SBG rather than Lord of the Rings when The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing (itself a division of Games Workshop) devoted to publishing novels art books background books and Graphic novels

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Biography

As one of the more prolific 2000AD writers, Abnett was responsible for the creation of one of the comic's better known, and longest-running, strips of the last decade, Sinister Dexter. Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British Comic book 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate Other original stories include Black Light, Badlands, Atavar, Downlode Tales, Sancho Panzer, Roadkill and Wardog, based on the game of the same name. Atavar is a 2000 AD comic strip created by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson about the last human alive caught in a war between alien Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British Comic book 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate Abnett has also contributed to some of the comic's major ongoing series, including Judge Dredd, Durham Red and Rogue Trooper. For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. Lucy "Red" Durham was originally created in 1987 as a female Sidekick and lover for Johnny Alpha in the long-running British Comicbook series Rogue Trooper is a Science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day

His work for Marvel includes runs on 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. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Death's Head is a Fictional character, a cyborg bounty hunter (or rather as he calls himself a "freelance peace-keeping agent" appearing in the Comic books The Knights of Pendragon was the name of a superhero team published by the Marvel Comics imprint Marvel UK in a self-titled comic from 1990 to 1993 The Punisher ( Frank Castle) is a fictional Antihero that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics. War Machine ( James Rupert Rhodes) is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero from the Marvel Comics universe The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.

At DC he is probably best-known for his 2000 relaunch of Legion of Super-Heroes. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company This is about the DC Comics superhero team For the animated television series based on this see Legion of Super Heroes (TV series. His work for DC is usually co-written with Andy Lanning and they are often referred to as DnA. Andy Lanning is a British Comic book Writer and Inker, known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and for his

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. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics Ian Edginton is a British Comic book Writer. He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken

He has written novels set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe (Military science fiction genre). Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science Military science fiction is a Subgenre of Science fiction in which the principal characters are members of a military service and an armed conflict is taking They include the Gaunt's Ghosts series, the Eisenhorn trilogy and Ravenor spin-off and more recently, the first book of the Horus Heresy series, the SF bestseller "Horus Rising". Gaunt's Ghosts is a book series written by Dan Abnett. It is a Military science fiction series set in the Warhammer 40000 universe In the fictional Warhammer 40000 universe the Horus Heresy was a galaxy-spanning Civil war that marked the end of the Great Crusade. He has also written three Warhammer Fantasy novels. He also wrote a novel for the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood called Border Princes in 2007. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman Border Princes is a BBC Books original novel written by Dan Abnett and based on the British science fiction television,

In 1994, he wrote a promotional comic to promote the opening of the Nemesis roller coaster at Alton Towers. Nemesis is an Inverted roller coaster located at Alton Towers, England. The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first Alton Towers is a Theme park and Resort located in the grounds of a former stately home in Staffordshire, England. [1]

More recently he has finished the final book of The V.C.s and started Black Atlantic in the Judge Dredd Megazine, which was be drawn by Steve Roberts (seen working on Bec & Kawl) in black and white. The VCs was a future war series that appeared in the Science fiction comic 2000 AD prog 140 - 178 ( 1979 - 1980 Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British Comic magazine, launched in October 1990. Steve Roberts is a British Comics artist best known for his work on the long-running humour strip Bec & Kawl (written by Simon Spurrier Bec & Kawl is a 2000 AD comic strip created by Simon Spurrier and Steve Roberts who also cover all the writing and art duties (respectively

Most recently it has been announced that he will be writing The Authority with co-author Andy Lanning, as part of the World's End relaunch of the core Wildstorm titles. The Authority is a Superhero Comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint Andy Lanning is a British Comic book Writer and Inker, known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and for his The Wildstorm Universe is the main fictional Shared universe where a core of stories published by Wildstorm take place WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, (sometimes rendered Wildstorm) is a publishing Imprint and studio of American Comic book [2]

Bibliography

Comics

Comics work includes:

Marvel Comics

2000 AD

Miscellaneous

DC Comics

Wildstorm

Warhammer

Novels

Prose work includes:

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer

Torchwood

Notes

  1. ^ Alton Towers Almanac: Gallery: Nemesis Comic Book
  2. ^ NYCC '08: LIVING IN THE RUINS: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End', Newsarama, April 19, 2008
  3. ^ Abnett & Lanning on The Guardians of the Galaxy, Newsarama, March 6, 2008
  4. ^ Damnation Crusade profile at Boom! Studios
  5. ^ Blood and Thunder profile at Boom! Studios
  6. ^ Forge of War profile at Boom! Studios
  7. ^ Condemned By Fire profile at Boom! Studios
  8. ^ Dan Abnett: The secret's out

References

External links

Interviews

Preceded by
Terry Kavanagh
Iron Man writer
1995–1996
(with Terry Kavanagh)
Succeeded by
Terry Kavanagh
Comic Book Resources also known as CBR is a Website dedicated to the coverage of Comic book -related news and discussion Newsarama is an American Website that publishes News, Interviews and Essays about the American comic book Newsarama is an American Website that publishes News, Interviews and Essays about the American comic book Terrence "Terry" Kavanagh is an American Comic book editor and Writer. Iron Man is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Terrence "Terry" Kavanagh is an American Comic book editor and Writer. Terrence "Terry" Kavanagh is an American Comic book editor and Writer.
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