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Dan Abnett
Abnett at the Midtown Comics booth at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010.
Abnett at the Midtown Comics booth at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010.
Occupationcomic book writer, novelist
NationalityBritish
Period1988 -
Genrecomic book, science fiction
Website
http://www.danabnett.com

Dan Abnett (born 12 October 1965) is a British comic book writer and novelist. He is a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, including 2000 AD. He has also contributed to DC Comics titles, and his Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 novels and graphic novels for Games Workshop's Black Library now run to several dozen titles and have sold over 1,150,000 copies as of May 2008.[1] In 2009 he will release his first original fiction novels through HarperCollins' Angry Robot imprint.[2]

Early life

Abnett studied in St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[citation needed]

Career

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 of the last decade, Sinister Dexter. Other original stories include Black Light, Badlands, Atavar, Downlode Tales, Sancho Panzer, Roadkill and Wardog, based on the game of the same name. 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 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.

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.[3][4][5][6][7] His work for DC is usually co-written with Andy Lanning and they are often referred to as DnA.

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.

He has written novels set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe (Military science fiction genre). They include the Gaunt's Ghosts series, the Eisenhorn trilogy and Ravenor and more recently, the first book of the Horus Heresy series, the SF bestseller "Horus Rising". He has also written five Warhammer Fantasy novels. He also wrote a novel for the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood called Border Princes in 2007.

In 1994, he wrote a promotional comic to promote the opening of the Nemesis roller coaster at Alton Towers.[8]

2000s work

Abnett and frequent collaborator Andy Lanning at the Midtown Comics booth at the New York Comic Convention, October 10, 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.[9]

In addition, Abnett has done a lot of work on Marvel's "cosmic" characters. They expanded on their work in Annihilation: Nova[10] and Nova,[11][12] 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.[13] The characters then became the core of a new Guardians of the Galaxy.[14]

In June 2008, that Abnett and Lanning had signed an exclusive deal with Marvel, which they hope will give them time to work on the "cosmic" characters they have been dealing with, as well as more earth-based ones. The contract allows them to finish existing commitments, so they will be able to finish their fifteen issue run on The Authority.[15] 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."[16] 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.[17][18] 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[19][20][21] and this, in turn, was followed by The Thanos Imperative.[22][23][24][25][26] DnA have also written an Iron Man/Thor limited series.[27]

He and Lanning have also written Fusion, a crossover series between Marvel and Top Cow.[28]

He has also started Insurrection, a series in Judge Dredd Megazine that aims "to bring to the Dredd Universe something of the epic war-in-space scale of the stuff I write for Warhammer 40K."[29]

Abnett wrote the screenplay for Games Workshop and Codex Pictures's CGI film Ultramarines[30] due for release on 29 November 2010.[31]

Original fiction

On 19 March 2009, HarperCollins' science fiction, fantasy and horror imprint, Angry Robot, announced the acquisition of three original fiction titles by Abnett. The press release from Angry Robot announced:

The three novels for Angry Robot will allow Abnett to play to all his strengths as a writer. His penchant for wildly imaginative world-building and lovable characters comes to the fore in TRIUMFF, a ribald, swashbuckling alternate history set in a warped version of our present day … only with Elizabeth the XXX on the throne, ushering a new Elizabethan age of wonder and exploration. This will be published, in both the UK and US, in October 2009. Next year will see two novels set in the same stunning future-war setting. EMBEDDED sends a journalist into the frontline of a distant planetary war… chipped inside the head of a combat veteran. When the soldier is killed, the journo must use all his resourcefulness to get safely home again, reporting on a live feed all the way.[2]

Bibliography

Main article: Dan Abnett bibliography

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

References

  1. ^ Black Library Blog
  2. ^ a b http://angryrobotbooks.com/2009/03/dan-abnett-joins-our-robot-horde
  3. ^ Abnett, Lanning and Coipel talk 'The Legion', Comic Book Resources, October 23, 2001
  4. ^ Time Trappers: Abnett & Lanning talk 'Legion' & help new fans get up to speed, Comic Book Resources, March 18, 2002
  5. ^ Getting Hip to Interlac: DnA talk 'Legion', Comic Book Resources, September 16, 2002
  6. ^ 'Legion' of Two: DnA talk 'Dream Crime' and fate of Sensor, Comic Book Resources, January 9, 2003
  7. ^ 'LEGION'aires: DnA talk issue #25 & life after 'Dream Crime', July 3, 2003
  8. ^ Alton Towers Almanac: Gallery: Nemesis Comic Book
  9. ^ NYCC '08: LIVING IN THE RUINS: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End', Newsarama, April 19, 2008
  10. ^ Abnett & Lanning on Annihilation: Nova, Newsarama, December 23, 2006
  11. ^ Abnett & Lanning: On the Eve of Nova's Return to Monthly Fun, Comics Bulletin, April 9, 2007
  12. ^ Galactus, and Surfer and Skrulls - Oh My! Abnett & Lanning on Nova, Newsarama, April 10, 2008
  13. ^ Cosmic Conquistadors: DNA Talk "Annihilation : Conquest Prologue" & "Nova", Comic Book Resources, March 30, 2007
  14. ^ Abnett & Lanning on The Guardians of the Galaxy, Newsarama, March 6, 2008
  15. ^ WW Chicago: DnA Sign Exclusive Deal with Marvel, Comic Book Resources, June 29, 2008
  16. ^ WWC: Abnett and Lanning...About that Marvel Exclusive, Newsarama, June 28, 2008
  17. ^ CCI: DnA and Rosemann on “War of Kings”, Comic Book Resources, July 27, 2008
  18. ^ Abnett and Lannig: Readying for War of Kings, Newsarama, December 18, 2008
  19. ^ Richards, Dave (August 9, 2009). "CCC09: DnA's "Realm of Kings"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  20. ^ McGloin, Matt, Luoma, Mike and Meneese, Bill (August 19, 2009). "Interview with Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Bill Rosemann". Cosmic Book News. Retrieved October 31, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Richards, Dave (November 17, 2009). "DnA Map Out Their "Realm of Kings"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  22. ^ Beard, Jim (February 12, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: The Thanos Imperative". Marvel.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  23. ^ McGloin, Matt & Brewer, Byron (February 23, 2010). "DnA Crank Things Up: The Thanos Imperative: Ignition". Cosmic Book News. Retrieved February 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ Richards, Dave (March 4, 2010). "DnA Issue "The Thanos Imperative"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  25. ^ Brownfield, Troy (March 4, 2010). "DnA Bring Back the God of Death in "The Thanos Imperative"". Newsarama. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  26. ^ Tacopina, Robert (May 28, 2010). "Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning: A Cosmic Trip Through the Thanos Imperative". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  27. ^ Richards, Dave (July 23, 2010). "CCI: DnA Go High Tech & Mythic For "Iron Man/Thor"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  28. ^ Furey, Emmett (June 8, 2009). "Abnett & Lanning on Marvel/Top Cow's "Fusion"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  29. ^ "Dan Abnett on Insurrection". 2000 AD Review. March 7, 2009.
  30. ^ "ULTRAMARINES: Codex Pictures Announce Director and Writer!". November 18, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  31. ^ Ultramarines movie official site
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