Ian Edginton


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 (comics)|H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds] and Leviathan.

Career

Ian Edginton is known for his steampunk/alternate history work 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.
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 and Warhammer for Boom! Studios. The most recent is a Warhammer Fantasy series called Condemned by Fire.
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. he also contributed to Days Missing at Archaia Studios Press.
Following the "World's End" storyline, Edginton took over the writing of Stormwatch: Post Human Division from issue #13 and also at Wildstorm he created Victorian Undead a series which mixes Sherlock Holmes with zombies. He has also written Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost at Radical Comics.

Novels

  • ''Zool Rules: the Alien Ninja from the Nth Dimension''

Audio

Shield of the Jotunn, a Doctor Who Full Cast audio story from Big Finish Productions

Comics

Early British comics

  • "God's Little Acre" Strange Cases: "Magic"

Dark Horse Comics

Marvel Comics

Other US comics

2000 AD

The Red Seas :
  • * "Under the Banner of King Death"
  • * "Twilight of the Idols"
  • * "Meanwhile..."
  • * "Underworld"
  • * "The Hollow Land"
  • * "With a bound he was free..."
  • * "War Stories"
  • * "Old Gods"
  • * "Signs and Portents"
  • * "Hell and High Water" The Kleggs: "The Kleggs!" Interceptor Leviathan collects:
  • * "Leviathan"
  • * "Chosen Son"
  • * "McLean's Last Case"
  • * "Beyond the Blue Horizon"
  • Judge Dredd:
  • * "Inside Job"
  • * "Tempus Fugitive"
  • * "Time and Again"
  • * "Heist"
  • * "Time's Squared"
  • * "High Spirits" American Gothic
  • Rogue Trooper: "New Model Army"
  • Stone Island collects:
  • * "Stone Island"
  • * "The Harrowers"
  • Stickleback
  • * England's Glory collects:
  • ** "Mother London"
  • ** "England's Glory"
  • * "Twas the Fight Before Christmas"
  • Detonator X
  • Ampney Crucis Investigates :
  • * "Vile Bodies"
  • * "The End of the Pier Show"
  • * "The List of Ten"
  • * "The English Assassin"
  • Brass Sun :
  • * "The Wheel of Worlds"
  • * "The Diamond Age"
  • * "Floating Worlds"
  • * "Motor Head"
  • "Helium" :
  • * "Helium"

Other British comics

Awards

  • 1998: Nominated for "Best Short Story" Eisner Award, for "The Willow Warriors" in Weird War Tales #1
  • 2007: Nominated for the Eisner Awards for:
  • * "Best Limited Series", The Great Game
  • * "Best Writer", for his work on ''The Great Game''