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(film, tv, videogame work)

Appearances:
Feb 8 - Midtown Comics
Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012 - Emerald City Comic Con

 
ABOUT
Brian Wood released his first series, Channel Zero, in 1997 to considerable critical acclaim and has continued to produce comics and graphic novels at a brisk pace ever since. Focusing almost entirely on creator-owned works, he’s become one of the most notable creators of the last decade. He’s earned multiple Eisner Award nominations and editions of his work have been published in close to a dozen foreign languages. He is most known for original series such as DMZ, Northlanders, Demo, and Local.

Starting in
2012, Wood kicked off the second major phase of his career with the original series' The Massive, Anthem, and Mara, as well as Conan for Dark Horse Comics and The X-Men for Marvel.

Brian lives with his wife and two children in Brooklyn, NY.


Contact: brian at brianwood dot com

NEW RELEASES SCHEDULE:
Feb 1 - Dark Horse Presents #8
Feb 1 - W&TXM: Alpha + Omega #2
Feb 1 - Supernatural #5
Feb 8 - Conan The Barbarian #1
Feb
8 - Northlanders #48
Feb
22 - Dark Horse Presents #9
Mar 7 - W&TXM: Alpha + Omega #3
Mar 7 - Supernatural #6
Mar 14
- Northlanders #49
Mar 14- Conan The Barbarian #2
Mar 21 - Dark Horse Presents #10

Apr 11 - Conan The Barbarian #3
Apr 11 - Northlanders #50 (final issue)
Jun - The Massive #1

COLLECTED EDITIONS:

Mar 14 - Northlanders Book
6
Mar 28 - DMZ Vol. 11 "Free States Rising"
Ma
y 30 - The Channel Zero Collection
J
ul - DMZ Vol. 12 "The Five Nations of New York"
Jul 11 - Wolverine & The X-Men: Alpha + Omega


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THE MASSIVE

Set in a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything world - the environmental action trawler Kapital scours the earth’s oceans for its missing sister ship The Massive, while struggling to redefine its core mission. What does it mean to be an environmentalist after the world’s already ended?

Cover illustrations: Kristian Donaldson
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Lettering: Jared K. Fletcher
Published by Dark Horse Comics
 













The Massive 1
“Landfall”
art by Kristian Donaldson
       

CONAN THE BARBARIAN

Adapting the beloved Robert E. Howard short story "The Queen Of The Black Coast", this is a 25-issue run describing Conan's adventures on the high seas with his first true love, Belit.

Cover illustrations: Massimo Carnevale
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Published by Dark Horse Comics
 













Conan The Barbarian
"The Queen Of The Black Coast"
art by Becky Cloonan, more
       

NORTHLANDERS

Northlanders is a dark crime epic set in the Viking Age, an alternate set of sagas that explores the life and times of history's most infamous civilization.

Cover illustrations: Massimo Carnevale
Colorist: Dave McCaig
Letterer: Travis Lanham @ DC
Published by DC Comics/Vertigo

"As addictive as HBO's Rome..." - New York Magazine

"NORTHLANDERS is probably my favourite book coming out of DC right now." -Warren Ellis

"...pretty much everything I have ever wanted a comic book to be." - Brian K Vaughan

"...another creative victory for writer Wood, who's quickly emerging as one the medium's premier scribes." - Entertainment Weekly


“[Northlanders] is poised to redefine the genre.”
- 13 Minutes


a G4tv Best Graphic Novel of 2008
 















Northlanders Book 1
“Sven The Returned”
art by Davide Gianfelice
Northlanders Book 2
“The Cross + The Hammer”
art by Ryan Kelly
Northlanders Book 3
“Blood In The Snow”
art by Dean Ormston,
Vasilis Lolos, Danijel Zezelj,
and Davide Gianfelice
Northlanders Book 4
“The Plague Widow”
art by Leandro Fernandez
Northlanders Book 5
“Metal & Other Stories”
art by Riccardo Burchielli, Fiona Staples, and Becky Cloonan












Northlanders Book 6
“Thor's Daughter”
art by Simon Gane, Matthew Woodson, and Marian Churchland
- not yet released

Northlanders Book 7
“The Icelandic Trilogy”
art by TBA
- not yet released
     

DMZ

Set in a near future where a second American civil war rages, a lone journalist is stranded in the middle of New York City, now a brutal no-man's-land. Mirroring current events, DMZ is an unforgiving look at what a 'war on terror' can do to a civilian population.

Cover illustrations: Brian Wood, John Paul Leon
Colorist: Jeromy Cox
Lettering: Jared K. Fletcher
Published by DC Comics/Vertigo
DMZ is co-created by Riccardo Burchielli

"DMZ [is] the pre-eminent example of a growing fashion for comics and graphic novels about, or inspired by, the Iraq war." - The Independent

"A well-written combination of Sydney Pollack's "The Absence of Malice" and HBO's "The Wire" - IGN

"DMZ is incredible. It is addictive and brutal... a perfect antidote to the flag-waving Fox News broadcasts of the War on Terror" - Chicago Sun-Times


"Wood and Burchielli gut-wrenchingly portray the chaotic reality of life in a war zone." - The Washington Post


"...so smart, so thought provoking...the perfect mature comic... books like DMZ are the future of the comic book industry" - IGN

"Wood and Burchielli's excellent series... equal parts compelling drama and cautionary tale" - San Francisco Chronicle


"It examines the political without getting preachy, and like good journalism it lays everything out for us- the good, the bad, and the ugly, while exposing the humanity underneath. There’s nothing else out there like it right now." - Pop Syndicate


 















DMZ Vol. 1
“On The Ground”
art by Riccardo Burchielli and Brian Wood
DMZ Vol. 2
“Body Of A Journaliost”
art by Riccardo Burchielli, Kristian Donaldson, and
Brian Wood
DMZ Vol. 3
“Public Works”
art by Riccardo Burchielli
DMZ Vol. 4
“Friendly Fire”
art by Riccardo Burchielli, Nathan Fox, Kristian Donaldson, and Viktor Kalvachev
DMZ Vol. 5
“The Hidden War”
art by Riccardo Burchielli, Nathan Fox, and Danijel Zezelj






DMZ Vol. 6
“Blood In The Game”
art by Riccardo Burchielli
introduction by Greg Palast
DMZ Vol. 7
“War Powers”
art by Riccardo Burchielli, Kristian Donaldson, and
Nikki Cook

DMZ Vol. 8
“Hearts And Minds”
art by Riccardo Burchielli and Ryan Kelly
DMZ Vol. 9
“M.I.A.”
art by Riccardo Burchielli, and others
DMZ Vol. 10
“Collective Punishment”
art by Andrea Mutti, Cliff Chiang, and others













DMZ Vol. 11
“Free States Rising”
art by Riccardo Burchielli and Shawn Martinbrough
- not yet released

DMZ Vol. 12
“The Five Nations Of New York”
art by Riccardo Burchielli
- not yet released
     

CHANNEL ZERO

A blistering take on media control in a repressive future America! DMZand The Massive creator Brian Wood launched an all-out assault on the comics medium in 1997 with Channel Zero, an influential, forward-thinking series that combined art, politics, and graphic design in a unique way. Touching on themes of freedom of expression, hacking, cutting-edge media manipulation, and police surveillance, it remains as relevant today as it did back then.

Published by Dark Horse Comics

Public Domain 2 is self-published and available exclusively here.

"Gritty storytelling, needle-sharp black and white line work, and an innate sense of typography. One of the most visually exciting and politically daring books on the shelves today." - Sequential Tart

"Wood's message is clear enough: apathy is the real enemy, and it is harder to fight than any totalitarian government." - Wired Magazine

"It's about anger as a positive force of creation... Someone's remembered what comics are for. Meet Brian Wood." - Warren Ellis

"your handbook for the media revolution - Eyeball Magazine









The Channel Zero Collection
art by Brian Wood
Channel Zero
art by Brian Wood
Channel Zero: Jennie One
art by Becky Cloonan
Public Domain
a Channel Zero designbook
art by Brian Wood
Public Domain 2
art by Brian Wood

LOCAL

"Megan McKeenan sits at the heart of these 12 interconnected stories that are pulled together in the final two chapters into a well-worked, cohesive novel. Each story is set in a very specific North American place, from Portland, Oregon, to Richmond, Virginia, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Austin, Texas. In them, Megan is engaged in the multifaceted journey of finding herself as well as in the physical journey so many stops involve... Combining road saga, bildungsroman, and existentialism, Local has something to suit the tastes of readers who already like Capote, or Kerouac, or Albertine Sarrazin, and has the potential for leading others to explore such more traditional, equally nuanced storytellers." --Booklist

Published by Oni Press
Local is co-created by Ryan Kelly

[One of the] Best Graphic Novels of 2008 - NPR

"Brian Wood is the master of the single-issue comic... [Local is] one of the most complete portraits of a person that I’ve read not just in comics, but anywhere." - Bust Magazine


"If you want to know what a quality indie looks like read [Local]... One of the best ongoing indie comics of the last 3 years" - Blair Butler / G4TV

"Wood ingeniously sifts through the grit of the ugliest human emotions and depicts relationships that rustle them to the surface." -Playboy.com



 

Local
art by Ryan Kelly
 

DEMO

Short stories of normal people with extra-normal abilities, Demo is "what the X-Men would be if they were created today" (CBR). This pioneering series blazed the trail for dozens of indie books and has been translated and published around the world.

Published by DC Comics/Vertigo
Demo is co-created by Becky Cloonan

"There isn't a single story here that I didn't love, that didn't make me think, that didn't thud home in my heart" " - BoingBoing

"The short slice-of-life format becomes more emotionally captivating than nearly any ongoing series I have come across. Every single story made me stop, made me think, made me grasp at straws in order to relate." - Girl's Entertainment Network

Indie Of The Year - Wizard Magazine

Selected for the New York Public Library's "Books For The Teen Age" 2007

Selected for the American Library Association's Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for teens.



 









Demo Vol. 1
art by Becky Cloonan
Demo Vol. 2
art by Becky Cloonan
Demo - The 12 Original Scripts
art by Becky Cloonan
   

THE NEW YORK FOUR
THE NEW YORK FIVE


"As in Local and DMZ, indie superstar Wood shows great skill in writing extremely appealing and occasionally infuriating female leads. All four of the college freshmen at the center of this tale are well realized, but it’s shy, sheltered Riley who is the focus of this girlcentric offering. Riley’s life is packed with drama as she meets up with her estranged older sister and struggles to balance school, family, and a mysterious new boyfriend—whom she has never met but texts to the point of obsession. Kelly’s art, filled with expressive, idiosyncratic faces and figures... matches Wood’s affection for the city..." --Booklist

Published by DC Comics/Vertigo
The New York Four / Five is co-created by
Ryan Kelly


"Brian Wood has mastered the art of writing female characters." - BUST Magazine

 











The New York Four
art by Ryan Kelly
The New York Five
art by Ryan Kelly
     

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN:
ALPHA AND OMEGA

It’s Wolverine versus Kid Omega for dominance of the Jean Grey School. Wolverine will discover that the hardest prison to escape can be his own mind. 

Covers by Mark Brooks
Published by Marvel


 

Wolverine & The X-Men:
Alpha and Omega
art by Mark Brooks,Roland Boschi, and more

 

DV8

"Gods And Monsters" relaunches the 1990's superhero book DV8 and updates the black sheep of the Wildstorm universe for a modern audience.

Covers by Fiona Staples
Published by DC Comics/Wildstorm


 

DV8
"Gods And Monsters"
art by Rebekah Isaacs

 

SUPERMARKET

In the future world of Supermarket, legitimate and black-market economies rule the City, overseen by the vying factions of the Yakuza and Porno Swede crime families. convenience store clerkette and 16-year old suburban wise-ass Pella Suzuki suddenly finds herself in themiddle of it all, heir to an empire she couldn't possibly inherit, but hitmen on both sides aren't taking any chances.

Published by IDW
Supermarket is co-created by Kristian Donaldson


 

Supermarket
art by Kristian Donaldson
   

THE COURIERS

The Courers is a fast-paced action-adventure comic set in New York City, featuring Moustafa and Special: mercenary couriers. They do the work the normal couriers are only barely aware of: intelligence, large cash transfers, protection, assassinations, blockade-running... you name it. The Couriers is a pure action movie on paper.

Published by AIT
Demo is co-created by Rob G

THE COURIERS is in feature film production, via Intrepid Pictures.
 







The Couriers 01
art by Rob G
the Couriers 02
“Dirtbike Manifesto”
art by Rob G
The Couriers 03
“The Ballad Of Johnny Funwrecker”
art by Rob G

Couscous Express
art by Brett Weldele
 

FIGHT FOR TOMORROW

Kidnapped as a boy, Cedric Zhang - raised to fight in competitions - formed a bond with Christy, a young nurse. When she disappears with no explanation, Cedric immerses himself in the violent NYC underworld in an effort to locate her, finding himself back in the horrible world he spent his life trying to escape.

Covers by Jo Chen, Jim Lee, Dave Choe, Celia Calle and others
Published by DC Comics/Vertigo
 













Fight For Tomorrow
art by Denys Cowan and Kent Williams

       

POUNDED

In a city filled with trust-fund babies and armchair revolutionaries, Heavy Parker rules the punk scene as a benevolent dictator. Or at least it is until Missy, Heavy's girlfriend, goes away for college. How can a guy like Heavy be expected to handle a long-distance romance? Short answer: He can’t. Heavy’s mind is already drifting towards his next sexual conquest. verything is good again, and Heavy is back on top of the heap. Until a new Missy returns, pissed as all hell, and she didn't come back alone!.Can Heavy survive a true group of hardcores invading his turf or will he just wind up POUNDED?

Published by Oni Press
Pounded is co-created by Steve Rolston


 

Pounded
art by Steve Rolston

 

THE TOURIST

In a remote coastal village in Northern Scotland, the choice between money and happiness has never been clearer or carried such deadly consequences. When Moss arrives, he is accepted as what he appears to be: a somewhat grubby American backpacker on holiday. Gradually the town begins to realize just who it is they're harboring: a Special Forces soldier turned drugs smuggler. If that wasn't bad enough, he has a lot of really rough bastards riding into town after him. The safety of the town and the woman he loves vs. the successful conclusion of a very lucrative drug deal... which will Moss choose?

Published by Image Comics
The Tourist is co-created by Toby Cypress

 













The Tourist
art by Toby Cypress

       

COUNTER-X / GENERATION X

(#62-69 co-written with Warren Ellis)

Published by Marvel


 

Counter-X Vol. 2
art by Steve Pugh and more