Al Ewing

Al Ewing
File:AlEwing02.jpg
Born	August 12, 1977 (1977-08-12)
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Zombo Damnation Station The Ninjettes
Official website

Al Ewing is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for 2000 AD.

Career

Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the five-page Future Shocks format for 2000 AD and eventually moved on to regular stints on Judge Dredd where he wrote a story, "Doctor What?" that marked Brendan McCarthy's return to 2000 AD and the two would go on to work together on a new series The Zaucer of Zilk. Recent work includes Damnation Station and Zombo, illustrated by Henry Flint, which was collected in trade paperback in 2010.

He has also contributed to Solar Wind, FutureQuake, The End Is Nigh. Al is responsible for the diary of Ralph Dibny and the infamous mobile comic Murderdrome with P. J. Holden.

Breaking into American comic books, Ewing was also picked by Garth Ennis to provide a six-issue arc on Jennifer Blood, a comic published by Dynamite Entertainment, and a spin-off series The Ninjettes.

Al's debut novel was published in 2007 by Abaddon Books. Pax Britannia: El Sombra features a mysterious Mexican hero fighting back against the menace of steam-powered Nazis. It is set in the same Steampunk alternate history as the other novels from the Pax Britannia series. Three other novels have been published since, with a fifth on the way.

Al Ewing has deejayed under the name DJ Christ.

He is set to write a new Mighty Avengers series for Marvel Comics in September, 2013 with Greg Land on art duties.

Works

Comics

• Tharg's Terror Tales:
  • "Scene of the Crime" (with Dom Reardon, in 2000 AD #1296, 2002)
  • "Keeping it Real" (with Cam Smith, in 2000 AD #1386, 2004)
  • "Sorrow Hill" (with Shaun Thomas, in 2000 AD #1399, 2004)
  • "Contagion" (with pencils by Duane Redhead and inks by Lee Townsend, in 2000 AD Winter Special 2005)
  • "Man Bites God" (with Tiernen Trevallion, in 2000 AD #1533, 2007)

• Judge Dredd:
  • "Quick Way Down" (with M. Montenegro, in Zarjaz (fanzine) (vol. 1) #4, 2003)
  • "A Whole New Dredd" (with David Roach, based on a story idea by Brendan McCarthy, in 2000 AD #1610, 2008)
  • "Mutopia" (with Simon Fraser, in 2000 AD #1611-1612, 2008, collected in Tour of Duty: The Backlash, 272 pages, Rebellion, September 2010, ISBN 978-1-907519-23-9)
  • "Koan" (with Paul Marshall, in Judge Dredd Megazine #278, 2008)
  • "Magic Bullets" (with Colin Wilson, in Judge Dredd Megazine #280-281, 2009)
  • "Cockroaches" (with Ben Oliver, in 2000 AD #1627, 2009)
  • "The Americans" (with Nick Dyer, in Judge Dredd Megazine #283, 2009)
  • "The Performer" (with Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD #1635-1636, 2009)
  • "Rehab" (with Karl Richardson, in 2000 AD #1644-1648, 2009, collected in Judge Dredd: Mega-City Masters 02, 224 pages, Simon & Schuster, October 2010, ISBN 1-906735-95-6)
  • "Invitation to a Hanging" (with Patrick Goddard, in Judge Dredd Megazine #291, 2009)
  • "What's Another Year?" (with John Higgins, in Judge Dredd Megazine #292, 2009)
  • "Tour of Duty: Bethlehem" (with Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD Prog 2010, December 2009)
  • "Sex, Vi & Vidslugs" (with Mike Collins, in Judge Dredd Megazine #295, March 2010)
  • "A Home for Aldous Mayou" (with P. J. Holden, in 2000 AD #1699, August 2010)
  • "Harry Sheemer, Mon Amour" (with Andrew Currie, in 2000 AD #1705, October 2010)
  • "Twenty Years to Midnight" (with Henry Flint, in Judge Dredd Megazine #302, October 2010)
  • "Idle Hands" (with John Higgins, in Judge Dredd Megazine #303, November 2010)
  • "Doctor What?" (with Brendan McCarthy, in 2000 AD #1712-1713, November–December 2010)
  • "Blaze of Glory" (with Liam Sharp, in Judge Dredd Megazine #305, December 2010)
  • "The Chief Judge’s Speech" (with Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD Prog 2011, January 2011)
  • "Served Cold" (with John Higgins, in 2000 AD #1718-1725, January–March 2011)
  • "What the Hitler Saw" (with Leigh Gallagher, in 2000 AD #1728-1729, 2011)
  • "Choose Your Own Xmas" (with John Higgins, in 2000 AD #2012, 2011)
  • "The Bean Counter" (with Nick Dyer, in 2000 AD #1790, 2012)
  • "The Rich Cabaret" (with Andrew Currie, in 2000 AD #1791, 2012)
  • "Bullet to King Four" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1803, 2012)
  • "The Cold Deck" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1806-1811, 2012)
  • "Trifecta" (co-written with Si Spurrier and Rob Williams; art by Carl Critchlow, in 2000 AD #1812, 2012)

• Strontium Dog: "Fist of Fury" (with Indio, in Dogbreath #12 (fanzine), 2004)

• Tharg's Future Shocks:
  • "Game of the Gods" (with Steve Roberts, in 2000 AD #1445, 2005)
  • "A Sound of Intergalactic Thunder" (with Rufus Dayglo, in 2000 AD #1449, 2005)
  • "Doom-Dream of Destiny!" (with Lee Garbett, in 2000 AD #1481, 2006)
  • "Optimal" (with Adrian Bamforth, in 2000 AD #1496, 2006)
  • "Gifts of the Magi" (with Lee Townsend, in 2000 AD #1499, 2006)
  • "Spaceland" (with Edmund Bagwell, in 2000 AD #1508, 2006)
  • "Drive, He Said" (with pencils by Edison George and inks by Steve Roberts, in 2000 AD #1532, 2007)

• "Dial H for Huitzilopochtl" (with Michael Molcher, in FutureQuake #5, 2005)
• "The Last War" (with Matt Timson, in The End Is Nigh #2, 2005)
• "Murderdrome 1997" (with Simon Penter, in Solar Wind, #6, 2005)

• Bones of Eden:
  • "Bones of Eden" (with pencils by Russell Hossain and inks by Lee Townsend, in 2000 AD Winter Special 2005)
  • "Bones of Eden Pt 1" (with Russell Hossain, in Zarjaz (vol. 2) #3, 2006)

• "Team Titanic!" (with Boo Cook, in The End Is Nigh #3, 2006)
• "A portrait of perdition" (with Flint Hazabudak, in Something Wicked #1, 2006)
• Go-Machine (with Richard Elson, in 2000 AD #1496-1498, 2006)

• Tales From the Black Museum:
  • "God of Gamblers" (with Rufus Dayglo, in Judge Dredd Megazine #251, 2006)
  • "Shades of Grue" (with Dean Ormston, in Judge Dredd Megazine #252, 2006)
  • "Short Fuse" (with Robin Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine #265, 2007)
  • "Build a Better Mousetrap" (with Jackademus, in Judge Dredd Megazine #275, 2008)

• "Sense of Humour" (with Oliver Redding, in FutureQuake #7, 2006)

• Tempest (with Jon Davis-Hunt):
  • "Here Comes Trouble" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #266-271, 2008)
  • "Time Zero" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #292-297, 2010)

• Dead Signal (with P. J. Holden, in 2000 AD #1581-1587, 2008)
• Murderdrome (with P. J. Holden, mobile comic, 2008)
• "The Most Dangerous Game" (with John McCrea, in Marvel Heroes #1, Panini Comics, 2008)
• "War With Monster Isle" (with Kev Hopgood, in Marvel Heroes #3, Panini Comics, 2008)
• "The Man On The Ant Planet" (with Andie Tong, in Marvel Heroes #7, Panini Comics, 2009)

• Zombo (with Henry Flint):
  • Zombo: Can I Eat You Please? (tpb112 pages, October 2010, Rebellion, ISBN 1-907519-25-4, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 1-906735-96-4) collects:
    • "Zombo" (in 2000 AD #1632-1639, 2009)
    • "Merry Christmas, Mr Zombo" (in 2000 AD Prog 2010, December 2009)
    • "Zombo's Eleven" (in 2000 AD #1675-1684, 2010)
  • "The Day the Zombo Died" (in 2000 AD #1740-1749, June–August 2011)

• The Visible Man (with Neil Roberts, in Zarjaz (vol. 2) #7, 2009)

• Damnation Station:
  • "To The Dark & Empty Skies" (with Simon Davis, in 2000 AD #1677-1680, 2010)
  • "The Feelings That You Lack" (with Boo Cook, in 2000 AD #1681, 2010)
  • "The Sun Always Shines " (with Boo Cook, in 2000 AD #1682-1684)
  • "A Bone to be Chewed" (with Simon Davis, in 2000 AD #1686-1687)
  • "Fellas, It's Been Good to Know You" (with Ben Willsher, in 2000 AD #1689)
  • "Even Heroes Fail" (with Simon Davis, in 2000 AD #1690-1692)
  • "The Titanic Sails at Dawn" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1850-1851, 2013)
  • "Darkness at the Break of Noon" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1852)
  • "The Tail of the Dragon" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1853-1856)
  • "In Another Lifetime" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1857)
  • "The Howling Beast on the Borderline" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1858-1860)
  • "After Losing Every Battle" (with Mark Harrison, in 2000 AD #1861)

• "Sequels That Time Forgot!: The Mind of Wolfie Smith" (with Neil Roberts, in Zarjaz (vol. 2) #10, 2010)
• Jennifer Blood #7-12 (script, co-plotted with Garth Ennis, Dynamite Comics, 2011-2012)

Feature

• Strontium Dog: "Log Cabin Rating" (in Dogbreath #13, 2005)
• The Rogue's Gallery (with SMS, in The End Is Nigh #3, 2006)

Novels

• Pax Britannia:
  • El Sombra (Abaddon Books, July 2007 ISBN 1-905437-34-X)
  • Gods of Manhattan (September 2010, Abaddon Books, UK, ISBN 978-1-906735-39-5, US, ISBN 978-1-906735-86-9)
  • Pax Omega (April 2012, Abaddon Books, ISBN 1-907992-91-X)
• Tomes of the Dead: I, Zombie (Abaddon Books, June 2008, ISBN 1-905437-72-2)
• Death Got No Mercy (Abaddon Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-906735-15-9)
• The Fictional Man (Solaris Books, 2013, 978-1-781080-93-1)

Other

• Short films:
  • I'm Gay! (musical)
  • The Evil Dope
  • The Cop On The Edge series:
    • Cop On The Edge
    • Cop On The Edge II - Cop Over The Edge
    • Cop On The Edge III Armogeddon Cop
    • Cop On The Edge IV - Priest On The Edge

• Blogs
  • Retro gaming Blog Re:Retro - (now defunct)

References

• Al Ewing at the Grand Comics Database
• Al Ewing at Barney

External links

• Official website
• Al Ewing at the Comic Book DB
• A collection of archived small-press work
• Ewing goes to the Movies
• Al Ewing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (Note, only covers written speculative fiction, not comics)
• The Fictional Man review

Interviews

• Interview on 2000ADReview website (NB: Ewing is talking in an assumed persona)
• The Man from Death Planet: Matt Badham talks with Al Ewing, Forbidden Planet, May 13, 2009
• Interview with comics writer Al Ewing, SFX, July 7, 2009

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