Al Ewing

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Al Ewing
Born
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Go-Machine

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

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2.1 Comics writing 2.2 Feature writing 2.3 Novels 2.4 Other 3 References 3.1 Footnotes 4 External links 4.1 Interviews

[edit] Biography

He is the creator of The Ultimate Future Shock and periodic contributor to the comic's Terror Tales and Future Shorts series, variations on their classic Future Shocks format. Ewing's work appeared in the 2000AD Winter Special 2005, a compendium of up and coming British comics creators. Recent work includes the 3-part Go-Machine serial, Tempest, his first series for the Judge Dredd Megazine, and Dead Signal, illustrated by P. J. Holden, which is currently running in 2000AD.

He has also contributed to Solar Wind, FutureQuake and The End Is Nigh. Al is also responsible for the diary of Ralph Dibny.

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. A second unrelated novel for Abaddon is forthcoming, with the title I, Zombie.

Al Ewing has deejayed under the name DJ Christ

He currently resides in York.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Comics writing

• 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 Duane Redhead (pencils) and Lee Townsend (inks), 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 volume 1 #4, 2003)

• Strontium Dog: "Fist of Fury" (with Indio, in Dogbreath #12, 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 Edison George (pencils) and Steve Roberts (inks) 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)^[1]

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

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

• "Tempest" (with Jon Davis-Hunt, in Judge Dredd Megazine #266-271, 2008)
• "Dead Signal" (with P. J. Holden, in 2000 AD #1581-1587, 2008)

[edit] Feature writing

• Strontium Dog: "Log Cabin Rating" (in Dogbreath #13, 2005)

• The Rogue's Gallery (with SMS, in The End Is Nigh #3, 2006)

[edit] Novels

• Pax Britannia: El Sombra (Abaddon Books, July 2007 ISBN 1-905437-34-X)
• Tomes of the Dead: I, Zombie (Abaddon Books, June 2008, ISBN 1-905437-72-2)

[edit] Other

• Short films:
  • I'm Gay! at Google Video
  • The Evil Dope at Google Video
• Blogs
  • Retro gaming Blog Re:Retro

[edit] References

• Official profile on 2000ADonline.com

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• The Ultimate Future Shock
• A collection of archived small-press work
• El Sombra at Abaddon Books
• Upcoming novels from Abaddon Books
• Ewing goes to the Movies

[edit] Interviews

• Interview on 2000ADReview website (NB: Ewing is talking in an assumed persona)