Mike Carey (writer)

Mike Carey (writer)
Mike Carey

Carey at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010.
Born 1959
Liverpool, England
Nationality British
Area(s) Writer
Notable works Lucifer
Hellblazer
X-Men
Crossing Midnight
The Unwritten
Official website

Mike Carey (born 1959) is a British writer of comic books, novels, and films.

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Early life and career

Carey was born in Liverpool, England, in 1959 - describing his young self as "one of those ominously quiet kids... [who] lived so much inside my own head I only had vestigial limbs". As a child, he maintained an interest in comics, writing and drawing primitive stories to entertain his younger brother.[1] He earned a first class degree[citation needed] in English at St Peter's College, Oxford[2] before becoming a teacher. He continued to teach for 15 years before moving on to writing comics.

Writing career

After a series of one-off jobs for independent comics companies, including a biographical comic of Ozzy Osbourne and a fantasy about the band Pantera, Carey gained regular employment at 2000 AD, where he created the original series Th1rt3en and Carver Hale.

For the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics Carey went on to write the entire run of the Eisner Award-nominated comic book Lucifer,[3] and issues 175 to 215 of Hellblazer, a run on that title only exceeded in length by Garth Ennis.[4] He also wrote the original graphic novels The Sandman Presents: The Furies with John Bolton and Hellblazer: All His Engines with Leonardo Manco.[5]

He is the ongoing writer of X-Men: Legacy working with artist Scot Eaton,[6] plus Ultimate Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics.

He also had three recent Vertigo series that have wrapped up: Faker a six part mini-series with art by Jock;[7][8] a second graphic novel, God Save the Queen, with John Bolton, featuring Queen Titania, Oberon, Puck, Nuala and Cluracan from the Sandman and Books of Magic comics; and Crossing Midnight with Jim Fern.[9][10] September 2006 saw the long-delayed debut of Wetworks: Worldstorm with Whilce Portacio for Wildstorm Comics.[11] He is also one of the first authors on DC's Minx imprint for teenaged girls, his second Minx title being co-written with his daughter, Louise.[12] The Unwritten[13] premiered in May 2009, with art by Peter Gross and covers by Yuko Shimizu.

Carey at the DC Comics booth at the New York Comic Convention, October 10, 2010.

In 2008 Carey worked on a number of different titles, including tie-ins to the "Secret Invasion" crossover storyline, that included an eight-page story in the one-shot anthology Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?, which features Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D., and a four-issue mini-series, Secret Invasion: X-Men.[14][15] That same year he began writing Queen's Rook, the first of Virgin Comics' Coalition Comix on MySpace,[16] where users could suggest ideas for a comic which would then get made.[17][18] He also wrote "Dark Deception", a crossover story arc that appeared across X-Men: Legacy and Wolverine: Origins,[19] and tied into X-Men: Original Sin,[20] he retold the Beast's origin story in X-Men: Origins,[21] wrote an Iceman story in X-Men: Manifest Destiny,[20][22] a comic book adaptation of Ender's Shadow,[23] and the Vertigo Comics series The Unwritten.[24]

Carey's first prose novel, The Devil You Know, was released in the UK by Orbit books in April 2006, and as a hardcover in the US in July 2007. Its sequel, Vicious Circle, was published in October 2006, and the following three novels in the series, Dead Men's Boots, Thicker Than Water, and The Naming of the Beasts, followed in September 2007, March 2009 and September 2009, respectively.

Carey's first feature film, the erotic ghost story Frost Flowers, was reported in June 2006 to be in pre-production, with filming to begin that September under the direction of Andrea Vecchiato, but the project collapsed before production began and the script is in limbo.[25] Carey is also working on the TV series The Stranded, the first co-production between Virgin Comics and the Syfy network.[26]

In 2011 he wrote a crossover between X-Men Legacy and New Mutants titled Age of X.[27]. In August 2011, Marvel announced Mike Carey's final X-Men-Legacy arc.[28]

Bibliography

Comics

Comics work includes:

  • Pulp Sci-fi:
    • "Eggs is Eggs" (with Cliff Robinson, in 2000 AD #1145, 1999)
    • "Doin' Time" (with Ben McCloud, in 2000 AD #1147, 1999)
  • The Sandman:
    • The Sandman Presents: Lucifer - The Morningstar Option #1-3 (prequel to Lucifer) (DC Vertigo, 1999, collected in Lucifer: The Devil In The Gateway, 2001)
    • The Sandman Presents: Petrefax #1-4 (DC Vertigo, tpb, 2000)
    • The Sandman Present: The Furies (DC Vertigo, 2002, tpb, 96 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0093-1)
  • Lucifer:
    • Lucifer #1-75 (DC Vertigo, collections to Volume 11, 2000–2006)
    • Lucifer: Nirvana (DC Vertigo, one-shot, 2002, collected in Lucifer: Evensong, January 2007)
  • Carver Hale: Twisting the Knife (with, Mike Perkins and Dylan Teague, in 2000 AD #1236-1240, 1247–1249, 2001, tpb, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-62-6 )
  • "The Wedding Breakfast" (in Flinch #16, DC Vertigo, 2001)
  • Tharg's Future Shocks (with John Charles):
    • "Inside Job" (in 2000 AD #1230, 2001)
    • "Right Back At Ya" (in 2000 AD #1287, 2002)
  • Just 1 Page #1-4 (single pages in annual charity magazine: "Little Nemo", UK comics, The Spider, Raven on the Wing. Plus 24 minute comic #1 & #2 reprinted in Just1Page #3 & #4 respectively, 2001–2006)
  • Thirteen (with Andy Clarke, in 2000 AD #1289-1299, 2002, tpb, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-36-7)
  • "In the House of Light" (in 9-11: Volume One, 2002)
  • Tharg the Mighty: "A Night 2 Remember" (with various artists and writers, in 2000 AD #1280, 2002)
  • Secret Invasion:
    • "Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?" (8-page short in the one-shot, Marvel Comics, 2008)
    • Secret Invasion: X-Men (with Cary Nord, Marvel Comics, 4-issue mini-series, 2008)
  • Ender's Shadow: Battle School (with Sebastian Fiumara, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2008–2009)
  • The Unwritten #1- (with Peter Gross, Vertigo, July 2009-ongoing)

Novels

  • Felix Castor:
    • The Devil You Know[35] (UK: 6 April 2006 & US: 10 July 2007)
    • Vicious Circle (UK: 5 October 2006 & US: 28 July 2008)
    • Dead Men's Boots (UK: 26 September 2007 & US: 23 July 2009)
    • Thicker Than Water (UK: 1 March 2009)
    • The Naming of the Beasts (UK: 3 September 2009)
    • Unnamed Sixth Felix Castor Novel (Late 2011)[36]

Films

  • Frost Flowers (unmade screenplay)

Short fiction

  • now! and then! (an incomplete piece published in Murky Depths Issue 10 Winter 2009)

Poetry

  • In Thule With Jessica (poem in Xconnect vol. 6 #2)

Notes

  1. ^ Carey, Mike (July 2000), On The Ledge, DC Comics / Vertigo 
  2. ^ Carey, Mike (Autumn 2005). "Comic Stripped" (pdf). Oxford Forum: 54–55. http://www.theoxfordforum.com/pdf/Oxford%20Forum%20Issue%203.pdf. Retrieved 27 July 2009. 
  3. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Lucifer", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 118–124, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015 
  4. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "John Constantine Hellblazer", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 102–111, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015 
  5. ^ a b CCI, Day 2: Keanu Sold Separately: Carey talks "Hellblazer: All His Engines" OGN, Comic Book Resources, 23 July 2004
  6. ^ Mike Carey: Carrying on the X-Men Legacy, Comics Bulletin, 24 January 2008
  7. ^ Mike Carey'a A Faker For Vertigo, Comicon
  8. ^ Carey's Faker: A Thriller Rooted in Paranoia, With Some Existentialism Thrown In, Comics Bulletin, 28 October 2007
  9. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Crossing Midnight", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 49–51, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015 
  10. ^ IGN: Comic-Book 2006: Mike Carey's Vertigo Trio, IGN
  11. ^ Take A Dive With Mike Carey Into "Wetworks: Worldstorm", Comic Book Resources, 23 June 2006
  12. ^ a b Confessions Of a Carey: Louise Carey talks "Blabbermouth" & Minx, Comic Book Resources, 23 May 2007
  13. ^ Vertigo's 'The Unwritten': Mike Carey & Peter Gross, Newsarama, Mon, 30 March 2009
  14. ^ Mike Carey on Secret Invasion: X-Men, FCBD X-Men, Legacy and More, Newsarama, 2 April 2008
  15. ^ Richards, Dave. "Mike Carey's 'Secret Invasion' Plans", Comic Book Resources, 7 May 2008
  16. ^ Coalition Comix on Myspace
  17. ^ Manning, Shaun. "Mike Carey talks Virgin & MySpace's Coalition Comix", Comic Book Resources, 8 May 2008
  18. ^ "Virgin Comics Brings Director's Cut Comics to Life With Animated Trailers" PR Newswire; Accessed October 13, 2010
  19. ^ Richards, Dave. "Mike Carey & Daniel Way's "Dark Deception", Comic Book Resources, 6 June 2008
  20. ^ a b Ekstrom, Steve. "Sins, Destines & Legacies: Mike Carey Talks X-Men", Newsarama, 8 September 2008
  21. ^ Dallas, Keith. "Mike Carey: Re-Telling the Origin of The X-Men's Beast", Comics Bulletin, 2 September 2008
  22. ^ Richards, Dave. Carey on "Manifest Destiny" and "X-Men Orgins: Beast", Comic Book Resources, 28 August 2008
  23. ^ Ekstrom, Steve. "Enrolling in School: Carey on Ender's Shadow: Battle School", Newsarama, 2 December 2008
  24. ^ Ekstrom, Steve. "Life as Fiction? Mike Carey on Vertigo's 'The Unwritten'", Newsarama, 26 March 2009
  25. ^ Singh, Andrew. "Take A Dive With Mike Carey Into 'Wetworks: Worldstorm'" Comic Book Resources; June 23, 2006
  26. ^ Brady, Matt. "The Virgin Days Of Mike Carey - Talking The Stranded And Voodoo Child", Newsarama, 9 October 2007
  27. ^ Mike Carey reveals the "Age of X"
  28. ^ http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33926
  29. ^ Wetworks Volume 1 trade details at DC
  30. ^ Vertigo
  31. ^ LEGION OF MONSTERS: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #1 - Marvel Comics Publishing Catalog
  32. ^ Vertigo
  33. ^ Faker trade profile at DC Comics
  34. ^ DC profile of Confessions of a Blabbermouth
  35. ^ http://members.aol.com/adeheathen/mikecarey.jpg
  36. ^ http://mikeandpeter.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=17

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External links

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Preceded by
Brian Azzarello		 Hellblazer writer
2002–2006		 Succeeded by
Denise Mina
Preceded by
Denise Mina		 Hellblazer writer
2007		 Succeeded by
Andy Diggle
Preceded by
Peter Milligan		 X-Men (vol. 2) writer
2006–current		 Succeeded by
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