Frazer Irving

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Frazer Irving was born in the 1970s at Ilford, Essex. He is primarily a horror artist who first sprang to prominence with the 2000 AD series Necronauts, written by Gordon Rennie.

He has also enjoyed success with Storming Heaven, a psychedelic tale based around Timothy Leary and Charles Manson (written by Rennie), and The Simping Detective and From Grace written by Simon Spurrier.

He has done illustration work for RPG companies like Wizards of the Coast, Hogshead Publishing and Guardians of Order, as well as small press publications like The End Is Nigh. He has also done work, including producing Flash animations, for advertising agencies.

Irving's style owes something to the art of Bernie Wrightson, but with a computer-driven edge. His latest work, on Klarion the Witch Boy, has received some praise in the United States.

He is currently working on Gutsville with Simon Spurrier and "Silent War" a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans which will be written by David Hine. [1]

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Comics 1.2 Collections 2 Awards 3 External links 3.1 Interviews

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Comics

His comic work includes:

• Tharg's Future Shocks:
  • "The Last Supper" (with Steve Moore, in 2000 AD #1205, 2000)
  • "Skeleton Crew" (with Steve Moore in 2000 AD #1209, 2000)

• Necronauts (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #2000, #1223-1230, 2001, ISBN 1-904265-09-X)

• A Love Like Blood (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #1243-1249, 2001)

• Tharg's Terror Tales (with Gordon Rennie):
  • "Reefer Madness" (in 2000 AD #1263, 2001)
  • "Mars Needs Mates!" (in 2000 AD #1285, 2002)
  • "Monsters of Rock" (in 2000 AD #2004, 2003)

• Sinister Dexter: "Black and White "(with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1268, 2001)

• Storming Heaven (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD prog 2002 & #1273-1278, 2001-2002)

• The Scarlet Apocrypha: "The Spirit and the Gaki" (with Dan Abnett, in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.14, 2002) [2]

• Judge Death (with John Wagner, collected in Judge Death: My Name is Death, 112 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-73-1):
  • "My Name is Death" (in 2000 AD #1289-1294, 2002)
  • "The Wilderness Days" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #209-216, 2003-2004)

• The Authority: Scorched Earth (with Robbie Morrison, one off, Wildstorm, 2003)

• Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained (with Peter Lenkov, 4 part mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, 2003 ISBN 1-56971-781-8 Titan Books, 2003 ISBN 1-84023-579-9)

• From Grace (with Simon Spurrier, in 2000 AD #1357-1361, 2003)

• Shaun of the Dead: "There's Something About Mary" (with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, in 2000 AD #1384, 2004) [3]

• Mega-City Noir: "Gumshoe" (with Simon Spurrier, in Judge Dredd Megazine #220, 2004)

• The Simping Detective (with Simon Spurrier):
  • "Crystal Blue" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #221-223, 2004)
  • "Innocence: A Broad" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #224-226, 2004)
  • "Dorks of War" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #227, 2004)
  • "Playing Futsie" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #234-236, 2005)
  • "Fifteen" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #237, 2005)
  • "Petty Crimes" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #238-239, 2005)

• The End Is Nigh:
  • "Thirty-Seven Degrees" (illustrating short story by Richmond Clements, #1, 2005)
  • "A Very English Apocalypse" (illustrating Michael Molcher's interview with Alan Moore, #2, 2005)

• Klarion the Witch Boy (with Grant Morrison, 4 issue mini-series, DC, 2005)

• Hellblazer (with Mike Carey, #213, DC, 2005)

• Frankenstein (with Gary Reed, graphic novel, Puffin Books, 2005, ISBN 0-14-240407-1)

• Iron Man: Inevitable (with Joe Casey, 6 issue mini-series, Marvel, 2006)

• Beneath (Flash animation with Simon Spurrier, in The Telegraph Magazine 2006-02) [4]

• Gutsville (with Simon Spurrier, 6 issue mini-series, Image, 2007, forthcoming)

• Inhumans: "Silent War" (with David Hine, 6-issue mini-series, Marvel, January 2007, forthcoming)

[edit] Collections

• Storming Heaven: The Frazer Irving Collection (collects Storming Heaven, A Love Like Blood and From Grace, Rebellion, 144 pages, January 2007, ISBN 1-904265-77-4)

[edit] Awards

He has won a number of awards:

• 2001 National Comics Awards: Best New Talent - Tied win (for Necronauts)
• 2002
  • National Comics Awards: Best New Talent
  • Best New Talent, Diamond Comics Awards
• 2004 Graphic Novel of the Year, Diamond Comics Awards (for Necronauts)

[edit] External links

• FrazerIrving.com his official homepage
• 2000AD profile
• Marvel artist, inker, colorist and covers profiles (currently the same results but that may change)
• RPG Database entry
• Frazer Irivng at MySpace

[edit] Interviews

• Interview @ PopImage, June 2002
• Brief interview with Ninth Art circa 2002
• 2003 interview with 2000ADReview
• 2005 interview with the Fortean Times largely about the two series he did which dealt with Charles Fort (Necronauts and Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained - the interview links to relevant reviews)
• Interview with Top Two Three Films
• Frazer Irving's Silent War on Marvel Comics, November 27, 2006 interview about Silent War