Mike Carey

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Mike Carey

Mike Carey in August 2006
Born 1959
Liverpool, England
Nationality British
Area(s) Writer
Notable works Lucifer,
X-Men,
Hellblazer,
Crossing Midnight

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

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[edit] Biography

Carey was born in Liverpool, England, in 1959 and earned a degree at Oxford before becoming a teacher. He continued to teach for 15 years before moving on to writing comics.

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 original series Th1rt3en and Carver Hale.

He went on to write the Eisner Award-nominated comic book Lucifer and issues 175 to 215 of Hellblazer, for the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, along with the original graphic novels The Sandman Presents: The Furies with John Bolton and Hellblazer: All His Engines with Leonardo Manco.[1]

He is the ongoing writer of X-Men: Legacy working with artist Scot Eaton,[2] plus Ultimate Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics.

He also has three ongoing or recent Vertigo series: Faker a six part mini-series with art by Jock[3] [4]; 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. [5] September 2006 saw the long-delayed start of Wetworks: Worldstorm with Whilce Portacio for Wildstorm Comics. [6] 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.[7]

Upcoming comics include a couple of tie-ins to the Secret Invasion crossover storyline. First up is an 8-page story in the one-shot anthology called "Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?", which features Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D.. This will then be followed by a four-issue mini-series Secret Invasion: X-men.[8] [9] Carey is also writing Queen's Rook the first of Virgin Comics' Coalition Comix on MySpace[10], where users could suggest ideas for a comic which would then get made.[11] He will also be writing Dark Deception a crossover story arc telling a story across X-Men: Legacy and Wolverine: Origins.[12]

Carey's first prose novel, The Devil You Know, was released in the UK by Orbit books in April 2006 and a US hardcover will be published in July 2007. The sequel, Vicious Circle, was published in October 2006. The third novel in the series, titled Dead Men's Boots followed in Sep 2007. The next instalment Thicker Than Water is due to be published in October 2008.

His first feature film, the erotic ghost story Frost Flowers, is currently in pre-production. He is also working on the TV series The Stranded, the first co-production between Virgin Comics and the Sci-Fi Channel.[13]

He currently lives in London with his wife, Lin, and his children, Davey, Ben and Louise.

[edit] Works

[edit] 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, Marcel Comics, 2008)
    • Secret Invasion: X-men (with Cary Nord, Marvel Comics, 4-issue mini-series, 2008)

[edit] Novels

  • Felix Castor:
    • The Devil You Know [20] (UK: April 6, 2006 & US: July 10, 2007)
    • Vicious Circle (UK: October 5, 2006)
    • Dead Men's Boots (UK: September 26th, 2007)
    • Thicker Than Water (UK: 2008)

[edit] Films

  • Frost Flowers (Screenplay)

[edit] Poetry

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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b CCI, Day 2: Keanu Sold Separately: Carey talks "Hellblazer: All His Engines" OGN, Comic Book Resources, July 23, 2004
  2. ^ Mike Carey: Carrying on the X-Men Legacy, Comics Bulletin, January 24, 2008
  3. ^ Mike Carey'a A Faker For Vertigo, Comicon
  4. ^ Carey's Faker: A Thriller Rooted in Paranoia, With Some Existentialism Thrown In, Comics Bulletin, October 28, 2007
  5. ^ IGN: Comic-Book 2006: Mike Carey's Vertigo Trio, IGN
  6. ^ Take A Dive With Mike Carey Into "Wetworks: Worldstorm", Comic Book Resources, June 23, 2006
  7. ^ a b Confessions Of a Carey: Louise Carey talks "Blabbermouth" & Minx, Comic Book Resources, May 23, 2007
  8. ^ Mike Carey on Secret Invasion: X-Men, FCBD X-Men, Legacy and More, Newsarama, April 2, 2008
  9. ^ Mike Carey's "Secret Invasion" Plans, Comic Book Resources, May 7, 2008
  10. ^ Coalition Comix at MySpace
  11. ^ Mike Carey talks Virgin & MySpace's Coalition Comix, Comic Book Resources, May 8, 2008
  12. ^ Mike Carey & Daniel Way's “Dark Deception”, Comic Book Resources, June 6, 2008
  13. ^ The Virgin Days Of Mike Carey - Talking The Stranded And Voodoo Child, Newsarama, October 9, 2007
  14. ^ Wetworks Volume 1 trade details at DC
  15. ^ Vertigo
  16. ^ LEGION OF MONSTERS: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #1 - Marvel Comics Publishing Catalog
  17. ^ Vertigo
  18. ^ Faker trade profile at DC Comics
  19. ^ DC profile of Confessions of a Blabbermouth
  20. ^ http://members.aol.com/adeheathen/mikecarey.jpg

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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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