Tony Lee

For other people named Tony Lee, see Tony Lee (disambiguation).
Tony Lee
Born (1970-06-30) June 30, 1970
Hayes, Middlesex
Nationality British
Area(s) Writer
Awards Eagle Award, 2012
http://www.tonylee.co.uk

Tony Lee (born 30 June 1970) is a British comics writer, screenwriter, audio playwright, and novelist.

Career

A #1 New York Times bestselling writer, Lee has written for various UK and US comic publishers including 2000 AD, IDW Publishing, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Del Rey and Walker Books; and he has worked on such series as X-Men Unlimited,Doctor Who, Superboy, Starship Troopers[1][2][3] and Spider-Man.

His published creator-owned work includes The Gloom, Hope Falls, Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur, From The Pages Of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula': Harker and Midnight Kiss, featuring Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius and the magical land of Oz. He is also the adaptor for several Anthony Horowitz stories for both Walker Books and Hachette Children's Books, including the Gatekeepers series. Reviews for The Gloom #1 included "Buy this comic - sell a kidney if you have to." (Comics Bulletin)[4] Michael Moorcock said of Midnight Kiss, "One of the richest, most original, engaging and fast-moving graphic stories of the new century. Matt Sable and Nightmare are the greatest team of Ghoul-Busters ever to hit the printed page."[5] The Gloom is now weekly on MTV Comics.

In June 2009 Lee's first original graphic novel for Walker Books was released, Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood, a 21st-century retelling of the classic story. Art was by Sam Hart. Outlaw has since been critically acclaimed and has won several literary awards. The sequel, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur is an American Library Association Best Novels For Teens 2012 nomination.

In May 2010 Lee's first graphic novel for Del Rey/Random House was released, an adaptation of the bestseller novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen, art by Cliff Richards. It topped the New York Times Bestseller List for paperback Graphic Novels the same month.

In 2008/9 Lee wrote several stories for Rebellion, with stories in Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD. He was the writer of the ongoing Doctor Who comic for IDW Publishing for both Tenth Doctor and Eleventh Doctor, and was one of the writers of the 2012 Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who crossover series.

In 2011 Lee created two series for MTV Comics at MTV Geek!, both with longtime collaborator Dan Boultwood. The first, a reboot of The Gloom featured completely redrawn art and a new edit of the original script, while Agent Mom, co written by Stargate Universe and Smallville actress Alaina Huffman was a completely original tale.

Also in 2011 Lee and Dan Boultwood created a four graphic novel series for Franklin Watts / Hachette - Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars. Set 'in canon' during the time of Sherlock Holmes's 'death', the series was edited by Holmes academic Leslie S. Klinger.

In 2013 Lee co-wrote a "MacGyver" series for Image Comics with show creator Lee David Zlotoff, and created a "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries for Dynamite Entertainment based around the character Starbuck. Lee also wrote a "Superboy" issue for DC Comics.

In 2014 Lee returned to IDW to write the last arc of their "Doctor Who" series, and created another "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries for Dynamite Entertainment, this time set in a steampunk world.

In 2015 it was announced that Lee was writing a graphic novel adaptation of "Also Known As" for Boxfly Pictures, taken from his screenplay.

Lee has also written four audio dramas for Big Finish's Doctor Who, Confessions of Dorian Gray and Bernice Summerfield ranges.

In 2014 it was announced that Lee was writing two novels aimed at reluctant teen readers, published by Badger learning. Titled Stalker and Jigsaw Lady, they were released in May 2014. Since then Lee has added to the range with "Mister Scratch" and "Noticed", and with the 'Dark Read' books "Dr Jekyll And Little Miss Hyde" and "Otis", the latter based on William Shakespeare's "Othello".

Screenwriting

In September 2011 it was announced that his graphic novel Hope Falls was optioned to a development deal by Future Films for an undisclosed fee. Lee wrote the screenplay.

In March 2013 it was announced that his film The Mild Bunch was in development with DLT Entertainment, the creators of My Family. Colin Baker, Frazer Hines and Vicki Michelle are attached to star.

In 2015 Lee announced several screenplay projects that had been optioned;

"Cartel", starring Craig Fairbrass,

"52 Pickup" for Richwater Films,

"In The Ring", a wrestling movie starring Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian,

"Stoker's Monster", co created with Dacre Stoker and

"Also Known As", of which he has also written a tie-in graphic novel.

Bibliography

Comics

Marvel Comics

DC Comics / Zuda

Panini Comics

IDW Publishing

MTV Comics

Dynamite Entertainment

Kickstart Entertainment

Markosia Publishing

Walker Books

Del Rey / Random House

Titan Comics

Rebellion

The DFC / Random House Children's Books

Hachette Children's Books

Moonstone

Other

Audios

Big Finish

Awards

Notes

References

External links

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