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Simon Oliver

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Simon Oliver is the writer of the Wildstorm comic book series "Gen¹³" and the Vertigo comic book series "The Exterminators" and "".

Biography

Growing up in UK Oliver mostly read European comics moving towards some American comics such as Watchmen in the late 80s. Then in the early 90s he lived the Third World for five years, cut off from comics and popular culture in general. Around 2003, while living in Los Angeles and working mostly as an camera assistant, he decided to give writing a try. One of the things he wrote was The Exterminators. Initial planned to be a TV series Oliver quickly realized it wasn't network material and so he took it to the comic book publisher he respected the most. The Exterminators was first published by DC Vertigo in 2006 as an ongoing monthly series.Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = The Exterminators | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 67-70 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]

Oliver became the writer on Wildstorm's "Gen¹³" in November 2007.As part of the "Hellblazer" 20th anniversary publications he is writing a mini-series based on John Constantine's longest surviving friend called, "" [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11163 WWC: VERTIGO - From The Edge] , August 10, 2007, Comic Book Resources] [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=124899 WW CHICAGO: THE VERTIGO PANEL] , August 11, 2007, Newsarama] . He will be taking over writing duties on "Hellblazer" itself with December's issue #250.Fact|date=August 2008

Upcoming projects include a crime-based graphic novel for Vertigo, other comic projects and some movie scripts. [http://www.scrypticstudios.com/columns/making_good/first_books_-_simon_olivers_the_exterminators.html First Books - Simon Oliver's The Exterminators] ] .

Bibliography

* "The Exterminators" (with Tony Moore, Vertigo, 2006 - 2008)
* "Gen¹³" #14-20 (with pencils by Carlo Barberi and inks by Drew Geraci, Wildstorm, 2008)
* "" (with Goran Sudzuka, 5-issue mini-series, Vertigo, 2008)

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References

*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=4474|title=Simon Oliver

External links

* [http://www.comicbooknoise.com/?page_id=152 Comic Book Noise >> Simon Oliver email interview]
* [http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=37193 Comixfan Forums - Simon Oliver Exterminator for hire]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9828 Comic Book Resource - CBR News: Who You Gonna Call? Simon Oliver and the Exterminators]

Источник: Simon Oliver