Simon Oliver is a British-American comic book writer, best known for his creator-owned series The Exterminators and FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics, published under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.
| Simon Oliver | |
|---|---|
| Born | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | The Exterminators |
Career
Simon Oliver was born in the United Kingdom but left the country in the early 90s.[1] After traveling around the world for several years, he settled in Los Angeles, working in the film industry, mostly as a camera assistant on TV shows such as Once and Again and Joan of Arcadia. Oliver began writing The Exterminators as a potential TV series but, after his early scripts were passed to Karen Berger, the Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, Oliver received an offer from the publisher to turn the series into a comic book.[2] The Exterminators began publishing as an ongoing monthly series in January 2006.[3] The following year, Oliver became the writer of the Wildstorm ongoing series Gen¹³ and penned Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge, a spin-off mini-series published as part of the Hellblazer 20th anniversary.[4][5]
In 2013, Vertigo began publishing Oliver's second creator-owned series, Collider. The series' title was changed to FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics following legal action from an international comics publisher.[6]
Bibliography
To date, the entirety of Oliver's work has been published by DC Comics and its various imprints:
- The Exterminators (with Tony Moore, Chris Samnee (#8), Mike Hawthorne (#11–12), John Lucas (#15–16, 27), Ty Templeton (#17–18, 26), Darick Robertson (#19–23), Vertigo, 2006–2008) collected as:
- Bug Brothers (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1064-3)
- Insurgency (collects #6–10, tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1221-2)
- Lies of Our Fathers (collects #11–16, tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1475-4)
- Crossfire and Collateral (collects #17–23, tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1685-4)
- Bug Brothers Forever (collects #24–30, tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1970-5)
- Gen¹³ vol. 4 #14–20 (with Carlo Barberi, Sunny Lee (#16) and Wes Craig (#20), Wildstorm, 2008) collected as Gen¹³: 15 Minutes (tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-2002-9)
- Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge #1–5 (with Goran Sudžuka, Vertigo, 2008–2009) collected as Chas: The Knowledge (tpb, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2127-0)
- Vertigo Crime: Noche Roja (with Jason Latour, graphic novel, hc, 184 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-1535-1; sc, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3062-8)
- FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics (with Robbi Rodriguez (#1–13) and Alberto Ponticelli (#14–24), Vertigo, 2013–2015) collected as:
- The Paradigm Shift (collects #1–7, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4510-2)
- Wish You Were Here (collects #8–13, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5067-X)
- Audeamus (collects #14–19, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5434-9)
- The End Times (collects #20–24, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5845-X)
- Convergence: Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters #1–2 (with John McCrea, 2015) collected in Convergence: Infinite Earths Book Two (tpb, 272 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5838-7)
- Last Gang in Town #1–6 (with Rufus Dayglo, Vertigo, 2016) collected as Last Gang in Town (tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6473-5)
- The Hellblazer (with Moritat, Pia Guerra (#5–6), Philip Tan (#7–8) and Davidé Fabbri, 2016–2017) collected as:
- The Poison Truth (collects the Rebirth one-shot and #1–6, tpb, 168 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-40126-886-2)
- The Smokeless Fire (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7389-0)
References
- ^ Singh, Arune (February 28, 2007). "WHO YOU GONNA CALL? SIMON OLIVER AND "THE EXTERMINATORS"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on March 4, 2007.
- ^ Coward, Derek (August 5, 2006). "Simon Oliver email interview". Comic Book Noise. Archived from the original on January 5, 2007.
- ^ Toner, Tom (December 30, 2005). "SIMON OLIVER: EXTERMINATOR FOR HIRE". ComiX-Fan Forums. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ Brady, Matt (August 11, 2007). "WW CHICAGO: THE VERTIGO PANEL". Newsarama. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- ^ Bennett, Greg (August 11, 2007). "Simon Oliver Branches Out to Gen-13...and Hellblazer!". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008.
- ^ Zalben, Alex (August 12, 2013). "'Collider' Gets A Name Change [EXCLUSIVE]". MTV Geek. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013.
External links
- Simon Oliver at the Grand Comics Database
- Simon Oliver at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)