Frazer Irving

Frazer Irving
Born	Frazer Alex Irving 1970s Ilford, Essex
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Notable works	Necronauts Judge Death The Simping Detective Silent War Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy
Awards	Best Newcomer 2001, 2002, National Comics Awards 2004, Diamond Comics Awards
Official website

Frazer Irving (born in the 1970s, Ilford, Essex) is a British comic book artist known for the 2000 AD series Necronauts. Since breaking into the American market he has worked on a number of superhero titles.

Biography

Irving has worked on Storming Heaven, a psychedelic tale based around Timothy Leary and Charles Manson (written by Gordon Rennie), and The Simping Detective and From Grace written by Simon Spurrier.^[1]

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 also does animations on Flash for advertising agencies.

Irving's style owes something to the art of Bernie Wrightson, but with a computer-driven edge. His work on Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy, has received some praise in the United States and writer Grant Morrison said:

This led to further work at both of the Big Two, including Ironman: Inevitable.^[3] Recent projects include Gutsville with Simon Spurrier^[4][5] and Marvel's Silent War a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans written by David Hine.^[6][7] As part of the Battle for the Cowl storyline he is providing the art for the Azrael mini-series written by Fabian Nicieza.^[8]

Irving is responsible for the artwork on the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential phase CD release of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series adaptation.

He will also be pencilling an arc of Grant Morrison's Batman & Robin series for DC, which was initially announced as following Philip Tan's arc^[9] but now comes after Cameron Stewart's run on the series.^[10] Other projects include the X-Men one-shot which was part of Brian Reed's Timestorm 2009-2099^[11] and, with Phil Hester, the first and last issue of Days Missing for Archaia Studios Press.^[12]

Bibliography

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 Prog 2000 & #1223-1230, trade paperback, 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 Prog 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 (vol. 4) #14, 2002)

• 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-shot, Wildstorm, 2003)
• Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained (with Peter Lenkov, 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, 2003, tpb, 2003, Dark Horse, ISBN 1-56971-781-8, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84023-579-9)
• From Grace (with Simon Spurrier, in 2000 AD #1357-1361, 2003)
• PlagueBringer: (with Simon Spurrier, in Warhammer Monthly, #84-85, 2004)
• Shaun of the Dead: "There's Something About Mary" (with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, in 2000 AD #1384, 2004)

• The Simping Detective (with Simon Spurrier, tpb, 144 pages, September 2007, ISBN 1905437447) collects:
  • Mega-City Noir: "Gumshoe" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #220, 2004)
  • "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)
  • "No Body, No How" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #253-257, 2007)

• 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)

• Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy (with Grant Morrison, 4-issue mini-series, DC, 2005)
• Hellblazer #213: "The Gift" (with Mike Carey, Vertigo, 2005, collected in tpb The Gift, 2007, ISBN 1-40121-453-3)
• Frankenstein (with Gary Reed, graphic novel, Puffin Books, 2005, ISBN 0-14-240407-1, Spotlight, 2006, ISBN 1599611163)
• Iron Man: Inevitable (with Joe Casey, 6-issue limited series, Marvel, 2006, tpb, 144 pages, September 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2084-X)
• Beneath (Flash animation with Simon Spurrier, in The Telegraph Magazine 2006-02)^[13]
• Civil War: Front Line #8 (with Paul Jenkins, Marvel, 2007)
• Robin #157-158 (with Adam Beechen, DC, February-March 2007, collected in tpb, Teenage Wasteland, 208 pages, November 2007, ISBN 1401214800)
• Gutsville (with Simon Spurrier, 6-issue limited series, Image, 2007, ongoing)
• Inhumans: Silent War (with David Hine, 6-issue limited series, Marvel, January-June 2007, tpb, 144 pages, October 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2425-X)
• Button Man: "The Hitman's Daughter" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1551-1566, 2007)
• "The Hole" (with Andy Schmidt, in X-Men: Divided We Stand, Marvel, July 2008)
• Azrael: Death's Dark Knight (with Fabian Nicieza, three-issue mini-series, DC, March 2009)
• Timestorm 2009-2099: X-Men (with Brian Reed, one-shot, Marvel, August 2009)
• Days Missing #1, 5 (with Phil Hester, 5-issue limited series, Archaia Studios Press, August 2009)

Collected editions

• Storming Heaven: The Frazer Irving Collection (collects Storming Heaven, A Love Like Blood and From Grace and his two Shaun of the Dead tie-in comics, Rebellion, 144 pages, January 2007, ISBN 1-904265-77-4)

Role-playing games

• Pantheon and Other Roleplaying Games (New Style) (2000), Hogshead Publishing Ltd., Interior Artist, Cover Artist
• Heaven and Earth Player's Guide, 2nd Ed. (2001), Guardians of Order, Interior Artist
• Nobilis, 2nd Ed. (2002), Hogshead Publishing Ltd., Interior Artist
• d20 Menace Manual (d20 Modern) (2003), Wizards of the Coast, Interior Artist
• Eberron Campaign Setting (2004), Wizards of the Coast, Interior Artist
• Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual III (2004), Wizards of the Coast, Interior Artist

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)

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Frazer Irivng at MySpace
• Frazer Irving at Red Slap

Interviews

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• Interview @ PopImage, June 2002
• Brief interview with Ninth Art circa 2002
• REFLECTIONS: Talking with Frazer Irving, Comic Book Resources, April 1, 2007
• Interview on the Bullpen Bulletins Podcast 2007
• Videocast: Frazer Irving at the New York Comic Con 2007
• Droid Interrogation: An Exclusive Interview with Frazer Irving on Gutsville, Batman & Robin, Days Missing… and More!, Hypergeek, August 21, 2009