Frazer Irving

• Birth Name — Frazer Alex Irving • Born — 1970 • Birthplace — Ilford, Essex, England • Pencil — y • Ink — y • Color — y • Notable Works — Necronauts Judge Death The Simping Detective Silent War Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy • Awards — National Comics Award, 2001, 2002 Diamond Comics Award 2002, 2004 • Nonus — y

A native of Ilford, Essex, Irving studied art at the University of Portsmouth, England, after which he took various temporary jobs in London. He 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. 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 was commented by writer Grant Morrison as follows: I've loved his work since I first saw it in 2000 AD and it's great to see him develop a following in US comics. I've wanted to work with Frazer for a long time. He's a truly unique artist and the work he's doing on Klarion is mind-blowing. He's doing all the color work himself and has one of the most amazing senses of design and storytelling I've ever come across." This led to further work for both Marvel and DC Comics, including the Iron Man: The Inevitable mini-series written by Joe Casey, and Silent War, a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans, written by David Hine. As part of the Battle for the Cowl storyline he provided the art for the Azrael mini-series written by Fabian Nicieza. 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 also provided the art on an arc of Grant Morrison's Batman & Robin series for DC Comics, which was initially announced as following Philip Tan's arc, but was the pushed back to after Cameron Stewart's run on the series and was finally confirmed to be in the issues after Andy Clarke's stint, starting with No. 13, in addition to drawing the second issue of The Return of Bruce Wayne. Other projects include the X-Men one-shot which was part of Brian Reed's Timestorm 2009-2099, the first and last issues of Phil Hester's Days Missing for Archaia Studios, and the new Xombi series for DC Comics.

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

* • Brief interview with Ninth Art circa 2002 • REFLECTIONS: Talking with Frazer Irving, Comic Book Resources, 1 April 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, 21 August 2009