Jamie Delano
Jamie Delano (born 1954) is an English comic book writer. He was part of the first post-Alan Moore "British Invasion" of writers which started to feature in American comics in the 1980s. He is best known as the first writer of the comic book series Hellblazer, featuring John Constantine.
Jamie Delano
- Born
- 1954
- Birthplace
- Northampton, England
- Nationality
- English
- Occupation
- comics artist
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Jamie Delano (born 1954) is an English comic book writer. He was part of the first post-Alan Moore "British Invasion" of writers which started to feature in American comics in the 1980s. He is best known as the first writer of the comic book series Hellblazer, featuring John Constantine.
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• Born — 1954 • Birthplace — Northampton, England • Nationality — English • Area — Writer • Notable Works — Captain Britain Hellblazer • Website — https: jamiedelano.co.uk
Biography
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Jamie Delano wrote all but four of the first forty issues of Hellblazer for DC Comics from 1988 to 1991. Most of his other work has also been for DC/Vertigo. Much of Delano's work can be characterised as science fiction, or horror, but often is a blend thereof. Subjects in his work include the battle of the sexes (World Without End), imperialism and genocide (Ghostdancing), and environmental and cultural collapse (2020 Visions, Animal Man). A. William James is Delano's prose-writing alter ego. His novel Book Thirteen is published under his Lepus Books imprint.
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section • Trail Blazers: Interviews with Jamie Delano and Garth Ennis, by David Carroll, Bloodsongs No. 8, 1997 • Dark Horse Comics' 1998 interview about The Territory • The Comics Interpreter 1999 interview with Jamie Delano • Tales That Witness Madness: A Brief Talk With Jamie Delano by Helen Braithwaite, Sequential Tart, December 1999 • Jamie Delano: Drug Addled Prophet for The Masses, Popimage, December 1999 * * *
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- 1.Dueben, Alex. Jamie Delano Talks Politics, Anger and His World Without End. Comic Book Resources. 22 February 2017.
- 2.Original Sins trade details , at DC
- 3.The Devil You Know trade details , at DC
- 4.Rare Cuts trade details , at DC
- 5.Fear Machine trade details , at DC
- 6.Family Man trade details , at DC
- 7.Irvine, Alex. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. 27. 2008. 0-7566-4122-5.
- 8.Jamie Delano: Earning Outlaw Status , Comics Bulletin, 8 September 2000
- 9.: Selfmadehero :
- 10.Future Imperfect: Jamie Delano talks Narcopolis , Comic Book Resources, 7 November 2007
- 11.Entering Narcopolis I: Jamie Delano , Newsarama, 1 March 2008
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- Transformers Annual 1986
- Text Story The Mission
- Night Raven:
- Various prose (with illustrations by Alan Davis and Ivan Allen in "The Daredevils 11" "Mighty World of Marvel 7-17" "Savage Sword of Conan 85-92" and "Captain Britain 10, 11 and 12" Marvel UK 1983–1984)
- "House of Cards" (with David Lloyd, Marvel UK, one shot, 1993)
- Captain Britain (with Alan Davis and Noel Davis), in Captain Britain Monthly #1-3,5-12, Marvel UK, 1984, tpb, 1988, )
- One-Off:
- "Blood Sport" (with David Pugh, in 2000 AD No. 484, 1986)
- "The Ark" (with Dave Wyatt, in 2000 AD No. 504, 1987)
- Tharg's Future Shocks:
- "The Ship that Liked to Dance" (with Barry Kitson, in 2000 AD No. 501, 1986)
- "Fair's Fare" (with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD No. 530, 1987)
- Doctor Who (with John Ridgway, collected in The World Shapers, Panini Comics, 288 pages, May 2008, ):
- "Time Bomb" (in Doctor Who Magazine #114–116, 1986)
- "The Gift" (with inks by Tim Perkins, in Doctor Who Magazine #123–126, 1987)
- D.R. and Quinch: "DR & Quinch's Agony Page" (with co-author and pencils Alan Davis and inks and colours by Mark Farmer, in 2000 AD #525–534, 1987)
- Hellblazer:
- Hellblazer #1–24, 28–31, 33–40, 84, 250, Annual 1 (with John Ridgway, Richard Piers Rayner, Mark Buckingham, Bryan Talbot, Steve Pugh, Sean Phillips, & others, Vertigo/DC, 1988–2008) collected as:
- Original Sins (collects #1–9, Vertigo, October 1998, , Titan Books, February 2007, ) Original Sins trade details , at DC
- The Devil You Know (collects #10–13, The Hellblazer Annual and The Horrorist #1–2, Vertigo, May 2007, , Titan Books, July 2007, ) The Devil You Know trade details , at DC
- Rare Cuts (collects No. 11, 25–26 and 35, Vertigo, February 2005, , Titan Books, January 2005, ) Rare Cuts trade details , at DC
- Fear Machine (collects #14–22, 208 pages, Vertigo, June 2008, , Titan Books, ) Fear Machine trade details , at DC
- Family Man (collects #23–24 and 28–33, 208 pages, November 2008, Titan Books, , Vertigo, ) Family Man trade details , at DC
- The Horrorist (with David Lloyd, Vertigo, 2-issue mini-series, 1995)
- Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood (with Philip Bond & Warren Pleece, Vertigo, 4-issue mini-series, 2000)
- Pandemonium (with Jock, graphic novel, 128 pages, hardcover, Titan Books, March 2010, , Vertigo, February 2010, )
- Swamp Thing #77 (with Tom Mandrake, Alfredo Alcala, DC, 1988)
- World Without End (with John Higgins, DC, 6-issue limited series, 1990)
- Irvine, Alex. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. 27. 2008. 0-7566-4122-5.
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #64 (with Chris Bachalo, Mark Pennington)
- Ghostdancing (with Richard Case, Vertigo, 6-issue limited series, 1995)
- Vertigo Voices: Tainted (with Al Davison, Vertigo, one-shot, 1995)
- Batman/Manbat (with John Bolton, DC, 1996)
- Twisted Metal 2 (one-shot promo comic)
- 2020 Visions (with Frank Quitely (#1–3), Warren Pleece (#4–6), James Romberger (#7–9) & Steve Pugh (#10–12), Vertigo, 12-issue limited series, 1997)
- Shadowman #5–15 (with co-author Dick Foreman (#14–15) and art by Charlie Adlard, Acclaim Comics, 1997)
- Vertigo Vérité: Hell Eternal (with Sean Phillips, Vertigo, one-shot, 1998)
- Cruel and Unusual (with co-author Tom Peyer, pencils by John McCrea and inks by Andrew Chiu, Vertigo, 4-issue mini-series, 1999)
- The Territory (with David Lloyd, Dark Horse, 4-issue mini-series, 1999, tpb, 96 pages, 2006 )
- Legends of the DC Universe #24–25 (with Steve Pugh, DC, 2000)
- Outlaw Nation (with Goran Sudžuka, Vertigo, 19-issue series, 2000–2002, tpb, 456 pages, Image Comics, 2006, ) Jamie Delano: Earning Outlaw Status , Comics Bulletin, 8 September 2000
- Nevermore: "The Pit and the Pendulum" (with Steve Pugh, graphic novel adaptation, Eye Classics, Self Made Hero, October 2007, ) : Selfmadehero :
- The Lovecraft Anthology 2: "Pickman's Model" (with Steve Pugh, graphic novel adaptation, Self Made Hero, 2012, )
- Narcopolis (with Jeremy Rock, 4-issue mini-series, Avatar Press, February 2008) Future Imperfect: Jamie Delano talks Narcopolis , Comic Book Resources, 7 November 2007 Entering Narcopolis I: Jamie Delano , Newsarama, 1 March 2008
- Rawbone (with Max Fiumara, 4-issue mini-series, Avatar Press, 2009)
- Crossed: Badlands #4–9 (with Leandro Rizzo, Avatar Press, 2012)
- Book Thirteen (as A.W. James, Lepus Books, 2012)
- Leepus: Dizzy (as J. Delano, Lepus Books, 2014)
- Leepus: The River (as J. Delano, Lepus Books, 2017)
- Finn of the Islunds (as J. Delano, Lazarus Corporation, 2020)
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