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Brian Wood

Biography

Brian Wood

Brian Wood is a writer, illustrator, and graphic designer. He is known primarily as a comic book creator; Wood both writes, illustrates, and designs graphic novels and serialized monthly comic books.

During his comics career, Wood held a day job for several years as a staff designer for Rockstar Games, designing for video game franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Max Payne, Smuggler's Run, and Manhunt. He has created covers for Warren Ellis's Global Frequency and his own DMZ, as well as many others. Wood's illustrations have appeared in short films for Nike.

Wood was born in Essex Junction, Vermont. He relocated to New York City and graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1997. He is an avid CrossFitter, and recently came out as a lifelong stutterer.

Brian Wood

    Books by Brian Wood

    Written by Brian Wood with illustrations by Becky Cloonan - Fiction, Short Stories

    It's hard enough being a teenager. Now try being a teenager with powers. DEMO chronicles the lives of young people who are on their separate journeys to self-discovery in a world --- just like our own --- where being different is feared.

    by Brian Wood - Comic Books, Graphic Novel

    In this first volume of Brian Wood’s new, sprawling postapocalyptic epic, follow the crew of the Kapital from the flooded remnants of Hong Kong to Unalaska, with stops in Antarctica and Mogadishu, as post-Crash ethics and economics are explored across a broken world.

    written by Brian Wood, illustrated by Becky Cloonan - Graphic Novel