His time working exclusively with DC would actually last until 2012. In 2006, Wood also released his 4-issue mini-series Supermarket at IDW and The Tourist at Image.Ģ006 also featured Brian Wood sign a 2-year exclusive contract DC Comics. Wood revisited the format with his 2005 Oni Press series Local which again had 12 issues, each with a complete story, except Local’s stories all centered around the character of Megan McKeenan. Each of the series’ monthly issues told its own complete story and was a complete success earning two Eisner Award nominations. Towards the end of 2003 the Wood left his job at Rockstar to create a the 12-issue limited series Demo with Becky Cloonan, who was the artist for Jennie One. Also, in 2002 he wrote Fight for Tomorrow a mini-series for Vertigo. Between 20 Wood released the graphic novels Couscous Express and Jennie One as well as the 3 issue mini-series The Couriers all set in the same universe as Channel Zero. In 2002 Oni Press released the graphic novel Pounded from Wood and Steve Rolston. His working relationship with Ellis would continue for years as Wood did several of the covers for Ellis’s Wildstorm** series Global Frequency. Wood then wrote the final five issues of that series by himself. In addition to this he worked as a co-writer with Warren Ellis* on Generation X for issues 63-70.

But he did do the occasional cover during this period of time most notably for multiple series published by AIT/Planet Lar who also publish the collected edition of Wood’s Channel Zero series. He did web-design work for several dot-com start-ups, and worked at Rockstar Games during this time and until 2003. The title was Channel Zero, and it was a 5 issue miniseries published by Image set in a dystopian New York City based on the ideals and policies of Rudy Giuliani (mayor of NYC at the time).īrian Wood spent the time between 19 mostly away from comics. It was at Parson’s that Wood created his first professional work in comics as part of a final project. He was also a staff designer at Rockstar Game Studios working on titles such as Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Max Payne.īy 1991 Wood had moved from his birthplace of Vermont to Manhattan, New York where he graduated from the Parson’s School of Design in 1997 with a Bachelor’s Degree in illustration. He has done covers for many different series throughout his career, and has had illustrations appear in magazines and newspapers, such as the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has written comics and graphic novels for many different publishers and also does illustration. Wood is most well known as a writer for the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Brian Wood was born on Januin Essex Junction, Vermont.

Channel Zero by Brian Wood