Mike Carey

Mike Carey (born 1959) is a British writer of comic books, novels and films.

Biography

Carey was born in Liverpool, England, in 1959 and earned a degree at Oxford University before becoming a teacher. He continued to teach for 15 years before moving on to writing comics.

After a series of one-off jobs for independent comics companies, including a biographical comic of Ozzy Osbourne and a fantasy about the band Pantera, Carey gained regular employment at 2000 AD, where he created original series Th1rt3en and Carver Hale.

For the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics Carey went on to write the entire run of the Eisner Award-nominated comic book Lucifer, and issues 175 to 215 of Hellblazer, a run on that title only exceeded in length by Garth Ennis. He also wrote the original graphic novels The Sandman Presents: The Furies with John Bolton and Hellblazer: All His Engines with Leonardo Manco.

He is the ongoing writer of X-Men: Legacy working with artist Scot Eaton, plus Ultimate Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics.

He also has three recent Vertigo series: Faker a six part mini-series with art by [Jock; a second graphic novel, God Save the Queen, with John Bolton, featuring Queen Titania, Oberon, Puck, Nuala and Cluracan from the Sandman and Books of Magic comics; and Crossing Midnight with Jim Fern. September 2006 saw the long-delayed start of Wetworks: Worldstorm with Whilce Portacio for Wildstorm Comics. He is also one of the first authors on DC's Minx imprint for teenaged girls, his second Minx title being co-written with his daughter, Louise.

Upcoming comics include a couple of tie-ins to the Secret Invasion crossover storyline. First up is an 8-page story in the one-shot anthology called "Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?", which features Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D.. This will then be followed by a four-issue mini-series Secret Invasion: X-men. Carey is also writing Queen's Rook the first of Virgin Comics' Coalition Comix on MySpace, where users could suggest ideas for a comic which would then get made. He will also be writing Dark Deception a crossover story arc telling a story across X-Men: Legacy and Wolverine: Origins, which also ties into X-Men: Original Sin. Carey will also be writing the Beast's origin story in X-Men: Origins and the lead story, focused on Iceman in X-Men: Manifest Destiny. He will also be adapting Ender's Shadow into a limited series.

Carey's first prose novel, The Devil You Know, was released in the UK by Orbit books in April 2006 and a US hardcover will be published in July 2007. The sequel, Vicious Circle, was published in October 2006. The third novel in the series, titled Dead Men's Boots followed in September 2007. The next instalment Thicker Than Water is due to be published in October 2008.

His first feature film, the erotic ghost story Frost Flowers, to be directed by Andrea Vecchiato. He is also working on the TV series The Stranded, the first co-production between Virgin Comics and the Sci-Fi Channel.

He currently lives in London with his wife, Lin, and his children, Davey, Ben and Louise.

Works

Comics

Comics work includes:

• Aquarius: "Promised Lands" (with Ken Meyer Jr, in Toxic! #30-31, 1991)
• Ozzy Osbourne (Malibu Comics, 1993)
• Pantera (Malibu Comics, 1994)
• Inferno (with Michael Gaydos, Caliber, 5 issue mini-series, 1995, tpb, Titan Books, 144 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-84023-764-3)
• Suicide Kings (in Negative Burn #49, Caliber, 1997)
• Dr Faustus (Caliber, 1997)

• Pulp Sci-Fi:
  • "Eggs is Eggs" (with Cliff Robinson, in 2000 AD #1145, 1999)
  • "Doin' Time" (with Ben McCloud, in 2000 AD #1147, 1999)

• The Sandman:
  • The Sandman Presents: Lucifer - The Morningstar Option #1-3 (prequel to Lucifer) (DC Vertigo, 1999, collected in Lucifer: The Devil In The Gateway, 2001)
  • The Sandman Presents: Petrefax #1-4 (DC Vertigo, tpb, 2000)
  • The Sandman Present: The Furies (DC Vertigo, 2002, tpb, 96 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0093-1)

• Lucifer:
  • Lucifer #1-75 (DC Vertigo, collections to Volume 11, 2000-2006)
  • Lucifer: Nirvana (DC Vertigo, one-shot, 2002, collected in Lucifer: Evensong, January 2007)

• Carver Hale: Twisting the Knife (with, Mike Perkins and Dylan Teague, in 2000 AD #1236-1240, 1247-1249, 2001, tpb, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-62-6 )
• "The Wedding Breakfast" (in Flinch #16, DC Vertigo, 2001)

• Tharg's Future Shocks (with John Charles):
  • "Inside Job" (in 2000 AD #1230, 2001)
  • "Right Back At Ya" (in 2000 AD #1287, 2002)

• Just 1 Page #1-4 (single pages in annual charity magazine: "Little Nemo", UK comics, The Spider, Raven on the Wing. Plus 24 minute comic #1 & #2 reprinted in Just1Page #3 & #4 respectively, 2001-2006)
• Thirteen (with Andy Clarke, in 2000 AD #1289-1299, 2002, tpb, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-36-7)
• "In the House of Light" (in 9-11: Volume One, 2002)
• Tharg the Mighty: "A Night 2 Remember" (with various artists and writers, in 2000 AD #1280, 2002)

• Hellblazer:
  • Hellblazer: Exposed (in 9-11: Volume Two, 2002)
  • Hellblazer #175-215 and 229 (DC Vertigo, 2002-2006) trade paperbacks:
    • Red Sepulchre (collects #175-180, ISBN 1-40120-485-6)
    • Black Flowers (collects #181-186, ISBN 1-40120-499-6)
    • Staring at the Wall (collects #187-193, ISBN 1-40120-929-7)
    • Stations of the Cross (collects #194-200, ISBN 1-40121-002-3)
    • Reasons to be Cheerful (collects #201-206, ISBN 1-40121-251-4)
    • The Gift (collects #207-215, September 2007, ISBN 1-40121-453-3)
  • Hellblazer: All His Engines (with Leonardo Manco, graphic novel, DC Vertigo, 2005)

• "Fear is the Key" (in Gotham Knights #37, 2003)
• "El Genio Eterno de Leonardo - The Timeless Genius of Leonardo" (in Companero Leonardo, 2004)
• My Faith In Frankie (with Sonny Liew and Marc Hempel, DC/Vertigo, 4 issue mini-series, tpb, 97 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0390-6)
• "The Barker: When You're Strange" (in Detective Comics #801-804, 2005)
• Red Sonja: She-Devil With a Sword #0-6 (with co-writer Michael Avon Oeming and art by Mel Rubi, Caesar Roderiquez and Richard Isanove, Dynamite Entertainment, 2005, tpb, 2006, ISBN 1-933305-11-8)
• Spellbinders: Signs and Wonders (with Mike Perkins, Marvel Comics, 6 issue mini-series, tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1756-3)
• Vampirella: Revelations #0-3 (Harris Comics, collected, 2005)
• Ultimate Elektra: Devil's Due (2004, Marvel Comics, tpb, 120 pages, collects #1-5, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1504-8)
• 24 Minute Comic #1 and #2 (stories for Just 1 Page charity comic, 2004-2005)
• Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere #1-9 (with Glenn Fabry, DC/Vertigo, 2005-2006, tpb, October 2006 ISBN 1-4012-1007-4)
• Ultimate Fantastic Four #19-20, 33-? (Marvel Comics, 2005-2007, ongoing)
• What if? (Marvel, 2006, tpb, 152 pages, 2006 ISBN 0-7851-1902-7)
• X-Men #188-207 (Marvel Comics, 2006-2008)
• X-Men: Legacy #208- (Marvel Comics, 2008, on-going)

• Wetworks: Worldstorm #1-15 (with Whilce Portacio, Wildstorm, 2006-2008) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-5 plus the two short stories, 136 pages, Wildstorm, October 2007, ISBN 978-1-4012-1375-6)
  • Volume 2 (collects #6-9 and 13-15, 160 pages, Wildstorm, January 2008, ISBN 978-1-4012-1639-9)

• Crossing Midnight (with Jim Fern, Vertigo, 2006, #1-19)
• Ultimate Vision (Marvel Comics, 2006, 5-issue mini-series, ongoing)
• Legion of Monsters: "Werewolf by Night" (with co-author Skottie Young and art by Greg Land, Marvel, one-shot, February 2007)
• God Save the Queen (with John Bolton, graphic novel, 96 pages, Vertigo, June 2007, ISBN 1-4012-0303-5 )
• Faker (with Jock, 6-issue mini-series, Vertigo, July 2007 - January 2008, tpb, April 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1663-3)
• Voodoo Child (created by Nicolas and Weston Cage, with art by Dean Hyrapiet, Virgin Comics, July 2007, ongoing)
• Confessions of a Blabbermouth (with co-author Louise Carey and art by Aaron Alexovich, Minx, September 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1148-8)

• Secret Invasion:
  • "Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?" (8-page short in the one-shot, Marvel Comics, 2008)
  • Secret Invasion: X-men (with Cary Nord, Marvel Comics, 4-issue mini-series, 2008)

• Ender's Shadow: Battle School (with Sebastian Fiumara, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2008-2009)

Novels

• Felix Castor:
  • The Devil You Know (UK: April 6, 2006 & US: July 10, 2007)
  • Vicious Circle (UK: October 5, 2006 & US: July 28, 2008)
  • Dead Men's Boots (UK: September 26, 2007)
  • Thicker Than Water (UK: October 15,2008)

Films

• Frost Flowers (Screenplay)

Poetry

• In Thule With Jessica (poem in Xconnect vol. 6 #2)

References

• Mike Carey at the Comic Book DB
• Mike Carey chronological bibliography
• 2000 AD profile
• Mike Carey at the Internet Movie Database

Interviews

• In Depth With Mike Carey: Marvel, Vertigo & More, Comic Book Resources, January 3, 2006
• Life After Lucifer (cached), April, 2006
• Interview with Mike Carey on Marvel.com, November 9, 2006
• Get Carey'd Away With Mike: A Look Back At 2006, Comic Book Resources, December 20, 2006
• Mike Carey Celebrates The Present In "Re-Gifters", Comic Book Resources, April 10, 2007
• X-POSITION Week 19: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, October 4, 2007
• Mike Carey two-part interview at LiveWire Review, LiveWireWorld.com, October 24 and 25, 2007
• X-POSITION Week 28: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, December 4, 2007
• X-POSITION Week 36: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, January 29,[2008
• XPOSITION: Mike Carey's "Legacy", Comic Book Resources, March 25, 2008
• X-POSITION: Mike Carey Builds his "Legacy", Comic Book Resources, June 10, 2008
• Podcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008 - Part 1
• Podcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008 - Part 2
• X-Men Fan Site: Mike Carey on Professor X and X-Men Legacy

Books on SuccuWiki

Felix Castor series

• The Devil You Know (UK: April 6, 2006 & US: July 10, 2007)
• Vicious Circle (UK: October 5, 2006 & US: July 28, 2008)
• Dead Men's Boots (UK: September 26, 2007)
• Thicker Than Water (UK: October 15,2008)

External links

• The original source of this article at Wikipedia

• Mike Carey at Orbit Books
• 24 Minute WebComic #1
• 24 Minute WebComic #2

• Mike Carey's official website