Latest Comic Guest Announcement - TIM SEELEY

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Latest Comic Guest Announcement - Tim Seeley

Writer/artist: Hack/Slash

Attending: Saturday and Sunday

ALTHOUGH it was Hack/Slash that really established Tim Seeley's name, he had been working in comics for three years before Devil's Due launched what was to become his signature series in 2004. Starting out in 2000 drawing the three issues of Dead Dog's Hellions he swapped talents to write From Heaven to Hell – another Dead Dog three-parter – the following year although he sandwiched art for three issues of Avatar's Threshold anthology in between. Originally a children's book illustrator, Seeley was subsequently hired by Devil's Due for which he wrote and drew 2002's Lovebunny & Mr Hell – a one-shot starring characters he introduced in From Heaven to Hell #1 – and pencilled Kore, a 2003 five-parter that he co-created. However, it was when he took over as regular artist on G.I. Joe that his career began gaining traction. He worked on all but one of the issues between #23 and 43, when the title was cancelled. During his eight years at Devil's Due Seeley revealed a high level of productivity, producing numerous covers while writing or drawing not just fill ins and one-shots but also such titles as G.I. Joe vs Transformers II and III, three Forgotten Realms minis, DemonWars: The Demon Wakes, The Toxic Avenger and Other Tromatic Tales and Halloween: Nightdance as well as Jason: Quest for the Golden Fleece, a 2007 graphic novel for Graphic Universe. This was all on top of a stream of Hack/Slash comics – leading to the launch of an ongoing series in 2007 – and the introduction of Loaded Bible, another new concept that ran as a sporadically published trio of one-shots, the first being 2006's Jesus vs Vampires. By 2009 Devil's Due was facing financial difficulties and Seeley spread his wings. He pencilled a five-issue run on New Exiles for Marvel and a 10-issue run on WildCats for DC's WildStorm imprint, co-wrote BOOM! Studios' adaptation of 2009’s Jennifer's Body movie. In addition he co-wrote Dark Horse's The Occultist one-shot (as well as its three-part sequel in 2011), authored Colt Noble and the Megalords – a one-shot in which he introduced another creation – for Image, for which he had already co-written a trio of Radiskull & Devil Doll one-shots back in 2002-3. In 2010, following Devil's Due's exit from comics publishing, Seeley illustrated Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son five-parter for Dynamite while simultaneously relaunching his signature series at Image, where he has produced a continuing flurry of Hack/Slash titles. Although he pencilled as well as wrote Marvel’s three-part Ant-Man & Wasp, 2011 saw him concentrating ever more on his writing, embarking on a 19-issue run on Image/Top Cow's ​Witchblade. Seeley then added eight 2012 issues of Bloodstrike for Image’s Extreme Studios division, replaced them by scripting a three-chapter Occultist serial for Dark Horse Presents and followed that by launching Revival – a title he continues to author – at Image while also co-writing and drawing Dark Horse’s five-issue Ex Sanguine. The following year he spearheaded Fifth World Studios’ programme of six Mini Comics Included one-shots and returned to The Occultist to script a five-issue mini for Dark Horse for which he also co-authored a Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z three-parter. Seeley’s earlier work on Bloodstrike aside, superhero comics have been all-but absent from his output (which has been dominated by horror in one form or another) but a change in direction loomed when he wrote a 2013 issue of Batman and Robin for DC. After filling in on another couple of the the publisher’s titles and scripting 2014’s Jake Kraken one-shot for Dark Horse, Seeley was drafted on to Batman Eternal as one of the five-man team writing the year-long weekly series that DC launched in 2014. Since taking on the Bat title, Seeley – who continues to produce a steady stream of covers – has also scripted the six issues of Dark Horse’s Sundowners and Evil Ernie (another six-parter) for Dynamite. On top of that he’s launched two further ongoing series in 2015: Effigy for Vertigo (DC’s mature readers imprint) and Grayson, another Batman spin-off, which he co-authors.

[Vinto316]

Has Tim cancelled as I see on the front page he's on the cancelled guest list sadly