Al Ewing () is a British

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who has mainly worked in the

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and for '' 2000 AD'' and

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Career

Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page ''

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'' format for '' 2000 AD'' and moved on to regular stints on ''

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'' (2008–2015), for which his 2010 story "Doctor What?" marked Brendan McCarthy's return to ''2000 AD''. They later worked together on a new series entitled ''The Zaucer of Zilk''. Ewing worked on ''Damnation Station'' and ''

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'', the latter illustrated by Henry Flint, which was collected in

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in 2010. Ewing has also contributed to ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The End Is Nigh''. He is responsible for the mobile comic '' Murderdrome'', created with

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. In May 2007, Ewing created the comedy blog "The Diary of Ralph Dibney", writing as the titular

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superhero (also known as

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), Dibney's therapist, or as the even more obscure DC Hero

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, as they react to the events of each week's issue of the comic book '' 52''. Breaking into American comic books, Ewing was also picked by

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to provide a six-issue arc on ''Jennifer Blood'', published by

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, and a spin-off series ''The Ninjettes''. His debut prose novel '' Pax Britannia: El Sombra'', published by Abaddon Books in 2007, features a mysterious Mexican hero fighting back against the menace of steam-powered Nazis. It is set in the same

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alternate history as the other novels from the ''Pax Britannia'' series. Three other novels have been published since, with a fifth on the way. Ewing wrote '' Mighty Avengers'' and '' Loki: Agent of Asgard'' for

and co-wrote the first year of the Eleventh Doctor ''Doctor Who'' title with Rob Williams for Titan Comics. Ewing has since written '' New Avengers'', '' U.S.Avengers'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', all for Marvel. ''The Immortal Hulk'' was a nominee for the 2019

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in the "Best Continuing Series" category, and had earned publisher Marvel Comics a Diamond Gem Award the previous year as "Best New Comic Book Series." In 2021, Ewing won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book at the

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for his work on '' Empyre'' and received an additional nomination in 2021 and one in 2022 for ''

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''. In June 2021, it was announced that Ewing would serve as co-writer of ''Venom'' alongside Ram V, with

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serving as artist.

Personal life

At the end of

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2021, Ewing

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Selected bibliography

Marvel Comics

*''Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle'' #1 (2019) *

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and

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**''Ant-Man'' #1-4 (2022) **''Wasp'' #1-4 (2023) *

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**'' Avengers Assemble'' #14-15, 20 (2013) ** Mighty Avengers ***''Mighty Avengers'' (Vol. 2) #1-14 (2013-2014) ***''

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and the Mighty Avengers'' #1-9 (2015) ***''

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and the Mighty Defenders'' #1-2 (2015) **''Avengers'' (Vol. 5) #34.1 (2014) **Avengers:

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Forever ***''Avengers: Ultron Forever'' #1 (2015) ***''New Avengers: Ultron Forever'' #1 (2015) ***''

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: Ultron Forever'' #1 (2015) **

***''Ultimates'' (Vol. 2) #1-12 (2016) ***''Ultimates 2'' (Vol. 2) #1-9, #100 (2017) ** New Avengers ***''New Avengers'' (Vol. 4) #1-18 (2015-2017) ***'' U.S.Avengers'' #1-12 (2017-2018) **''Avengers'' #675-690 (2018) **''Avengers: No Road Home'' #1-10 (2019) *'' Contest of Champions'' #1-10 (2015-2016) *Crypt of Shadows **''Crypt of Shadows'' (Vol. 2) #1 (2019) **''Crypt of Shadows'' (Vol. 3) #1 (2022) *

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**''Defenders: The Best Defense'' #1 (2019) **''Defenders'' (Vol. 6) #1-5 (2021) **''Defenders: Beyond'' #1-5 (2022) *''Elektra: Black, White, and Blood'' #2 (2022) * Empyre **''Incoming!'' #1 (2020) **''Empyre'' #0: Avengers (2020) **''Empyre'' #1-6 (2020) **''Empyre Aftermath: Avengers'' #1 (2020) *

**''

'' #1-6 (2017) **''

Annual'' (Vol. 5) #1 (2019) **''

'' (Vol. 6) #1-18 (2020) **''Guardians of the Galaxy Annual'' (Vol. 6) #1 (2021) *

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**''Immortal Hulk'' #1-50 (2018–2021) **''Immortal Hulk: The Best Defense'' #1 (2019) **'' Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk'' #1 (2019) **''Immortal

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'' #1 (2020) **''

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: Immortal Hulk'' #1 (2021) **''Gamma Flight'' #1-5 (2021) o-plotted with Crystal Frasier**''Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters'' #1 (2021) o-plotted with Alex Paknadel*

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**''Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer'' #1-2 (2018) **''Secret Warps: Arachknight Annual'' #1 (2019) **''Secret Warps: Ghost Panther Annual'' #1 (2019) **''Secret Warps: Weapon Hex Annual'' #1 (2019) **''Secret Warps: Iron Hammer Annual'' #1 (2019) **''Secret Warps: Soldier Supreme Annual'' #1 (2019) *

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**''

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: Ulysses'' #1-6 (2016) **''Inhumans Prime'' #1 (2017) **''Royals'' #1-12 (2017-2018) **''Inhumans: Judgment Day'' #1 (2018) *''

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: Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic'' #1-13 (2013-2014) *''

'' #1000-1001 (2019) *

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**''Original Sins'' #5 (2014) **''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #9 (2015) *''

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Too'' #1 (2015) *

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**''Strange Tales: Clea, Wong & America Infinity Comic'' #1 (2022) **''Strange Tales: Victor Strange Infinity Comic'' #1 (2022) **''Strange Tales: Rocket Raccoon Infinity Comic'' #1 (2022) *''

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Annual'' #1 (2018) *

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**''

Loki Loki is a god in Norse mythology. According to some sources, Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married to Sigyn and they have two sons, Narfi ...

: Agent of Asgard'' #1-17 (2014-2015) **''

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'' #5.1-5.5 (2014) **''

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'' #1-7 (2019-2020) **''Thor'' (Vol. 6) #24, 27-28 (2022) *

Venom Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a ...

**'' Carnage: Black, White & Blood'' #1 (2021) **''Venom'' #1, 5, 8-10 (2021-present) *

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**''Merry X-Men Holiday Special'' #1 (2019) **''

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'' (Vol. 2) #1-11 (2020–2021) **'' Cable: Reloaded'' #1 (2021) **'' X-Men: Red'' #1-present (2022) **''

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and the

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'' #1-3 (2023) *''You Are

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'' #1-5 (2018)

References

Citations

Sources

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Al Ewing
at Barney

External links

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A collection of archived small-press workEwing goes to the Movies
* (Note, only covers written speculative fiction, not comics)
The Fictional Man review

Interviews

Interview on 2000ADReview website
(NB: Ewing is talking in an assumed persona)
The Man from Death Planet: Matt Badham talks with Al Ewing
''

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'', 13 May 2009
Interview with comics writer Al Ewing
''

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'', 7 July 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Al Living people British comics writers 1977 births LGBT comics creators LGBT writers from the United Kingdom Bisexual writers Bisexual men Marvel Comics writers