Andrew Foley (writer)
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Andrew Foley is a writer and occasional editor and artist of
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s and
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s. Andrew Foley lives in
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,
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, Canada with his wife, graphic designer Tiina Andreakos.


Biography


Early life

Foley graduated with distinction from the Alberta College of Art's Drawing Program in 1992 and maintained a painting studio for two years afterward, during which his work was displayed in galleries and museums across the province of
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, before deciding to move into writing.


Career

Andrew's first published comics work was the eight-page short story "Cal's Trick", which he wrote and drew for Cyberosia Publishing's ''Combustible Muse'' Anthology. "Cal's Trick" was later reprinted in Cyberosia's ''Revolving Hammer'' Anthology, along with another story written by Foley and drawn by Wendi Strang-Frost, called ''"To Whom It May Concern"''. For a time Andrew worked with start-up online comics company where he acted as a submissions editor and compiled four issues of the anthology comic ''Remote Views''.


Comics/books

* In 2004; it was announced that Foley would write ''The Last Empire'', which was the official graphic novel sequel to Showtime Television series ''
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''. Based on the graphic novel series by
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, the ''Jeremiah'' television show was created by
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. A first draft script of ''The Last Empire'' was written, and art for more than thirty comic pages was drawn and coloured, but the book remains unfinished and will likely never be released. * In 2005, Foley wrote and drew "Two to the Skull", a twenty four-page comic completed in 24 hours as part of Happy Harbor's 24 Hour Comic Book Day event, which was staged as a fundraiser for the Alberta Literacy Foundation. The story was later published in The Happy Harbor 24 Hour Comic Anthology. * Foley wrote and financed the 142-page graphic novel ''Parting ways'', with art by Scott Mooney and Nick Craine. It was published in July, 2005 by the now-defunct company
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. * In 2005, he wrote ''Deception'', the fourth volume of Harcourt Publishing's Steck-Vaughn imprint graphic novel series, ''Orion''. Orion was created and co-edited by
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. * With Jason Bardyla, Foley co-edited "Comic Talks", a book of comics, essays, prose, scripts, and pin-ups created by participants in a series of panel discussions he moderated in August, 2005. The book was published by Happy Harbor Comics, the comic shop that hosted the discussions. * In 2006, Markosia Entertainment published Foley's five-issue satirical vampire comic ''Done to Death'', with art by
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. * Foley also co-wrote a script for issue #2 of Volume Two of the Markosia multi-generational superhero series ''Smoke & Mirror'' with series creator ''Chuck Satterlee''. Markosia halted publication of ''Smoke & Mirror v.2'' after the first issue and Foley and Satterlee's collaborative effort remains unpublished. In December,
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, Foley received a co-writer credit along with
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on the
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''. In addition to work on the ''Cowboys & Aliens'' main story, Foley wrote a five-page preamble that was illustrated by
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. Other comics Foley has written for Platinum Studios include ''Age of Kings'' (with art by
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), ''Jest Cause'', ''Crimson Rose'', ''Threads'' (co-written with Scott O. Brown), and ''Twilight War Volume One: Incursion''.


Videogames

In 2013, Foley started working on new content for Beamdog's enhanced edition of classic
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''.


Bibliography

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'' (with co-author
Fred Van Lente Fred Van Lente (born February 14, 1972, in Tacoma, Washington) from Chagrin Falls, Ohio is an American writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels. Career Van Lente is the co-founder, along with artist Ryan Dunlavey, of Evil Twin Com ...
and art by Luciano Lima and
Dennis Calero Dennis Calero is an American comic book artist and illustrator, known for his work on titles such as '' X-Men Noir'', '' Spider-Man Noir'', ''X Factor'', '' Legion of Superheroes'', and '' Kolchak''. Career Calero's work includes Acclaim Comics' ...
,
graphic novel A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics sc ...
,
Platinum Studios Platinum Studios, Inc. is a media company based in the United States. It controls a library of thousands of comic-book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media. The company has released films and/or telev ...
, 2006) *''Six Shots'', a supernatural western series with his ''Done to Death'' collaborator
Fiona Staples Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as ''North 40'', ''DV8, DV8: Gods and Monsters'', ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', ''Archie (comic book), Archie'', and ''Saga (comic book), Saga''. She has been described as ...
, *''Master of The House'' an all-ages fantasy adventure, also with Staples, *''The Spooky Kids'', an all-ages graphic novel with artist John Keane, and *''The Holiday Men'', a satirical action series with artist Nick Johnson


References


External links

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'', September 7, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Andrew Artists from Edmonton Canadian male painters Canadian graphic novelists Living people 21st-century Canadian painters Year of birth missing (living people)