Al Davison
Al Davison is an English comic book writer and artist from Newcastle, England. He now resides in Coventry, where he runs The Astral Gypsy, his studio and comic shop in Fargo Village, Far Gosford Street, with his wife Maggie. He is most famous for his autobiographical graphic novel (Renegade Press, 1988, longer version Titan Books, 1990, Absolute edition from Active Images, 2003), which describes his lifelong struggle with spina bifida and his rise to successful comic book creator, martial arts instructor, film maker, and performer.[1][2] The Spiral Cage featured in Tony Isabella's 1000 Comic Books You Must Read.[3]
He is the subject of a documentary, also called The Spiral Cage, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.[4]
As part of the 10-day Festival800, which took place in Lincoln from 28 August to 6 September 2015, he has been commissioned to create Manga Carta – a 10-page, 30-panel graphic tale of the journey and impact of the 800-year-old Magna Carta. Manga Carta is available for download from the festival website since mid-August 2015.
Bibliography[]
- Crisis, issue 34, 1989
- original graphic novel, 1990
- Dark Horse Books, 1992
- Tainted (with Jamie Delano) one-shot, 1995
- , one-shot, 1995
- , (with Paul Jenkins) 7-10, 1995
- Hellblazer issue 101 (with Paul Jenkins) (mistakenly credited to Sean Phillips), 1996
- , 1-7, (with Lucius Shepard) 1996-97
- The Dreaming, 20-21, 1998
- The Dreaming, (with ) 41, 1999
- 2000
- , anthology, one story, 2002
- Active Image edition, 2003
- Astral Gypsy Ltd, 2009
- Doctor Who, (with Tony Lee) 1-2, 7-8 2009-10
- , 2010
- The Unwritten issue 24, 2009
- House of Mystery issue 17, 2009
- The Astral Gypsy Ltd 2013
- Vertigo 2014
- Vertigo 2014
- Manga Carta, 2015
References[]
- ^ McIlvenny, Paul, "Disabling Men: Masculinity and Disability in Al Davison's Graphical Autobiography The Spiral Cage in Soren Ervo, Thomas Johansson, Bending Bodies: Mounding Masculinities, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 1 Sep 2003
- ^ Tuana, Nancy (2002). Revealing Male Bodies. Indiana University Press. p. 120.
Al Davison spiral cage.
- ^ Isabella, Tony (2009). 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read. Krause Publications.
- ^ Allon, Yoram; Del Cullen; Hannah Patterson (2001). Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower. p. 7. ISBN 9781903364215.
- 20th-century births
- Living people
- English comics artists
- People from Newcastle upon Tyne
- People with spina bifida
- British comics creator stubs