Tom Taylor (writer)

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Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor Current.jpg
Born (1978-11-29) 29 November 1978 (age 42)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
The Deep (Animated Series)
Injustice: Gods Among Us
DCeased
All-New Wolverine
Superior Iron Man
X-Men Red
Star Wars: Blood Ties
The Example
AwardsWinner 'Aurealis Award for Best illustrated book/graphic novel'
'Winner 'Stan Lee Excelsior Award'
'Best Dramatic Writing' Short and Sweet
and others.
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Tom Taylor (born 29 November 1978) is an Australian #1 New York Times bestselling comic book author, playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics series Injustice: Gods Among Us, DCeased and Suicide Squad, Marvel's All-New Wolverine, X-Men Red and Superior Iron Man and his many Star Wars works. He is the co-creator, head writer and executive producer of the CG animated series The Deep based on his graphic novel series of the same name.[1]

Biography[]

Tom Taylor was born in Melbourne, Australia.

Taylor has written X-Men: Red, All-New Wolverine and Hunt for Wolverine Adamantium Agenda for Marvel comics, along with Justice League/Power Rangers and Injustice 2 for DC Comics. He has also written Batman/Superman, Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion and Superior Iron Man.[2]

Taylor is the creator, with James Brouwer, of the all-ages adventure graphic novels The Deep: Here Be Dragons and its sequel The Vanishing Island published by Gestalt Publishing and Boom Studios. The Deep was optioned by Technicolor. 52 episodes have screened of the CG animated series, so far, across three seasons, with Taylor serving as co-creator/head writer.[3]

In 2012, The Deep: Here Be Dragons won the Aurealis Award for Best illustrated book/graphic novel, Australia's premier speculative fiction literary award. The sequel, The Vanishing Island, won the award again in 2014.

Performing and writing for theatre and musicals from the age of fourteen, Tom's works have been produced across four continents. His plays have won a number of awards and accolades including winning the award for 'Best Dramatic Writing' in Short and Sweet – The world's largest short play festival.[4]

His plays have been produced at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Arts Centre and the Edinburgh Fringe.

Taylor is well known for his many Star Wars comics and graphic novels for Dark Horse Comics. These include, Star Wars: Blood Ties[5] with artist Chris Scalf, and Star Wars: Invasion, with illustrator Colin Wilson.[6] April 2012 saw the start of Taylor and Scalf's new Blood Ties series provocatively titled Boba Fett is Dead as reported by CNN.[7] Taylor is also the writer of the Darth Maul: Death Sentence miniseries, which is set immediately after the end of the fourth Clone Wars television series.

Star Wars: Blood Ties won the 2012 'Stan Lee Excelsior Award' as voted for by thousands of school students across the UK.

Taylor wrote the graphic novella, Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes which shows a never before seen story of Luke Skywalker training with Yoda on Dagobah during The Empire Strikes Back. Taylor also penned Star Wars Adventures: The Will of Darth Vader Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Vice President, says Tom Taylor has taken to writing comics faster than anyone he's ever seen.[8]

Taylor also wrote The Authority, published under the Wildstorm imprint, starting with issue #22 in May 2010 until the end of the Wildstorm imprint.[9] He also wrote The Brainiac / Sinestro Corps war storyline in the pages of DC Universe Online: Legends, a Batman story with artist Nicola Scott and Rose and Thorn with artist Neil Googe.

Taylor's award-winning play The Example has also been adapted into a comic book with illustration by Colin Wilson through Gestalt Publishing.[10]

Bibliography[]

DC Comics[]

  • Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 - (with art by John Timms, DC Comics, 2021)
  • Batman The Detective #1 - #6 (with art by Andy Kubert, DC Comics, 2021 ISBN 9781779514189)
  • Dark Knights of Steel #1 - #12 (with art by Yasmine Putri, DC Comics, 2021)
  • Nightwing #78 - (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021)
    • Nightwing Leaping into the Light - Collects Nightwing #78–83 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021) ISBN 9781779512789)
  • Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual - (with art by Steve Pugh, DC Comics, 2021)
  • Nightwing Annual - (with art by Cian Tormey, DC Comics, 2021)
  • Green Arrow: 80th Anniversary #1 (with Art by Nicola Scott, DC Comics, 2021)
  • Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 - #3 (with art by Darick Robertson, DC Comics, 2020-2021, ISBN 9781779504661)
  • DCeased: Dead Planet issues #1 - #7 (with art by Trevor Hairsine, DC Comics, 2020-2021, ISBN 9781779507952)
  • The Joker 80th Anniversary #1 (with art by Eduardo Risso, DC Comics, 2020)
  • Injustice Year Zero Chapters #1 - #14 (with art by Roge Antonio and Cian Tormey, DC Comics, 2020-2021) ISBN 9781779511294)
  • DCeased: Hope at World's End #1 - #15 (with art by various, DC Comics, 2020) ISBN 9781779511287)
  • Aquaman Giant #3 (with art by Pop Mhan, DC Comics, 2020)
  • DCeased: Unkillables Issues #1 - #3 (with art by Karl Mosert, DC Comics, 2020, ISBN 9781779503930)
  • Suicide Squad #1 - #11 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2019-2020), ISBN 9781779503954)
  • Detective Comics #1017 (with art by Fernando Blanco, DC Comics, 2019)
  • DCeased issues #1 - #6 (with art by Trevor Hairsine, DC Comics, 2019, ISBN 9781401294403)
  • Year of the Villain: Black Mask (with art by Cully Hamner, DC Comics, 2019)
  • DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1 (with art by Laura Braga and Darick Robertson, DC Comics, 2019)
  • DC Villains Giant (with art by Daniel Sampere), DC Comics, 2019)
  • Injustice 2 Chapters #1 - #72 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2017-2018)
  • Batman Annual #3 (with art by Otto Schmidt, DC Comics, 2018)
  • Batman Secret Files #1 (with art by Brad Walker, DC Comics, 2018)
  • DC Nuclear Winter Special #1 (DC Comics, 2018)
  • Justice League/Power Rangers Issues #1 - #6 (with art by Stephen Byrne, DC Comics, 2017, ISBN 978-1401272005)
  • Batman/Superman issues #28 – #30 (with Art by Robson Rocha, DC Comics, 2016)
  • Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion Issues #1 – #6 (DC Comics, 2016)
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us Annual #4 (with Art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2015)
  • Injustice: Year Three Chapters #1 – #14 (with Art by Bruno Redondo, Mike S. Miller, and various, DC Comics, 2014–2015)
  • Earth-2 Issues #17 – #29 (with Art by Nicola Scott, DC Comics, 2013–2014)
  • Injustice: Year Two Chapters #1 – #24 (with Art by Bruno Redondo, Tom Derenick, and various), DC Comics, 2014)
  • Earth-2 Annual #2 (with Art by Robson Rocha, DC Comics, 2014)
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us Chapters #1 – #36 (with Art by Jheremy Rapaack and various, DC Comics, 2013, ISBN 978-1401245009)
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us Annual #1 (with Art by Xermanico, and Bruno Redondo), DC Comics, 2013)
  • Batman Legends of the Dark Knight – The Crime Never Committed (with Art by Nicola Scott), DC Comics, 2012)
  • Rose and Thorn (with art by Neil Googe, DC Comics, 2012)
  • DC Universe Online: Legends – The Brainiac/Sinestro Corps War (With art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2011)

Marvel[]

Boom! Studios[]

Penguin Random House[]

  • Neverlanders (with art by Jon Sommariva, 2022)

Dark Horse Comics[]

Gestalt Publishing[]

Wildstorm[]

  • The Authority Issues #22 – #29 (with art by Al Barrionuevo, DC/Wildstorm, 2010)

IDW Publishing[]

2000 AD[]

  • Tharg's 3rillers: 15 (with art by Jon Davis-Hunt, 2000 AD #1797–1799, 2012)

Film and television[]

The Deep (Animated Series)[]

Taylor is the co-creator, executive producer and head writer of The Deep (Animated Series)[17] The first series began airing on [Netflix] USA in 2016.[18]

Three seasons (52 episode) of The Deep have screened globally in over 130 territories, notably on Netflix and CBBC. The Deep has been the number rated animated series in several territories, including the UK and Greece.

Injustice: Gods Among Us[]

An Injustice movie is in the works as part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line.[19] The film will be based on the Injustice: Year One comics by Tom Taylor and the first game.

Cleverman[]

Taylor joined the writer's room of Cleverman for the third season[20]

The Example[]

Taylor wrote the film adaptation of The Example which was optioned and filmed by Staple Fiction in 2011.

A4 to A3[]

Taylor's award-winning short musical A4 to A3 (written with Simon Barlow) was filmed by Bravada Films in 2009, for which Taylor also wrote the screenplay. A4 to A3 premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on 29 April 2010.

Awards and nominations[]

Won[]

Nominations[]

  • 2020 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book (for Suicide Squad)
  • 2019 BAFTA AWARD 'Best International Animation' (for The Deep)
  • 2019 IGN 'Best Limited Comic Book or Miniseries' (for DCeased))
  • 2017 IGN 'Best Comic Book Writer'
  • 2017 IGN 'Best Comic Book Series' (for All-New Wolverine)
  • 2017 IGN 'Best New Series' (for Injustice 2)
  • 2017 IGN 'Best Limited Comic Book or Miniseries' (for Justice League/Power Rangers)
  • 2016 Australian Writer's Guild Industry Award for best Children's Television (for The Deep – Episode Five – Devil's Sea Mystery)
  • 2016 AACTA Award for Best Children's Television Series (for The Deep)
  • 2015 Australian Writer's Guild Industry Award for best Children's Television (for The Deep – Episode Four – Digging Deeper)
  • 2009 Diamond Gem Award (for Star Wars: Invasion)
  • Finalist – 2008 Bite-Size UK International Playwriting Competition (for A Short Play for a Competition)
  • 2008 Short and Sweet – Nominated for Best Comedy Script and Best Production (for Falling, Praying)
  • Finalist 2005 'Write Now' National Young Playwright Award -(for My Month as a Member)

Theatrical works[]

  • THE EXAMPLE
    • Sydney Opera House (Sydney AUS 2006)
    • Edinburgh Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland 2008)
    • The Edge Performing Arts Centre (Auckland, New Zealand 2010)
    • The Esplanade (Singapore 2006)
    • Brighton Festival Fringe (Brighton England 2006)
    • Brisbane Powerhouse (QLD AUS 2008)
    • Melbourne Arts Centre (Melbourne AUS 2005)
    • Seymour Centre (Sydney AUS 2006)
    • Araluen Arts Centre (Alice Springs N.T. 2008)
    • Darwin Entertainment Centre Darwin Australia 2008
    • Cairns Civic Theatre (QLD Australia 2008)
    • Rockhampton Performing Arts Centre QLD AUS 2008
    • Canberra Theatre Centre (ACT AUS 2008)
  • DRIP
    • Stratton Players (Boston USA 2007)
    • Newtown Theatre (Sydney AUS 2009)
    • Carlton Courthouse (Melbourne Aus 2008)
  • FALLING PRAYING
  • BELIEVE
    • Bite Size Theatre (Brighton England 2007)
    • Newtown Theatre (Sydney AUS 2007)
  • PROTEST
    • Fairfax Theatre, Melbourne Arts Centre (Melbourne, Australia 2007)
    • Newtown Theatre (Sydney AUS 2007)
  • MYSTERY FLIGHT
    • Chapel Off Chapel (Melbourne, Australia 2009)
  • A4 2 A3 (with Simon Barlow)
  • CITY HEAD
    • Melbourne Trades Hall Melbourne AUS 2007
  • NAZANIN
    • The BDP Ensemble (Brisbane AUS 2006)
  • MY MONTH AS A MEMBER
    • Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre (Sydney AUS 2005)
  • THE RATINGS WAR (With Daniel Hall and Simon Barlow)
  • CANDIDATE (With Daniel Hall, Simon Barlow and Joe Guiton)
  • HARD RUBBISH WEEK (Script coordinator)
    • The Athenaeum Theatre (Melbourne AUS 2003)

References[]

  1. ^ "'The Deep' Renewed for Second Season at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ "MTV Geek – DC Comics' 'Earth 2' Gets A New Writer From 'Injustice: Gods Among Us' [EXCLUSIVE]". MTV Geek.
  3. ^ "The Deep reels in Nerd Corps as co-production partner".
  4. ^ "Arts News, Commentary, Reviews & Industry Analysis – ArtsHub Australia". artshub.com.au.
  5. ^ "Starwars.com". Archived from the original on 16 May 2010.
  6. ^ NYCC: Tom Taylor Leads "Star Wars: Invasion", Comic Book Resources, 7 February 2009
  7. ^ "Beloved bounty hunter Boba Fett is dead – but who killed him? – GeekOut". CNN.
  8. ^ "NYCC ' 09 – Dark Horse's Star Wars Panel". Newsarama.com.
  9. ^ DC Comics Solicitations for May 2010, Comic Book Resources, 16 February 2010
  10. ^ "Gestalt Comics". gestaltcomics.com.
  11. ^ https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Wolverine-Vol-Four-Sisters/dp/0785196528
  12. ^ https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Wolverine-Vol-Civil-War/dp/0785196536/ref=pd_sim_14_1?
  13. ^ "All-New Wolverine Vol. 2: Civil War II (Trade Paperback)". Marvel Entertainment.
  14. ^ https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Wolverine-Vol-Enemy-State/dp/1302902903/ref=pd_sim_14_1?
  15. ^ https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Wolverine-Vol-4-Immune/dp/1302909355/ref=pd_sim_14_3?
  16. ^ https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Wolverine-Vol-Tom-Taylor/dp/1302905619
  17. ^ "Technicolor, Nerd Corps Partner on 'The Deep'". Animation World Network.
  18. ^ "With Netflix's "The Deep," Tom Taylor Dives into All-Ages Animated Adventure". CBR.
  19. ^ Couch, Aaron (21 July 2021). "DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Injustice & Wolverine writer Tom Taylor joins the Cleverman writers room". 30 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Newsphotos". newsphotos.com.au.
  22. ^ "Short Sweet+Song is back!". australianstage.com.au.

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Preceded by
Kieron Gillen 		Iron Man writer
2014–2015 		Succeeded by
Brian Michael Bendis
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