Kieron Gillen

Gillen has worked for publications such as PC Gamer UK, The Escapist, Amiga Power (under the pseudonym "C-Monster"), Wired, The Guardian, Edge, Games Developer, Develop, MCV, GamesMaster and PC Format, among others.

On the web, Gillen was a founder of and major contributor to the PC gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun and a games reviewer for Eurogamer. He is notable for his manifesto[3] for New Games Journalism, more simply the model of New Journalism applied to video game journalism. In 2000, Gillen became the first-ever video game journalist to receive an award from the Periodical Publishers Association, for New Specialist Consumer Journalist.[4]

He has been invited as a guest speaker at games-industry conferences.[5][6] He is a fan of the work of video game developer Warren Spector writing positive pieces on Spector's games, most notably the Ion Storm produced games Deus Ex and Thief: Deadly Shadows. In September 2010, Gillen declared on the website Rock, Paper, Shotgun that he was leaving full-time games journalism to better devote his time to comics writing and his contract with Marvel.[7]

Gillen has written for both print and online comics. He has worked for Warhammer Monthly and Chaos League. Since 2003, Gillen has collaborated with artist Jamie McKelvie on a comic strip for the PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, entitled Save Point. His 2006 project, described by Gillen as "my first real comic"[8] is another collaboration with McKelvie, the pop-music urban fantasy Phonogram. Veteran comics writer Warren Ellis has dubbed it "one of the few truly essential comics of 2006."[9]

The first issue, published by Image Comics, went on sale in August 2006, the first series ran for six issues. The second series ran for seven issues, and was launched in December 2008. A third six-issue series, The Immaterial Girl, exploring the character of "Emily Aster", was published in Aug 2015

On 14 April 2008 it was announced he would be collaborating with the artist Greg Scott to expand the Warren Ellis's newuniversal mythos with "a story about killing the future" set in 1959[10] and he wrote Crown of Destruction, a Warhammer Fantasy comic.[11] The Phonogram sequel "The Singles Club" started in December 2008, a series of one-shots, all about the same night.[12][13] He got a new assignment at Marvel with a Dazzler story and a Beta Ray Bill one-shot and mini-series.[14]

His workload at Marvel increased in late 2009. At HeroesCon it was announced he would be writing a Dark Reign tie-in with the Dark Avengers: Ares mini-series.[15] During the 2009 Chicago Comic Con it was announced that Gillen will collaborate with Steven Sanders on a new ongoing series known as S.W.O.R.D from Marvel Comics.[16][17]

Gillen had a run on Thor, following J. Michael Straczynski, from issues No. 604[18] to 614.[19] In late 2010 he started his own ongoing series, Generation Hope, an X-Men spin-off that leads on from the end of the "Second Coming" storyline.[20][21][22][23][24] Gillen continued on this title until issue No. 12, being followed by James Asmus.[25]

After collaborating as co-writer with Matt Fraction on Uncanny X-Men beginning with issue No. 531, Gillen became sole writer of that title starting with issue #534.1 in 2011.[26] His time on the title saw the book through the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, a renumbering to No. 1 in the wake of "Schism" storyline, and a tie in with "Avengers vs. X-Men" with issue No. 20. He wrote a five-issue miniseries AvX: Consequences, dealing with the aftermath of that event.[27]

In 2011 Gillen returned to Marvel's Asgard, with a run on Journey into Mystery (the original name of Thor, continuing with its original numbering), starting with issue No. 622. This run finished with No. 645 in October 2012. As part of the Marvel NOW relaunch, Gillen will be writing two books – Invincible Iron Man (again taking over from Fraction), with art provided by Greg Land, his penciller on Uncanny, and Young Avengers, with McKelvie.[27][28]

He has written a series for Avatar Press called Mercury Heat, and a series for Image called Three, about the helots of Sparta, planned for 2013.[29][30]

Gillen was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts by Staffordshire University in 2019 for his work both as a journalist and a comic book writer.[31]

• Phonogram (with Jamie McKelvie, 2006–2016) collected as:
  • Rue Britannia (collects v1 #1–6, tpb, 152 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-694-4)
  • The Singles Club (collects v2 #1–7, tpb, 160 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-179-1)
  • The Immaterial Girl (collects v3 #1-6, tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-63215-679-2)
• This is a Souvenir: "Sweeping the Nation" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology graphic novel, 208 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-6070-6048-5)
• The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual '12: "Unleashed" (with Nate Bellegarde, 2012)
• Three #1–5 (with Ryan Kelly, 2013–2014) collected as Three (tpb, 146 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-60706-963-6)
• The Wicked + The Divine (with Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson, Image Comics, 2014–2019): collected as:
  • The Faust Act (collects #1-5, tpb, 180 pages, 2014, ISBN 978-1-63215-019-6)
  • Fandemonium (Collects #6-11, tpb, 200 pages, 2015, ISBN 978-1-63215-327-2)
  • Commercial Suicide (Collects #12-17, tpb, 200 pages, 2016, ISBN 978-1-63215-631-0)
  • Rising Action (collects #18-22, tbp, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 978-1-63215-913-7)
  • Imperial Phase (Part 1) (collects #23-28, tpb, 200 pages, 2017, ISBN 978-1-53430-185-6)
  • Imperial Phase (Part 2) (collects #29-33, tpb, 168 pages, 2018, ISBN 1534304738)
  • Mothering Invention (collects #34-39, tpb, 208 pages, 2018, ISBN 9781534308404)
  • Old is the New New (collects all specials, tpb, 232 pages, 2019, IBSN 1534308806)
  • Okay (collects #40-45, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, IBSN 1534312498)
• Die (with Stephanie Hans, 2018-...)[32]

• newuniversal: 1959 (with Greg Scott, one-shot, 2008)
• X-Men:
  • Manifest Destiny #5: "Dazzler: Solo" (with Sara Pichelli, 2009) collected in X-Men: Manifest Destiny (tpb, 200 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3951-6)
  • Origins: Sabretooth (with Dan Panosian, one-shot, 2009) collected in X-Men Origins (tpb, 192 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3452-2)
  • Dark Reign: The Cabal: "The Judgment of Namor" (with Carmine Di Giandomenico, one-shot, 2009) collected in Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (hc, 368 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4233-9; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4234-7)
  • S.W.O.R.D #1–5 (with Steve Sanders, 2010) collected as S.W.O.R.D.: No Time to Breathe (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4076-X)
  • Generation Hope (2011-2012):
    • The Future is a Four-Letter Word (tpb, 152 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4719-5) collects:
      • "The Future is a Four-Letter Word" (with Salvador Espin, in #1–4, 2011)
      • "The Daddy Issue" (with Jamie McKelvie, in No. 5, 2011)
    • Schism (tpb, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5242-3) collects:
      • "The Ward" (with Salvador Espin, in #6–8, 2011)
      • "Better" (with Jamie McKelvie, in #9, 2011)
      • "Schism" (with Tim Seeley, in #10–11, 2011)
      • "Half as Bright" (with Steve Sanders, in No. 12, 2011)
  • Uncanny X-Men (2011-2012):
    • Quarantine (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5225-3) includes:
      • "Quarantine" (with Matt Fraction and Greg Land, in v1 #531–534, 2011)
    • Breaking Point (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5226-1) collects:
      • "Press Release" (with Carlos Pacheco, in v1 #534.1, 2011)
      • "Breaking Point" (with Terry Dodson, in v1 #535–538, 2011)
      • "Losing Hope" (with Ibraim Roberson, in v1 No. 539, 2011)
    • Fear Itself (hc, 120 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5797-2; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5227-X) collects:
      • "Fear Itself" (with Greg Land, in v1 #540–543, 2011)
      • "Uncanny" (with Greg Land, in v1 #544, 2011)
    • Everything is Sinister (hc, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5993-2; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5994-0) collects:
      • "Everything is Sinister" (with Carlos Pacheco, in v2 #1–3, 2012)
      • "A Phalanx of One" (with Brandon Peterson, in v2 #4, 2012)
    • Tabula Rasa (hc, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5995-9; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5996-7) collects:
      • "Tabula Rasa" (with Greg Land, in v2 #5–8, 2012)
      • "Prison Break" (with Carlos Pacheco, in v2 #9–10, 2012)
    • AvX: Book 1 (hc, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5997-5; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-5998-3) collects:
      • "Avengers vs. X-Men" (with Greg Land and Billy Tan, in v2 #11–13, 2012)
      • "Everything is Sinister: Redux" (with Dustin Weaver, in v2 #14, 2012)
    • AvX: Book 2 (hc, 144 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6529-0) collects:
      • "This Strange, Unpleasant Land" (with Daniel Acuña, in v2 #15–17, 2012)
      • "The Passion of Scott Summers" (with Ron Garney and Dale Eaglesham, in v2 #18–19, 2012)
      • "The Fallout" (with Carlos Pacheco, in v2 #20, 2012)
  • Regenesis (with Billy Tan, one-shot, 2011) collected in X-Men: Schism (hc, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5668-2; tpb, 2012, ISBN 1-84653-502-6)
  • Avengers vs. X-Men:
    • AvX: VS #2: "Spider-Man vs. Colossus" (with Salvador Larocca, 2012) collected in Avengers vs. X-Men (hc, 568 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6317-4)
    • Consequences #1–5 (with Tom Raney, Steve Kurth, Scot Eaton, Mark Brooks, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, 2012) collected as AVX: Consequences (tpb, 120 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6646-7)
• Thor:
  • Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter (tpb, 104 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4232-0) collects:
    • Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden (with Dan Brereton, one-shot, 2009)
    • Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #1–3 (with Jose Angel Cano Lopez, 2009)
  • Thor: Ultimate Collection (tpb, 312 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5922-3) collects:
    • "Latverian Prometeus" (with Billy Tan, in #604–606, 2010)
    • "Siege: Ragnarok" (with Billy Tan and Richard Elson, in #607–609, 2010)
    • New Mutants #11: "Hel's Valkyrie" (with Niko Henrichon, 2010)
    • Siege: Loki (with Jamie McKelvie, one-shot, 2010)
    • "Siege: Epilogue" (with Doug Braithwaite, in No. 610, 2010)
    • "The Fine Print" (with Richard Elson and Doug Braithwaite, in #611–614, 2010)
  • Journey into Mystery (with Doug Braithwaite, Richard Elson, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Alan Davis and Stephanie Hans, 2011–2012) collected as:
    • Fear Itself (collects #622–626, hc, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4840-X; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4841-8)
    • Fear Itself Fallout (collects #627–631, hc, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5261-X; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5262-8)
    • Terrorism Myth (collects #632–636, hc, 120 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6370-0; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6106-6)
    • Exiled (collects #637–638, New Mutants #42–43 and Exiled one-shot, tpb, 120 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6540-1)
    • Manchester Gods (collects #639–641, tpb, 120 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6107-4)
    • Everything Burns (collects #642–645 and The Mighty Thor #18–22, hc, 216 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6168-6)
• Dark Avengers: Ares #1–3 (with Manuel Garcia, 2009–2010) collected as Dark Avengers: Ares (tpb, 192 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4406-4)
• The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange: "The Cure" (with Frazer Irving, one-shot, 2010)
• World War Hulks: Spider-Man vs. Thor #1–2 (with Jorge Molina and Paul Pelletier, 2010)
• Captain America and Batroc: "Traceur" (with Renato Arlem, one-shot, 2011)
• Iron Man vol. 5 (2012-2014):
  • Believe #1-5 (hc, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6833-8)
  • The Secret Origin of Tony Stark - Book 1 #6-11 (hc, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6834-6)
  • The Secret Origin of Tony Stark - Book 2 #12-17 (hc, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6835-4)
  • Iron Metropolitan #19-22 (hc, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8942-4)
  • Rings of the Mandarin #23-28 (hc, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-5482-5)
• Young Avengers vol. 2 (2012-2014):
  • Style > Substance #1-5 (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6708-0)
  • Alternative Culture #6-10 (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-6709-9)
  • Mic-Drop at the Edge of Time and Space #11-15 (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8530-5)
• Revolutionary War: Dark Angel (with Salvador Larroca, one-shot, 2014) collected as Revolutionary War (tpb, 184 pages, 2014, 0-7851-9016-3)
• Original Sin #3.1-3.4 (with Luke Ross and Mark Waid, 2014) collected as Original Sin: Iron Man vs. Hulk (tpb, 104 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-9156-9)
• Angela:
  • Angela: Asgard's Assassin #1-6 (with Marguerite Bennett and Stephanie Hans, 2014-2015)
  • 1602: Witch Hunter Angela #1-ongoing (with Marguerite Bennett and Stephanie Hans, 2015-...)
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #1-25 (with Salvador Larroca, 2015-2016)
  • Vader (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9255-7)
  • Shadows and Secrets (collects #7–12, tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9256-5)
  • Vader Down (collects 'Vader Down' #1, Star Wars #14-14, #13–15, tpb, 152 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9789-3)
  • The Shu-Torun War (collects Annual #1, #16-19, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9977-2)
  • End of Games (collects #20-25, tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9978-0)
• Doctor Aphra #1-19 (2016-2018)
  • Aphra (with Kev Walker, collects #1-6, tpb, 2017, 144 pages, ISBN 1-3029-0677-1)
  • The Screaming Citadel (with Marco Checchetto, Salvador Larroca and Andrea Broccardo, collects 'The Screaming Citadel' #1, Star Wars #31-32, #7-8, tpb, 2017, 136 pages, ISBN 9781302906788)
  • Doctor Aphra and The Enormous Profit (with Kev Walker, collects Annual #1, #9-13, tpb, 168 pages, 2017, ISBN 9781302906771)
  • Remastered (with Simon Spurrier and Emilio Laiso, collects #14-19, tpb, 136 pages, 2018, ISBN 9781302911522)
• Star Wars #38-67 (with Salvador Larroca, 2018-2019)
  • The Ashes of Jedha (collects #38-43, tpb, 2018, 136 pages, ISBN 9781302910525)
  • Mutiny at Mon Cala (collects #44-49, tpb, 2018, 144 pages, ISBN 9781302910532)
  • Hope Dies (collects #50-55, tpb, 2019, 120 pages, ISBN 9781302910549)
  • The Escape (collects #55-61, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, ISBN 9781302914493)
  • Vol. 11 (collects #62-67, tpb, 144 pages, 2019, ISBN 9781302914509)

• Avatar Press:
  • Über #0-ongoing (with Canaan White, Gabriel Andrade and Daniel Gete Avatar, 2013–...) collected in:
    • Volume 1 (collects #0-5, tpb, 176 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-5929-1218-4)
    • Volume 2 (collects #6-11, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-5929-1237-0)
    • Volume 3 (collects #12-17, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-5929-1251-6)
    • Volume 4 (collects #18-22 and Uber 2014 Special, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-5929-1257-5)
    • Volume 5 (collects #23-27 and Uber Free Comic Book Day Special, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-5929-1268-0)
    • Volume 6 (collects Uber: Invasion #1-7, tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ISBN 1592913326)
  • Modded (with Ignacio Calero, part of Cinema Purgatorio, Avatar, 2016–19)[33]
• Boom! Studios:
  • Warhammer: Crown of Destruction #1–4 (with Dwayne Harris, 2008)
  • CBGB #1: "A NYC Punk Carol" (with Marc Ellerby, 2010) collected in CBGB (tpb, 112 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60886-024-8)
  • Once & Future #1-ongoing (2019-) (with Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain)[34]
• StarCraft: Frontline Volume 2: "A Ghost Story" (with Hector Sevilla Lujan, Tokyopop Manga, 2009)
• Mercury Heat (with Omar Francia and Nahuel Lopez), 2016–17, collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-6, tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-5929-1278-8)
  • Volume 2 (collects #1-6, tpb, 160 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-5929-1285-0)
• Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #1-5 (with Caspar Wijngaard, Dynamite Entertainment, 2019)[35]