Simon Oliver

Simon Oliver is a British-American comic book writer. He is most known for his original comic book series The Exterminators and FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics, published under the DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, as well as for being the writer on the Hellblazer volume launched as part of the DC Rebirth initiative.

For the Anglican theologian and priest, see Simon Oliver (priest).
Simon Oliver
BornUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish and US
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
The Exterminators

Biography

Growing up in United Kingdom, Oliver read mostly European comics, moving towards some American comics such as Watchmen only in the late 80s. In early 90s, he lived in the Third World for five years, cut off from comics and popular culture in general. Around 2003, while living in Los Angeles and working mostly as a camera assistant, he decided to give writing a try. One of the things he wrote was The Exterminators, which was initially planned as a TV series. Once Oliver realized it was not network material, he took it to the comic book publisher he respected the most. The Exterminators began publishing as an ongoing monthly series under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in January 2006.[1]

Oliver became the writer of Wildstorm's Gen¹³ in November 2007. As part of the Hellblazer 20th anniversary, he wrote a mini-series based on John Constantine's longest surviving friend titled Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge.[2][3]

In 2013, Oliver teamed up with artist Robbi Rodriguez for an ongoing science fiction series titled Collider. After legal action over the title from an international comics publisher, Oliver and Vertigo changed the title to FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics.[4]

Bibliography

To date, the entirety of Oliver's work has been published by DC Comics and its various imprints:

  • The Exterminators (with Tony Moore, Chris Samnee (#8), Mike Hawthorne (#11-12), John Lucas (#15-16 and 27), Ty Templeton (#17-18 and 26), Darick Robertson (#19-23), Vertigo, 2006–2008) collected as:
    • Bug Brothers (collects #1-5, tpb, 128 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1064-3)
    • Insurgency (collects #6-10, tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1221-2)
    • Lies of our Fathers (collects #11-16, tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1475-4)
    • Crossfire and Collateral (collects #17-23, tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1685-4)
    • Bug Brothers Forever (collects #24-30, tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1970-5)
  • Gen¹³ #14-20 (with Carlo Barberi, Sunny Lee (#16) and Wes Craig (#20), Wildstorm, 2008) collected as Gen¹³: 15 Minutes (tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-2002-9)
  • Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge #1-5 (with Goran Sudžuka, Vertigo, 2008–2009) collected as Chas: The Knowledge (tpb, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2127-0)
  • Vertigo Crime: Noche Roja (with Jason Latour, graphic novel, hc, 184 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-1535-1; sc, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3062-8)
  • FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics (with Robbi Rodriguez (#1-13) and Alberto Ponticelli (#14-24), Vertigo, 2013–2015) collected as:
    • The Paradigm Shift (collects #1-7, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4510-2)
    • Wish You Were Here (collects #8-13, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5067-X)
    • Audeamus (collects #14-19, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5434-9)
    • The End Times (collects #20-24, tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5845-X)
  • Convergence: Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters #1-2 (with John McCrea, 2015) collected in Convergence: Infinite Earths Book 2 (tpb, 272 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5838-7)
  • Last Gang in Town #1-6 (with Rufus Dayglo, Vertigo, 2016) collected as Last Gang in Town (tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6473-5)
  • The Hellblazer (with Moritat, Pia Guerra (#5-6), Philip Tan (#7-8) and Davidé Fabbri, 2016–2017) collected as:
    • The Poison Truth (collects the Rebirth one-shot and #1-6, tpb, 168 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-40126-886-2)
    • The Smokeless Fire (collects #7-12, tpb, 144 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7389-0)

Notes
  1. Irvine, Alex (2008), "The Exterminators", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 67–70, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
  2. WWC: VERTIGO - From The Edge, August 10, 2007, Comic Book Resources
  3. WW CHICAGO: THE VERTIGO PANEL Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, August 11, 2007, Newsarama
  4. 'Collider' Gets A Name Change (EXCLUSIVE)

References
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