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Notable works The Deep: Here Be DragonsInjustice: Gods Among UsThe ExampleStar Wars: InvasionThe AuthorityEarth-TwoStar Wars: Blood TiesA4 To A3 (film) Awards Winner 'Aurealis Award for Best illustrated book/graphic novel''Winner 'Stan Lee Excelsior Award''Best Dramatic Writing' Short and Sweetand others. People also search for Jennifer Perrott, Jiao Chen, Eleanor Winkler Books The Deep: Here Be Dragons, Injustice: Gods Among U, The Example, Injustice: Gods Among U, Injustice: Gods Among U | ||
Interview with injustice 2 writer tom taylor
Tom Taylor (born 29 November 1978) is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling comic book author, playwright and screenwriter. He is well known for his work on the DC Comics series Injustice: Gods Among Us and Earth-Two, Marvel's Wolverine 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.
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- Interview with injustice 2 writer tom taylor
- Tom taylor aussie writers and wolverine stgcc 2016 ohai news
- Biography
- Film and television
- Won
- Nominations
- Theatrical works
- Interviewsarticles
- References
Tom taylor aussie writers and wolverine stgcc 2016 ohai news
Biography
Tom Taylor was born in Melbourne, Australia.
Taylor is currently the writer of All-New Wolverine for Marvel comics, along with Justice League/Power Rangers and Injustice 2 for DC Comics. He has also recently written Batman/Superman, Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion and Superior Iron Man.
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 and is now a 26 episode CG animated series, with Taylor serving as creator/head writer.
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.
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 with artist Chris Scalf, and Star Wars: Invasion, with illustrator Colin Wilson. April 2012 saw the start of Taylor and Scalf's new Blood Ties series provocatively titled Boba Fett is Dead as reported by CNN. 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, and Star Wars: Invasion #0 was nominated for a 'Diamond Gem Award' in the '2009 Comic Book of the Year Over $3.00' category.
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.
Tom Taylor also wrote The Authority, published under the Wildstorm imprint, starting with issue #22 in May 2010 until the end of the Wildstorm imprint. 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.
Film and television
Taylor is the co-creator, executive producer and head writer of The Deep (Animated Series) The first series began airing on [Netflix] USA in 2016.
Season 2 was confirmed and began airing on CBBC in July, 2017.
Taylor joined the writer's room of Cleverman for the third season
Taylor wrote a short film adaptation of The Example which was optioned and filmed by Staple Fiction in 2011. It screened at Film Festivals around the world.
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.