Dan Abnett (b. 12 October 1965) is a writer of comics (often in collaboration with co-writer Andy Lanning), novels and audio dramas. Born on 12 October 1965, he studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, graduating in 1984. For 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine he created “Sinister Dexter”, “Black Light”, “Badlands”, “Atavar”, “Sancho Panzer”, “Roadkill” and “Insurrection”, and has written “Judge Dredd”, “Rogue Trooper”, “Durham Red”, “Wardog” and “The VCs”. For Marvel UK he created Death’s Head 2, Battletide and Knights of Pendragon. For Warhammer he wrote “Damnation Crusade”, “Lone Wolf”, “Inquisitor Ascendant” and “Titan”. He has also written for Marvel, DC, Wildstorm, Top Cow and Dark Horse Comics in the USA. He has written novels for Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe, Doctor Who and Torchwood novels and audio dramas, and three original novels for HarperCollins’ sf imprint Angry Robot.
External links[]
- Official website
- Dan Abnett's blog
- Loose Cannons, a 4 part mini-series (drawn by Mark Harrison) for Marvel UK, which was never published but has been put online.
Interviews[]
- New DnA, Sequential Tart, December 2001
- 2004 interview with 2000ADReview
- Interview: Dan Abnett on The Real Ghostbusters, Proton Charging, 17 December 2005
- Dan Abnett talks Boom’s “Warhammer 40K” Comic, Comic Book Resources, 11 September 2006
- Bringing The Warhammer Down: Dan Abnett on Warhammer 40K: The Damnation Crusade, Newsarama, 22 December 2006
- Droid Interrogations: An Exclusive interview with Dan Abnett, Thrillpower Thursday, Hypergeek, 31 July 2009
- Comic Geek Speak Podcast (December, 2009)
- Exclusive: interview with "Legion Lost" writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning!", Legione dei Super-Eroi. 26 July 2011
