Jamie Delano

Jamie Delano
Born	1954 Northampton, England
Nationality	British
Area(s)	writer
Notable works	Captain Britain Hellblazer
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Jamie Delano (born 1954 in Northampton) is a British comics writer. He was part of the first post-Alan Moore "British Invasion" of writers which started to feature in American comics in the 1980s. Best known as the first writer of the comic book series Hellblazer, featuring John Constantine.

Biography

Jamie Delano wrote all but three of the first forty issues of Hellblazer for DC Comics from 1988 to 1991. Most of his other work has also been for DC/Vertigo.

Much of Delano's work can be characterised as science fiction, or horror, but often is a blend thereof.

Subjects in his work include the War of the sexes (World Without End), imperialism and genocide (Ghostdancing), and environmental & cultural collapse (2020 Visions, Animal Man).

A. William James is Delano's prose-writing alter ego. His novel Book Thirteen is published under his Lepus Books imprint.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Night Raven:
  • Various prose (with illustrations by Alan Davis, in The Daredevils, Marvel UK, 1983–1984)
  • "House of Cards" (with David Lloyd, Marvel UK, one shot, 1993)
• Captain Britain (with Alan Davis, in Captain Britain Monthly #1–12, Marvel UK, 1984, tpb, 1988, ISBN 1-85400-020-9)
• One-Off:
  • "Blood Sport" (with David Pugh, in 2000 AD No. 484, 1986)
  • "The Ark" (with Dave Wyatt, in 2000 AD No. 504, 1987)
• Tharg's Future Shocks:
  • "The Ship that Liked to Dance" (with Barry Kitson, in 2000 AD No. 501, 1986)
  • "Fair's Fare" (with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD No. 501, 1987)
• Doctor Who (with John Ridgway, collected in The World Shapers, Panini Comics, 288 pages, May 2008, ISBN 1-905239-87-4):
  • "Time Bomb" (in Doctor Who Magazine #114–116, 1986)
  • "The Gift" (with inks by Tim Perkins, in Doctor Who Magazine #123–126, 1987)
• D.R. and Quinch: "DR & Quinch's Agony Page" (with co-author and pencils Alan Davis and inks by Mark Farmer, in 2000 AD #525–534, 1987)
• Hellblazer:
  • Hellblazer #1–24, 28–31, 33–40, 84 (with John Ridgway, Richard Piers Rayner, Mark Buckingham, Bryan Talbot, Steve Pugh, Sean Phillips, & others, Vertigo/DC, 1988–1991) collected as:
    • Original Sins (collects #1–9, Vertigo, October 1998, ISBN 1-56389-052-6, Titan Books, February 2007, ISBN 1-84576-465-X)
    • The Devil You Know (collects #10–13, The Hellblazer Annual and The Horrorist #1–2, Vertigo, May 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1269-7, Titan Books, July 2007, ISBN 1-84576-490-0)
    • Rare Cuts (collects No. 11, 25–26 and 35, Vertigo, February 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0240-3, Titan Books, January 2005, ISBN 1-84023-974-3)
    • Fear Machine (collects #14–22, 208 pages, Vertigo, June 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1810-5, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84576-880-9)
    • Family Man (collects #23–24 and 28–33, 208 pages, November 2008, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84576-978-3, Vertigo, ISBN 1-4012-1964-0)
  • Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood (with Philip Bond & Warren Pleece, Vertigo, 4-issue mini-series, 2000)
  • Pandemonium (with Jock, graphic novel, 128 pages, hardcover, Titan Books, March 2010, ISBN 1-84576-865-5, Vertigo, February 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2035-5)
• World Without End (with John Higgins, DC, 6-issue limited series, 1990)
• Animal Man #51–79 (with Steve Pugh, DC, 1992–1994)
• Ghostdancing (with Richard Case, Vertigo, 6-issue limited series, 1995)
• Tainted (with Al Davison, Vertigo, one-shot, 1995)
• The Horrorist (with David Lloyd, Vertigo, 2-issue mini-series, 1995)
• Batman/Manbat (with John Bolton, DC, 1996)
• Twisted Metal 2 (one-shot promo comic)
• 2020 Visions (with Frank Quitely (#1–3), Warren Pleece (#2–6), James Romberger (#7–9) & Steve Pugh (#10–12), Vertigo, 12-issue limited series, 1997)
• Shadowman #5–15 (with co-author Dick Foreman (#14–15) and art by Charlie Adlard, Acclaim Comics, 1997)
• Hell Eternal (with Sean Phillips, Vertigo, one-shot, 1998)
• Cruel and Unusual (with co-author Tom Peyer, pencils by John McCrea and inks by Andrew Chiu, Vertigo, 4-issue mini-series, 1999)
• The Territory (with David Lloyd, Dark Horse, 4-issue mini-series, 1999, tpb, 96 pages, 2006 ISBN 978-1-59307-010-6)
• Legends of the DC Universe #24–25 (with Steve Pugh, DC, 2000)
• Outlaw Nation (with Goran Sudžuka, Vertigo, 19-issue series, 2000–2002, tpb, 456 pages, Image Comics, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-707-X)
• Nevermore: "The Pit and the Pendulum" (with Steve Pugh, graphic novel adaptation, Eye Classics, Self Made Hero, October 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-8-4)
• The Lovecraft Anthology 2: "Pickman's Model" (with Steve Pugh, graphic novel adaptation, Self Made Hero, 2012, ISBN 978-1-9068384-3-0)
• Narcopolis (with Jeremy Rock, 4-issue mini-series, Avatar Press, February 2008)
• Rawbone (with Max Fiumara, 4-issue mini-series, Avatar Press, 2009)
• Crossed: Badlands #4–9 (with Leonardo Rizzo, Avatar Press, 2012)

Prose work includes:

• Book Thirteen (as A.W.James, Lepus Books, 2012)
• Leepus: Dizzy (as J.Delano, Lepus Books, 2012)

References

• Jamie Delano at the Grand Comics Database
• Jamie Delano at the Comic Book DB
• Jamie Delano at 2000 AD Online
• Jamie Delano at Dark Horse Comics

External links

• Official website
• LEPUS BOOKS

Interviews

• Trail Blazers: Interviews with Jamie Delano and Garth Ennis, by David Carroll, Bloodsongs No. 8, 1997
• Dark Horse Comics' 1998 interview about The Territory
• The Comics Interpreter 1999 interview with Jamie Delano
• Tales That Witness Madness: A Brief Talk With Jamie Delano by Helen Braithwaite, Sequential Tart, December 1999
• Jamie Delano: Drug Addled Prophet for The Masses, Popimage, December 1999

Preceded by None	Hellblazer writer 1988–1990	Succeeded by Grant Morrison
Preceded by Neil Gaiman	Hellblazer writer 1990	Succeeded by Dick Foreman
Preceded by Dick Foreman	Hellblazer writer 1990–1991	Succeeded by Garth Ennis
Preceded by Garth Ennis	Hellblazer writer 1994	Succeeded by Eddie Campbell