Al Ewing

Al Ewing is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press, for 2000 AD, and for Marvel Comics.
Career
Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page Future Shocks format for 2000 AD and moved on to regular stints on Judge Dredd (2008–2015), for which his 2010 story "Doctor What?" marked Brendan McCarthy's return to 2000 AD. They later worked together on a new series entitled The Zaucer of Zilk. Ewing worked on Damnation Station and Zombo, the latter illustrated by Henry Flint, which was collected in trade paperback in 2010.
Ewing has also contributed to Solar Wind, FutureQuake, and The End Is Nigh. He is responsible for the mobile comic Murderdrome, created with P. J. Holden.
In May 2007, Ewing created the comedy blog "The Diary of Ralph Dibney", writing as the titular DC Comics superhero (also known as Elongated Man), Dibney's therapist, or as the even more obscure DC Hero Richard Dragon, as they react to the events of each week's issue of the comic book 52.
Breaking into American comic books, Ewing was also picked by Garth Ennis to provide a six-issue arc on Jennifer Blood, published by Dynamite Entertainment, and a spin-off series The Ninjettes.
His debut prose novel Pax Britannia: El Sombra, published by Abaddon Books in 2007, features a mysterious Mexican hero fighting back against the menace of steam-powered Nazis. It is set in the same Steampunk alternate history as the other novels from the Pax Britannia series. Three other novels have been published since, with a fifth on the way.
Ewing wrote Mighty Avengers and Loki: Agent of Asgard for Marvel Comics and co-wrote the first year of the Eleventh Doctor Doctor Who title with Rob Williams for Titan Comics.
Ewing has since written New Avengers, U.S.Avengers, Ultimates, Rocket, Royals, and The Immortal Hulk, all for Marvel. The Immortal Hulk was a nominee for the 2019 Eisner Award in the "Best Continuing Series" category, and had earned publisher Marvel Comics a Diamond Gem Award the previous year as "Best New Comic Book Series."
In 2021, Ewing won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book at the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards for his work on Empyre and received an additional nomination in 2021 and one in 2022 for Guardians of the Galaxy. In June 2021, it was announced that Ewing would serve as co-writer of Venom (vol. 7) alongside Ram V, with Bryan Hitch serving as the initial artist and the series launching in November that same year.
In May 2023, it was announced that Ewing would write The Immortal Thor, with Martín Cóccolo serving as artist and set to debut in August that same year.
Personal life
At the end of Pride Month 2021, Ewing came out as bisexual.
Selected bibliography
Prose novels
The El Sombra Trilogy
El Sombra (2007)
Gods of Manhattan (2010)
Pax Omega (2012)
I, Zombie (2008)
Death Got No Mercy (2009)
The Fictional Man (2013)
Judge Dredd Year One: Wear Iron (2014)
Marvel Comics
Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1 (2019) [Co-written with Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer, Gerry Duggan, Kelly Thompson, and Chip Zdarsky]
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man #1-4 (2022)
Wasp #1-4 (2023)
Avengers
Avengers Assemble #14.AU-15.AU, 20 (2013)
Mighty Avengers
Mighty Avengers (Vol. 2) #1-14 (2013-2014)
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1-9 (2015)
Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #1-2 (2015)
Avengers (Vol. 5) #34.1 (2014)
Avengers: Ultron Forever
Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 (2015)
New Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 (2015)
Uncanny Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 (2015)
Avengers (Vol. 6) #0 (2016) ["Everything Is New" and "The Opposite of Kicking"]
Ultimates
Ultimates (Vol. 2) #1-12 (2016)
Ultimates 2 (Vol. 2) #1-9, 100 (2017)
New Avengers
New Avengers (Vol. 4) #1-18 (2015-2017)
U.S.Avengers #1-12 (2017-2018)
Avengers (Vol. 1) #675-690 (2018) [Co-written with Mark Waid and Jim Zub]
Avengers: No Road Home #1-10 (2019) [Co-written with Mark Waid and Jim Zub]
Avengers Inc. #1-ongoing (2023-present)
Contest of Champions
All-New, All-Different Point One #1 (2015) ["Chess Not Checkers"]
Contest of Champions #1-10 (2015-2016)
Crypt of Shadows
Crypt of Shadows (Vol. 2) #1 (2019)
Crypt of Shadows (Vol. 3) #1 (2022) ["The Crypt of Shadows"]
Crypt of Shadows (Vol. 4) #1 (2023)
Defenders
Defenders: The Best Defense #1 (2019)
Defenders (Vol. 6) #1-5 (2021)
Defenders: Beyond #1-5 (2022)
Elektra: Black, White & Blood #2 (2022) ["Verité"]
Empyre
Incoming! #1 (2020) [Empyre setup pages]
Empyre #0: Avengers (2020)
Empyre #1-6 (2020) [Co-plotted by Dan Slott]
Empyre Aftermath: Avengers #1 (2020)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Rocket #1-6 (2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy Annual (Vol. 5) #1 (2019) ["A Long Time in Politics"]
Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 6) #1-18 (2020-2021)
Guardians of the Galaxy Annual (Vol. 6) #1 (2021)
Hulk
Immortal Hulk #1-50 (2018–2021)
Immortal Hulk: The Best Defense #1 (2019)
Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk #1 (2019)
Immortal She-Hulk #1 (2020)
King in Black: Immortal Hulk #1 (2021)
Gamma Flight #1-5 (2021) [Co-written with Crystal Frasier]
Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1 (2021) [Co-plot, script by Alex Paknadel]
Infinity Warps
Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer #1-2 (2018)
Secret Warps: Soldier Supreme Annual #1 (2019)
Secret Warps: Weapon Hex Annual #1 (2019)
Secret Warps: Ghost Panther Annual #1 (2019)
Secret Warps: Arachknight Annual #1 (2019)
Secret Warps: Iron Hammer Annual #1 (2019)
Inhumans
Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #1-6 (2016)
Inhumans Prime #1 (2017)
Royals #1-12 (2017-2018)
Inhumans: Judgment Day #1 (2018)
Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic #1-13 (2013-2014) [Co-plotted by Kieron Gillen; issues #1-2 & 10 co-written with Gillen]
Marvel Comics #1000-1001 (2019) [Issue #1000 architect; Defenders setup pages]
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Original Sins #5 (2014) ["How the World Works"]
S.H.I.E.L.D. #9 (2015) ["Dugan Lives!"]
Fury #1 (2023)
Secret Wars Too #1 (2015) ["Great Incomprehensibility"]
Strange Tales
Strange Tales: Clea, Wong & America Infinity Comic #1 (2022)
Strange Tales: Victor Strange Infinity Comic #1 (2022)
Strange Tales: Rocket Raccoon Infinity Comic #1 (2022)
Thanos Annual #1 (2018) ["The Comfort of the Good"]
Thor
All-New Marvel NOW! Point One #1.NOW (2014) ["Before the Truth Has Its Pants On"]
Loki: Agent of Asgard #1-17 (2014-2015)
Original Sin #5.1-5.5 (2014) [Co-plotted by Jason Aaron]
War of the Realms Omega #1 (2019) ["The Job I Have to Do," co-written with Jason Aaron]
Valkyrie: Jane Foster #1-7 (2019-2020) [Co-written with Jason Aaron]
Thor (Vol. 6) #24 (2022) ["What Comes Next"]
Thor (Vol. 6) #27-28 (2022) [Co-plotted by Donny Cates]
Thor Annual (Vol. 6) #1 (2023) ["Would You Know More?"]
Immortal Thor #1-ongoing (2023-present)
Venom
Carnage: Black, White & Blood #1 (2021) ["You Are Carnage"]
Free Comic Book Day 2021: Spider-Man/Venom #1 (2021) ["Like Father, Like Son," co-written with Ram V]
Venom #1, 5, 8-10, 13-14, 16-22, 24-ongoing (2021-present) [Issue #1 co-written with Ram V]
Free Comic Book Day 2022: Spider-Man/Venom #1 (2022) ["Seven Seals," co-written with Ram V]
Free Comic Book Day 2023: Spider-Man/Venom #1 (2023) ["January, 1940"]
Extreme Venomverse #2 (2023) ["The Sinister Secret of Black Cat's New Costume"]
X-Men
Merry X-Men Holiday Special #1 (2019) ["Home for the Holidays"]
S.W.O.R.D. (Vol. 2) #1-11 (2020–2021)
Cable: Reloaded #1 (2021)
X-Men Red #1-ongoing (2022-present)
Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1-3 (2023)
X-Men: Before the Fall - Heralds of Apocalypse #1 (2023)
Marvel's Voices: X-Men #1 (2023) ["The Man with No Shame"]
You Are Deadpool #1-5 (2018)
References
Citations
Sources
Al Ewing at Barney
External links
A collection of archived small-press work
Ewing goes to the Movies
(Note, only covers written speculative fiction, not comics)
The Fictional Man review
Interviews
Interview on 2000ADReview website (NB: Ewing is talking in an assumed persona)
The Man from Death Planet: Matt Badham talks with Al Ewing, Forbidden Planet, 13 May 2009
Interview with comics writer Al Ewing, SFX, 7 July 2009
Living people
British comics writers
1977 births
LGBT comics creators
British LGBT writers
British bisexual writers
Bisexual male writers
Marvel Comics writers