Frazer Irving
Frazer Irving (born 1970) is a British comic book artist known for the series "Necronauts", published by the British magazine "2000 AD". After breaking into the American market he has worked on a number of superhero titles, including a series of collaborations with Grant Morrison. Career. A native of Ilford, Essex, Irving studied art at the University of Portsmouth, England, after which he took various temporary jobs in London. He worked on "Storming Heaven", a psychedelic tale based around Timothy Leary and Charles Manson (written by Gordon Rennie), and "The Simping Detective" and "From Grace" written by Simon  Spurrier. He has done illustration work for RPG companies like Wizards of the Coast, Hogshead Publishing and Guardians of Order, as well as small press publications like "The End Is Nigh". He also does animations on Flash for advertising agencies. Irving's style owes something to the art of Bernie Wrightson, but with a computer-driven edge. His work on "Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy" was commented by writer Grant Morrison as follows: This led to further work for both Marvel and DC Comics, including the "Iron Man: The Inevitable" mini-series written by Joe Casey, and "Silent War , a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans, written by David Hine. As part of the Battle for the Cowl storyline he provided the art for the Azrael" mini-series written by Fabian Nicieza. Irving is responsible for the artwork on the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential phase CD release of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" radio series adaptation. He also provided the art on an arc of Grant Morrison's "Batman & Robin" series for DC Comics, which was initially announced as following Philip Tan's arc, but was the pushed back to after Cameron Stewart's run on  the series and was finally confirmed to be in the issues after Andy Clarke's stint, starting with No. 13, in addition to drawing the second issue of "The Return of Bruce Wayne". Other projects include the X-Men one-shot which was part of Brian Reed's "Timestorm 2009-2099", the first and last issues of Phil Hester's "Days Missing" for Archaia Studios, and the new "Xombi" series for DC Comics. Bibliography. Interior comic work includes: