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'''Nick Abadzis''' is a [[UK|British]] [[cartoonist]], [[comic book]] writer, and [[graphic novelist]]. He lives in [[London]]. Of [[Greek]] and British parentage and raised in [[Sweden]], [[England]] and [[Switzerland]], Abadzis is British by nationality. In 1987, he secured a job at [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics’]] UK publishing branch where he was, at that time, the youngest-ever editor. Abadzis went freelance in 1988 when his career as a cartoonist took off in the pages of legendary UK comics and music magazine ''[[Deadline magazine|Deadline]]''. Here he created two of his best-known characters, [[Hugo Tate]], a [[stick figure|stick-man]] lost in a figuratively drawn world, and the [[shapeshifting]] Mr. Pleebus, who later starred in his own series of [[children’s books]].
'''Nick Abadzis''' is a [[UK|British]] [[cartoonist]], [[comic book]] writer, and [[graphic novelist]]. He lives in [[London]]. Of [[Greek people|Greek]] and British parentage and raised in [[Sweden]], [[England]] and [[Switzerland]], Abadzis is British by nationality. In 1987, he secured a job at [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics’]] UK publishing branch where he was, at that time, the youngest-ever editor. Abadzis went freelance in 1988 when his career as a cartoonist took off in the pages of legendary UK comics and music magazine ''[[Deadline magazine|Deadline]]''. Here he created two of his best-known characters, [[Hugo Tate]], a [[stick figure|stick-man]] lost in a figuratively drawn world, and the [[shapeshifting]] Mr. Pleebus, who later starred in his own series of [[children’s books]].


His series ''Hugo Tate'' ran in ''Deadline'' magazine from 1988 to 1994. Some of this series was collected as ''Hugo Tate: O, America'' in 1993, which won in 1994 a UK Comic Art Award for best graphic novel.
His series ''Hugo Tate'' ran in ''Deadline'' magazine from 1988 to 1994. Some of this series was collected as ''Hugo Tate: O, America'' in 1993, which won in 1994 a UK Comic Art Award for best graphic novel.
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*[http://nickabadzis.my-expressions.com/ Blog]
*[http://nickabadzis.my-expressions.com/ Blog]
*[http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/118838530248949.htm Review of ''Laika''], [[Silver Bullet Comic Books]]
*[http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/118838530248949.htm Review of ''Laika''], [[Silver Bullet Comic Books]]

==Reviews for ''Laika''==
*[http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6496987.html Publisher’s Weekly]
*[http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/reviews/reviewsLaika.html
Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and other trade journals]
*[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2216478,00.html#article_continue The Observer]
*[http://www.nypress.com/20/38/abouttown/bookreview1.cfm
New York Press]
*[http://www.thespacereview.com/article/949/1 The Space Review]
*[http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/50013005.html School Library Journal]
*[http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/19/laika-graphic-novel.html Boing Boing]
*[http://www.newsaramablog.com/2006/07/20/mignolas-con-exclusive-pans-labyrinth-poster/?p=5251 Newsarama]
*[http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33366 Aint It Cool (Scroll down)]
*[http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/118838530248949.htm Silver Bullet]
*[http://www.undressmerobot.com/umr1187632091.html?PHPSESSID=bc84a12113276732cb1118129e974a04 Undress Me Robot]
*[http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2007/08/03/laika/ Read About Comics]


===Interviews===
===Interviews===

Revision as of 00:27, 2 December 2007

Nick Abadzis
Self-portrait
Nationality
British
Area(s)Writer, Penciler, Inker, Lettterer
Pseudonym(s)The Spock Whitney Quintet, Brian, Dougal & Mr Rusty[1]; Your Mum
Notable works
Laika

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Nick Abadzis is a British cartoonist, comic book writer, and graphic novelist. He lives in London. Of Greek and British parentage and raised in Sweden, England and Switzerland, Abadzis is British by nationality. In 1987, he secured a job at Marvel Comics’ UK publishing branch where he was, at that time, the youngest-ever editor. Abadzis went freelance in 1988 when his career as a cartoonist took off in the pages of legendary UK comics and music magazine Deadline. Here he created two of his best-known characters, Hugo Tate, a stick-man lost in a figuratively drawn world, and the shapeshifting Mr. Pleebus, who later starred in his own series of children’s books.

His series Hugo Tate ran in Deadline magazine from 1988 to 1994. Some of this series was collected as Hugo Tate: O, America in 1993, which won in 1994 a UK Comic Art Award for best graphic novel.

His graphic novel, Laika, about the eponymous dog, the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit, was published in 2007.

Abadzis also worked as a newspaper cartoonist on The Sunday Correspondent (now defunct), and as a freelance illustrator and comics writer and as a development and consultant editor on a range of best-selling children’s magazines for various British publishers. He has also moonlighted as a TV writer for the children’s animated show, Bob the Builder.

Bibliography

2000 AD

  • Darkness Visible (Writer: Nick Abadzis / Art: John Ridgway with color by Gina Hart) Progs 975 – 980.
  • Tharg’s Terror Tales – “The Operatives” (Writer: Nick Abadzis / Art: Paul Johnson) Winter Special, 1994
  • 2000AD Alternity Winter Special, 1995 – “The Big Fight.”
  • Tharg's Terror Tales (script, with Paul Johnson):
    • "The Operatives" (in 2000 AD Winter Special, 1994)
    • "The Devil you know" (in 2000 AD #936, 1995)
  • Rogue Trooper (Friday): "Mind Bombs" (art, with Steve White and Edmund Perryman, in 2000 AD #937-939, 1995)
  • Vector 13:
    • "Case Three: Circle of Evil" (script, with Kevin Cullen, in 2000 AD #953, 1995)
    • "Case Eleven: Imaginary Friend" (script, with Paul Johnson, in 2000 AD #998-999, 1996)
    • "Case Two: It's Good to Talk" (script, with Sean Phillips, in 2000 AD #1025, 1997)

Revolver

  • Revolver Horror Special, 1989
  • The Head (Writer: Nick Abadzis / Art: Edmund Bagwell, nee Perryman)

DC/Vertigo

Millennium Fever (four-issue mini-series 1994-95 (Writer: Nick Abadzis / Art: Duncan Fegredo)[2]

The Pleebus Planet Books

  • The Amazing Mr Pleebus (1996) (Writer, illustrator) (Orchard Books, reissued by Rising Trout Press, in 2001).
  • The Freaky Beastie of Hill Road School (1997) (Writer, illustrator) (Orchard Books, reissued by Rising Trout Press, in 2001).
  • The Magic Skateboard (1998) (Writer, illustrator) (Orchard Books, reissued by Rising Trout Press, in 2001).
  • Voyage to Planet Voon (1999) (Writer, illustrator) (Orchard Books).

Other

  • The Dangerous Planet (1999), (Writer, illustrator) 48-page graphic novel Heinemann (now Harcourt Education).
  • The Pyramid of Doom (2000), (Writer, illustrator) 48-page graphic novel Heinemann (now Harcourt Education).
  • The Dog From Outer Space (2001), Heinemann (now Harcourt Education); published in the USA by Rigby.
  • "The big voice" (script, with Edmund Perryman, in Crisis #63, 1991)
  • Doctor Who: "The Betrothal of Sontar" (with co-author John Tomlinson, and art by Mike Collins, in Doctor Who Magazine #365-367, 2006)
  • Laika (First Second Publishing, graphic novel, 2007)

References

Reviews for Laika

Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and other trade journals]

New York Press]

Interviews

  1. ^ All one pseudonym, according to Nick Abadzis.
  2. ^ http://www.collectorz.com/connect/comics/millennium-fever/
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