Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox comics creator Kieron Michael Gillen (Template:IPAc-en; born 30 September 1975)[1] is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for his creator-owned series such as Once & Future (2019–2022), Die (2018–2021), Phonogram (2006–2016), and The Wicked + The Divine (2014–2019), the latter two co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image. He is also known for numerous Marvel Comics projects, such as Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, and Young Avengers in the early 2010s and Star Wars comics in the mid-to-late 2010s including Darth Vader, Star Wars, and co-creation of the character Doctor Aphra who starred in her own ongoing spin-off comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra of which Gillen wrote the first 19 issues. He returned to the X-Men in the 2020s with multiple series during the Krakoan Age for the Destiny of X, Sins of Sinister and Fall of X storylines.
Gillen has won the British Fantasy Award twice for Die. He has been nominated for a Hugo Award seven times, once for The Wicked + The Divine, three times for Once & Future, and three times for Die. He also has been nominated five times for a GLAAD Media Award, winning once for Young Avengers.
Career
Journalism
As a reviewer, Gillen has written for publications such as Amiga Power (under the pseudonym "C-Monster"), PC Gamer UK, The Escapist, Wired, The Guardian, Edge, Game Developer, Develop, MCV/Develop, GamesMaster, Eurogamer and PC Format,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". as well as the PC gaming-oriented website Rock Paper Shotgun,[2] In 2000, Gillen became the first-ever video game journalist to receive an award from the Periodical Publishers Association, for New Specialist Consumer Journalist.[3] Gillen is a fan of the work of the video game developer Warren Spector, having written positive pieces on several Spector's games, most notably Deus Ex and Thief: Deadly Shadows, both produced by Ion Storm.
In addition to his work as a reviewer, Gillen has acted as a guest speaker at numerous video game industry conferences.[4][5] In video game journalism, he created the New Games Journalism manifesto.[6][7][8][9]
He co-founded the British video game journalism website Rock Paper Shotgun in July 2007.[10][11] In a September 2010 post at Rock Paper Shotgun, Gillen announced he was leaving full-time video game journalism to devote his time to comic book writing.[12]
Comics
2003–2013
Gillen's earliest work in comics was published in various British small-press anthologies and Warhammer Monthly. The Guardian highlighted that Gillen and the artist Jamie McKelvie "met in 2003 at a convention where Gillen was selling his first photocopied comics".[13] Between 2003 and 2007, Gillen collaborated with McKelvie on a comic strip for PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, entitled "Save Point", following up with the pop music-themed urban fantasy series Phonogram,[14][13][15] which was described by Gillen as his "first real comic".[16] Veteran comics writer Warren Ellis dubbed the series "one of the few truly essential comics of 2006."[17] The first issue, published by Image Comics, went on sale in August 2006, with the first series running for six issues. The sequel, a series of one-shots subtitled The Singles Club, launched in December 2008.[18]
On 14 April 2008, it was announced Gillen would collaborate with artist Greg Scott to expand on Warren Ellis' newuniversal series with "a story about killing the future" set in 1959.[19] That year, he authored Crown of Destruction, a Warhammer Fantasy comic.[20][21] Further Marvel assignments included a Dazzler short story and a Beta Ray Bill one-shot, which was followed by a three-issue mini-series.[22]
Gillen's workload at Marvel increased in late 2009. At HeroesCon, it was announced he would be writing a tie-in to the "Dark Reign" storyline, the mini-series Dark Avengers: Ares,[23] and, during the 2009 Chicago Comic Con, it was announced he would collaborate with Steven Sanders on S.W.O.R.D, an X-Men spin-off series.[24][25] Gillen took over Thor following a run by J. Michael Straczynski, writing issues #604[26] to 614.[27]
In late 2010, Gillen launched another X-Men spin-off Generation Hope that picked up plot threads from the end of the "Second Coming" storyline.[28][29][30][31][32] Gillen wrote the title for twelve issues before passing it to James Asmus.[33] After co-scripting a few issues of Uncanny X-Men with outgoing writer Matt Fraction, Gillen took over the series with issue #534.1.[34] His time on the title saw the book through the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, a renumbering to #1 in the wake of the "Schism" storyline, and a tie-in with the "Avengers vs. X-Men" storyline. After finishing his run with issue #20, Gillen penned a five-issue epilogue miniseries AvX: Consequences that dealt with the aftermath of that event.[35]
In 2011, Gillen returned to Marvel's Asgard with a run on Journey into Mystery (the original name of the Thor series, continuing its original numbering), starting with issue #622 and finishing with #645 in October 2012. As part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch, Gillen wrote two books: Iron Man (again taking over from Fraction) with art by his frequent Uncanny X-Men collaborator Greg Land, and Young Avengers with Jamie McKelvie.[35][36]
2014–present
Between 2014 and 2019, Gillen and McKelvie collaborated on The Wicked + The Divine.[37] This Image series won "Best Comic" at the 2014 British Comic Awards[38] and received multiple award nominations such as the 2015 Eisner Award for "Best New Series",[39] the 2018 Eisner Award for "Best Continuing Series"[40] and the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.[41] In 2015, the duo also returned to Phonogram after a long hiatus with the third and final volume titled The Immaterial Girl.[42][43][13] ComicsAlliance highlighted that there was a three year delay between the volume announcement and its release "as everyone involved had rightly become superstars, but it was more than worth the wait".[43] Gillen's other creator-owned work included Three (2013), a mini-series about the helots of Sparta,[44][45][46] and The Ludocrats, initially announced in 2015 as a collaboration between writers Gillen and Jim Rossignol and artist David Lafuente.[47] The series was eventually published in 2020 with art by Jeff Stokely.[48]
From 2015 to 2016, Gillen wrote the 25-issue Star Wars: Darth Vader series for Marvel.[49][50][51] This series introduced the character Doctor Aphra; Gillen had originally planned to have Vader kill Aphra during the story, but realized a way that she could escape and still keep the integrity of both characters.[52] Between 2016 and 2018, he wrote Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1–#13,[53][54] and then cowrote #14–#19 with Simon Spurrier.[55][56] Gillen also took over writing the Star Wars ongoing series in November 2017 with issue #38; his final issue was #67 in June 2019.[50][57]
Gillen and Stephanie Hans began discussing a collaboration on a creator-owned ongoing comic following their collaboration on Journey Into Mystery. While they started with a different idea, they eventually settled on an idea which would become Die.[58] It premiered in December 2018 and was published by Image Comics.[59][60][61] In September 2021, the series ended its run with twenty issues total.[62] Die won the 2021 British Fantasy Award for "Best Comic / Graphic Novel"[63] and it was a finalist for the Hugo Award in "Best Graphic Story or Comic" three times.[64][65][66] In 2018, Gillen announced that he was preparing a role-playing game based on Die.[60][67] Gillen developed the game and the comic concurrently; ideas he developed for one would then crossover into the other.[68][69] The hardcover edition of the DIE: The Roleplaying Game was released by British publisher Rowan, Rook and Decard in June 2023[70] following a successful Kickstarter campaign in May 2022 where the game was fully funded within 24 hours.[68][71][72]
Between August 2019 and October 2022, Gillen wrote the 30-issue creator-owned series Once & Future with artist Dan Mora.[73][74][75] This series was a finalist for the Hugo Award in "Best Graphic Story or Comic" three times.[65][66][76] In June 2020, Marvel announced that Gillen would write the limited series Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar, the first series in a line of Warhammer comics published by the company.[77] In 2021, Gillen and McKelvie reunited with Batman: Black and White #5 for DC Comics. GamesRadar+ highlighted that they "have worked together on-and-off for the past 17 years" and that the Batman short story was their "first major project together since the conclusion of The Wicked + The Divine in 2019".[14] Gillen commented that he started to do more "work for hire again" due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – "I didn't possibly think my brain could do creator-owned work, with everything that entailed. [...] So, I was certainly open to more work for hire (amongst other projects) and I've been enjoying it".[78]
Also in 2021, Gillen began writing the Eternals ongoing series, illustrated by Esad Ribić.[79] This culminated in the 2022 crossover event A.X.E.: Judgment Day which focused on conflict between the Avengers, the X-Men and the Eternals.[80] In March 2022, as part of the Destiny of X relaunch following A.X.E.: Judgment Day, Gilleon began writing the Immortal X-Men series with artist Lucas Werneck which focused on the Quiet Council of Krakoa;[81][82] this series built plot points for the 2023 event Sins of Sinister.[83][84] The final part of Krakoan Age of the X-Men, the Fall of X, began in 2023 following Sins of Sinister. Gillen is writer on multiple series in this era such as the ongoing Immortal X-Men conclusion, the limited series Rise of the Powers of X (January 2024) with artist R.B. Silva and the limited series X-Men: Forever (March 2024) with artist Luca Maresca.[85][86][87]
At Emerald City Comic Con 2024, Gillen announced a new Image series titled The Power Fantasy with artist Caspar Wijngaard and letterer Clayton Cowles; it is scheduled to release in August 2024. It will be set from 1945 to1999 and focuses on six super powered people that must never come into conflict.[88][89] On the creative origins, Gillen stated that "The Power Fantasy emerged in a similar way to The Wicked + The Divine. I was doing a book at Marvel, and became aware of exactly the sort of things I could do with the reins taken off. As The Wicked + the Divine was to Young Avengers, this is to Immortal X-Men".[88][90]
Awards and accolades
Gillen was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts by Staffordshire University in 2019 for his work both as a journalist and a comic book writer.[91]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Periodical Publishers Association | New Specialist Consumer Journalist | Template:N/A | Template:Won | [7][92] |
2010 | Eagle Award | Favourite Newcomer Writer | Template:N/A | Template:Nom | [93] |
2014 | GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Comic Book | Young Avengers | Template:Won | [94] |
British Comic Awards | Best Comic | The Wicked + The Divine | Template:Won | [38] | |
2015 | Eisner Award | Best New Series | Template:Nom | [39] | |
2016 | Inkpot Award | Template:N/A | Template:N/A | Template:Won | [95] |
GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Comic Book | The Wicked + The Divine | Template:Nom | [96] | |
2018 | Eisner Award | Best Continuing Series | Template:Nom | [40] | |
2019 | GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Comic Book | Star Wars: Doctor Aphra | Template:Nom | [97] |
2020 | GLAAD Media Awards | The Wicked + The Divine | Template:Nom | [98] | |
British Fantasy Award | Best Comic / Graphic Novel | Die | Template:Won | [99] | |
Hugo Award | Best Graphic Story or Comic | The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: "Okay" | Template:Nom | [64] | |
Hugo Award | Best Graphic Story or Comic | Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker | Template:Nom | [64] | |
2021 | British Fantasy Award | Best Comic / Graphic Novel | Die, Volume 2: Split the Party | Template:Won | [100] |
Hugo Award | Best Graphic Story or Comic | Die, Volume 2: Split the Party | Template:Nom | [65] | |
Hugo Award | Best Graphic Story or Comic | Once & Future, Volume 1: The King is Undead | Template:Nom | [65] | |
2022 | British Fantasy Award | Best Comic / Graphic Novel | Die, Volume 4: Bleed | Template:Nom | [101] |
Hugo Award | Best Graphic Story or Comic | Template:Nom | [66] | ||
Hugo Award | Best Graphic Story or Comic | Once & Future, Volume 3: The Parliament of Magpies | Template:Nom | [66] | |
2023 | GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Comic Book | Immortal X-Men | Template:Nom | [102] |
ENNIE Awards | Best Production Values | DIE: The Roleplaying Game Special Edition | Template:Nom | [103] | |
Hugo Award | Best Graphic Story or Comic | Once & Future, Volume 4: Monarchies in the UK | Template:Nom | [76] |
Bibliography
Early work
- Hit (with Brian Laframboise (#1–2), Natalie Sandells (#3), Jeff Coleman (#4) and Andy Dale (#5), webcomic, 2002–2003)[104]
- The first five episodes were published in print as a mini-comic compiled and distributed by Gillen himself.[105]
- The sixth episode (drawn by Wilson Hall) has appeared in Variance Anthology (Variance Press, 2004)
- Spectators (with Tim Twelves, short 3-page story published online via OPi8, 2002)[106]
- Panel Bleed (e-zine co-created by Gillen and Charlie Chu, 2002–2004)[107]
- Everybody Be Cool (column published at Ninth Art, 2002–2003)[108]
- Webcomics created solely by Gillen and published via Big Robot:
- Big Robots Cry Too (9-page short story, 2003)[109]
- Negativeland (photocomic, 2003–2004)[110]
- Warhammer Monthly (anthology, Black Library):
- "Herd Instinct" (with David Millgate, in #74, 2003)
- "The Chosen" (with Steve Pugh, in #83, 2004)
- Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine #42–89: "Save Point" (with Jamie McKelvie, half-page strip, Future Publishing, 2003–2007)[111]
- Variance Anthology: "Something's Wrong" (with Charity Larrison, anthology graphic novel, 105 pages, Variance Press, 2004)
- Commercial Suicide (self-published anthology — co-edited by Gillen and Alex de Campi):
- Commercial Suicide: "Minister Drill-cock!" (with Asif Khan, 2004)
- Commercial Suicide Volume 2: "Chimplants" (with Daniel Heard, 2004)
- Commercial Suicide Volume 3: "Ultimate Pol Pot" (with William Cogan, 2005)
- Chaos League (with Thomas Veauclin, free one-shot distributed with various gaming magazines, Digital Jesters, 2004)
- Homo Depressus (with Mark Nicoll, short 5-page story published online via Always Black, 2005)[112]
- Busted Wonder (with Charity Larrison, webcomic, 2005–2008)[113]
- Exterminus (with Charity Larrison, infinite canvas webcomic, 2005)[114]
- Short stories (drawn by Andy Bloor) in anthology graphic novels published by Accent UK:
- Zombies: "Zombies" (168 pages, 2007, )
- Robots: "Robot" (204 pages, 2008, )
- Western: "The Men Who Built the West" (192 pages, 2009, )
Boom! Studios
- Warhammer: Crown of Destruction #1–4 (with Dwayne Harris, 2008)
- Collected as Warhammer: Crown of Destruction (tpb, 112 pages, 2008, )
- Collected in Warhammer: Blood of the Empire Omnibus (tpb, 400 pages, 2008, )
- CBGB OMFUG #1: "A NYC Punk Carol" (with Marc Ellerby, anthology, 2010) collected in CBGB OMFUG (tpb, 112 pages, 2010, )
- Fresh Romance Volume 1: "First, Last, Always" (with Christine Norrie, story created for the tpb, 224 pages, Rosy Press, 2016, )
- Once & Future (with Dan Mora, 2019–2022) collected as:
- The King is Undead (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2020, )
- Old English (collects #7–12, tpb, 160 pages, 2020, )
- The Parliament of Magpies (collects #13–18, tpb, 160 pages, 2021, )
- Monarchies in the UK (collects #19–24, tpb, 160 pages, 2022, )
- The Wasteland (collects #25–30, tpb, 160 pages, 2023, )
Image Comics
- The Complete Phonogram (hc, 504 pages, 2017, ) collects:
- Phonogram #1–6 (with Jamie McKelvie, 2006–2007) also collected as Phonogram: Rue Britannia (tpb, 152 pages, 2007, )
- Phonogram: The Singles Club #1–7 (with Jamie McKelvie, 2008–2009) also collected as Phonogram: The Singles Club (tpb, 160 pages, 2010, )
- Each issue featured one or more short stories (named "b-sides" by Gillen and McKelvie) which are not included in the trade paperback collection:
- Issue #1 featured "She Who Bleeds for Your Entertainment" (art by Laurenn McCubbin) and "The Power of Love" (art by Marc Ellerby)
- Issue #2 featured "Wuthering Heights" (art by Emma Vieceli) and "The Singer" (art by Daniel Heard)
- Issue #3 featured "David Kohl: Phonomancer" (art by Leigh Gallagher) and "Control" (art by Lee O'Connor)
- Issue #4 featured "The Roses" (art by David Lafuente) and "Theory and Practice" (art by Charity Larrison)
- Issue #5 featured "Ska Attack Squad" (art by Dan Boultwood)
- Issue #6 featured "Your Song" (art by P. J. Holden) and "Altantis to Interzone" (art by Adam Cadwell)
- Issue #7 featured "The Queen is Dead" (art by Nikki Cook) + "Blood Mountain" (art by Becky Cloonan) + "30" (art by Andy Bloor) + "Once in a Lifetime" (art by Sean Azzopardi)
- Each issue featured one or more short stories (named "b-sides" by Gillen and McKelvie) which are not included in the trade paperback collection:
- Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #1–6 (with Jamie McKelvie, 2015–2016) also collected as Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, )
- As with the previous series, each issue featured one or more short stories which are not included in the trade paperback collection:
- Issue #1 featured "Everything and Nothing" (art by Sarah Gordon) and "Blurred" (art by Clayton Cowles)
- Issue #2 featured "The Ice Storm" (art by Jamaica Dyer)
- Issue #3 featured "Black Parade" (art by Christian Wildgoose)
- Issue #4 featured "I Hate Myself" (art by Julia Scheele) and "Come Out 2nite" (art by Luis Sopelana)
- Issue #5 featured "Shiny Black Taxi Cab" (art by Rosy Higgins)
- Issue #6 featured "Modern Love" (art by Tom Humberstone)
- As with the previous series, each issue featured one or more short stories which are not included in the trade paperback collection:
- This is a Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint & Shirley Lee: "Sweeping the Nation" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology graphic novel, 208 pages, 2009, )
- Liberty Annual '12: "Unleashed" (with Nate Bellegarde, anthology, 2012) collected in CBLDF Presents: Liberty (hc, 216 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2016, )
- Three #1–5 (with Ryan Kelly, 2013–2014) collected as Three (tpb, 146 pages, 2014, )
- The Wicked + The Divine (with Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown (#12), Tula Lotay (#13), Stephanie Hans (#15), Leila del Duca (#16) and Brandon Graham (#17), 2014–2019) collected as:
- Year One (collects #1–11, hc, 400 pages, 2016, )
- Year Two (collects #12–22, hc, 400 pages, 2017, )
- Year Three (collects #23–33, hc, 400 pages, 2018, )
- Year Four (set of two hcs, 510+170 pages, 2020, )
- The first volume collects #34–45 and four spin-off one-shots:
- The Wicked + The Divine: 1831 (with Stephanie Hans, 2016)
- The Wicked + The Divine: 455 A.D. (with André Lima Araújo, 2017)
- The Wicked + The Divine: 1923 (with Aud Koch, 2018)
- The Wicked + The Divine: 1373 (with Ryan Kelly, 2018)
- The second volume collects two more spin-off one-shots:
- The Wicked + The Divine Christmas Annual (with Kris Anka, Rachael Stott, Chynna Clugston Flores, Emma Vieceli and Carla Speed McNeil, 2017)
- The Wicked + The Divine: The Funnies: "The Wicked + The Canine" (with Erica Henderson) and "Secret Origin" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology, 2018)
- Also includes a number of stories from various other creators:
- "The Wicker + The Divine" (written and drawn by Lizz Lunney)
- "The Lost God" (written and drawn by Chip Zdarsky)
- "Gentle Annie vs. the World" (written by Chrissy Williams, drawn by Clayton Cowles)
- "Making a Difference" (written by Romesh Ranganathan, drawn by Julia Madrigal)
- "5 Things Everyone Who's Lived with Sakhmet Will Understand" (written and drawn by Hamish Steele)
- "13 Go Mad in Wiltshire" (written and drawn by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris)
- "Guilty Pleasure Song" (written by Kate Leth, drawn by Margaux Saltel)
- Also includes a number of stories from various other creators:
- The first volume collects #34–45 and four spin-off one-shots:
- Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas: "Critics" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology graphic novel, 336 pages, 2018, )
- 24 Panels: "Introduction" (with Sean Azzopardi; Gillen was also the curator of this project, anthology graphic novel, 112 pages, 2018, )
- Die #1–20 (with Stephanie Hans, 2018–2021) collected as Die (hc, 656 pages, 2022, )
- The Ludocrats #1–5 (co-written by Gillen and Jim Rossignol, art by Jeff Stokely, 2020) collected as The Ludocrats (tpb, 152 pages, 2020, )
- Image! #7–9: "Closer" (with Steve Lieber, anthology, 2022)
Marvel Comics
- newuniversal: 1959 (with Greg Scott, one-shot, 2008)
- X-Men:
- X-Men: Manifest Destiny #5: "Solo" (with Sara Pichelli, anthology, 2009) collected in X-Men: Manifest Destiny (hc, 200 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, )
- X-Men: Origins — Sabretooth (with Dan Panosian, one-shot, 2009) collected in X-Men: Origins (hc, 192 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
- Dark Reign: The Cabal: "The Judgment of Namor" (with Carmine Di Giandomenico, anthology one-shot, 2009) collected in Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (hc, 368 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2010, )
- S.W.O.R.D. #1–5 (with Steven Sanders and Jamie McKelvie (co-feature in #1), 2010) collected as S.W.O.R.D.: No Time to Breathe (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, )
- Generation Hope (with Salvador Espin, Jamie McKelvie (#5 and 9), Tim Seeley (#10–11) and Steven Sanders (#12), 2011) collected as:
- The Future is a Four-Letter Word (collects #1–5, tpb, 152 pages, 2011, )
- Schism (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2012, )
- Uncanny X-Men (with Greg Land, Carlos Pacheco, Terry Dodson (#535–538), Ibraim Roberson (#539), Brandon Peterson (vol. 2 #4), Dustin Weaver (vol. 2 #14), Daniel Acuña (vol. 2 #15–17), Ron Garney (vol. 2 #18) and Dale Eaglesham (vol. 2 #19), 2011–2012) collected as:
- Uncanny X-Men by Matt Fraction: The Complete Collection Volume 3 (includes vol. 1 #531–534, tpb, 336 pages, 2013, )
- Issues #531–534 are co-written by Gillen and Matt Fraction.
- Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (collects vol. 1 #534.1, 535–544, vol. 2 #1–3 and S.W.O.R.D #1–5, tpb, 504 pages, 2019, )
- Includes the X-Men: Regenesis one-shot (written by Gillen, art by Billy Tan, 2011)
- Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 2 (collects vol. 2 #4–20, tpb, 496 pages, 2020, )
- Includes the 5-issue limited series AvX: Consequences (written by Gillen, art by Tom Raney (#1), Steve Kurth (#2), Scot Eaton (#3), Mark Brooks (#4) and Gabriel Hernández Walta (#5), 2012–2013)
- Uncanny X-Men by Matt Fraction: The Complete Collection Volume 3 (includes vol. 1 #531–534, tpb, 336 pages, 2013, )
- Origin II #1–5 (with Adam Kubert, 2014) collected as Wolverine: Origin II (hc, 216 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, )
- Immortal X-Men (with Lucas Werneck, Michele Bandini (#4–5 and 8), 2022–2023) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #1–6, tpb, 184 pages, 2022, )
- Volume 2 (collects #7–10, tpb, 112 pages, 2023, )
- Volume 3 (collects #11–13, tpb, 120 pages, 2023, )
- Includes the X-Men: Before the Fall — Sinister Four one-shot (written by Gillen, art by Paco Medina, 2023)
- Volume 4 (collects #14–18, tpb, 120 pages, 2024, ) [upcoming]
- Sins of Sinister (hc, 344 pages, 2023, ) includes:
- Sins of Sinister (with Lucas Werneck, one-shot, 2023)
- Immoral X-Men #1–3 (with Paco Medina (#1), Andrea Di Vito (#2) and Alessandro Vitti (#3), 2023)
- Sins of Sinister: Dominion (with Paco Medina and Lucas Werneck, one-shot, 2023)
- Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter (tpb, 104 pages, 2009, ) collects:
- Secret Invasion Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill — The Green of Eden (with Dan Brereton, one-shot, 2009)
- Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #1–3 (with Kano, 2009)
- Dark Avengers: Ares #1–3 (with Manuel García, 2009–2010) collected as Dark Avengers: Ares (tpb, 192 pages, 2010, )
- Ultimate Collection: Thor by Kieron Gillen (tpb, 312 pages, 2011, ) collects:
- Thor #604–614 (with Billy Tan, Richard Elson and Doug Braithwaite (#610, 612, 614), 2010)
- New Mutants vol. 3 #11: "Hel's Valkyrie" (with Niko Henrichon, 2010)
- Siege: Loki (with Jamie McKelvie, one-shot, 2010)
- The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange: "The Cure" (with Frazer Irving, anthology one-shot, 2010) collected in Doctor Strange: The Flight of Bones (tpb, 192 pages, 2016, )
- World War Hulks: Spider-Man vs. Thor #1–2 (with Jorge Molina and Paul Pelletier (#2), 2010) collected in Incredible Hulks: World War Hulks (hc, 448 pages, 2012, )
- Captain America and Batroc (with Renato Arlem, one-shot, 2011) collected in Captain America: Allies and Enemies (hc, 136 pages, 2011, )
- Journey into Mystery (with Doug Braithwaite, Richard Elson, Whilce Portacio (#628–629, 631), Mitch Breitweiser (#632), Carmine Di Giandomenico (#637–638, 642–644) and Stephanie Hans (#645), 2011–2012) collected as:
- Journey into Mystery by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (collects #622–636, tpb, 392 pages, 2014, )
- Journey into Mystery by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 2 (collects #637–645, tpb, 456 pages, 2014, )
- Includes the Exiled one-shot and New Mutants vol. 3 #42–43 (co-written by Gillen and Dan Abnett with Andy Lanning, art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, 2012) as part of the "Exiled" inter-title crossover.
- Includes The Mighty Thor #18–21 (co-written by Gillen and Matt Fraction, art by Alan Davis and Carmine Di Giandomenico (#19–20), 2012) as part of the "Everything Burns" inter-title crossover.
- Avengers vs. X-Men (hc, 568 pages, 2012, ) and Avengers vs. X-Men: VS (tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ) include:
- AvX: VS #2: "The Amazing Spider-Man vs. Colossus" (with Salvador Larocca, anthology, 2012)
- AvX: VS #6: "Hope vs. Scarlet Witch" (with Jim Cheung, anthology, 2012)
- Young Avengers by Gillen and McKelvie (Omnibus, hc, 360 pages, 2014, ; The Complete Collection, tpb, 360 pages, 2020, ) collects:
- Marvel NOW! Point One: "The New World" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology one-shot, 2012)
- Young Avengers vol. 2 #1–15 (with Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown (#6), Emma Vieceli + Christian Ward + Annie Wu (#14) and Becky Cloonan + Ming Doyle + Joe Quinones (#15), 2013–2014)
- Iron Man:
- Iron Man vol. 5 (with Greg Land, Dale Eaglesham (#9–12), Carlo Pagulayan (#15–17), Joe Bennett, Agustín Padilla (#20.INH), Luke Ross (#23–26) and Cliff Richards (#27–28), 2013–2014) collected as:
- Believe (collects #1–5, hc, 136 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, )
- The Secret Origin of Tony Stark Book One (collects #6–11, hc, 136 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, )
- The Secret Origin of Tony Stark Book Two (collects #12–17, hc, 136 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, )
- Iron Metropolitan (collects #19–22 and 20.INH, hc, 136 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, )
- Rings of the Mandarin (collects #23–28, hc, 112 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, )
- Iron Man: Fatal Frontier (hc, 240 pages, 2014, ) includes:
- Iron Man: Fatal Frontier #1–2 and 10 (scripted by Al Ewing from a story by Gillen and Ewing, art by Lan Medina, 2013)
- Iron Man vol. 5 Annual: "Two Cities" (with Álvaro Martínez) — "Orbital" (with Agustín Padilla) — "By Moonlight" (with Marcos Marz, 2014)
- Original Sin #3.1–3.4: "Hulk vs. Iron Man" (co-written by Gillen and Mark Waid, art by Mark Bagley and Luke Ross, 2014)
- Collected as Original Sin: Hulk vs. Iron Man (tpb, 104 pages, 2014, )
- Collected in Original Sin Companion (hc, 968 pages, 2015, )
- Iron Man vol. 5 (with Greg Land, Dale Eaglesham (#9–12), Carlo Pagulayan (#15–17), Joe Bennett, Agustín Padilla (#20.INH), Luke Ross (#23–26) and Cliff Richards (#27–28), 2013–2014) collected as:
- A+X #5: "Loki + Mister Sinister" (with Joe Bennett, anthology, 2013) collected in A+X = Awesome (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, )
- Revolutionary War: Dark Angel (with Dietrich Smith, one-shot, 2014) collected in Revolutionary War (tpb, 184 pages, 2014, )
- Angela:
- Angela: Asgard's Assassin #1–6 (2014–2015) collected as Angela: Asgard's Assassin — Priceless (tpb, 136 pages, 2015, )
- The main story is written by Gillen and drawn by Phil Jimenez; the substory is co-written by Gillen with Marguerite Bennett and drawn by Stephanie Hans.
- Secret Wars: 1602 — Witch Hunter Angela #1–4 (2015) collected as Secret Wars — Warzones: 1602 — Witch Hunter Angela (tpb, 128 pages, 2016, )
- Gillen and Marguerite Bennett co-wrote the short segments in each issue — drawn by Marguerite Sauvage (#1), Irene Koh (#2), Frazer Irving (#3) and Kody Chamberlain (#4)
- Angela: Asgard's Assassin #1–6 (2014–2015) collected as Angela: Asgard's Assassin — Priceless (tpb, 136 pages, 2015, )
- Secret Wars: Siege #1–4 (with Filipe Andrade, 2015) collected as Secret Wars — Battleworld: Siege (tpb, 144 pages, 2016, )
- Star Wars:
- Star Wars: Darth Vader (with Salvador Larroca, Mike Norton (co-feature in #20) and Max Fiumara (co-feature in #25); issues #14–15 are co-written by Gillen and Jason Aaron, 2015–2016) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #1–12, hc, 296 pages, 2016, )
- Volume 2 (collects #13–25 and Annual #1, hc, 440 pages, 2017, )
- Includes the Star Wars: Vader Down one-shot and Star Wars vol. 4 #13–14 (co-written by Gillen and Jason Aaron, art by Mike Deodato, Jr., 2016) as part of the "Vader Down" inter-title crossover.
- Omnibus (collects #1–25, Annual #1, Star Wars vol. 4 #13–14 and the Star Wars: Vader Down one-shot, hc, 736 pages, 2017, )
- Star Wars vol. 4 Annual #1 (with Angel Unzueta, 2016) collected in Star Wars Volume 2 (hc, 288 pages, 2017, )
- Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (with Kev Walker, Andrea Broccardo (#7–8) and Emilio Laiso; issues #14–19 are co-written by Gillen and Simon Spurrier, 2016–2018) collected as:
- Aphra (collects #1–6, tpb, 2017, 144 pages, )
- Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel (includes #7–8, tpb, 152 pages, 2016, )
- Also collects the Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel one-shot (co-written by Gillen and Jason Aaron, art by Marco Checchetto, 2017)
- Doctor Aphra and the Enormous Profit (collects #9–13 and Annual #1, tpb, 168 pages, 2017, )
- Remastered (collects #14–19, tpb, 136 pages, 2018, )
- Omnibus (includes #1–19, Annual #1 and the Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel one-shot, hc, 1,240 pages, 2021, )
- Star Wars vol. 4 (with Salvador Larroca, Giuseppe Camuncoli (#50), Andrea Broccardo (#56, 61–62) and Angel Unzueta, 2018–2019) collected as:
- The Ashes of Jedha (collects #38–43, tpb, 2018, 136 pages, )
- Mutiny at Mon Cala (collects #44–49, tpb, 2018, 144 pages, )
- Hope Dies (collects #50–55, tpb, 2019, 120 pages, )
- The Escape (collects #55–61, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, )
- The Scourging of Shu-Torun (collects #62–67, tpb, 144 pages, 2019, )
- Star Wars: Darth Vader (with Salvador Larroca, Mike Norton (co-feature in #20) and Max Fiumara (co-feature in #25); issues #14–15 are co-written by Gillen and Jason Aaron, 2015–2016) collected as:
- Thanos vol. 2 Annual #1: "Exhibition" (with André Lima Araújo, co-feature, 2018)
- Collected in Thanos by Donny Cates (hc, 312 pages, 2019, )
- Collected in Cosmic Ghost Rider Omnibus (hc, 848 pages, 2021, )
- Marvel Comics #1000: "The Journey" (with Doug Braithwaite, anthology, 2019) collected in Marvel Comics 1000 (hc, 144 pages, 2020, )
- Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1–5 (with Jacen Burrows, 2020–2021) collected as Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar (tpb, 128 pages, 2021, )
- Eternals:
- Eternals vol. 5 (with Esad Ribić and Guiu Vilanova (#9 and 11), 2021–2022) collected as:
- Only Death is Eternal (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2021, )
- Hail Thanos (collects #7–12, tpb, 152 pages, 2022, )
- Eternals: A History Written in Blood (tpb, 112 pages, 2023, ) collects:
- Eternals: Thanos Rises (with Dustin Weaver, one-shot, 2021)
- Eternals: Celestia (with Kei Zama, one-shot, 2021)
- Eternals: The Heretic (with Ryan Bodenheim and Edgar Salazar, one-shot, 2022)
- Eternals vol. 5 (with Esad Ribić and Guiu Vilanova (#9 and 11), 2021–2022) collected as:
- Marvel's Voices: Pride: "Colossus" (with Jen Hickman, anthology one-shot, 2021) collected in Marvel's Voices: Pride (tpb, 184 pages, 2022, )
- Avengers/X-Men/Eternals: Judgment Day:
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day (tpb, 240 pages, 2023, ) collects:
- Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men: "Of Deviation and Mutation" (with Dustin Weaver, co-feature in one-shot, 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1–6 (with Valerio Schiti and Ivan Fiorelli (#6), 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Avengers (with Federico Vicentini, one-shot, 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day — X-Men (with Francesco Mobili, one-shot, 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Eternals (with Pasqual Ferry, one-shot, 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion (tpb, 224 pages, 2023, ) includes:
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day: Eve of Judgment (with Pasqual Ferry, one-shot, 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Death to the Mutants #1–3 (with Guiu Vilanova, 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Starfox (with Daniele di Nicuolo, one-shot, 2022)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega (with Guiu Vilanova, one-shot, 2023)
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day (tpb, 240 pages, 2023, ) collects:
Avatar Press
- Über:
- Über (with Canaan White, Gabriel Andrade (#12–14) and Daniel Gete, 2013–2015) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #0–5, tpb, 176 pages, 2014, )
- Volume 2 (collects #6–11, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, )
- Volume 3 (collects #12–17, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, )
- Volume 4 (collects #18–22, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, )
- Includes the Über Special (written by Gillen, art by Gabriel Andrade and Daniel Gete, 2014)
- Volume 5 (collects #23–27 and Über FCBD 2014, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, )
- Über: Sieglinde (with Gabriel Andrade, one-shot, 2014)
- Über: Invasion #1–17 (with Daniel Gete, 2016–2018)
- Über (with Canaan White, Gabriel Andrade (#12–14) and Daniel Gete, 2013–2015) collected as:
- God is Dead: Book of Acts Omega: "Alastor: Hell's Executioner" (with German Nobile, anthology one-shot, 2014)
- Crossed: Badlands #75–80 (with Rafa Lopez, 2015) collected as Crossed Volume 14 (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, )
- Mercury Heat (with Omar Francia (#1–3) and Nahuel Lopez, 2015–2017) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #1–6 and the Mercury Heat: Debut one-shot, tpb, 160 pages, 2016, )
- Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2018, )
- Cinema Purgatorio #1–18: "Modded" (with Ignacio Calero (#1–5) and Nahuel Lopez, anthology, 2016–2019)
Other publishers
- StarCraft: Frontline Volume 2: "A Ghost Story" (with Hector Sevilla Luján, anthology graphic novel, 192 pages, Tokyopop, 2009, )
- IDW Publishing:
- Love is Love (untitled one-page story, with Sarah Gordon, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, 2016, )
- Femme Magnifique: "Björk" (with Annie Wu, anthology graphic novel, 240 pages, 2018, )
- DC Comics:
- American Vampire Anthology #2: "England's Dreaming" (with Leila del Duca, Vertigo, 2016) collected in American Vampire Omnibus Volume 2 (hc, 928 pages, DC Black Label, 2022, )
- Batman: Black and White vol. 3 #5: "The Riddle" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology, 2021) collected in Batman: Black and White (hc, 312 pages, 2021, ; tpb, 2022, )
- Dynamite:
- James Bond: Service (with Antonio Fuso, one-shot, 2017) collected in James Bond: Case Files (hc, 152 pages, 2018, )
- Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt vol. 3 #1–5 (with Caspar Wijngaard, 2019) collected as Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt (hc, 124 pages, 2020, )
- Pros and (Comic) Cons: "The Oral History of the Thought Bubble Dancefloor" (with Julia Scheele, anthology graphic novel, 200 pages, Dark Horse, 2019, )
- The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: "Melody" (script by Gillen based on the concept by Cara Delevingne, art by Sean Phillips, anthology graphic novel, 352 pages, DK, 2021, )
Game design
- DIE: The Roleplaying Game (2023, )
- Die Scenarios Volume 1: Bizarre Love Triangles (2024)[117]
- Die Scenarios Volume 2: Love is a Battlefield (2024) [upcoming]
References
External links
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