Ashley Wood

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Ashley Wood
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Born1971 (age 53–54)
Perth, Australia
Area(s)Artist
Notable works
 Metal Gear Solid
Automatic Kafka
Popbot
Awards Spectrum Award (1999, 2002) [1]
Children2

Ashley Wood (born 1971) is an Australian comic book artist and illustrator [2] known for his cover art, concept design and his work as an art director. Wood initially worked in both the UK and international comic book industries, working on characters such as the British character Judge Dredd, before breaking into the US market, where he worked for such companies as Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Wood later worked for Image, creating graphic novels and cover art for the various Spawn properties of Todd McFarlane, and projects with IDW Publishing. [3]

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Wood generally works in mixed media, often combining oil painting with digital artmaking.

Career

Wood working with oil on canvas for Popbot #8 in his studio Ashley Wood.jpg
Wood working with oil on canvas for Popbot #8 in his studio

In 1991, Wood started work as the artist and designer for Alarum, a small independent press magazine. [4] The same year he held his first solo exhibition in Perth. He then moved to Cyclone Comics, which he helped Gary Chaloner relaunch. [4]

In 1993 he signed with Fleetway Publications, working on characters such as the British character Judge Dredd, [4] before breaking into the US market, where he worked for such companies as Marvel Comics on Ghost Rider 2099 and Generation X , [4] and DC Comics on The Invisibles . [5] Wood later worked for Image, creating graphic novels and cover art for the various Spawn properties of Todd McFarlane, and projects with IDW Publishing. [3]

Wood has contributed to both movie and TV projects. [6]

Working in conjunction with Konami [7] and Japanese producer/director Hideo Kojima to produce Metal Gear Solid comics. Wood assisted in creating one of the world's first digital comics for Sony's PlayStation Portable platform, the Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel . Following this, he also supplied art for the cinema scenes in the 2006 PlayStation Portable game Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops , Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , and for the comic book adaptation of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , which is receiving the same digital treatment as its predecessor.

In 2004, Ashley Wood and TP Louise formed 7174 PTY LTD., an Australian-based entertainment company. Operating from Australia on a global scale, 7174 is active in creating entertainment properties for the comic, film, toy, and video game industry among others. Ashley Wood is the creator of the Popbot and World War Robot series of graphic novels, Popbot is currently in film production with Resolution Independent and World War Robot is currently in pre-production with Disney Studios with Jerry Bruckheimer producing. Previous works include the graphic novel Lore which is currently in pre-production with Warner Brother's studio, with Barry Sonnenfeld directing initially; later, Dave Green was appointed as director, instead. [8] Another Wood collaboration Zombies Vs Robots is currently in pre-production with Sony Pictures, with Michael Bay producing.

In 2020, Wood started another partnership with Chris Ryall setting up a new publishing venture called Syzygy Publishing. [9]

Awards

Nominations

Works

Comics and trade paperbacks

Books

Art books

Toy books

Toys

Video games

Home video

Notes

  1. ↑ Ashley Wood Chronology– sfadb.com
  2. 1 2 3 "2002 Spectrum Awards" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine . The Locus Index to SF Awards. Locus . Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Wood's IDW news section Archived 20 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 4 Kerr, Joan (2007). "Ashley Wood". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ashley Wood". Lambiek. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. ↑ McNary, Dave (30 July 2009). "Bruckheimer gears up for 'War'". Variety .
  7. ↑ "Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Kit, Borys (28 August 2013). "Dwayne Johnson's 'Lore' Lands 'Echo' Director (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Reid, Calvin (22 July 2020). "Ryall Leaves IDW to Launch New Storytelling Venture". Publishers Weekly .
  10. ↑ "2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  11. ↑ (29 March 2007), "[www.comicsbeat.com/eagle-award-nominations-up/ Eagle Award Nominations Up]," The Comics Beat. Retrieved 20 December 2016
  12. 1 2 (29 March 2007), "[www.comicsbeat.com/eagle-award-nominations-up/ Eagle Award Nominations up!]," Comics Beat. Retrieved 13 December 2016
  13. ↑ "Artist of the Year: Official Nominations". Designer Toy Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

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