Bryan Edward Hill

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Bryan Edward Hill is an American author, screenwriter, musician, comic book writer, and graphic designer.

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Early life and education

Hill was born in Chicago and moved to St. Louis, Missouri as a child, where he attended the prep academy John Burroughs School.[ citation needed ]

Career

Hill was hired by Top Cow Productions to expand the Witchblade universe by writing the trade paperback Broken Trinity:Pandora's Box with former Top Cow Productions editor Rob Levin. [1] [2] Hill later wrote the book 7 Days from Hell for Top Cow Productions, [3] [4] and was later hired to adapt it into a screenplay. He also co-wrote Netherworld, a comic book, for Heroes and Villains. [5] [6] He co-wrote the comic book Postal with Matt Hawkins, which began publication in 2015. [7] He began writing it by himself at issue #12. [8]

In 2013, Hill began work on several feature screenplays, including the action-thriller Gone, sold to Universal Studios. [9] [10] He wrote the screen adaptation of the video game series Just Cause 2 (Square Enix). [11] [12] He has since worked on series such as Ash vs Evil Dead and Titans .

Hill has acted as a consultant on popular culture, narrative communication, and media consumption to PepsiCo, JP Morgan Chase, M&M Mars, Unilever, and Chiat/Day. Hill has written articles for the Thinktopia: NewIdeas Blog.[ citation needed ]

On June 27, 2018, Hill took over as writer for Detective Comics, for the DC character Batman, [13] for a five issue arc titled On the Outside. This arc set up for a new volume of Batman and the Outsiders written by Hill, released in December 2018, starring Batman, Katana, Black Lightning, Cassandra Cain, and Duke Thomas. [14]

In 2019 he began working with Marvel on a Killmonger miniseries. [15]

In 2024 he began to write Ultimate Black Panther with art by Stefano Caselli. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Into the 'Netherworld' With Writers Bryan Hill and Rob Levin, and Artist Tony Shasteen". MTV Geek News
  2. ↑ "PoP! Interviews Rob Levin and Bryan Edward Hill". Lee Rodriguez | Feb 25, 2010 | Panels on Pages.
  3. ↑ "First look: Top Cow's supernatural 'Netherworld'". USA Today. By Brian Truitt.
  4. ↑ "Pilot Season: 7 Days from Hell" Archived 2015-03-21 at the Wayback Machine . Comicbook Roundup.
  5. ↑ "Comic Review: Netherworld". Geeks of Doom.
  6. ↑ "Best Shots Advance Reviews: CHEW, LONE RANGER, More". Best Shots, 10 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Advance review:Postal #1". Comic Crusaders.
  8. ↑ Cunalata, Marco (April 15, 2016), "Matt Hawkins Interview," Comicsverse. Retrieved September 30, 2016
  9. ↑ "Universal Pictures has picked up the tough guy screenplay Gone, written by Bryan Edward Hill.". Geek Tyrant.
  10. ↑ "U picks up ‘Gone’ for Platt to produce". Variety.
  11. ↑ "'Just Cause: Scorpion Rising' Video Game Adaptation Taps Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  12. ↑ " Comic Writer Bryan Edward Hill Tapped to Adapt Just Cause". Spinoff December 14th, 2011 by TJ Dietsch
  13. ↑ "BryanEdwardHill on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  14. ↑ Sands, Rich (2018-08-22). "DC Comics launching new Batman and the Outsiders series featuring Black Lightning, Katana and more". SYFY WIRE. Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  15. ↑ "Killmonger Mini-Series by Bryan Edward Hill and Juan Ferreyra Takes Inspiration From Black Panther Movie". Bleeding Cool. 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  16. ↑ JESSE SCHEDEEN (October 16, 2023). "Marvel Comics Reveals the New Ultimate Universe - New York Comic-Con 2023". IGN. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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