David Lawrence is an American writer most notable for his work in
comics
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.
Early career in comics
Lawrence began working professionally in the field in the mid-1980s with a number of super-hero and post-apocalyptic themes for
Eternity,
Amazing
Amazing may refer to:
Music Performers
* The Amazing, a Swedish indie rock band
Albums
* ''Amazing'' (Banaroo album), 2006
* ''Amazing'' (Elkie Brooks album), 1996
* ''Amazing'' (Marcia Hines album) or the title song, 2014
* ''Amazin'' (Tr ...
and
Pied Piper Comics. His most successful series was ''
Ex-Mutants'', which he co-created with artist
Ron Lim.
Ex-Mutants spawned several spin-off series, none of which achieved the same level of popularity. These included the ''
New Humans
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
'', ''
Wild Knights'' and ''
Solo Ex-Mutants
Solo or SOLO may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Comics
* ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series
* Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics
Characters
* Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character
* Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''S ...
''. He also wrote for several super-hero series at
Innovation Comics, including ''
Justice Machine'' and ''
Hero Alliance''. He was co-creator of the series ''
Lunatic Fringe''.
Current
Lawrence is currently the managing editor of Dabel Brothers Publishing. Current projects include overseeing adaptations of
Jim Butcher's ''
Dresden Files'' and
Robert Jordan's ''
Wheel of Time'' and a new adventure in
George RR Martin's ''
Wild Cards'' series. He is also scripting ''Mercy Thompson: Homecoming'' along with novelist
Patricia Briggs, and ''Cry Wolf'', another Briggs adaptation. In talking about the comic, Lawrence says, ''Cry Wolf'' is the first novel in Patty's
Alpha and Omega
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series. The series takes its name from Charles Cornick, an Alpha, who is the son of the Marrok and is his right-hand man. Anna Latham is the Omega. She was turned into a werewolf against her will under orders of the rogue leader of a Chicago wolf pack."
[Forsythe, Elisabet]
"Dabel Brothers’ David Lawrence Talks Patricia Briggs’ ''Cry Wolf'',"
Things From Another World (July 1, 2009). Accessed July 8, 2009.
References
American comics writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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