Andy Diggle


Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD. He is best known for his work on The Losers, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Adam Strange and Silent Dragon at DC Comics and for his run on Thunderbolts and Daredevil after his move to Marvel.
In 2013 Diggle left writing DC's Action Comics and began working with Dynamite Entertainment, writing a paranormal crime series Uncanny. He is also working on another crime series with his wife titled Control that is set to begin publishing in 2014.

Early life

Andy Diggle was born and raised in London, England.

Career

Diggle took over editing 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine in 2000 and, as editor, was credited as having spearheaded a return to the "old school" values of 2000 AD. While at 2000 AD he wrote a number of stories, including the Judge Dredd spin-off Lenny Zero with Jock, with whom he would continue to collaborate after his move to American comic books. In 2001 he won the Eagle Award for "Favourite Editor."
In 2003 Diggle and Jock created Eagle Award winning and Eisner Award nominated series The Losers which was adapted in 2007 into a movie, directed by Sylvain White.
Diggle spent a total of five years under exclusive contract to DC Comics, for whom he wrote Lady Constantine, Batman Confidential, ', ' and Hellblazer. In 2012, his writing on Green Arrow:Year One was acknowledged by the showrunners of The CW series Arrow, who drew inspiration from Diggle's comic series, with the naming of an original character for the show as John Diggle, in honour of Diggle.
This was followed by Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper, which was shortly thereafter optioned by Warner Bros, for Virgin Comics.
panel at the 2013 New York Comic Con. To Diggle's left are Dennis Calero and Matt Wagner.
Diggle also wrote the webcomic prequel to the Bionic Commando game, after having been hired by Capcom to script a playable test level during game development.
In 2008, Andy Diggle was announced as the new writer of Thunderbolts, his first work at Marvel Comics since his Punisher one-shot. The changes in the Thunderbolts were part of the "Secret Invasion" aftermath storyline, the "Dark Reign" storyline, for which Diggle also wrote a tie-in miniseries, Dark Reign: Hawkeye.
Diggle signed an exclusive deal with Marvel early in 2009 and would go on to take over the writing of Daredevil after Ed Brubaker's departure in issue #500, wrote Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil and the main limited series in the Daredevil storyline Shadowland. He was subsequently announced as the primary writer accompanying artist Tony Daniel on Action Comics issue #19 in May 2013, following writer Grant Morrison's departure. However, Diggle left the title with only one issue completed, with Daniel taking on full scripting and art duties for the two following issues completing the three part story arc "Hybrid".
In 2013 Diggle began writing a paranormal crime comic titled Uncanny for Dynamite Entertainment as part of their crime line of comics. In October 2013, he and his wife announced that they would write a second series called Control that would feature "hard-hitting crime" stories.

As a writer

Rebellion

Diggle edited Sonic the Comic before becoming assistant editor of 2000 AD. After serving a brief stint as editor of the Judge Dredd Megazine in 2000, he returned to 2000 AD as its editor from 2000 to 2002.