Andy Lanning encyclopedia topics

Biography

Working primarily at Marvel Comics and DC Comics, Lanning's smooth, polished inking style—reminiscent of Joe Sinnott or Terry Austin—has been in high demand since the early 1990s. He has also pencilled on occasion—for instance, on his creation The Sleeze Brothers.

Lanning's highest-profile writing assignment was probably his and Abnett's 2000 relaunch of DC's title Legion of Super-Heroes.

Lanning and Abnett also collaborated on an ongoing Nova series for Marvel, which premiered in 2007. The duo previously authored a Nova miniseries as a tie-in for the Marvel crossover Annihilation, starring Richard Rider, now the only member of the Xandarian Nova Corps. This led into their piloting the Annihilation: Conquest storyline, and the core characters from this went on to form the new Guardians of the Galaxy.

Lanning teamed up with Abnett to write the latest incarnation of The Authority, with Simon Coleby on art, as part of the World's End relaunch of the core Wildstorm titles.

It was announced at Wizard World Chicago in June 2008 that Abnett and Lanning had signed an exclusive deal with Marvel, which they hope will give them time to work on the "cosmic" characters they have been dealing with, as well as more earth-based ones. The contract allows them to finish existing commitments, so they will be able to finish their fifteen issue run on The Authority. Their first major work following this will be "War of Kings", which depicts the "cosmic" aftermath of Secret Invasion.

Bibliography

The Sleeze Brothers (with John Carnell, Epic Comics, 1989-1990)

Judge Anderson: "Exorcise Duty" (with Dan Abnett, and art by Anthony Williams, in Judge Dredd Annual 1991)

Death's Head II (inks, with Dan Abnett, and art by Liam Sharp, mini series and ongoing series, Marvel UK, 1991-1993)

Digitek (with co-author John Tomlinson and art by Dermot Power, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel UK, 1992)

The Punisher: Year One (with co-author Dan Abnett, pencils by Dale Eaglesham and inks by Scott Koblish, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 1994-1995)

Resurrection Man (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Jackson Guice, DC, 1997-1999)

Batman: "Two Faces" (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Anthony Williams, one shot Elseworlds story, DC, 1998)

Superman:

"Prime Time" (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Graham Higgins), a 10-page short story in Superman 80-Page Giant #1 (Feb. 1999)
"The Superman Monster" (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Tom Palmer and Anthony Williams, one-shot Elseworlds story, DC, 1999)
Return to Krypton (with co-author Dan Abnett; Art: Karl Kerschl, DC, 2004, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84023-798-8)
Strange Attractors (with co-authors Gail Simone and Dan Abnett; Art: John Byrne, DC, 2006, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84576-249-5, DC, ISBN 1-4012-0917-3)

Legion Lost (inks, with co-author Dan Abnett, pencils by Oliver Coipel and Pascal Alike, DC, 2000-2001)

Star Trek: Voyager: The Collection (with co-authors Dan Abnett and Jeffrey Moy, and art by Drew Struzan, 2002, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84023-320-6)

Iceman (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Karl Kerschl, Marvel, 2002, ISBN 0-7851-0889-0)

iCandy (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Kalman Andrasofszky, DC, 2003-2004)

The Legion: Foundations (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Chris Batista, Chip Wallace, Leonard Kirk, Dave Cockrum, Tony Harris, Tom Feister, Paul Rivoche and Eric Wight, DC, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0338-8)

Majestic (with co-author Dan Abnett):

Volume 1: Strange New Visitor (with Karl Kerschl, collects Action Comics #811, Adventures of Superman #624, Superman #201 and Majestic 4-issue mini-series, 2004, DC, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0483-X)
While You Were Out (with Neil Googe, Georges Jeanty and Trevor Scott, collects Majestic #1-7, Wildstorm, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0850-9)
Volume 2 (with Neil Googe, Georges Jeanty and Trevor Scott, collects Majestic #8-12, Wildstorm, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0989-0)
Volume 3: Final Cut (with Neil Googe, Diego Olmos, Kevin West and others, collects Majestic #13-17 and Wildstorm Winter Special, Wildstorm, January 2007)