Ed Hannigan Explained
Edward Hannigan (born August 6,[1] 1951) is an American comics artist, writer, and editor for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.[2]
Career
Ed Hannigan's first credited comics story was published in Marvel Comics' licensed Planet of the Apes #5 (Feb. 1975). His writing credits include work on The Defenders from issue #67 (Jan. 1979) to #91 (Jan. 1981).[3] Hannigan started as the series' artist but, while working on the story arc in issues #66 to #68, "I got in a pinch ... and asked [Hannigan] to help me," writer David Anthony Kraft recalled. "He felt self-conscious ... but I told him he'd be fine. He eventually got into it."[3] Hannigan found it too difficult to both write and draw the series, so by the end of the story arc he was working solely as writer.[3] As the artist on The Spectacular Spider-Man, Hannigan and writer Bill Mantlo co-created the characters Cloak and Dagger,[4] who appeared in a live-action television series on Freeform.[5]
At DC Comics, Hannigan redesigned the Brainiac character into a chromed, more robotic form.[6] [7] He pencilled the covers on Batman in a lengthy run that spanned the majority of 1983–1985 with Don Newton providing the interior art. Hannigan and writer Mike Grell launched the first Green Arrow ongoing series in February 1988.[8] The series began in November 1989 with the five-part "Shaman" storyline by Hannigan and writer Dennis O'Neil.[9] He both wrote and illustrated the three-issue prestige format series Skull & Bones for DC in 1992.
Personal life
Hannigan and his wife Heidi are the parents of Jean Anne, born in 1989.[10]
In January 2010, Marvel Comics and The Hero Initiative published Ed Hannigan: Covered a fundraising effort to assist with Hannigan's medical expenses due to multiple sclerosis.[11]
Bibliography
DC Comics
Marvel Comics
External links
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- Ed Hannigan at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Notes and References
- Web site: John Jackson Miller . Miller . John Jackson . Comics Industry Birthdays . . June 10, 2005 . Iola, Wisconsin . December 12, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays . February 18, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
- Web site: Ed Hannigan. December 28, 2007. Lambiek Comiclopedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20120506100120/http://lambiek.net/artists/h/hannigan_ed.htm. May 6, 2012. live. mdy-all. December 29, 2013.
- DeAngelo. Daniel. The Not-Ready-For-Super-Team Players A History of the Defenders. Back Issue!. 65. 10–12. TwoMorrows Publishing. July 2013. Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Book: DeFalco, Tom. Tom DeFalco. Gilbert. Laura, ed.. 1980s. Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. 2008. London, United Kingdom. 207. 978-0756641238. Cloak and Dagger's first appearance was written by Bill Mantlo and illustrated by Ed Hannigan. A socially conscious writer, Mantlo used the characters to address the problems of teenage runaways and the dangers of illegal drugs..
- Web site: Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: Olivia Holt & Aubrey Joseph Land Title Roles In Series For Freeform. Nellie. Andreeva. January 30, 2017. Deadline Hollywood. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728123516/https://deadline.com/2017/01/marvels-cloak-and-dagger-olivia-holt-aubrey-joseph-land-cast-title-roles-freeform-series-1201897410/. July 28, 2017. live. mdy-all.
- Book: Manning, Matthew K.. Dolan. Hannah, ed.. 1980s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. 2010. London, United Kingdom. 978-0-7566-6742-9. 202. Writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gil Kane chronicled Brainiac's evolution into robot form (designed by Ed Hannigan)..
- special features. DVD. Warner Home Video. 2007.
- Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 233: "Mike Grell continued the evolution of the character of Oliver Queen that began in 1987's Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters with an ongoing monthly series...The series featured pencils by Ed Hannigan, with covers by Grell."
- Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 241: "Written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Edward Hannigan, 'Shaman' helped jump-start this popular new title."
- "DCI with Johnny DC", Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4, #3 (January 1990).
- Web site: Exclusive Preview: Ed Hannigan: Covered. January 7, 2010. Comic Book Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013200802/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24328. October 13, 2012. live. mdy-all. November 21, 2010. Today, [January 7, 2010,] Ed is 58 years old and has multiple sclerosis..