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

Early life and education

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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

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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]

References

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  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" Archived 2018-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. 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"[permanent dead link‍]. 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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