Mike Carey (writer)

Mike Carey
Carey at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, 10 October 2010.
Born	Michael James Carey 1959 (age 64–65) Liverpool, England
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Lucifer Hellblazer X-Men Crossing Midnight The Unwritten X-Men: Legacy
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Mike Carey (born 1959) is a British writer of comic books, novels, and films.

Early life and career

Carey was born in Liverpool, England, in 1959 – describing his young self as "one of those ominously quiet kids... [who] lived so much inside my own head I only had vestigial limbs". As a child, he maintained an interest in comics, writing and drawing primitive stories to entertain his younger brother. He studied English at St Peter's College, Oxford before becoming a teacher. He continued to teach for 15 years before moving on to writing comics.

Writing career

After a series of one-off jobs for independent comics companies, including a biographical comic of Ozzy Osbourne and a fantasy about the band Pantera, Carey gained regular employment at 2000 AD, where he created the original series Th1rt3en and Carver Hale.

For the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics Carey went on to write the entire run of the Eisner Award-nominated comic book Lucifer, and issues 175 to 215 of Hellblazer, a run on that title only exceeded in length by Garth Ennis and Peter Milligan. He also wrote the original graphic novels The Sandman Presents: The Furies with John Bolton and Hellblazer: All His Engines with Leonardo Manco.

He is the ongoing writer of X-Men: Legacy working with artist Scot Eaton, plus Ultimate Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics.

He also had three recent Vertigo series that have wrapped up: Faker a six-part mini-series with art by Jock; a second graphic novel, God Save the Queen, with John Bolton, featuring Queen Titania, Oberon, Puck, Nuala and Cluracan from the Sandman and Books of Magic comics; and Crossing Midnight with Jim Fern. September 2006 saw the long-delayed debut of Wetworks: Worldstorm with Whilce Portacio for Wildstorm Comics. He is also one of the first authors on DC's Minx imprint for teenaged girls, his second Minx title being co-written with his daughter, Louise. The Unwritten premiered in May 2009, with art by Peter Gross and covers by Yuko Shimizu.

Carey at the DC Comics booth at the New York Comic Con, 10 October 2010.

In 2008 Carey worked on a number of different titles, including tie-ins to the "Secret Invasion" crossover storyline, that included an eight-page story in the one-shot anthology Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?, which features Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D., and a four-issue mini-series, Secret Invasion: X-Men. That same year he began writing Queen's Rook, the first of Virgin Comics' Coalition Comix on MySpace, where users could suggest ideas for a comic which would then get made. He also wrote "Dark Deception", a crossover story arc that appeared across X-Men: Legacy and Wolverine: Origins, and tied into X-Men: Original Sin, he retold the Beast's origin story in X-Men: Origins, wrote an Iceman story in X-Men: Manifest Destiny, a comic book adaptation of Ender's Shadow, and the Vertigo Comics series The Unwritten.

Carey's first prose novel, The Devil You Know, was released in the UK by Orbit books in April 2006, and as a hardcover in the US in July 2007. Its sequel, Vicious Circle, was published in October 2006, and the following three novels in the series, Dead Men's Boots, Thicker Than Water, and The Naming of the Beasts, followed in September 2007, March 2009 and September 2009, respectively.

Carey's first feature film, the erotic ghost story Frost Flowers, was reported in June 2006 to be in pre-production, with filming to begin that September under the direction of Andrea Vecchiato, but the project collapsed before production began and the script is in limbo. Carey is also working on the TV series The Stranded, the first co-production between Virgin Comics and the Syfy network.

In 2011 he wrote a crossover between X-Men Legacy and New Mutants titled Age of X. In August 2011, Marvel announced Mike Carey's final X-Men-Legacy arc.

In January 2014, he had another prose novel published which was titled The Girl With All The Gifts. It was released to critical acclaim and was later that year announced to be made into a film, which would go by the moniker She Who Brings Gifts.

Bibliography

Early work

Titles published by various British and American publishers include:

• Toxic! #30–31: "Aquarius: Promised Lands" (with Ken V. Meyer, Jr., Apocalypse, 1991)
• Malibu:
  • Ozzy Osbourne: "The Comeback" (with Tom Kyffin, one-shot, 1993)
  • Pantera: "Power in the Darkness" (with Trevor Goring, one-shot, 1994)
• Caliber:
  • Inferno #1–5 (with Michael Gaydos, 1995–1996) collected as Inferno (tpb, 144 pages, Titan, 2003, ISBN 1-84023-764-3)
  • Negative Burn #49: "Suicide Kings" (with Paul J. Holden, 1997)
  • Dr. Faustus (with Mike Perkins, one-shot, 1997)

DC Comics/Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics and its Vertigo imprint include:

• Lucifer:
  • Devil in the Gateway (tpb, 160 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56389-733-4) includes:
    • The Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1–3 (with Scott Hampton, 1999)
    • "A Six-Card Spread" (with Chris Weston, in #1–3, 2000)
    • "Born with the Dead" (with Warren Pleece, in No. 4, 2000)
  • Children and Monsters (tpb, 208 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-800-4) collects:
    • "The House of Windowless Rooms" (with Peter Gross, in #5–8, 2000–2001)
    • "Children & Monsters" (with Dean Ormston and Peter Gross, in #9–13, 2001)
  • A Dalliance with the Damned (tpb, 160 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-892-6) collects:
    • "Triptych" (with Dean Ormston and Peter Gross, in #14–16, 2001)
    • "A Dalliance with the Damned" (with Peter Gross and Dean Ormston, in #17–19, 2001)
    • "The Thunder Sermon" (with Dean Ormston, in #20, 2002)
  • The Divine Comedy (tpb, 192 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0009-5) collects:
    • "Paradiso" (with Peter Gross, in #21–23, 2002)
    • "The Writing on the Wall" (with Dean Ormston, in #24, 2002)
    • "Purgatorio" (with Peter Gross, in #25–27, 2002)
    • "Breaking & Entering" (with Dean Ormston, in #28, 2002)
  • Inferno (tpb, 168 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0210-1) collects:
    • "Inferno" (with Peter Gross, in #29–32, 2002–2003)
    • "Bearing Gifts" (with Dean Ormston, in #33, 2003)
    • "Come to Judgment" (with Peter Gross, in #34–35, 2003)
  • Mansions of the Silence (tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0249-7) collects:
    • "Naglfar" (with Peter Gross and Dean Ormston, in #36–40, 2003)
    • "Sisters of Mercy" (with David Hahn, in No. 41, 2003)
  • Exodus (tpb, 168 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0491-0) collects:
    • "Brothers in Arms" (with Peter Gross, in #42–44, 2003–2004)
    • "Stitchglass Slide, Part 1: The Weaving" (with Peter Gross, in #46, 2004)
    • "Wire, Briar, Limber Lock, Part 1: The Winnowing" (with Peter Gross, in #47, 2004)
    • "Stitchglass Slide, Part 2: The War" (with Peter Gross, in #48, 2004)
    • "Wire, Briar, Limber Lock, Part 2: The Widow" (with Peter Gross, in #49, 2004)
  • The Wolf Beneath the Tree (tpb, 160 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0502-X) collects:
    • "Neutral Ground" (with Ted Naifeh, in No. 45, 2004)
    • "Lilith" (with P. Craig Russell, in No. 50, 2004)
    • "The Wolf Beneath the Tree" (with Peter Gross, in #51–54, 2004)
  • Crux (tpb, 168 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1005-8) collects:
    • "The Eighth Sin" (with Marc Hempel, in No. 55, 2004)
    • "Crux" (with Peter Gross, in #56–57, 2005)
    • "The Yahweh Dance" (with Ronald Wimberly, in No. 58, 2005)
    • "The Breach" (with Peter Gross, in #59–61, 2005)
  • Morningstar (tpb, 192 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1006-6) collects:
    • "The Wheels of God" (with Colleen Doran, in No. 62, 2005)
    • "Morningstar 1" (with Peter Gross, in #63–65, 2005)
    • "The Beast Can't Take Your Call Right Now" (with Michael Kaluta, in No. 66, 2005)
    • "Morningstar 2" (with Peter Gross, in #67–69, 2005–2006)
  • Evensong (tpb, 216 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1200-X) collects:
    • "Fireside Tales" (with Zander Cannon, in No. 70, 2006)
    • "Evensong" (with Peter Gross, in No. 71, 2006)
    • "Untitled" (with Peter Gross, in No. 72, 2006)
    • "The Gaudium Option" (with Dean Ormston, in No. 73, 2006)
    • "Eve" (with Peter Gross, in No. 74, 2006)
    • "All We Need of Hell" (with Peter Gross, in No. 75, 2006)
    • Lucifer: Nirvana (with Jon J Muth, one-shot, 2002)
• The Sandman Presents: Petrefax #1–4 (with Steve Leialoha, 2000)
• Flinch #16: "The Wedding Breakfast" (with Craig T. Hamilton, 2001)
• Hellblazer:
  • 9-11 Volume 2: "Exposed" (with Marcelo Frusin, 2002, graphic novel, tpb, 224 pages, ISBN 1-56389-878-0)
  • Hellblazer:
    • Red Sepulchre (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0485-6) collects:
      • "High on Life" (with Steve Dillon and Marcelo Frusin, in #175–176, 2002)
      • "Red Sepulchre" (with Marcelo Frusin, in #177–180, 2002–2003)
    • Black Flowers (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0499-6) collects:
      • "The Game of Cat and Mouse" (with Jock, in No. 181, 2003)
      • "Black Flowers" (with Lee Bermejo, in #182–183, 2003)
      • "Third Worlds" (with Marcelo Frusin, in #184–186, 2003)
    • Staring at the Wall (tpb, 168 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0929-7) collects:
      • "Bred in the Bone" (with Doug Alexander Gregory, in #187–188, 2003)
      • "Staring at the Wall" (with Marcelo Frusin, in #189–193, 2003–2004)
    • Stations of the Cross (tpb, 192 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1002-3) collects:
      • "Ward 24" (with Leonardo Manco, in No. 194, 2004)
      • "Out of Season" (with Leonardo Manco and Chris Brunner, in #195–196, 2004)
      • "Stations of the Cross" (with Marcelo Frusin, in #197–199, 2004)
      • "Happy Families" (with Steve Dillon, Marcelo Frusin and Leonardo Manco, in No. 200, 2004)
    • Reasons to be Cheerful (tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1251-4) collects:
      • "Event Horizon" (with Leonardo Manco, in #201, 2004)
      • "Reasons to be Cheerful" (with Leonardo Manco, in #202–205, 2005)
      • "Cross Purpose" (with Giuseppe Camuncoli, in No. 206, 2005)
    • The Gift (collects #207–215, tpb, 224 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1453-3) collects:
      • "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" (with Leonardo Manco, in #207–212, 2005)
      • "The Gift" (with Frazer Irving, in No. 213, 2005)
      • "R.S.V.P." (with Leonardo Manco, in #214–215, 2006)
    • "With a Little Help for my Friend" (with John Paul Leon, in No. 229, 2007)
  • Hellblazer: All His Engines (with Leonardo Manco, graphic novel, hc, 128 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0316-7)
• The Sandman Presents: The Furies (with John Bolton, graphic novel, hc, 96 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-935-3)
• Batman:
  • Batman: Gotham Knights #37: "Fear is the Key" (with Steve Mannion, 2003)
  • Detective Comics #801–804: "The Barker: When You're Strange" (with John Lucas, co-feature, 2005)
• My Faith in Frankie #1–4 (with Sonny Liew, 2004) collected as My Faith in Frankie (tpb, 112 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0390-6)
• Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere #1–9 (with Glenn Fabry, 2005–2006) collected as Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere (tpb, 224 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1007-4)
• Crossing Midnight (with Jim Fern and Eric Nguyen, 2006–2008) collected as:
  • Cut Here (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1341-3)
  • A Map of Midnight (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1645-5)
  • The Sword in the Soul (collects #13–19, tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1966-7)
• God Save the Queen (with John Bolton, graphic novel, hc, 96 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-0303-5)
• Re-Gifters (with Sonny Liew, graphic novel, tpb, 176 pages, Minx, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-0371-X)
• Faker #1–6 (with Jock, 2007–2008) collected as Faker (tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1663-3)
• Confessions of a Blabbermouth (with Louise Carey and Aaron Alexovich, graphic novel, 176 pages, Minx, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1148-8)
• The Unwritten (with Peter Gross, 2009–...) collected as:
  • Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity (collects #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2565-9)
  • Inside Man (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2873-9)
  • Dead Man's Knock (collects #13–18, tpb, 160 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3046-6)
  • Leviathan (collects #19–24, tpb, 144 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3292-2)
  • On to Genesis (collects #25–30, tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3359-7)
• House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2: "Infernal Bargains: Just Say No!" (with Peter Gross, 2010)

2000 AD

Works published in the British science fiction-oriented comic 2000 AD include:

• Pulp Sci-fi:
  • "Eggs is Eggs" (with Cliff Robinson, in #1145, 1999)
  • "Doin' Time" (with Ben McCloud, in #1147, 1999)
• Tharg's Future Shocks:
  • "Inside Job" (with John Charles, in #1230, 2001)
  • "Right Back at Ya" (with John Charles, in #1287, 2002)
• Carver Hale (with Mike Perkins, in #1236–1240 and 1247–1249, 2001) collected as CH: Twisting the Knife (hc, 44 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-62-6)
• Thirteen (with Andy Clarke, in #1289–1299, 2002) collected as Th1rt3en (tpb, 96 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-36-7)

Marvel Comics

Titles published by Marvel include:

• Ultimate Elektra: Devil's Due #1–5 (with Salvador Larroca, 2004–2005) collected as UE-DD (tpb, 120 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1504-8)
• Spellbinders #1–6 (with Mike Perkins, 2005) collected as Spellbinders: Signs and Wonders (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1756-3)
• Fantastic Four:
  • Ultimate Fantastic Four:
    • Volume 2 (hc, 240 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2058-0) includes:
      • "Think Tank" (with Jae Lee, in #19–20, 2005)
    • Volume 4 (hc, 320 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2872-7) collects:
      • Ultimate X4 #1–2 (with Pasqual Ferry and Leinil Francis Yu, 2006)
      • "God War" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #33–38, 2006–2007)
      • "Untitled" (with Stuart Immonen and Frazer Irving, in Annual No. 2, 2006)
      • "Devils" (with Mark Brooks and Scott Kolins, in #39–41, 2007)
    • Volume 5 (hc, 288 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3082-9) collects:
      • "Silver Surfer" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #42–46, 2007)
      • "Ghosts" (with Mark Brooks, in #47–49, 2007–2008)
      • "Four Cubed" (with Tyler Kirkham, in #50–53, 2008)
    • Volume 6 (hc, 256 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3781-5) includes:
      • "Salem's Seven" (with Tyler Kirkham and Eric Basaldua, in #54–57, 2008)
  • Fantastic Four: The Movie (with Dan Jurgens, one-shot, 2005)
  • Marvel Holiday Special:
    • "Christmas Day in Manhattan" (with Mike Perkins, in '05, 2006)
    • "A is for Annihilus" (with Mike Perkins, in '06, 2007)
    • "The Meaning of Christmas" (with Nelson DeCastro, in '07, 2008)
  • What If?.. featuring FF (with Marshall Rogers, one-shot, 2006) collected in What If: Mirror Mirror (tpb, 152 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1902-7)
• X-Men:
  • X-Men (with Chris Bachalo, Clayton Henry, Humberto Ramos, Mark Brooks and Mike Choi, 2006–2007) collected as:
    • Supernovas (collects #188–199 and Annual #1, hc, 336 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2514-0; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2319-9)
    • Blinded by the Light (collects #200–204, tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2544-2)
    • Endangered Species (hc, 192 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3012-8; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2820-4) includes:
      • X-Men: Endangered Species (with Scot Eaton, one-shot, 2007)
      • "Chapter 1" (with Scot Eaton, in No. 200, 2007)
      • "Chapter 2" (with Mark Bagley, in Uncanny X-Men No. 488, 2007)
      • "Chapter 3" (with Mark Bagley, in X-Factor No. 21, 2007)
      • "Chapter 6" (with Mike Perkins, in Uncanny X-Men No. 489, 2007)
      • "Chapter 7" (with Mike Perkins, in X-Factor No. 22, 2007)
      • "Chapter 12" (with Mike Perkins, in New X-Men No. 42, 2007)
      • "Chapter 13" (with Mike Perkins, in No. 203, 2007)
      • "Chapters 16 and 17" (with Scot Eaton, in No. 204, 2007)
    • Messiah Complex (includes #205–207, hc, 352 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2899-9; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2320-2)
  • Wolverine: Firebreak (with Scott Kolins, one-shot, 2008) collected in Wolverine: Dangerous Games (hc, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3471-9)
  • X-Men: Divided We Stand (tpb, 136 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3265-1) includes:
    • "Danger Room" (with Brandon Peterson, in #1, 2008)
    • "Lights Out" (with Scot Eaton, in #2, 2008)
  • X-Men: Legacy (with Scot Eaton, John Romita, Jr., Billy Tan, Greg Land, Brandon Peterson, Mike Deodato, Jr., Ken Lashley, Marco Checchetto, Phil Briones, Dustin Weaver, Daniel Acuña, Laurence Campbell, Clay Mann, Yanick Paquette, Paul Davidson, Harvey Tolibao, Jorge Molina, Rafa Sandoval, Khoi Pham and Steve Kurth, 2008–2012) collected as:
    • Divided He Stands (collects #208–212, hc, 120 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3000-4; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3001-2)
    • Sins of the Father (collects #213–216, hc, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3002-0; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3003-9)
    • Original Sin (collects #217–218 and X-Men: Original Sin one-shot, hc, 144 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3038-1; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2956-1)
    • Salvage (collects #219–225, hc, 168 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4173-1; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3876-5)
    • Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (includes #226–227, hc, 368 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4233-9; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4234-7)
    • Emplate (collects #228–230 and Annual No. 1, hc, 112 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4020-4; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4115-4)
    • X-Necrosha (collects #231–234 and X-Necrosha one-shot, hc, 448 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4674-1; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4675-X)
    • Second Coming (includes #235–237 and Prepare one-shot, hc, 392 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4678-4; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5705-0)
    • Collision (includes #238–241, hc, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4668-7; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4669-5)
    • Age of X (collects #245–247, New Mutants #22–24 and Alpha one-shot, hc, 256 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5289-X; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5290-3)
    • Aftermath (collects #242–244 and 248–249, hc, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5635-6; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5636-4)
    • Lost Legions (collects #250–253, hc, 112 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5291-1; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5292-X)
    • Five Miles South of the Universe (collects #254–260, hc, 160 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6067-1; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6068-X)
  • X-Men: Manifest Destiny (hc, 208 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3817-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2451-9) includes:
    • "Pixies and Demons" (with Greg Land, in Free Comic Book Day '08: X-Men, 2008)
    • "Kill or Cure" (with Michael Ryan, in X-Men: MD #1–5, 2008)
  • Secret Invasion: X-Men #1–4 (with Cary Nord, 2008) collected in SI: X-men (tpb, 136 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3343-7)
  • X-Men Origins (hc, 192 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3451-4; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3452-2) includes:
    • Beast (with J. K. Woodward, one-shot, 2008)
    • Gambit (with David Yardin, one-shot, 2009)
• Ultimate Vision #1–5 (with Brandon Peterson, 2007–2008) collected as Ultimate Vision (tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2173-0)
• Legion of Monsters: Werewolf by Night: "Smalltown Girl" (with Greg Land, one-shot, 2007) collected in LoM (hc, 280 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2754-2)
• Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?: "Agent Brand: In Plain Sight" (with Timothy Green II, one-shot, 2008)
• Ender's Shadow (with Sebastian Fiumara, 2008–2010) collected as:
  • Battle School (collects #1–5, hc, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3596-0)
  • Command School (collects #1–5, hc, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3598-7)
  • Ultimate Collection (collects Battle School #1–5 and Command School #1–5, tpb, 256 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6338-7)
• The Torch #1–8 (with Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Patrick Berkenkotter, 2009–2010) collected as The Torch (hc, 200 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4631-8)
• Breaking into Comics the Marvel Way! #2: "Butterfly Blade" (with Shaun Turnbull, 2010)
• The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange: "Duel in the Dark Dimension" (with Marcos Martín, one-shot, 2010)
• Thor: Wolves of the North (with Mike Perkins, one-shot, 2011)
• Sigil #1–4 (with Leonard Kirk, 2011) collected as Sigil: Out of Time (tpb, 96 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5622-4)

Other publishers

Titles published by various British and American publishers include:

• 9-11 Volume 1: "In the House of Light" (with Mike Collins, graphic novel, tpb, 196 pages, Dark Horse, 2002, ISBN 1-563898-81-0)
• Dynamite:
  • Red Sonja #0–6 (with Michael Avon Oeming and Mel Rubi, 2005) collected as RS: She-Devil with a Sword (hc, 150 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-933305-36-3)
  • Untouchable (with Samit Basu and Ashok Bhadana, one-shot, 2010)
• Vampirella: Revelations #0–3 (with Mike Lilly, Harris, 2005) collected as Vampirella: Revelations (tpb, 88 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-910692-92-0)
• Wetworks: Worldstorm (with Whilce Portacio, Wildstorm, 2006–2008) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1–5, 136 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1375-8)
  • Volume 2 (includes #6–9, tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1639-0)
• Virgin:
  • Voodoo Child #1–6 (with Nicolas Cage, Weston Cage and Dean Hyrapiet, 2007) collected as Voodoo Child (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-934413-13-5)
  • The Stranded #1–5 (with Siddharth Kotian, 2007–2008) collected as The Stranded (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-934413-25-9)
• Negative Burn #14: "Red Shift" (with David Windett, Desperado Publishing, 2007)
• Thought Bubble Anthology: "The Timeless Genius of Leonardo" (with M.D. Penman, one-shot, Image, 2011)
• Rowans Ruin (with Mike Perkins)

Other works

Novels

• Felix Castor:
  • The Devil You Know (UK: 6 April 2006 & US: 10 July 2007)
  • Vicious Circle (UK: 5 October 2006 & US: 28 July 2008)
  • Dead Men's Boots (UK: 26 September 2007 & US: 23 July 2009)
  • Thicker Than Water (UK: 1 March 2009)
  • The Naming of the Beasts (UK: 3 September 2009)
• The Steel Seraglio (co-written with Linda Carey and Louise Carey; US/CAN: March 2012)
• The Girl With All The Gifts (UK: January 2014)

Short fiction and poetry

• now! and then! (an incomplete piece published in Murky Depths Issue 10 Winter 2009)
• In Thule with Jessica (poem in Xconnect vol. 6 #2)

Films

• Frost Flowers (unmade screenplay)

Mike's screenplay for “She Who Brings Gifts” appeared on the Brit List in 2014 The film is an upcoming British post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller film directed by Colm McCarthy. The screenplay was written by Carey adapted from his own novel The Girl with All the Gifts. The film stars Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine. The plot depicts a dystopian future following a breakdown of society after most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection and focuses upon the struggle of a scientist, a teacher and two soldiers who embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.

References

• Mike Carey at the Grand Comics Database
• Mike Carey at Barney

External links

• Official website
• Mike Carey at the Comic Book DB
• Mike Carey at the Internet Movie Database
• Mike Carey at Orbit Books
• Mike Carey chronological bibliography at Enjolra's World
• 24 Minute WebComic #1 and #2

Interviews

• "In Depth With Mike Carey: Marvel, Vertigo & More", Comic Book Resources, 3 January 2006
• Life After Lucifer (cached), April 2006
• Interview with Mike Carey on BookBanter, 15 September 2009
• Interview with Mike Carey on Marvel.com, 9 November 2006
• Get Carey'd Away With Mike: A Look Back At 2006, Comic Book Resources, 20 December 2006
• Mike Carey Celebrates The Present In "Re-Gifters", Comic Book Resources, 10 April 2007
• X-POSITION Week 19: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, 4 October 2007
• Mike Carey two-part interview at LiveWire Review, LiveWireWorld.com, 24 and 25 October 2007
• X-POSITION Week 28: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, 4 December 2007
• X-POSITION Week 36: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, 29 January 2008
• XPOSITION: Mike Carey's "Legacy", Comic Book Resources, 25 March 2008
• X-POSITION: Mike Carey Builds his "Legacy", Comic Book Resources, 10 June 2008
• Podcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008 – Part 1
• Podcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008 – Part 2
• X-Men Nation: Mike Carey on Professor X and X-Men Legacy
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Preceded by Brian Azzarello	Hellblazer writer 2002–2006	Succeeded by Denise Mina
Preceded by Warren Ellis	Ultimate Fantastic Four writer 2005–2008	Succeeded by Joe Pokask
Preceded by Denise Mina	Hellblazer writer 2007	Succeeded by Andy Diggle
Preceded by Peter Milligan	X-Men: Legacy writer 2006–2011	Succeeded by Christos Gage