Frazer Irving

Frazer Irving (born 1970) is a British comic book artist known for the series Necronauts, published by the British magazine 2000 AD. After breaking into the American market he has worked on a number of superhero titles, including a series of collaborations with Grant Morrison.

Career
A native of Ilford, Essex, Irving studied art at the University of Portsmouth, England, after which he took various temporary jobs in London.

He worked on Storming Heaven, a psychedelic tale based around Timothy Leary and Charles Manson (written by Gordon Rennie), and The Simping Detective and From Grace written by Simon Spurrier.

He has done illustration work for RPG companies like Wizards of the Coast, Hogshead Publishing and Guardians of Order, as well as small press publications like The End Is Nigh. He also does animations on Flash for advertising agencies.

Irving's style owes something to the art of Bernie Wrightson, but with a computer-driven edge. His work on Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy was commented by writer Grant Morrison as follows:

This led to further work for both Marvel and DC Comics, including the Iron Man: The Inevitable mini-series written by Joe Casey, and Silent War, a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans, written by David Hine. As part of the Battle for the Cowl storyline he provided the art for the Azrael mini-series written by Fabian Nicieza.

Irving is responsible for the artwork on the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential phase CD release of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series adaptation.

He also provided the art on an arc of Grant Morrison's Batman & Robin series for DC Comics, which was initially announced as following Philip Tan's arc, but was the pushed back to after Cameron Stewart's run on the series and was finally confirmed to be in the issues after Andy Clarke's stint, starting with No. 13, in addition to drawing the second issue of The Return of Bruce Wayne. Other projects include the X-Men one-shot which was part of Brian Reed's Timestorm 2009-2099, the first and last issues of Phil Hester's Days Missing for Archaia Studios, and the new Xombi series for DC Comics.

Covers only
• 2000 AD #1213, 1255-1256, 1259, 1302, 1325, 1330, 1377, 1498, 1621 (Fleetway/Rebellion, 2000–2009)

• Violent! #4 (Violent Press, 2001)

• Marvel Holiday Special '06 (Marvel, 2006)

• Sheena, Queen of the Jungle vol. 2 #4 (Devil's Due, 2007)

• The Darkness #74-77 (Top Cow, 2008–2009)

• Days Missing #2-4 (Archaia Studios, 2009)

• Azrael vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2009)

• Arkham Reborn #1-2 (DC Comics, 2009–2010)

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #10 (Boom! Studios, 2010)

• The Crazies #3 (Image, 2010)

• Batman Incorporated #6-7 (DC Comics, 2011)

• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents vol. 4 #2 (DC Comics, 2012)

• DC Universe by Alan Moore hc (DC Comics, 2012)

• Higher Earth #1-9 (Boom! Studios, 2012–2013)

• Extermination #1 (Boom! Studios, 2012)

• Bedlam #1-11 (Image, 2012–2014)

• Uncanny X-Men vol. 3 #2 (Marvel, 2013)

• Deathmatch #4 (Boom! Studios, 2013)

• Polarity #1-4 (Boom! Studios, 2013)

• Morning Glories #28 (Image, 2013)

• Batman Incorporated vol. 2 #5 (DC Comics, 2013)

• Clive Barker's Hellraiser: The Dark Watch #1 (Boom! Studios, 2013)

• The Multiversity: The Society of Super-Heroes #1 (DC Comics, 2014)

• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe vol. 2 #9 (DC Comics, 2014)

• The Returning #1-4 (Boom! Studios, 2014)

• Superman Unchained #6 (DC Comics, 2014)

• Darklight gn (Archaia Studios, 2014)

• Klarion #1 (DC Comics, 2014)

• Eternal #1-4 (Boom! Studios, 2014–2015)

• The Wicked + The Divine #10 (Image, 2015)

• UFOlogy #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)

• Arcadia #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)

• Oh, Killstrike #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)

• Broken World #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)

• The Fiction #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)

• Secret Wars: Captain Britain & the Mighty Defenders #1 (Marvel, 2015)

• Secret Wars: 1602 – Witch Hunter Angela #3 (Marvel, 2015)

• Klaus #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)

• Lucas Stand #1 (Boom! Studios, 2015)

• The Electric Sublime #1 (IDW Publishing, 2016)

• WWE: Then. Now. Forever #1 (Boom! Studios, 2016)

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vol. 4 #4 (Boom! Studios, 2016)

• Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #2 (Marvel, 2016)

• One Week in the Library gn (Image, 2016)

• Darkness Visible #1 (IDW Publishing, 2017)

• The Uncanny Inhumans #18-20 (Marvel, 2017)

• Star-Lord #3 (Marvel, 2017)

• WWE #4 (Boom! Studios, 2017)

• Ice Cream Man #1, 5 (Image, 2018)

• Kino #10-14 (Catalyst Prime, 2018–2019)

• Meanwhile... vol. 2 #9 (Soaring Penguin, 2018)

• Suicide Squad: Black Files #1, 3 (DC Comics, 2019)

• Tony Stark: Iron Man #7 (Marvel, 2019)

Role-playing games

 * Pantheon and Other Roleplaying Games (Hogshead, 2000)
 * Heaven and Earth Player's Guide (2nd edition) (Guardians of Order, 2001)
 * Nobilis (2nd edition) (Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 2002)
 * d20 Menace Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2003)
 * Eberron Campaign Setting (Wizards of the Coast, 2004)
 * Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual III (Wizards of the Coast, 2004)

Awards

 * 2001: Won "Best New Talent" National Comics Award for Necronauts (tied with Jock)
 * 2002:
 * Won "Best New Talent" National Comics Award
 * Won "Best New Talent" Diamond Comics Award
 * 2004: Won "Graphic Novel of the Year" Diamond Comics Award for Necronauts with Gordon Rennie

Interviews

 * Brief interview with Ninth Art circa 2002
 * REFLECTIONS: Talking with Frazer Irving, Comic Book Resources, 1 April 2007
 * Interview on the Bullpen Bulletins Podcast 2007
 * Videocast: Frazer Irving at the New York Comic Con 2007
 * Droid Interrogation: An Exclusive Interview with Frazer Irving on Gutsville, Batman & Robin, Days Missing… and More!, Hypergeek, 21 August 2009
 * Droid Interrogation: An Exclusive Interview with Frazer Irving on Gutsville, Batman & Robin, Days Missing… and More!, Hypergeek, 21 August 2009