Simon Oliver
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Simon Oliver | |
Birth name | Simon Oliver |
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Nationality | British and US |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | The Exterminators |
Simon Oliver is the writer of the Vertigo comic The Exterminators. As of now it is his only released work as a writer but he has said in interviews that he is working on movie scripts and other comics. One of those is a new graphic novel for Vertigo, a crime noir set on the Southern border[1].
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Growing up in UK Oliver mostly read European comics moving towards some American comics such as Watchmen in the late 80s. Then in the early 90s he lived the Third World for five years, cut off from comics and popular culture in general. Around 2003, while living in Los Angeles and working mostly as an camera assistant, he decided to give writing a try. One of the things he wrote was The Exterminators. Initial planned to be a TV series Oliver quickly realized it wasn't network material and so he took it to the comic book publisher he respected the most. The Exterminators was first published by DC Vertigo in 2006 as an ongoing monthly series.