21 Facts About Andy Diggle

Andrew Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of the weekly anthology series 2000 AD.

Andy Diggle is best known for his work on Adam Strange and Green Arrow for DC Comics as well as his creator-owned series The Losers and a run on Hellblazer for DC's Vertigo imprint, and for his stints on Thunderbolts and Daredevil at Marvel.

Andy Diggle became a regular reader of 2000 AD at the age of ten and started reading American comics after picking up an issue of Swamp Thing written by Alan Moore.

Andy Diggle graduated from De Montfort University with a degree in Media Studies, where he later returned to teach a part-time module on comics.

Andy Diggle began his career in comics as an assistant editor on Judge Dredd Megazine in 1997 and, after brief stints as the editor of Megazine and Sonic the Comic, took over the editorial duties of 2000 AD in 2000.

In 2001, Andy Diggle won the Eagle Award in the "Favourite Editor" category.

In 2002, Andy Diggle left his editorial position to become a full-time writer.

In 2003, Andy Diggle entered the American comic book industry with a Hellblazer spin-off mini-series Lady Constantine for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.

In 2004, Andy Diggle wrote the first six issues of a relaunched Swamp Thing ongoing series at Vertigo and made his DC Universe debut with an 8-issue limited series Adam Strange, following up with a creator-owned series Silent Dragon, drawn by Leinil Francis Yu and published via DC's Wildstorm imprint.

In 2007, Andy Diggle wrote the inaugural arc for Batman Confidential, an ongoing series set in the early years of Batman's crime-fighting career, reteamed with Jock for Green Arrow: Year One, a mini-series updating the origin of Green Arrow, and took over the writing duties of Vertigo's longest-running ongoing series Hellblazer.

Outside of DC, Andy Diggle wrote Gamekeeper for Virgin Comics, based on a concept by Guy Ritchie, and the webcomic prequel to the Bionic Commando video game after having been hired to script a playable test level during the game's development.

In 2009, Andy Diggle became the writer of Marvel's Thunderbolts, seeing the titular team through the company-wide storyline "Dark Reign" and a crossover with Deadpool.

In early 2009, Andy Diggle signed an exclusive contract with Marvel and became the writer of Daredevil following the departure of Ed Brubaker.

The crossover event, titled "Shadowland", ran for three months, with Andy Diggle writing the core 5-issue mini-series and co-writing the tie-in storyline in Daredevil with Antony Johnston.

Andy Diggle followed up on "Shadowland" with a 4-issue epilogue mini-series Daredevil: Reborn, drawn by Davide Gianfelice, with whom he subsequently reunited for the western mini-series Six Guns, his last work for Marvel to date.

In 2012, Andy Diggle returned to British comics with the first fully creator-owned collaboration between himself and Jock, Snapshot, originally serialized in Judge Dredd Megazine and subsequently reprinted for the American market, and a new installment of Lenny Zero, illustrated by Ben Willsher.

Andy Diggle announced his exit from the title shortly thereafter, one month before the release of his first issue, citing "professional reasons", with Tony Daniel taking over the writing duties.

In 2013, Andy Diggle began writing for Dynamite, starting with the paranormal crime series Uncanny with artist Aaron Campbell.

Later in the year, Andy Diggle announced his second creator-owned title at Dynamite, Control, to be drawn by Ben Oliver.

In 2018, Andy Diggle penned a one-off tale for DC Comics' Green Lanterns series and launched a new volume of Shadowman at Valiant.

Andy Diggle is married to Angela Cruickshank, with whom he co-wrote the crime mini-series Control.