Tony Bedard is best known for his work at CrossGen Comics, where he was under exclusive contract, and for his run writing Marvel Comics X-Men spin-off Exiles.
15 Facts About Tony Bedard
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Tony Bedard began his work in the comics industry by working at Valiant Comics as an intern.
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Tony Bedard then moved to an editorial position at DC Comics.
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Tony Bedard eventually moved into the Vertigo imprint where he edited several monthly titles, including Vertigo's longest running title Hellblazer.
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In 2001 Tony Bedard signed an exclusive contract with CrossGen Comics.
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Tony Bedard provided editorial knowledge to the company and took over writing CrossGen's launch title Mystic.
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Tony Bedard went on to co-create Negation with Mark Waid and wrote a number of series for Crossgen.
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Tony Bedard was writing the mini-series Negation War when CrossGen filed for bankruptcy.
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At the Wondercon Convention, Tony Bedard announced that he had signed on to a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics.
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Tony Bedard's first announced projects included writing portions of the new weekly series Countdown, a six issue arc on Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes and a four issue Black Canary mini-series.
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Tony Bedard was originally announced as the ongoing writer of the 2007 relaunch of Batman and The Outsiders, however he was replaced by Chuck Dixon due to his commitments to other DC series, including writing a months worth of Countdown scripts.
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In 2010 Tony Bedard became the ongoing writer for Green Lantern Corps starting with issue 48, coinciding with the beginning of the "Brightest Day" crossover event and in 2011 he launched the bi-weekly DC Universe Online Legends series co-written with Marv Wolfman.
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Tony Bedard left New Guardians when all of the Green Lantern books changed creative teams with the departure of Geoff Johns from the main title in May 2013.
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When DC relaunched the Sword of Sorcery fantasy anthology title in 2012, Tony Bedard wrote the first backup story, featuring Beowulf.
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In December 2013 Tony Bedard returned to Supergirl as the ongoing writer from issue 26.