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Antony Johnston (born 25 August 1972) is a British writer. He is known for the post apocalyptic comic series ''Wasteland'', his work on the Dead Space series of videogames, the graphic novel adaptations of Anthony Horowitz' ''Alex Rider'' novels, and his work with Alan Moore. ==Career== Despite an early interest in comics and role-playing games, Johnston started his career as a graphic designer. He began his writing career with work for role-playing magazines before the Mark Salisbury-edited ''Writers on Comic Scriptwriting'' (Titan Books, 1999) rekindled his interest in comics.〔(Official biography )〕 Drawing on his design skills, he now designs many of his own comics and graphic novels.〔("Getting Things Written: Job Sheets," by Antony Johnston ). Accessed 7 August 2008〕 In May 2001, Johnston was one of the three founding editors of NinthArt.com, an attempt at taking a literary and critical approach to the comics medium designed to act as a journal and aimed at "the discerning reader."〔("What Is Ninth Art?" by Antony Johnston, Alasdair Watson and Andrew Wheeler, May 2001 ). Accessed ''(via the Internet Archive)'' 7 August 2008〕 Between 2001 and 2004, he contributed a mostly-monthly Editorial entitled "Cassandra Complex,"〔("Cassandra Complex Editorials" ) by Antony Johnston at NinthArt.com (21 May 2001 – 30 April 2004). Accessed ''(via the Internet Archive)'' 7 August 2008〕 and for five years formed one-third of the infrequent "Triple A" discussions, including the last (on 19 June 2006).〔("Triple A" ) by the Ninth Art editorial board (Johnston, Watson & Wheeler) at NinthArt.com (11 June 2001 – 19 June 2006). Accessed ''(via the Internet Archive)'' 7 August 2008〕 His fiction debut, ''Frightening Curves'', was an illustrated horror novel with artwork by Aman Chaudhary, published by now-defunct Cyberosia Publishing in 2001. The book won the Best Horror Award in the 2002 IPPY awards at Book Expo America.〔(Winners and Finalists for the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2002 ), Independent Publisher〕 Johnston would also produce a graphic novel – ''Rosemary's Backpack'' – and a contribution to the first ''PopImage'' anthology for Cyberosia in 2002. In June 2008, Johnston held a Writing Masterclass workshop as part of the Thought Bubble Sequential Art Festival in Leeds.〔("ANTONY JOHNSTON WRITING MASTERCLASS 26 JUNE 6.30 – 8pm," 14 June 2008 ). Accessed 7 August 2008〕 Johnston "lives in northwest England with the loves of his life: his partner, Marcia, his dogs... and his iMac."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antony Johnston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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