Simon Spurrier is a British comics writer, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller and an art director for the BBC.
Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for 2000 AD, like Lobster Random, Bec & Kawl, The Simping Detective and Harry Kipling, as well as a number of stories for the flagship character Judge Dredd. In recent years he has broken into the American comic book industry, writing mainly for Marvel Comics.
Simon has also written a number of novels, initially on other people's properties but in 2006 he signed a two-book contract with Hodder Headline, the first of which was 2007's Contract.
He writes mainly for the British comic 2000 AD but has also written comic-strips for the anthology Warhammer Monthly, as well as contributing written articles, stories and reviews to the Judge Dredd Megazine. He is the creator of Lobster Random (with Carl Critchlow), The Simping Detective (with Frazer Irving), From Grace (also with Irving), Zancudo (a belated follow-up to Ant Wars) with Cam Kennedy and Bec & Kawl (with Steve Roberts).
Spurrier has done a number of work for hire books, writing one 2000 AD themed novel for Black Flame press, and three science fiction novels for the Black Library, as well as an upcoming book for Abaddon Books. In May 2006 he signed a two-book contract with Hodder Headline. The first novel, a "post-pulp" occult-crime-comedy, is titled Contract. A limited edition hardback was released in May 2007, and the mass-market paperback is published on the 4th October 2007.
Recently he has created Gutsville with Frazer Irving and Silver Surfer: In Thy Name.
Recent projects include more work for Marvel like Ghost Rider Annual #2, the one-shot "Wolverine: Dangerous Game," Ghost Rider mini-series with Javier Saltares, "Conqueror" a newuniversal one-shot and Punisher War Journal Annual #1. He also wrote a short story for Dark Horse Presents called "In Fetu."
"The Burning Red" (with PJ Holden, in Zarjaz vol. 1 #1, 2001)
"Catching the Rads" (with Darren Chandler, in Zarjaz vol. 1 #1, 2001)
Tharg's Future Shocks:
"Old Red" (with Staz Johnson, in 2000 AD #1232, 2001)
"Given to Fly" (with Cam Smith, in 2000 AD #1257, 2001)
"Alpha Team" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1262)
"Sex Machine" (with Boo Cook, in 2000 AD #1264)
"Spare Parts" (with Richard Elson, in 2000 AD #1267)
"Hormones" (with Nigel Raynor, in 2000 AD #1279, 2002)
"Celestial Bodies" (with Shaun Bryan, in 2000 AD #1294, 2002)
"Tadfraggers" (with Gary Crutchley, in 2000 AD #1369, 2003)
Tharg's Terror Tales: "Snacks of Doom" (with Neil Edwards, in 2000 AD #1282, 2002)
Bec & Kawl (with Steve Roberts):
"and the Mystical Mentalist Menace!" (in 2000 AD #1290-1291, 2002)
"Beccy Miller's Diary" (in 2000 AD #1292-1293, 2002)
"Enlightenment" (in 2000 AD #1327, 2003)
"eeevil.com" (in 2000 AD #1328-1330, 2003)
"Pest Control" (in 2000 AD #1351-1354, 2003)
"Toothache" (in 2000 AD #1383-1386, 2004)
"Hell To Pay" (in 2000 AD #1401-1404, 2004)
"Attack of the Cones" (in 2000 AD #1437-1440, 2005)
"Freakshow" (in 2000 AD #1477-1481, 2006)
The Scrap (with Richard Elson, in 2000 AD #1308-1312, 2002)
Past Imperfect:
"Red Man Rising" (with Ian Richardson, in 2000 AD #1314, 2002)
"Warts 'n all" (with David Roach, in 2000 AD #1317, 2002)
Lobster Random (with Carl Critchlow):
"No Gain, No Pain" (in 2000 AD #1342-1349, 2003 ISBN 1-904265-63-4)
"Tooth and Claw" (in 2000 AD #1411-1419, 2004)
"The Agony & The Ecstasy" (in 2000 AD #1482-1490, 2006)
"The Forget-Me-Knot" (in 2000 AD #1600-, 2008)
From Grace (with Frazer Irving, in 2000 AD #1357-1361, 2003)
"Work Experience" (with Steve Roberts, in 2000 AD #1403-1407, 2003)
PlagueBringer: (with Frazer Irving, in Warhammer Monthly, #84-85, 2004)
The Simping Detective (with Frazer Irving):
"Crystal Blue" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #221-223, 2004)
"Innocence: A Broad" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #224-226, 2004)
"Dorks of War" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #227, 2004)
"Playing Futsie" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #234-236, 2005)
"Fifteen" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #237, 2005)
"Petty Crimes" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #238-239, 2005)
The Dark Judges: "Judge Fear's Big Day Out" (with Cam Smith, in Judge Dredd Megazine #224, 2004)
Zancudo (with Cam Kennedy, in Judge Dredd Megazine #231-233, 2005)
Daemonifuge: Heretic Saint (with co-writers: Gordon Rennie and Jim Campbell, Art: Kev Walker, Karl Richardson, Chris Quilliams and Tim Trevellion; Black Library, 2005 ISBN 1-84416-251-6)
Judge Dredd:
"Cursed Earth Rules" (with John Ridgway, in Judge Dredd Megazine #236, 2005)
"In the Stomm" (with Boo Cook, in Judge Dredd Megazine #236, 2005)
"Dominoes" (with pencils: Lawrence Campbell; Inks: Kris Justice, in 2000AD #1482, 2006)
