His work has appeared in publications from all the major US and UK comics companies, from Fleetway Editions' Crisis, Dark Horse's Manga Mania, Deadline magazine to work for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Since 2000, his works have appeared from a wide variety of international book publishers and cultural institutions, including Little Brown, Robinson, SelfMadeHero, Myriad Editions, The Royal Academy of Arts, The British Council, Lonely Planet Guides, The Independent on Sunday, The Times & Guardian newspapers, and many more.
He is perhaps best known for his character Bic who appeared in a self-published series of comics (collected as Skidmarks from Tundra UK, 1993, and Active Images, 2003) and then as part of the larger cast of The End of The Century Club, his award-winning series of original graphic novels (Best Graphic Novel, UKCAC - United Kingdom Comic Art Convention - 1997).
ILYA collaborated with Eddie Campbell on his "Deadface"/Bacchus series (Vol II: The Gods of Business), and co-created spin-off title/series The Eyeball Kid.
Between 2006-2008 he edited three volumes of The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga, an anthology presenting the work of an international roster of contributors whose comics show the influence or inspiration of Japanese manga and anime, including: Michiru Morikawa, winner of the International Manga and Anime Festival's grand prize in 2005, previous category winners Asia Alfasi and Joanna Zhou, as well as established UK cartoonists Andi Watson and Craig Conlan. He has been on the judges panel of the UK Japanese Embassy's annual 'Manga Jiman' (<Having pride in manga>) talent competition since 2007.
Ten episodes of his animated online comic strip Jean Genii (originally commissioned by the BBC) are viewable online.[1]
Ed Hillyer's first prose novel, The Clay Dreaming, was published in March 2010 by Myriad Editions.
In 2014, he completed a new graphic novel, Room For Love, about a relationship between a middle-aged romance novelist and a teenage runaway. It was published by SelfMadeHero.
He is currently resident 'Cartoon Historian', regularly appearing in alternate issues of The New Internationalist magazine - 19 episodes published as of January 2024.
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This article is about the comic writer For the songwriter also known as ILYA see Ilya Salmanzadeh For other uses see Ilya disambiguation Ed Hillyer better known as ILYA is a British comics writer artist ILYABornEd HillyerNationalityBritishArea s Writer artistPseudonym s ILYANotable worksBic His work has appeared in publications from all the major US and UK comics companies from Fleetway Editions Crisis Dark Horse s Manga Mania Deadline magazine to work for DC Comics Vertigo imprint Since 2000 his works have appeared from a wide variety of international book publishers and cultural institutions including Little Brown Robinson SelfMadeHero Myriad Editions The Royal Academy of Arts The British Council Lonely Planet Guides The Independent on Sunday The Times amp Guardian newspapers and many more Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksBiography editHe is perhaps best known for his character Bic who appeared in a self published series of comics collected as Skidmarks from Tundra UK 1993 and Active Images 2003 and then as part of the larger cast of The End of The Century Club his award winning series of original graphic novels Best Graphic Novel UKCAC United Kingdom Comic Art Convention 1997 ILYA collaborated with Eddie Campbell on his Deadface Bacchus series Vol II The Gods of Business and co created spin off title series The Eyeball Kid Between 2006 2008 he edited three volumes of The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga an anthology presenting the work of an international roster of contributors whose comics show the influence or inspiration of Japanese manga and anime including Michiru Morikawa winner of the International Manga and Anime Festival s grand prize in 2005 previous category winners Asia Alfasi and Joanna Zhou as well as established UK cartoonists Andi Watson and Craig Conlan He has been on the judges panel of the UK Japanese Embassy s annual Manga Jiman lt Having pride in manga gt talent competition since 2007 Ten episodes of his animated online comic strip Jean Genii originally commissioned by the BBC are viewable online 1 Ed Hillyer s first prose novel The Clay Dreaming was published in March 2010 by Myriad Editions In 2014 he completed a new graphic novel Room For Love about a relationship between a middle aged romance novelist and a teenage runaway It was published by SelfMadeHero He is currently resident Cartoon Historian regularly appearing in alternate issues of The New Internationalist magazine 19 episodes published as of January 2024 Bibliography editSkidmarks Tundra UK 1992 The End of the Century Club Countdown Slab O Concrete 1999 ISBN 978 0952738602 French language edition Le club de la fin du siecle Bethy 2000 ISBN 978 2912320186 Italian language edition Prossima Uscita Alta Fedelta 2000 Love S T I ngs A Beginner s Guide to Sexually Transmitted Infections Family Planning Association ISBN 978 1905506149 Time Warp The End of the Century Club Slab O Concrete 1999 ISBN 978 1899866205 Skidmarks Active Images 2004 ISBN 978 0974056746 Manga Drawing Kit Thunder Bay Press 2004 ISBN 978 1592235117 French language edition Manga Art Solar 2005 ISBN 978 2263041594 German language edition Manga Zeichnen Fleurus 2007 ISBN 978 3897174283 Spanish language edition Manga Kit De Dibujo H Blume 2008 ISBN 978 8489840980 Ballast with writer Joe Kelly Active Images 2005 ISBN 0 9766761 2 5 2 The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga Vol 1 Carroll amp Graf 2006 ISBN 0 7867 1838 2 Spanish language edition El Gran Libro Del MANGA Malsinet Robinbook 2006 ISBN 978 8496708136 The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga Vol 2 Constable amp Robinson 2007 ISBN 978 1 84529 642 1 The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga Vol 3 Robinson Publishing 2008 ISBN 978 1 84529 827 2 Manga Shakespeare King Lear SelfMadeHero 2009 ISBN 978 0955816970 The Clay Dreaming Myriad Editions 2010 ISBN 978 0 9562515 0 3 It s Dark in London SelfMadeHero re issue 2012 ISBN 978 1906838447 Room for Love SelfMadeHero 2013 ISBN 978 1906838720 The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics Running Press 2014 ISBN 978 1472111494 The Mammoth Book of Skulls Running Press 2014 ISBN 978 0762454631 Colour Me Bad Little Brown 2015 ISBN 978 1472137203 How to Draw Comics Lom Art 2016 ISBN 978 1910552292 KID SAVAGE in collaboration with Joe Kelly Image 2017 ISBN 978 1632159380 HOW TO DRAW ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING ACTIVITY BOOK Robinson 2018 ISBN 978 1472140722 TIME TRAVELLER co written and illustrated in collaboration with Prof Ian Christie A POETIC CITY a biography of Chatterton in collaboration with illustrator Willem Hampson Notes edit Jean Genii An Active Images Three Fer Bal last Solstice amp Gunpowder Girl permanent dead link Newsarama September 7 2005References editEd Hillyer at the Grand Comics Database Ed Hillyer at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Ilya at Lambiek writerpictures netExternal links editMammoth Book of Best New Manga Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ILYA amp oldid 1209351315, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
