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While the television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was off-air, McDaid wrote the 10th Doctor's continuing adventures, published in DWM, then collected in ''The Crimson Hand''. In these stories, the Doctor finds himself with a new companion, [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Majenta Pryce|Majenta Pryce]], whom McDaid had created for the story ''Hotel Historia''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Majenta Pryce (Character) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/majenta-pryce/4005-71762/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}</ref> Since then he has worked for [[Panini Comics]], [[IDW Publishing|IDW]], [[Oni Press]], [[DC Comics]], [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], [[Boom! Studios]] and Blank Slate.
While the television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was off-air, McDaid wrote the 10th Doctor's continuing adventures, published in DWM, then collected in ''The Crimson Hand''. In these stories, the Doctor finds himself with a new companion, [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Majenta Pryce|Majenta Pryce]], whom McDaid had created for the story ''Hotel Historia''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Majenta Pryce (Character) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/majenta-pryce/4005-71762/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}</ref> Since then he has worked for [[Panini Comics]], [[IDW Publishing|IDW]], [[Oni Press]], [[DC Comics]], [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], [[Boom! Studios]] and Blank Slate.


At the 2012 [[New York Comic Con]] it was announced that McDaid would be one of the artists on [[Dark Horse Comics]]' [[Catalyst Comix]], with writer [[Joe Casey]], released in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phegley |first1=Kiel |title=NYCC: Joe Casey &amp; Dark Horse Reinvent "Catalyst Comix" |url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-joe-casey-dark-horse-reinvent-catalyst-comix/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=April 3, 2022 |date=October 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Parkin |first1=John |title=NYCC {{!}} A round-up of news from Thursday |url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-a-round-up-of-news-from-thursday/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=April 3, 2022 |date=October 12, 2012}}</ref>
At the 2012 [[New York Comic Con]] it was announced that McDaid would be one of the artists on [[Dark Horse Comics]]' [[Catalyst Comix]], with writer [[Joe Casey]], released in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phegley |first1=Kiel |title=NYCC: Joe Casey & Dark Horse Reinvent "Catalyst Comix" |url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-joe-casey-dark-horse-reinvent-catalyst-comix/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=April 3, 2022 |date=October 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Parkin |first1=John |title=NYCC {{!}} A round-up of news from Thursday |url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-a-round-up-of-news-from-thursday/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=April 3, 2022 |date=October 12, 2012}}</ref>


McDaid was the comic book artist on the multi-media project, ''[[Vandroid (comic book)|Vandroid]]'', along with [[Tommy Lee Edwards]]. The project includes a 5 issue comic, an album and film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Melrose |first1=Kevin |title=NYCC '13 {{!}} Edwards brings 'Vandroid' to Dark Horse |url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-13-edwards-brings-vandroid-to-dark-horse/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=April 3, 2022 |date=October 10, 2013}}</ref> In 2014 he illustrated a story written by [[Irvine Welsh]] which was published in ''IDP:2043'', as part of the [[Edinburgh Book Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-24 |title=Irvine Welsh joins team writing dystopian graphic novel |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/24/irvine-welsh-team-graphic-novel-idp-2043 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He worked with Welsh again in 2018, contributing pages of art to his novel Dead Men's Trousers.
McDaid was the comic book artist on the multi-media project, ''[[Vandroid (comic book)|Vandroid]]'', along with [[Tommy Lee Edwards]]. The project includes a 5 issue comic, an album and film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Melrose |first1=Kevin |title=NYCC '13 {{!}} Edwards brings 'Vandroid' to Dark Horse |url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-13-edwards-brings-vandroid-to-dark-horse/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=April 3, 2022 |date=October 10, 2013}}</ref> In 2014 he illustrated a story written by [[Irvine Welsh]] which was published in ''IDP:2043'', as part of the [[Edinburgh Book Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-24 |title=Irvine Welsh joins team writing dystopian graphic novel |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/24/irvine-welsh-team-graphic-novel-idp-2043 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He worked with Welsh again in 2018, contributing pages of art to his novel Dead Men's Trousers.
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
McDaid is originally from
McDaid is originally from
Cornwall, but has lived in the north-east of Scotland since 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evening Telegraph The Courier Combined |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/evening-telegraph-the-courier-combined/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Cornwall, but has lived in the north-east of Scotland since 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evening Telegraph The Courier Combined |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/evening-telegraph-the-courier-combined/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Courier |date=21 September 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milne |first=Scott |title=Dundee artist chosen to illustrate return of Joss Whedon cult classic Firefly |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/684359/dundee-artist-chosen-to-illustrate-return-of-joss-whedon-cult-classic-firefly/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milne |first=Scott |title=Dundee artist chosen to illustrate return of Joss Whedon cult classic Firefly |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/684359/dundee-artist-chosen-to-illustrate-return-of-joss-whedon-cult-classic-firefly/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Courier |date=10 July 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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[[Image Comics]]
[[Image Comics]]
* ''[[Jersey Gods]]'' (artist, issues 1-12, 2010)
* ''[[Jersey Gods]]'' (artist, issues 1-12, 2010)
* ''Lost Vegas'' ([http://www.imagecomics.com/comics/5424/Lost-Vegas-1-of-4-br-cover-B-McDaid variant cover] artist, issue 1, 2013)
* ''Lost Vegas'' ([http://www.imagecomics.com/comics/5424/Lost-Vegas-1-of-4-br-cover-B-McDaid variant cover] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308151251/http://www.imagecomics.com/comics/5424/Lost-Vegas-1-of-4-br-cover-B-McDaid |date=8 March 2013 }} artist, issue 1, 2013)
* ''Lost Vegas'' (cover artist, ECCC exclusive, issue 1, 2013)
* ''Lost Vegas'' (cover artist, ECCC exclusive, issue 1, 2013)
* ''Mind The Gap'' (artist, issues 9, 13–15, 2013)
* ''Mind The Gap'' (artist, issues 9, 13–15, 2013)
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*''IDP: 2043<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hannah Berry {{!}} Books Interview {{!}} The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/books/features/visualising-scotlands-future |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.theskinny.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>'', written by Irvine Welsh (artist, 2014) [[Freight Books]]
*''IDP: 2043<ref>Visualising Scotland’s Future - Ross McIndoe, October 2014, The Skinny
http://www.theskinny.co.uk/books/features/309045-visualising_scotlands_future</ref>'', written by Irvine Welsh (artist, 2014) [[Freight Books]]


*''Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers'' (artist, 2016) [[Dynamite Entertainment]]
*''Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers'' (artist, 2016) [[Dynamite Entertainment]]
*''Time Share'' (artist, 2017) [[Oni Press]]
*''Time Share'' (artist, 2017) [[Oni Press]]
⚫
*''Nelson'' <ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-18 |title=Nelson, edited by Rob Davis and Woodrow Phoenix – review |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/18/nelson-davis-phoenix-review-simmonds |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> (writer and artist, November 2011) Blank Slate {{ISBN|978-1906653231}}
*''Nelson'' <ref>Graphic novel of the month
Nelson, edited by Rob Davis and Woodrow Phoenix – review - Rachel Cooke, November 2011, The Guardian
⚫
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/18/nelson-davis-phoenix-review-simmonds</ref> (writer and artist, November 2011) Blank Slate {{ISBN|978-1906653231}}


== References ==
== References ==
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{{Commons category|Dan McDaid}}
{{Commons category|Dan McDaid}}
* [http://instagram.com/danmcdaidart Dan's Artwork on Instagram]
* [http://instagram.com/danmcdaidart Dan's Artwork on Instagram]
* [http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=13847 Dan McDaid at the Comic Book Database]
* [http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=13847 Dan McDaid at the Comic Book Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219045248/http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=13847 |date=19 February 2013 }}
* [http://danmcdaid.blogspot.com Dan's Blog]
* [http://danmcdaid.blogspot.com Dan's Blog]
* {{Official website|http://www.danmcdaid.com}}
* {{Official website|http://www.danmcdaid.com}}
* {{Twitter|danmcdaid}}
* {{Twitter|danmcdaid}}
* [http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/thank-god-he-got-fired-an-interview-with-dan-mcdaid/ Interview with Dan (June, 2010)]
* [http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/thank-god-he-got-fired-an-interview-with-dan-mcdaid/ Interview with Dan (June, 2010)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128005817/http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/thank-god-he-got-fired-an-interview-with-dan-mcdaid/ |date=28 January 2012 }}
* [http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=26591 Newsarama Jersey Gods Interview]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=26591 Newsarama Jersey Gods Interview]
* [http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=40946 Comic Art Gallery]
* [http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=40946 Comic Art Gallery]

Latest revision as of 00:34, 12 March 2024

For the Irish long-distance runner, see Daniel McDaid.

Dan McDaid
McDaid at his art board
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Notable works
The Crimson Hand, Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero, Firefly, Dega
www.instagram.com/danmcdaidart

Dan McDaid (/məkˈdeɪd/) is a British comic book writer and artist.

Career

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McDaid made his debut in Doctor Who Magazine, after sending a sample strip to then editor Clayton Hickman. His debut work for DWM was as writer of The First, a story where the Doctor meets Ernest Shackleton. He took part in Comic Book Resources' Comic Book Idol 2007, reaching the final three.[1]

He then teamed up with Glen Brunswick for a twelve-issue run on Jersey Gods for Image Comics.

While the television series Doctor Who was off-air, McDaid wrote the 10th Doctor's continuing adventures, published in DWM, then collected in The Crimson Hand. In these stories, the Doctor finds himself with a new companion, Majenta Pryce, whom McDaid had created for the story Hotel Historia.[2] Since then he has worked for Panini Comics, IDW, Oni Press, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Boom! Studios and Blank Slate.

At the 2012 New York Comic Con it was announced that McDaid would be one of the artists on Dark Horse Comics' Catalyst Comix, with writer Joe Casey, released in 2013.[3][4]

McDaid was the comic book artist on the multi-media project, Vandroid, along with Tommy Lee Edwards. The project includes a 5 issue comic, an album and film.[5] In 2014 he illustrated a story written by Irvine Welsh which was published in IDP:2043, as part of the Edinburgh Book Festival.[6] He worked with Welsh again in 2018, contributing pages of art to his novel Dead Men's Trousers.

Personal life

[edit]

McDaid is originally from Cornwall, but has lived in the north-east of Scotland since 2003.[7] [8]

Bibliography

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  • Dega (writer and artist, 2021) Dr Ink Productions
  • The Fearsome Doctor Fang (artist, issues 1–6, 2018) TKO Studios
  • Dead Men's Trousers, written by Irvine Welsh (artist, 2018) Jonathan Cape


DC Comics


IDW

  • Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero (artist, 2016)
  • Doctor Who Annual 2011 (writer and artist)


Boom! Studios


Dark Horse Comics

  • Smoke/Ashes (artist, September, 2013)
  • Catalyst Comix written by Joe Casey (artist, issues 1–9, 2013–2014)
  • Vandroid (artist, 2014)


Doctor Who Magazine

  • The First (writer, issues 386–389)
  • Hotel Historia (writer, artist and colourist, issue 394)
  • Thinktwice (writer, issues 400–402)
  • The Stockbridge Child (writer, issues 403–405)
  • Mortal Beloved (writer, issues 406–407)
  • The Age of Ice (writer, issues 408–411)
  • The Deep Hereafter (writer, issue 412)
  • Onomatopoeia (writer, issue 413)
  • Ghosts of the Northern Line (writer, issues 414–415)
  • The Crimson Hand (writer, issues 416–420)
  • The Screams of Death (artist, issues 430–431)
  • Apotheosis (artist, issues 435–437)
  • The Cornucopia Caper (artist, issues 448–450)


Panini Comics

  • The Widow's Curse (writer, October 2009)ISBN 978-1846534294
  • The Crimson Hand (writer and artist, May 2012) ISBN 978-1-84653-451-5
  • The Child of Time (artist, October, 2012) ISBN 978-1846534607
  • The Chains of Olympus (artist, September, 2013) ISBN 978 1846535581


Image Comics

  • Jersey Gods (artist, issues 1-12, 2010)
  • Lost Vegas (variant cover Archived 8 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine artist, issue 1, 2013)
  • Lost Vegas (cover artist, ECCC exclusive, issue 1, 2013)
  • Mind The Gap (artist, issues 9, 13–15, 2013)
  • Sex (artist, issue 17, 2014)


References

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  1. ^ Cardwell, Mark (3 April 2008). "Talking Doctor Who with CBI Finalist Dan McDaid". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Majenta Pryce (Character)". Comic Vine. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ^ Phegley, Kiel (11 October 2012). "NYCC: Joe Casey & Dark Horse Reinvent "Catalyst Comix"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ Parkin, John (12 October 2012). "NYCC | A round-up of news from Thursday". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ Melrose, Kevin (10 October 2013). "NYCC '13 | Edwards brings 'Vandroid' to Dark Horse". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Irvine Welsh joins team writing dystopian graphic novel". the Guardian. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Evening Telegraph The Courier Combined". The Courier. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. ^ Milne, Scott (10 July 2018). "Dundee artist chosen to illustrate return of Joss Whedon cult classic Firefly". The Courier. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  9. ^ Raynor, Joshua (1 August 2018). "Dan McDaid Brought On To Finish Up Doom Patrol #12". DC Comics News. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  10. ^ Dietsch, TJ (18 September 2014). "Moreci Rises To The Challenge Of "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Hannah Berry | Books Interview | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Nelson, edited by Rob Davis and Woodrow Phoenix – review". the Guardian. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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