Brian Wood (comics)

Brian Wood
Brian Wood in 2007
Born	1972 (age 44–45) Essex Junction, Vermont, United States
Nationality	American
Known for	Graphic designer, illustrator, comic books
Notable work	DMZ, Demo, Northlanders
Movement	Contemporary
Awards	5 Eisner Award nominations

Brian Wood (born 1972) is an American writer, illustrator, and graphic designer. He is known primarily as a comic book creator; Wood both writes, illustrates, and designs graphic novels and serialized monthly comic books.

During his comics career, Wood held a day job for several years as a staff designer for Rockstar Games, designing for video game franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Max Payne, Smuggler's Run, and Manhunt. He has created covers for Warren Ellis's Global Frequency and his own DMZ, as well as many others. Wood's illustrations have appeared in short films for Nike.

Wood was born in Essex Junction, Vermont. He relocated to New York City and graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1997.

Wood's first professional work in comics was the 5-issue miniseries Channel Zero, published by Image Comics from 1997–98, created as part of a final project for graduation from Parsons School of Design. Channel Zero is set in a dystopian near-future New York City where the tenets of Mayor Giuliani have grown into a freedom-restricting government initiative called 'The Clean Act'. The protagonist is Jennie 2.5, a DIY media personality. Channel Zero was orphaned shortly after Image Comics sold out of the first print run of the collection, opting not to return to press. AiT/Planet Lar acquired it soon afterwards and has kept the graphic novel in print.