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Brian Wood

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Brian Wood's history of published work includes nearly thirty volumes of genre-spanning original material.

From the 1500-page future war epic DMZ, the ecological disaster series The Massive, the American crime drama Briggs Land, the blistering youth culture action trilogy The Couriers, and the groundbreaking lo-fi dystopia Channel Zero, Wood has a proven track record of marrying socially-conscious world-building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters.

His indie YA novels - Demo, Local, The New York Four, and Mara - have made YALSA and New York Public Library best-of lists. His historical fiction, the Viking series Northlanders and the American Revolution-centered Rebels, are benchmarks in the comic book industry.

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	DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) , Brian Azzarello (Introduction) 3.89 avg rating — 10,363 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 2: Body of a Journalist by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) , Kristian Donaldson (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 7,022 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 4: Friendly Fire by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) , Nathan Fox (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 4,447 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 3: Public Works by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 4,436 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Local by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Ryan Kelly 3.99 avg rating — 3,845 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northlanders, Vol. 1: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Davide Gianfelice (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 4,037 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 6: Blood in the Game by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 2,810 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X-Men, Volume 1: Primer by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Oliver Coipel (Artist) , David López (Artist) 3.83 avg rating — 2,838 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demo: The Collection by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Becky Cloonan (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 2,729 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 7: War Powers by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) , Kristian Donaldson (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 2,434 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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100 PAGES OF THE NEW YORK FOUR

Today sees the direct market release of THE NEW YORK FOUR, and to help a book that sort of flew under the radar at DC get some eyeballs on it, I’m giving away a DRM-free high-red PDF download of the first hundred pages of the book, here:

http://www.brianwood.com/NY4preview/

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Northlanders (7 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Paul Azaceta (Illustrator)

Declan Shalvey (Illustrator)

Danijel Žeželj (Illustrator)

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Demo (2 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Becky Cloonan (Illustrator)

3.84 avg rating — 3,127 ratings

New York Four (2 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Ryan Kelly (Illustrator)

3.38 avg rating — 1,744 ratings

Channel Zero (2 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Warren Ellis (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)

3.63 avg rating — 1,145 ratings

Black Road (2 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Garry Brown (Artist)

Dave McCaig (Colorist)

Steve Wands (Goodreads Author) (Letterer)

3.71 avg rating — 923 ratings

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“Word can travel fast when it wants to, but the truth? The truth is rarely so reliable.”
― Brian Wood, Conan, Vol. 14: The Death

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“You sorta lose the fear of failure when everyone thinks you already gave it your best shot and blew it.”
― Brian Wood, DMZ, Vol. 2: Body of a Journalist

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“We cook, we fight, we win. That simple.”
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