Writing many works for DC Comics, Marvel and Star Wars, Taylor is the creator, with James Brouwer, of the all-ages adventure graphic novel The Deep: Here Be Dragons and its sequel The Vanishing Island published by Gestalt Publishing and Boom! Studios. The Deep was optioned by Technicolor. 65 episodes have screened of the CG animated series, so far, across four seasons, with Taylor serving as the co-creator, head writer and executive producer.[2]
Taylor is also the co-creator of Seven Secrets which, at the time of its release, was the highest launching original series in the history of Boom! Studios.[3]
Performing and writing for theatre and musicals from the age of fourteen, Tom's works have been produced across four continents. His plays have won a number of awards and accolades including winning the award for 'Best Dramatic Writing' in Short and Sweet – The world's largest short play festival.[5]
Taylor is well known for his many Star Wars comics and graphic novels for Dark Horse Comics. These include, Star Wars: Blood Ties[6] with artist Chris Scalf, and Star Wars: Invasion, with illustrator Colin Wilson.[7] April 2012 saw the start of Taylor and Scalf's new Blood Ties series provocatively titled Boba Fett is Dead as reported by CNN.[8] Taylor is also the writer of the Darth Maul: Death Sentence miniseries, which is set immediately after the end of the fourth Clone Wars television series.
Star Wars: Blood Ties won the 2012 'Stan Lee Excelsior Award' as voted for by thousands of school students across the UK.
Taylor wrote the graphic novella, Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes which shows a never before seen story of Luke Skywalker training with Yoda on Dagobah during The Empire Strikes Back. Taylor also penned Star Wars Adventures: The Will of Darth Vader. Dark Horse Vice President Randy Stradley says that Tom Taylor has taken to writing comics faster than anyone he's ever seen.[9]
In February 2024, it was announced that Taylor and Redondo's run on Nightwing would enter its final story arc with Nightwing (vol. 4) #114. This five part story arc titled “Fallen Grayson” would begin in May 2024. In all, Taylor and Redondo's run encompassed over 40 issues.[16][17][18]
Bibliography
DC Comics
Detective Comics #1090 – (with art by Mikel Janin, DC Comics, 2024)
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1 – #8 (with art by Trevor Hairsine, DC Comics, 2022-2023)
Action Comics #1050 (with art by Clayton Henry, DC Comics, 2022)
Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 – #18 (with art by John Timms, Cian Tormey, DC Comics, 2021-2022)
Superman: Son of Kal-El – The Truth – Collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 – #6 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2022) ISBN9781779515322)
Superman: Son of Kal-El Volume 2 – The Rising – Collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #7-10, Nightwing #89, and Superman: Son of Kal-El 2021 Annual #1 (with art by Cian Tormey and Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2022) ISBN9781779517388)
Superman: Son of Kal-El Volume 3 - Battle for Gamorra – Collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #11-#15 (with art by Cian Tormey, Ruiari Coleman, DC Comics, 2023) ISBN9781779520074)
Nightwing #78– (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021-)
Nightwing Leaping into the Light – Collects Nightwing #78–83 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021) ISBN9781779512789)
Nightwing Fear State – Collects Nightwing #84–#86 and Nightwing annual (with art by Robbi Rodriguez and Cian Tormey, DC Comics, 2022) ISBN9781779515506)
Nightwing Volume 2: Get Grayson – Collects Nightwing #87-#91 and Superman: Son of Kal-El #9(with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021) ISBN9781779517456)
Nightwing Volume 3: The Battle for Bludhaven's Heart – Collects Nightwing #92-#96 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2022) ISBN9781779520166)
Nightwing Volume 4: The Leap – Collects Nightwing #97-100 and Nightwing 2022 Annual (with art by Bruno Redondo, Daniele Di Nicuolo, DC Comics, 2023) ISBN9781779520869)
All-New Wolverine Enemy of the State II – Collects All-New Wolverine #13–18 (with art by Nik Virella and Djibril Morissete-Phan, 2017) ISBN978-1302902902[21]
All-New Wolverine Old Woman Laura – Collects All-New Wolverine #31-35
All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor Omnibus (collects #1–35, Annual #1, Generations: Wolverine & All-New Wolverine, hc, 862 pages, 2021, ISBN978-1302926441)
Tharg's 3rillers: 15 (with art by Jon Davis-Hunt, 2000 AD #1797–1799, 2012)
Film and television
The Deep TV series
Taylor is the co-creator, executive producer and head writer of The Deep.[24] The first series began airing on Netflix USA in 2016.[25]
Four seasons (65 episodes) of The Deep have screened globally in over 130 territories, notably on Netflix and CBBC. The Deep has been the number #1 rated animated series in several territories, including the UK and Greece.
Taylor joined the writer's room of Cleverman for the third season[27]
The Example
Taylor wrote the film adaptation of The Example which was optioned and filmed by Staple Fiction in 2011.
A4 to A3
Taylor's award-winning short musical A4 to A3 (written with Simon Barlow) was filmed by Bravada Films in 2009, for which Taylor also wrote the screenplay. A4 to A3 premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on 29 April 2010.
