Career
A #1 New York Times Best-selling Writer, Lee has written for various UK and US comic publishers including 2000ad, IDW Publishing, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Del Rey and Walker Books, and he has worked on such series as X-Men Unlimited,Doctor Who, Superboy, Starship Troopers and Spider-Man.
His published creator-owned work includes The Gloom, Hope Falls, Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur, From The Pages Of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula': Harker and Midnight Kiss, featuring Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius and the magical land of Oz. He is also the adaptor for several Anthony Horowitz stories for both Walker Books and Hachette Children's Books, including the Gatekeepers series.
Reviews for The Gloom #1 included "Buy this comic - sell a kidney if you have to." Michael Moorcock himself said of Midnight Kiss - "One of the richest, most original, engaging and fast-moving graphic stories of the new century. Matt Sable and Nightmare are the greatest team of Ghoul-Busters ever to hit the printed page." The Gloom is now weekly on MTV Comics.
In June 2009 his first Original Graphic Novel (OGN) for Walker Books was released - Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood, a 21st century retelling of the classic story. Art was by Sam Hart. It has since been critically acclaimed and has won several literary awards. The sequel, Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur is an American Library Association Best Novels For Teens 2012 nomination.
In May 2010 his first graphic novel for Del Rey / Random House was released, an adaptation of the bestseller novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen, art by Cliff Richards. It topped the New York Times Best-Seller List for paperback Graphic Novels the same month.
In 2008/9 Lee wrote several stories for Rebellion, with stories in Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD. He was the writer of the ongoing Doctor Who comic for IDW Publishing for both Tenth Doctor and Eleventh Doctor, and was one of the writers of the 2012 Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who crossover series.
In 2011 Lee created two series for MTV Comics at MTV Geek!, both with longtime collaborator Dan Boultwood. The first, a reboot of The Gloom featured completely redrawn art and a new edit of the original script, while Agent Mom, co written by Stargate Universe and Smallville actress Alaina Huffman was a completely original tale.
Also in 2011 Lee and Dan Boultwood created a four graphic novel series for Franklin Watts / Hachette - Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars. Set 'in canon' during the time of Sherlock Holmes's 'death', the series was edited by acclaimed Holmes academic Leslie S. Klinger.
He has also written four audio dramas for Big Finish's Doctor Who, Confessions of Dorian Gray and Bernice Summerfield ranges.
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