"Trade Mark (9)\r\nOften alludes to mirrors and reflections in their works.\r\nSome of their protagonists own a cat (e.g. Animal Man, adult Damian Wayne).\r\nOften reuses obscure material, plots and characters for existing stories (e.g. classic Batwoman, Animal Man)\r\nShaved head\r\nCharacters often deliver long speeches that represent their views.\r\nBreaks the fourth wall in their writings\r\nOften inserts themself in their works or writes characters closely based on themself.\r\nWorks with artist Frank Quitely\r\nOften has well-known protagonists don new costumes for a brief period of time\r\nTrivia (12)\r\nBarely educated at Mosspark Primary and Allan Glen's School for Boys, they live and work in Glasgow, Scotland.\r\nThey write and record music and stage semi-regular DJ happenings under the aegis of The Beastocracy in Glasgow and London.\r\nIn July 1997, they were the first comic book writer to be included as one of Entertainment Weekly's top 100 creative people in America.\r\nTheir life and work has already been the subject of five separate television documentaries and they are a regular guest on TV and radio.\r\nThey were awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List for their services to film and literature. They are a comic book writer and playwright.\r\nDivides their time between Glasgow and Los Angeles.\r\nGlasgow, Scotland: Writer [June 2012]\r\nLeft school at the age of eighteen and didn't attend college or University.\r\nHas written for Batman and Superman simultaneously.\r\nWrote All-Star Superman after the death of their father.\r\nTheir influences include Alisteir Crowley, William S Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson and Alan Moore.\r\nIdentifies as non-binary."
