Tom Taylor (born 29 November 1978) is an Australian comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, his work includes DC Comics series Injustice, DCeased, Nightwing, Superman, Suicide Squad, and the Marvel series All-New Wolverine, X-Men Red, Superior Iron Man and Star Wars comics.
Taylor is the co-creator, writer and executive producer of the animated series The Deep, based on his graphic novels of the same name.[1]
65 episodes have screened of the CG animated series, across four seasons, with Taylor serving as the co-creator, head writer and executive producer.[2]
In 2012, The Deep: Here Be Dragons won the Aurealis Award for Best illustrated book/graphic novel, Australia's premier speculative fiction literary award. The sequel, The Vanishing Island, won the award again in 2014.
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]
His plays have been produced at the Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre Melbourne and the Edinburgh Fringe.
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]
Taylor also wrote The Authority, published under the Wildstorm imprint, starting with issue #22 in May 2010 until the end of the Wildstorm imprint.[10] He also wrote The Brainiac / Sinestro Corps war storyline in the pages of DC Universe Online: Legends, a Batman story with artist Nicola Scott and Rose and Thorn with artist Neil Googe.
Taylor's award-winning play The Example has also been adapted into a comic book with illustration by Colin Wilson through Gestalt Publishing.[11]
In December 2020, it was announced that Taylor would be the new writer on the Nightwing solo series with artist Bruno Redondo illustrating.[12][13]
In October 2021, on National Coming Out Day, Taylor announced that the character Jon Kent, the son of Superman in the comic book series Superman: Son of Kal-El will be bisexual.[14]
In 2023, Taylor's Neverlanders, with Jon Sommariva, became the first graphic novel to win the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers.[15]
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]
Superman: Son of Kal-El – The Truth – Collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #1–6 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2022) ISBN 9781779515322)
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) ISBN 9781779517388)
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) ISBN 9781779520074)
Nightwing #78 – #118 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021-2024)
Nightwing Leaping into the Light – Collects Nightwing #78–83 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021) ISBN 9781779512789)
Nightwing Fear State – Collects Nightwing #84–86 and Nightwing annual (with art by Robbi Rodriguez and Cian Tormey, DC Comics, 2022) ISBN 9781779515506)
Nightwing Volume 2: Get Grayson – Collects Nightwing #87–91 and Superman: Son of Kal-El #9 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2021) ISBN 9781779517456)
Nightwing Volume 3: The Battle for Bludhaven's Heart – Collects Nightwing #92–96 (with art by Bruno Redondo, DC Comics, 2022) ISBN 9781779520166)
Nightwing Volume 4: The Leap – Collects Nightwing #97–100 and Nightwing 2022 Annual (with art by Bruno Redondo, Daniele Di Nicuolo, DC Comics, 2023) ISBN 9781779520869)
Batman The Detective #1–6 (with art by Andy Kubert, DC Comics, 2021 ISBN 9781779514189)
The Authority #22–29 (with art by Al Barrionuevo, DC/Wildstorm, 2010)
IDW Publishing
In the Dark Anthology: In Plain Sight (with art by Mack Chater, IDW Publishing, 2014)
Jinnrise #3 (with art by Mark Torres, IDW Publishing, 2013)
Rocketeer Adventures – Work To Do (with art by Colin Wilson, IDW Publishing, 2012)
2000 AD
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.
Neverlanders Feature film
In November 2025, Deadline Hollywood announced an animated feature film adaptation of Tom Taylor's Neverlanders graphic novels was in the works at Pixel Zoo, with Taylor set to pen the screenplay.[26]
Injustice: Gods Among Us
The 2021 film Injustice is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line.[27] The film is based on the Injustice: Year One comics by Taylor and the first game, Injustice: Gods Among Us.
Cleverman
Taylor joined the writer's room of Cleverman for the third season[28]
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.
Awards and nominations
Won
2025 Prix Des Collegiens De La Somme (for Neverlanders)
2024 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One-Shot (for Nightwing: #105: 'You are Nightwing')
2023 Children's Book of the Year for Older Readers (for Neverlanders)[29]
2023 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series (for Nightwing)
2023 Comic Arts Award of Australia (for Neverlanders)
2022 AEAF Award - TV Series - Children (for The Deep Season 4)
2021 Comic Arts Award of Australia (for Suicide Squad: Bad Blood)
2020 Shadow Award for Best Graphic Novel (for Hellblazer: Rise and Fall)
2019 Shadow Award for Best Graphic Novel (for DCeased)
2018 Ledger Award (for Injustice 2)
2017 Goldener Spatz (Golden Sparrow) Award (for The Deep)
2017 Kidscreen 'Best New Series Award' (for The Deep)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1–14 (with art by Juann Cabal, 2019)
War of the Realms: Strikeforce – Land of Giants (with art by Jorge Molina, 2019)
Free Comic Book Day: Spider-Man (with Art by Cory Smith, 2019)
X-Men Red #1–11 (with art by Mahmud Asrar, 2018)
Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #1–4 (with art by R.B. Silva, 2018)
X-Men Red Annual (with art by Pascal Alixe, 2018)
All-New Wolverine #1–35 (with art by Various, 2015–2018)
All-New Wolverine The Four Sisters – Collects All-New Wolverine #1–6 (with art by David López, 2015) ISBN 978-0785196525[19]
All-New Wolverine Civil War II – Collects All-New Wolverine #7–12 (with art by Marcio Takara and Ig Guara, 2016) ISBN 978-0785196532[20]
All-New Wolverine Enemy of the State II – Collects All-New Wolverine #13–18 (with art by Nik Virella and Djibril Morissete-Phan, 2017) ISBN 978-1302902902[21]
All-New Wolverine Immune – Collects All-New Wolverine #19–24 (with art by Leonard Kirk, 2018) ISBN 978-1302909352[22]
Generations: The Best (with art by Ramon Rosanas, 2017)
All-New Wolverine Annual (with art by Marcio Takara, 2016)
All-New Wolverine Orphans of X – Collects All-New Wolverine #25–30 (with art by Juann Cabal, 2018) ISBN 978-1302905613[23]
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, ISBN 978-1302926441)
Superior Iron Man #1–9 (with art by Yıldıray Çınar, 2014–2015)
