American writer, illustrator and graphic designer

Brian Wood

Brian Wood is an American writer, illustrator, and graphic designer, known for his work in comic books, television and video games. His noted comic book work includes the series DMZ, Demo, Northlanders, The Massive, Marvel Comics' The X-Men, and Star Wars. His web series work includes adaptations of his own short stories from the comics series The Massive and Conan the Barbarian for Geek & Sundry and YouTube, and his video game work includes three years on staff at Rockstar Games, co-writing 1979 Revolution: Black Friday and story contributions to Aliens: Fireteam Elite. His television work includes pilot scripts for AMC, Amazon Studios, and Sonar Entertainment.

Born

1972

January 29

Died

Living

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1970s

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946 Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
1814 War of the Sixth Coalition: France engages Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
1819 Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.

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The world in 1972

When Brian arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Dominik Hašek 1965– Czech ice hockey player Gamini Jayawickrama Perera 1941–2024 Sri Lankan politician (born 1941) Jeffery Amherst 1717–1797 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1717) Marián Varga 1947– Slovak organist and composer (died 2017) Pat Quinn 1943–2014 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)

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Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor Dave Roberts 1972– American baseball player and coach

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