In July 1997, they were the first comic book writer to be included as one
of Entertainment Weekly's top 100 creative people in America.
Their influences include Alisteir Crowley, William S Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson and Alan Moore.
Divides their time between Glasgow and Los Angeles.
Left school at the age of eighteen and didn't attend college or University.
Wrote All-Star Superman after the death of their father.
Barely educated at Mosspark Primary and Allan Glen's School for Boys, they live and work in Glasgow, Scotland.
They write and record music and stage semi-regular DJ happenings under the aegis of The Beastocracy in Glasgow and London.
Their life and work has already been the subject of five separate television documentaries and they are a regular guest on TV and radio.
They 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.
Has written for Batman and Superman simultaneously.