Brian Wood is the creator/cocreator and writer of numerous comic books and graphic novels, including DMZ , The Massive , Channel Zero , Demo , The Couriers , Northlanders , Rebels , and Briggs Land . He cowrote the video game screenplay for 1979 Revolution , and has three television projects in active development. His work on company-owned and licensed work includes Star Wars , The X-Men , Conan the Barbarian , and Aliens . In his previous career as a graphic designer, his clients included Rockstar Games, Eidos Interactive, Nerve Software, and Nike. He is most known for his work dealing with near-future world building, but also for historical fiction, sci-fi, and female-friendly YA, all with strong socio-political topics and identity themes.