hˈɪɹ hiː ɡɑːt hɪz fˈɜːst mˈeɪdʒɚ kˈɑːmɪks wˈɜːk fˈɪlɪŋ ɪn ˌɔn stˈoːɹmwɑːtʃ ænd wˈɛtwɜːks ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks, bᵻfˌoːɹ ɡˌɛɾɪŋ ɐ ʃˈɔːɹt ɹˈʌn ˌɔn bˈæklæʃ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən.
Here he got his first major comics work filling in on Stormwatch and Wetworks in 1996, before getting a short run on Backlash in 1997.